a Have to lsrroranee or poverty.—The troth K> however, tim is an cxcufe for indolence or parhmony ; and thus whole families are derived of information on thole rtfu'nt? which afford one half the coavcrlatioii of fociety. They are content to borrow ideas from their more intelligent or more eiitHUflg neighbors; thus, in thelanguage of the poet, « to vege- ate and die." It fe hoped, however, that fuch are few. Our political welfare fo eflentiaHy defends on a general difcfion of iotelligi nce,^ that we rtvuld l«>fe no opportunity to eilabbft it on the only permanent foundation. 'foreign intelligence. - • • • •#>•» 2vwn Liverpool p.'pen to June 24, reave! by the brig Favourite. Capt. Foster, at Rojlon. \Defeat of Bonaparte. [From the London Gazette Extra, June 22.] h Letter from the Duke of Wel¬ lington, " Waterloo, June 19. " Bonaparte having collected the 0, 2d, 3d, 4th and 6th corps of the French Army, and the Imperial Guards, and nearly all the cavalry on the Sambre. and between that river and Meufe, between the 10th and *4*.h of the month, advanced on the 15th and attacked the Piu.Tiau potts at Thnin and Lobez, 011 the Sambre, at daylight in the morning. y ** I did not hear thefe event* till the eve- ring oi ihe ijth, and I immediately order- . td the troops to prepare to march to tli-ir left, as foon as I had intelligence from other quarters to prove the enemy's movements upon Char/eroy was *»he real attack. "The enemy drove the PruiTian pofls from the Sambre on that day ; and General Zietzen, who commanded the corps which had been at Charier©?, retired upon F/eurus •—and Print? Blucher concentrated the Prus¬ sian arn.y upon Sambref holding the villages in front of his pofition of St. Am and and Ligny. 44 The en \'ny continued his march along the road from Charle»T>y towards Bruxelles, and on the iame evening, the 15th, attacked a brigade of the Netherlands, under the Piince de Wteanar, potted at Frafne, and forced it back to the farm hoifeon the fame toad called Lt* Qmrtrtu Bias. M The Prince of Orange immcdiitelv re¬ inforced this brigade with another of the. fan-edivinon, under Gt.n. Perp'nnther, and fo :hb ft: Ftffef m\f tmiiitd part of the ground which h.id been Jolt* io as t : have th.»command of ih? eomroutiicattoTi leading fr 1) A'/Wv/and Bruxcllcs, with Prince Blu- cher's polltion. %i In the mean time I had dnecled the whole army to march upon Les Quartets Bras. ?z th: f h d.V.fioi u-id r Lt. Sit Gen. T. Pi^on, arrived at about half-pall. 2 in the day, followed by the corps of troops under * ■ — - — the Dolce of BrunfwiVk, ard afterwards by the contingent of NaiTau. " At this time the enemy commenced an attack upon Prince Bklcher with his whole force, excepting the firfl and lecond corps, and a corps of tava.ry under General Keller- m:m, with which he attacked our poll at Lea (liiat 1 c Bras. •' The Pruffian army maintained their poi fit ions with their ufird gallantry and perseve¬ rance, again!! a great disparity of numbers, as the At h cor pi of their army under Gen. Bit' low had not joined, and 1 was not able fo as- sifl them as I wifted, as I was attacked my- felf, and t!ie troops, the cavalry in particu¬ lar, which had a long distance to march, had trot arrived. *• We maintained our poiition alio, and completely defeated and reptiifed all the en¬ emy's attempts to get poiTcfiion of it. The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of u.fantry and cavalry, fupportcd by a numerous and powerful artillery ; lie made feveral charges with'the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were repulfcd in the iteadi- eft manner. " In this affair, hi* R. H. the Prince of Orange, the Duke cf Brun wick, and Lt. General Sir T. PicVw,arid Major Genet al Sir J. Kempt and Sir D. Pack, who were encaged fiot.-i the commencement of the en¬ emy's attack, highly diuVingoifhed themfelves a, well as Lt Gen. C. Baron \lten, Mjj. General Sir C Halket, Lieutenant General Co .ke and Major G c->,U Maitland and Byng, as they r,:-■. i lively arrived. The tro rpsof the 5'.h divi;i..n and ihofe of the IV r. wick c»-pj, were Jong feverely enga- ged, aid ^oidiiciedthemielves with the ut- rrort gallantry. [ nuift panictilarly mention the 2$th, 41 I, J&ihmdfjzi regts. and the bat ali 1) of "la ^ vet fans / "O r],; -.s erfot, as your Lordfliip will perceive • y rhe inclolcd icturn ; and I have p;vi>i,ir>ly to regret hi^ S. H. the D,.ke cf Bruirnvljfc who fell fighting gat lantly st the heid • f hi- troops. *' Ahhoug* Mar. B uch^r had maintained Lis?ofrio^ai Samh ef. he lid' fbumlhimfclf much.»«ealce'>ed by 'h< fevcriiy of the con- . t»'l hi wiuchheh-vd been engaged, and as the 4th corps had not arrived, I* &r-tcr.hinei to fall back and concentrate his army upon Wavre; and he ntarched in the night after the action was over. ** This movement of the Warfhal's render¬ ed neceffary a cor efponding one on my part and 1 retitedfro ■» the farm oi Qnntre Bras upon Geuappe, and thence upon Waterloo, the next morning, the 1 71b, at ten o'clock. The e.-emy made no effort to purfne Marflial Blucher. On the contrary a pat¬ rol which I Cent to Sambref in the morning, found all quiet, and the enemy's videltes fell back as the patrol advanced. Neither did he attempt to moleft our march to the rear, although made in the middle of the day, ex¬ cepting by following (with a large body of cavalry brought from his right) the cavalry under the Karl of Uxbiidge. This gave Lord Uxbridgt an Opportunity Of .charging them with the sfl Life Guards, upon their debouchee from the village of Genappe, upon which occallon his LtOfumip as dechtrei himfclf to be well fatitftcd with that regiment. The ppikiori which I took up in front of Waterloo, 1 rofl'ed the high roadi from Cbar¬ leroy and Nivelle, and had its right thonvn back to a nvme near Merke Braj'ne. which was occupied, and its left extended lo a height above rhe hamlet Terla Haye, which was likewile occupied. In front or the right centre and near the Nivelle road, we occupied the hotife and garden of Ho»lgo» moot, wlrich covered the ret urn of that flank; and in front of the left centre, we occupied the farm of La Haye Siinte- By our left we communicated with Marihal Prince P'"- cher, at Wavre, through Oh aim ; and the Martha! had protnifed me, that in cafe vve Ihould be attacked, he would fupporl me with one or more corps, as might be nfiC^8* fary. The eiiemy collefted his at my with (lne exception of the third corps, which bad l9Cen fent toobfervc Marflial BIwehri) on a rttPg6 oflieights in uurfio.it, i;i the courfe of ^he. night of the 17;h, and ycflerday mottltMg t and at about 10 o'clock he commence'* a furious attack upon our pod at Hougom^1^* J had occupied that poll with a d.*tachr^cr,t from Gen. Byng's brigade of guards wWc*h wa- in po fit ion in its rc«r; and it v. Hi for lome time under the command of Lt. &*«* • Macrtonald, and afterwards of Ctrl. Hor??e1 ■ and f «m happy to add, that it was mJ,M- taincd throughout the diy with the at&°®- gallantry by these brace troops not with fi;vIKl_ ing the repeated eflori.s of large bodies of "*C enemy to obtain uoflefHon of it. Thin .ittnck nt on |he "V1' hv nit* centre a very heavy cmiii »u> was accompanied bv ^de upon our whole lne, \\:.'Ji f*\x.i dclliiucd to fnpport the repe tea attacks of €4"*ftv% an 1 infantry occjafi< nally mixed, but fo«mc- ticie-4 itpan.te, which were-made upon It,.__. In one of thefe the enemy carried the 1 urm houfe (,f La Haye Sainte, as the detlith me'iit of the light battalion of the legion which -oc- enpied it had expended idi itd amuuuu't .on, i\nd the euemy occupied the only coniniiinii- cuion there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged OttT infan¬ try with his cavalry, but thefe attack? nrc-re uniformly unfuccelfftil, and thev affordled opportunities to our cavalry to charge, m <one of which Lord E. Somerfei *s brigade ccon- fiding of the life guards, royal horde guai d«, and ill dragoon guard*, highly diflinguiilhed th'-nifc-lves, as did that of Major Ge->. Sir W Pouionby, having taken many pribomers and an eagle These attacks were repented till about! y in the evening, when the enemy made a dlef- pcrateefTort with the cavalry and infanttiy, fupportcd by the fire of artillery, to fo:rce s L-ir in nis lervice, «mu ut i-*»» fj"".w««j ■-« ing hit, divifion to a charge with bayonets ,v which one of the moil ferious atcacki fir left cent 1 e near the farm of La Mia ye amie, which after a feverc conteft / as de¬ feated, and. having obferved that the troiops retired fiom this attack in great confuiiioi;fi and that the march of General Billow's Ceurps by Etischermont upon Planchernorr and La Belle Alliance, had bc^an to take effect, aand as 1 could perceive the fire of his caniwon, and as Maifhal Blucher had joined in pext^m with a corp«? of his army to the left of iour Hoc by Chain, I determined to attack the ten- eny, and immediately advanced the whiole line of infantry, fi)ppr>rted by the cavalry aand artillery. The attack fticeceded in evt&rf point ; ttir enemy was forced from his peofi- tion on the heights and tied in the utnwoil con fu I ion, leaving behindhim, as fa/ as*> I could judge 15c puces of cannon, with tlheir ammunition,which fell into our bunds- I eCptf* tinned the purfuit till long aft«-r dark, .and then discontinued it Duly on account of'tthe fatigue of our troops, who had dcen engaged during 12 hours, and becauie 1 fumA myficif on the fame road with Marfnal Blucn^etj who allured me of his tiirention to follow t the enemy throughout the night ; he has ffent me word this morning that he had takkea 60 piece1* of cannon belonging to the imnpe- rial guard, and feveral carriages, bag^nge, &c belonging to Bonaparte, in Genappee- I propo'e to move this morning upon Ni- velles, and not to discontinue my operat?.- n--. Vonr Lordfliip wili oLfcrve, that fucbh a defperateaction could not be fought, and fuch advantages gained, without great iofifiH- and I am forry to add that ours haj Uea *a* menfe. In Lieutenant General Sir T. Pre- ton. His Majefly has fuftained.the lofs of m officer who ha^. frequently dtstiflgniflied hiia* fclf in his fervice, and he fell, glorioudy lea- d by which one of the moil ferious attacks made by the enemy on our position, was de¬ feated. The Earl of Uxbridge riter having fuccefsfully got thro' this arduous day, re¬ ceived a wound, bv almoil the lall (hot fired which will. I am afraid, deprive His Majelty for fome time of his fervices. His R. H. thePrmce of Orange distin- guifhed himLlfbyhis gallantry and conduci, till he received a wound from a muiket-bali through the fhouldtr, which obl'ged him to quit the field. It gives me the greatest" fatisfaCiion to af- fure your Lordfliip that the army never, up¬ on any occafion, conducted itfelf "better. The divifion of guards, under Lieut. Gen. Cooke, who is feverely wounded, Maj. Gen. Maitland and Major Gen Byng, fet an ex¬ ample, which was followed by all; an<l there is no officer, or defcription of troopb that did not behave well. I mull, however, particularly mention, for His R. H's approbation, Lnuteaaut Gener¬ al Sir H. Clinton, Major General Adam, Lieutenant General Sir C Baron Alten, fe¬ verely wounded ; Major General C. Halket feverely wounded ; Colonel Omptede, Col. Mitchell, commanding a brigade of the 4th divifion ; Major General Sir J. Kempt and Sir D. Pack, Major General Lambert, Ma¬ jor General Lord E. Somerfet, Major Gen¬ eral Sir W. Ponfouby, Major General Sir C. Grant, and Maj. General Sir H. Vivian ; Major General Sir O. Vandekur ; Major General Count Dornbcrb. I am alfo par ticularly indebted to General Lord Hill, for w his alfiftance and condect upon this as upon all former occaiians. The artdlejy and Engineer departments, were conducted much to my fitiafaction, by Colonel Sir G. Wood and Colonel Smyth j and I had every reafon to be fatiVfted with the c mducr of ihe Adjutant General, Major General Barnes, who was wounded, and of the Quarter Nfafter General, Colo rel Delan- cy, who was killed by a cinncn (hot in the middle of the action*- This oihccr i? a feii- oufi lofa to his majedy'.s fervice, and to me ar thi« moment- 1 was likcwlfe much in¬ debted to the afTilance of Lt. Coh Lord F. Somerfet, win was feverely wounded, and ot the oflic-rs compofit'.g o»y pergonal Staff,, who have fuflcred feverely m this action. -Lieut. Colonel the Honorable Sir A. Go:don, 1 1 r' I ' who has died of his wotitids, was a tnoltpio- mifn gorrl^e*", and is a ferious lofs to His Ma jelly's fervice. Gcreral Kreui'e, of the ?»3iThi fervfee, 1 kewife conducted himfe'f much to my fat- 1 fiction, a» did General Trip, commanding the heavy brigade of cavalry, and General Vauhope, commanding a bug ad e of inf<m- try nf tile King of the Netherlands* General Po/o 6i Borgo, B.Gcn. Vincent, General MurH.'n^, and General Alavoa, were in the field dm lug the action, and ren- deied ire every aflifiance i:i their power. Ba*"on Vincent i« wounded, but I hope not feverely, and General Puzodi \Sor^o receiv¬ ed a contufi >B. J fnould not do juiUce to my feelings or to Mai dial Blucher a i.l fhjB Pruflian army, il I did not attribute the iuccefsful refult of this arduous delay to the cordial and timely affiflrnce I receded from them. The operptions of General Bulo^.v upon the enemy's Ihink, was a mod decifive one'; and even if I had not found fpylelf in a fitu- ation to make the attack which produced tiie final refult, it would have forced the ene¬ my ton tie, if his attacks fht-nld have failed, and would have prevented liim from taking advantage of them, if they jhould un- forriir'ately hav« fucceeded, I fend, with this di«p;.tch two eaglc-s, ta ken bv the troops in this atfion, which Ma¬ jor Piercy will have the honor of laying at the feet of his Royal Highuefs. I beg leave to recoiumend him to your lorddiip's protection. X have the honor, &v, (Signed) WELLINGTON. P. S.—Since writing the above, i have received a report, (h;.t Major Gene :.' .Sir W. Poufonby is killed, and i-i an.M.uv,/,lr fob intelligtncsi to y >m • o-ruTiip, J :,.,e To add the expreffion of my grief, for the fate cyf ?.n ohieer,who had already rendered very biil- hant ?nd important fcrvices, and was an dr- namenl to hid profefil n 2dP S 1 have ..tya r-t the return9 of killed and wounded, but I mC!ofe a lilt of..ffieen killed and wounded on .he-two days, aa tar M the fame can be made out without the returns ; and I am very happy ***>.** Colonel Dancy is not ljtdnd hat aroughopeaof hu recovery are enter- Bi ithh kilkd and Wounded Kll.L^D-l)„k(.,fDn:ni.Wiiko ^'•tenant Genrr,'. Si, T. Mft,,,, aml 8,r Morr.c, and Sir W Pli; ! • ^IW". (AS to the Duke of Wellinpton> r ning, Curne, Majors the Honorable V u" a 1 C •d, G. Bain, N. Ramfay, CaiL^ Chambers-Brigade Majors Croft? 1 Rofewiel-Captains Bolton, Crawford'^ zon, (Aid to the Prince of Orange \ cl ber?, (A id to General Pidon,) Elli, R? ertfon, Kennedy, Shurran, Halgeoman H Mas dial, Grohen, Cnmming, and Qro Lieutenants C. Manners and Lifter ^ Enfigns Ld. Hay, (Aid to General2 land,) Brown. " WOUNDED. C7eneral His Royal Highnefs the ftincc oi Oiange, feverely, Lieutenant Gen. the Earl of Uxbridge rioht leg amputated,' ' ■ Lieut. Gen Sir Charles Alten, feverel? Lieut. Q?n. Cooke, right atm amputate Lieut. Gen. Sir E. Barnes, Adj. Geo. fcfc Lieut. Gen. Jir J. Kempt, (lightly, Lieut. Gen. Sir Colin Halket, feverely, Lieut. Gen. Adams, feverely, Lieut. Gen. Sir W. Domby, feverely, Col. Sir J. Elley, K. C.B. (lightly, Col. Harris, Col (^u en tin fli^htly, Col. the Hon. Frederic Parnahy, feverely, Col Sir W. de Lancy, feverely, Lieut. Col. Lord Fitzroy Somerfet, right hg amputated, Lieut. Col. Hay, feverely, Lieut. Col. Vigoreau, Lieut. Col. Abercrombie, A. Q^M« Ge*, nightly, . Lieut, Col. Hamilton, Lieut. Col. Nercott feverely, Lieut, Col. Cameron, feverely, Lieut. Col. Wyndham, feverely# Lieut. Col. Bowater, fiightly, Lieut. Col. Marklonell,'Uightly, Lieut. Col. Daft wood, feverely, Lieut. Col. Sir R. Hill, feverely, ' Lieut. Col. Hill, Lieut. Col. Schroider, Lieut. Col. Adam, feverely, Lieut. Col Miller dangeronfly, * Lieut. Col SirG. D- Berkeh?t A. KGb Maj. Mac Lean, Major Beckwritb, feverely, Maj. Jeafop, A.Q^M. G, Maj. Bnrche, right ami amputated, Maj, Perkinfon, fevcely, M»j. Poker, ler amputated, Maj. Robet Ball feverely, - Maj. Hamilton A. C. to Gen. SirE-WTOO- Maj. Lindfay feverely Maj. Watfon, do. B. M. Eroem, dang roully, I. Wilkin*) feveiely, M. Miller, do. Capt. Smith <K- 1 . Webber', feverely.' "*>&* Sir J, Bynor, fwerrly, * ra ^ Capt. Wbynnate,, Ca.;t."Barne,, (L2 Capt. the Hon.—Erftin, D. A.A.f^ rap to Li arm amputated. Capt. A. Dauejton, Aid-de-Ca.. General P/Vkton, feverely"*' ^ L Lieut's Fofter, Crome, Robe, Smith btracgway, feverely. Lt. Romey, arm amputated, I.t. Bloomfteld, Oiahtly, Lt. BrUt0n fa(Tf\v Lt. Forhe,, do. Lt. D. Crawfoid, fl^J I-t.H.relock.A. atoGen.SirC.ffi U Pringle, /lightly, Lt. Hamilton 7 I-t- Heife, Lts. Gardiner. Johnfon, Mottrv' Simmons, J. Gardiner, Fitzmanrice, Shea- J"y, Wright, feveiely. London, June u. The Paris Mon'teur of the 17th containi a Bulletin from the army, dated at r.i<rfit ob the 16th anhouueing that the Emperor had jnft gained a complete victory over the En. gifdi and Pruflpn irmy. I Tharoftb« 18th contains a difpatclifrom Sachet, dated Montmillas* June 15, 9 P. M. fay:ng '• th- enemy we-e attacked thisrnor. n"-!^. We have made 600 nrifoners, inclu. diner a Col. and Maj. and killed from 2 to 300 men." Bonaparte, published an addrefs to fofdfera on the 14th. Ir appears by h that I'Tey commanded his Irft wing ; and that Mbrifcr wi« left behind ill—and that a CoL and other officers had cone over to the cue* my, •»• A Paris Jjne, 14. The Emperor m leaving Paris eflablilhei a cou icil of Regency ,* fo»-med by the Princefs of the Imperial Family, the miaii* tc.s cf ^tatea ice,. ioneU Macau. C (tmerun » *-* A. Gordon, LONDON June* 17. Stocks have rUe* considerably today,H a report which titu obt '"ued some credit that *i French gentleman had a»rived, wti p-cjpofals from Carnot and Fouehe to the B> itICa government, the purport of which was to fet afii'e Bomipaite, on condition of the elevation of the Otike cf Orleans to the throne of France. Nothing official has trail* fpired oil this fubjecl. > The emperor of Raflia arrived at H* berg on the 5th. The. Emperor of Aofw was at Heilbrou. The French Imperial Gwardi which>W proceeded to the froniiens are computed* eo joo. -.md thr-horfei obtained by du- mo, ...ft'..,, .K, /-'^. ,I» A-.,,, it',- flt 2C.O00*-