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a 4 OF THE TOWN OF ROSA.S. Row, December 5, i 808. the town of Rosas and of the Cas- entered into between Messrs. the ief Dombrowski, Chief of the Staff ision, commanded by General Pino, to, Colonel Commandant of the 2d of the line, appointed by General !, Aid-de-Camp of his Majesty the ing, on the one part, and Mena. dro O'Daly, Governor Commandant itosas, and of the Castle of the Manuel Lemaur, Colonel of En )ther part. are the terms granted : , and the fort shag be delivered in the course troops of his Majesty the Emperor and King. shall lay down their arms upon the glacis of -isoners of war, and conducted into France. all that belongs to them. after the signature of the present Capitulation, Rosas, and one gate of the Castle of the m up to t*o companies af grenadiers. JEAN DOMBROWSKI, Adjutant-Com mandant, Chief of the Etat-Major. Fio, Colonel-Major. DON.PZDRO °MALT. MANUEL LEMAVR. Illation is approved of. REdLa. CA F IT ULATIO: Capitulation of t e of the Trinity, • djutant in Chief f the Italian Divis pd Chevalier Pio, rench regiment a . Division Rielk, mperor and Kin olonel Don Pedrc .f the fortress of tinny, and Don ,:ineers, on the oth The following a Att . I. The town al f the day, to the trot); IL The garrison shal be place, shall be pris the officers shall keep TH. Immediately afte glee of the town of Trinity, shall be given (Signed) The present Capitol General of THE. E SATUI PRICE ov STOCI s per cent. Ce ;per Cent. Lt il—Qa by the Dian*, from which we ye: received accounts announced, that t BAIRD, and ROMA stating, in additio nearly approached i 3 therefore probi tending armies ha expect soon to he That our troops ism and valour, ever may be the g NaroLlorr will r shunned to meet FREI from latim eon& whic: little TI set o Mai gos , •; mile he midi dtid to A of tt .1 • c of c: :tags 1. s n cons IS n o ler° quisi 1793 ight Vat!: zotiE .1111 Bu Lid] .:.VC nd ill .ueri rov St 'LE of Division commanding the Siege, (Signed) THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY,' JANUARY 7. PRICE OF STOCKS TIMIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : S per Cent. Consols tor acc; Cf.-Reduced 66i. (per Cent. SIII--Qmnism 1 elis--Exeheg. Bals 6s. to 7s. pre. fly the Diana, 'which brought the Spanish papers from which we yesterday gave extracts, Government received accounts confirming what .has been already announced, that the armies under Generals MOORE, BAIRD, and ROMANA, had effected a junction ; and stating, in addition, that this formidable force had nearly approched the army of Marshal SOULT. It i 3 therefore probable, that before this time the con tending armies have come in contact, and we may expect soon to hear of a most sanguinary conflict. That our troops will 'maintain their credit for hero ism and valour, we are most confident ; and, what ever may be the general issue of the present struggle, NaroLlorr will not have to boast that the British shunned to meet his battalions; FRENCH BULLETI Nt. Yesterday, after our Paper was at press, bovern. ment received Paris papers, containing the 17th, 18th, and lath Bulletins of the French Armies at Madrid; the last of which is dated the .13th ult. These Bulletins, like the last that were received, were sent out by the enemy in an open boat, which drifted over by the wind and tide, and came ashore near Folkstone, whence they were transmitted to Ministers. These Bulletins, which we have inserted in the pre ceding columns, shew the absurdity of the reports from Corunna and Vigo, which were before in circus lation. But, at the same time, they present some in congruities which deserve particular attention, and which prove, that the writer of the Bulletins is a little inclined to the marvellous: The 1 ith Bulletin states, that the Dttke of Istria set out on the sth for Guadalaxara, 40 miles North of Madrid, and had scoured the Whole road to Sara gos'ia, 200 miles to the N. E. and to Valencia, 140 miles East ol that City. Having taken 500 prisoners he afterwards proceeded South, and on the Bth, at midnight, at Santa Cruz, distant 140 miles from Ma; drid, took 1000 prisoners more, who Were hastening to Andalusia. The Bulletins say nothing of the mode of travelling employed by the Duke and his army, by w:lich he was enabled to traverse, in three days, a track cnntry which a courier, with fresh horses at every Ige, could not have travelled over in twicethe time. lie 18th Bulletin abuses the Supreme Junta, which s natural enough ; prais,2s two eecloiastics ; and congratulates the Monks on knowing their fate. This not explained in the bulletin, .but the papers which :cornp.aly these documents inform us that "the In tisition is abolished, and the number of convents :dr.ced one third." The lfithßulbotin announces thesumndcr of Rosas. this prove correct it will surpri.e ar ; for, in 793, during the Revolution war, it held out for ;ht months ! It also informs us, that the Emperor ails himself of the fine weather to remain in the tntry, one mile from . Madri..l! Had the weather . worse we are to infer that his Imperal Majesty , lald have resided among his brother JOSEPH'S loyal cf Madrid i ! But NAPnLEON'S Proclamation to the people of :rid is the most singular of all the documents that ;c reached us. Every thing he has done has pro :de.d from love and affection to their best interests, i • to make tirem the happiest people upon earth I It should they spurn his offered kindness, nothing remain for NAPOLEON " but to treat them as con led provinces." In that event he will " place the Am of Spain upon his own head, and cause it to respected by the wicked ; for GOD has given him er and inclination to surmount all obstacles."— to King JosErit, should the Spaniards oblige NA-' lON to wield, himself, the sceptre over them, he is to be placed 41 upon anOther thione"—yarn he gets it I—took to this, FRANCIS Another throne" remains to be overturned 1 A new dynasty is in preparation for Austria—yet “ the peace of the Con• tinent is not to be disturbed." • THE EPlPHANY.—Yesterday, being theAntiversary 'of the Manifestation of our Saviour to the Gentiles, (commonly called a The Epiphany," the same was observed at the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace. Lord JOHN THYNNE, his MAJESTY'S Vice-Chamber lain, attended in state in the Royal Closet, to represent his MAJESTY, as Head of the Church of England, with the same attendants of state,theYeome'n of the Guards, as if his MAJESTY was present. After the Gospel, appointed for the day, which is taken from the 2d chap. of St. Matthew, Ist verse, had been read, a solemn symphony began on the organ, and continued playing ' during the time Lord JOHN THYNNE and the attend ants were leaving the Royal Closet, and proceeding' through the aisle of the Chapel to the altar where his Lordship knelt on a crimson velvet cushion. A crim son mantle was placed on the front of the altar, where the Rev. Mr. Hollas, the Sub-Dean, was in attend ance, in the room of the BISHOP of LONDON, who is indisposed. The attendants then Look from an oval gold box three crimson bags, with gold ornaments, containing gold, frankincense and myrrh, gave them to Lord JOHN THYNNE, who presented them to -the Sub-Dean, who received them in a gold dish. The procession then returned to the Royal Closet.—After the service an appropriate Anthem—a Arise ! shine 0 Zion t for thy light is come"—composed by the late Dr. DUPUIS, was very correctly sung by Messrs. Goss, HAws, VAUGHAN, and SALMON. Letters have been received from Rio Janeiro, of the 13th October, which mention, that the Governor of Monte Video had opened the trade of that place to the British—ir consequence of which, several Eng lish vessels sailed for that port from Rio Janeiro. Government received dispatches on Wednesday from Mr. ADAIR, Plenipo for the British interests at Constantinople ; they are said to contain very interest ing and agreeable intelligence. ISMAJESTY having appointed the Right Hou. Sir GEORGE FITZGERALD' HILL, Bart. to ba of his Majesty's Most HoiDurable Privy Council of Ireland, he has taken the usual oaths, and his place at the board accordingly. Lord COLLINGWOOD, it is said, has been recommen. ded to his MAJESTY, as the successor to the late Lord GARDNER in the Major-Generalship of Marines. The Rev. Mr. HANCUET GREY, who was presented to his MAJESTY, at the Levee, on Wednesday, upon his being appointed a Prebend of Durham, is the son of the Earl of STAMFORD. Lord GRA:vary having resigned the office of Re corder of Guildford, a Common Hall was held on Thursday for the election of a successor. Mr. Serjeant BEST and Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW were proposed as can didates, and a ballot took place, at the close of which the numbers were, for Mr. Serjeant BEST 22, Mr. Ser ljeant ONsLow 9. Mr. Serjeant BEsr was of course declared duly elected. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the ast India House, when Captain GEORGE Rim-iam sox was sworn into the command of the ship Dover Castle, consigned to Bombay direct. The Court ad journed at•six o'clock till Wednesday next, Captain WILLS undertook another foot race of two miles against time, yesterday, on the Kilburn road. He had betted 20 guineas that he did the distance a' two starts, and he accomplished the object in ten se conds less than the time allowed. A splendid ball and supper were given bv'the Du chess of BEDFORD, on Thursday night. Nearly 300 persons, including all the principal families. in the county, were present. More than forty couple danced till one o'clock; in the Grand Saloon ; supper was then announced, after which the dance was resumed and continued till near four o'clock, when the com pany began reluctantly to depart. A-gross outrage was committed tit the time of full 'Change yesterday, upon Mr. STEVENS, a repectable merchant :—lt appears that Mr. S. had a trifling dis pute with a person of the name of TURNER, relative to a transaction in business. TURNER sought Mr. S. upon 'Change, for the purpose of giving him chas tisement with a horse-whip. As soon as he saw Mr. S. he began to put his threat in execution, sans ctre ' monie, and succeeded in giving Mr. S. several blows on the face, to the great indignation of the specta tors: The moment Mr. S. recovered from his sur prise, he rushed upon the aggressor, and knocked him down, and would have taken complete satisfae. tion upon the spat for the insult he received, had he not been prevented by the crowd, who had placed themselves between him and the just object of his attack.. Tuesday a girl, twelve years of age, while Cleaning a window, three stories high, in the Trongate, Glas -1 goic, fell into the Close, and was brbised in such a dreadful manner, that she expired the following morning. lOn Thursday last, at Thornaby, near Stockton, as ; G. Hutton, Esq. of turf celebrity, was crossing a 1 small bride, overflowed with water, he unfortunately fell from his horse, and was drowned. On Wednesday morning, a fire hroke out at the house of Mrs. P. King, Lower Tooting, Surrey ; but from the prompt assistance of the neighbours, was got under before much injury was done. A young man was found drowned in a pond at Chelsea yesterday morning, who proves to have been usher at a boarding school in Hertfordshire. He is supposed to have met his death by accident, having spent the evening of Thursday at Battersea. Two evenings ago, the Rising Sun public-house, in Suffolk-street, as well as the pot-boy, narrowly escaped from being destroyed by fire. The landlord, after the company had retired, and his whole farnily had gone to bed, felt a strong burning smell. After a mintite search, he found it issued from the bed room of the pot-boy. On bursting open the door, he saw the bed in flames, whilst the boy was found asleep in it. With great exertions he succeeded in confining the flaMes to that room only. The boy's clothes were burnt, but himself escaped. The fire originated from the unpardonable practice of sticking a candle on one of the posts, and the boy's falling asleep without ex• ingnishing it. . . . , NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. • MARGATE, JANUARY 6. Hii Majeity's schooner Pinokow came on shore near Kingsgate last night, at low water, and after 'beating upon the rocks on her broadside, as the tide made she bilged—two of her crew are lost, one of their was drowned, the other perished with cold ; the whole of the crew being for nine hours lashed to the Masts. FAI.MOUTH, lANUARY 4. Arrived the Walsiagham packet, Captain from the Brazils, with mails, hi 12 weeks: she touched at Madeira, and left it about 24 days since. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 5. Came in his Majesty's ship DIANA from Corunna ; Enterprize, GRAY, from Stockholm ; Victoria, Fo- RERA, from Malta ; Pickle, SKINNER, from New foundland ; Foster, REYSTOR, from Teneriff; French sloop Superb, —, from Nantz, with provisions, for Guadeloupe ; and a letter of marque, of 4 guns, and 21 men, prizes to his Majesty's ship INbEIFATIGABLE. Wind S. E. PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JANUARY 5. Arrived the DIANA frigate, 38 guns, Captain GRANT, from Corunna ; brings no news : also the Enterprize, GRAY, from Stockholm, laden with tar, deals, &c. ; Pickle, schooner, from Newfoundland, with fish, oil, &c. put in here by contrary wind ; American ship Factor, of New York, PRIESTE master, from Teneriffe, bound to London, laden with wine, pnt in by contrary winds ; Polacrc ship Feck Thorea, alias Victoria, A. FERROSA master, of and from Malta and Gibraltar. laden with oil, currants, and madder root, bound to London, put in here by con trary winds and bad weather. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 6. Arrived his Majesty's ships DILIGIT, from Ha lifax ; AVENGER, from Newfoundland and Falmouth; la FLECIIE, from Cott: ; and the PRIMROSE, from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's ships PHEASANT, for Falmouth ; DEFENDER and ANT, on a cruize. DEAL, JANUARY 6. Arrived his Majesty's ships CALLIOPE, from off Flushing ; BRITONIART and FLY, from the Westward. Saildd his Majesty's ship PAZ on a cruize. .YARMOUTH, JANUARY 7. ONE P. M.—Arrived the DICTATOR, of 64. guns, Admiral KEATS, from the Baltic. No boats having came on shore, cannot learn any thing new. Remain in the Roads the Roebuck, Vice Admiral DOUGLAS; Bellerophon, Hon. Admiral GARDNER . ; Mars, Abou kir, Princess Caroline, Stately, Calypso, Mosquito, Egeria, Havoc, Censor, Safeguard, Locust, and Richmond, all of which have rode out the severe gale, without experiencing any considerable damage. The Wandering Main, SWANBERG, from Gotten burgh, with iron, deals, and tar, is on- shore on Hap pisburgh Beach ; four of the crew are drowned, and the ship is gone to pieces —part of the carp saved. APOSTROPHE, TO THE RIVER NITH. BY JOHN t4AYNE. • Hail, gentle stream ! for ever dear Thy rudest murmurs to mine ear ! Torn from thy banks, tho' far I rove, The slave of Poverty and Love, Nc'er shall thy Bard, where'er he be, Without a sigh remember thee! For there my infant years began, And there my happiest minutes ran ; And there, to love and friendship true, The blossoms of affection grew ! Blythe on thy banks, thou sweetest stream That ever nurs'd a Poet's dream ! Oft have I, in forbidden time, (If youth cou'd sanctify a crime E} With hazel-rod, and fraudful fly, Ensnar'd thy unsuspecting fry ; In pairs have dragg'd them from their den, Till, chac'd by lurking fishermen, A'aray I've flown, as fleet as wind, My lagging followers far behind ! And, when the vain, pursuit was o'er, RetLru'd successful as before ! Sir Rionann PaILLIPS has given Mr. ARNOLD four hundred pounds for his new Comedy, and it will ap pear on Monday. DRURY-L.NNE.—Last night, Mr. ARNOLD'S new Comedy of Man and Wife ; or, More Secrets than One, was performed, a second time, to a crowded, and, if possible, a more applauding audience than on its first representation. This piece 'possesses so much pleasantry, variety, sentiment, and good-humour, it may be already pronounced an established favourite with the public. The whole of the perfOrmers de serve the Authors best thanks for their great exertions in his favour. The applause continued long after the conclusion of the Epilogue.—The Countess of Motait and LOUDON, and her party, sat in his Royal High ness the Prince of WALES'S box. All the Fashion in town were present. HAVMARKET.—Last night was performed, at this theatre, the Play of Speed the Plough. With respect to the manner in which the characters were filled, those who have seen the Sir Abel Handy of Mr. MUN DEN, and the Farmer .4fshfiekl of Mr. EMERY, must be satisfied of their adoption, and it will be only ne cessary to observe, that their exertions, upon this night, were as happy as we recollect to have witnessed at any former period. TWELFTH •McHT.—The anniversary of this Festi val ,was celebrated last night, with its usual splendour. The confectioners' shops vied with each other in the variety and ingenuity of their devices. • It would be an almost endless task to attempt to describe the dis play of Twelfth Cakes, with all their ornaments, l which decorated the counters ; and the blaze of liotl that exhibited them to the eager eyes of the admiring crowd in the streets. DRURY-LANE.—After the performance of last night the Annual Twelfth Cake, left by the s ill of BAD DELEY, was divided as usual, among the sons and daughters .of THESPIS. Much gaiety and good hu mour prevailed. The Princess of VirALEt gave a grand entertainment last evening ? at Kensington Palace, in. honour of the Birthday of the Princess CHARLOTTE. About twenty 'four persons. of distinction partook 'of the banquet.— in the evening cards and music were introduced. The party did not break up until a late hour. I THE ARMY: • . • A further supply of horses for the artillery service; marehed,from Chatham on Tuesday to embark for Spain: A detachment of the gunner drivers, cot sii= tang of 40 men, and about 80 horses of the sable esta blishment, are to take with them 300 of the most active and serviceable horses which have been top; plied for the contract work, on the fortifications car= rying on at that Place. .‘ General SHERBROOKS is arrived at Portsmouth, to take the command of the troops lately arrived there from Ramsgate. They are to sail under convoy of the Isis, of 50 guns. General SHERBROOKE has ap prised them, that their service will be an arduous one. He has, accordingly, given orders that no Officer should take more baggage with him than he would undertake to carry ; and that no woman shall accom: pani the Expedition who is not able to bear great fatigue. The Expedition from Portsmouth has not yet been got off. Yesterday, they were employed in embark ing-the horses of the Guards and of the Staff, and last night or this morning the General Officers and Stall .were to go on board—but now it is late—the wind is quite fair, and may continue so for some time. From whatever cause it proeeeds, we are almost uniformly tardy and Unfortunate in fitting out our expeditions: As we have''sitch abunchlitce of ships -to convey them, why were not the .En gineers and Artillery, with the 87th and 118di, regiments, sent off on Tneiday By this tinw, with the ,wind which has prevailed, they Might have landed in Spain. The Guards might have followed with another convoy—their horses, the artillery horses, and the gunner drivers, might have been sent after them, and the troops from Scotland and Irelancki should have proceeded in separate convoys as they were ready, or all might have rendezvoused in a har bour in Spain. Much inquiry into, and amendment of the various departments of the army are needed: The 2d battalion of the 11th Foot is on its march from Brabotim Lees to Chatham . A few days ago a detachment of the 37th Regi ment marched into Shrewsbury, under the command of Captain TEMPLE FENTON, where, it supposed, that Regiment will be quartered on its arrival froin the West Indies, in which country it has served for upwards of the last nine years. FRENCH ARMIES. The French Armies are eontructed altogether on the model of the Roman Legions. We often see the words corps and di;isions mentioned in the French bulletins, and often in the English translation, we confound these terms. 'lt is essential to mark the difference. -r. A corps is a cohiplete army, under the command of a Marshal. It consists of two divisions of infantry, and one division of cavalry, besides its proportion of artillery, engineers, in inerS, guides, and commissariat, and is composed as follows : Two divisions of infantry, each commanded by a General of Division.. equal in rank to our Lieutenant- General. Each division consists of two brigades, each under the command of a General of Brigade, equal in rank to our Major-General. Each brigade of two regithents. Each regiment of three battalions. • Each battalion of nine companies'. Each company of 117 men. But in time of war the grenadiers are detached and formed into separate battalions ; so that each bat talion has eight companies, and taking off the odd 17 men per company, each battalion on an average has 800 men ; so that each regiment of infantry is 2100 strong. A division of cavalry consists of two brigades. Each brigade of two regiments. Eaeh regiment of 1000 men, but on an average they are hot more than 800. So that in each division of infantry there are 9600. In each division of cavalry 3200. And to form a corps there are, Trio divirions of infantry One ditto cavalry Artillery, pioneerS, guides, &c. say 19,200 3,200 600 rn all about - 23,000 men. But they necessarily vary according to circum stances from CO to 35,000 men. A Corps therefore under the chief command of a Marihal, is an army, with three Generals of Divi. •sion, and six Generals of Brigade under him. i t i s certain, however, that BONAPA.TE does not always adhere to his rule: The Dukes Marshals do not always accompany their own Cort.. Thus SOULT was hurried into Spain, because his great talents were thought indispensible, although his corps is one of the two which the last Bulletins state have just passed the Bidassoa. BONAPARTE also detaches divisions of cavalry, and even constitutes a corps of cavalry, as his best manoeuvre is rapidity of action. If our readers, however, will attend to this con. structiOn of his force, they will be able to estimate the amount of the French army in Spain. A very serious disturbance took place in the gsr rison of Colchester, on Christmas-Day, between the 4th regiment of foot and a militia regiment, in which upwards of a hundred men Were wounded on both sides, and one killed. Sunday as James Miller, fifer to a recruiting party of the 91st regiment, at Kilmarnock, was going home, a good deal intoxicated, he met one Rowan, a deser ter, and had just laid hold of him, with a view of taking him to his officer, when he stabbed him with a pen knife, in three places in the belly, so that a great part of his entrails came out. He languished till next morning, when he died. Diligent search was made after the villain, but unfortunately without success. I