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F -"" FRENCH PAPERS. ALCONA, NOV. 7. . . In the course, of ebe last three days thirty vessels of different sans came into this port. • rEfERSBURGII, NO I 7. 12. . 'The Imperial Manifesto concerning the levy of re cruits is couched in the follewing terms: ALLIANDIR I. finding it necessary to keep our Army undi miui.hed Ina:lumbers, and having taken the opinion of the Em pire, we decree; : • .• • ~ .. . . Tbat there shall be raised, thrOugbont the whole ezteat of the Empire, except in the Provinces of Ejalstocle, Tarnepoi, and Grusia, four recruits for every Sbo persons. 'fite Levy will com- meoce the Ist of November of she current year, and terminatek the Ist of January, 1012. 111Z.uktrior sikpOsisions relative to g the execution of it, will lre'rbilde%by the geitatelii'conformity to the preceding Decree. .• (Signed) tl.4xattoxt. MURZUSCHLAG ' NOV. 47-• - This morning, at halaftmegye o'clock, the wea ther being cloudy, several shticks df on • earthquake were - felt here ; each laved - 14f a secoed,lut they were much less violent than • thine felt on the Itli i., .. last October. The directiop e ofithe shocks was from . LISBON, NOVEMBER 28. west to met, They .U;eee staot accompanied .by any --• ZXTRAcr OW AN omelet DISPA'iCti FROM MAItsIIAL noise. es . .• .- • LORD wl.l.l.lsmTosr; TO 1111 EXCELLENCY DON MIGUEL • , HERMANSTADT, NOV. 16. '. : TOILLIZ, DATED lIIIIAD-QUAR rim VITEN ADA, NOV. 20 : Intercentse is fully established between Himgary • 4 4 I have received intelligence that General Belles and Wallachia, and_we'now receive intelligence from • terns, on the s'ithinstant made a second attack upon the Bucharest as in eimes.of profound peace. Since the ; negociations have commenced no event of importance enemy, and that he Lad completely succeeded in the has occurred in Turkey:The public bb: mind is bb: n enterprize—the details have not reached me , but I o doubt that the results were favourable to tho Ned to apauseiteell with conjectures, but it is hitro 16P melee troops. supposed that any:thing definitive will take place t ill. 66 The last letters - tcte return of the Tartar, sent to. Ccustantinuple by ' which I have received from' Mr. Wellesley are dated the 6th instant, in which I I the Creed Vizier. have Act an aficount of 'Gen.. Ball istero's late sac- 1 The Russian limy occupy still - the positions of i , al ik e. Valen which they became masters in. the course of their late - 2..n0r l'rery tilde reepectbtg. the affairs of usince the 11th of Octuber. successes. The right neing is entirely ,stationed on ~ the right benk of the Danube, and is in possession of I .66 There has been no movement in E-trernadura, nor s in this neighbouthood, since my alitzrwr dispatch 1 Thisewa, Ratschesty, Rochowah, Silistrie, and 'cur ' to your Ekeellency, dated the 13th ins!, tukay. The important fortresses of Braila, Galaez, I „ Ay a leatr, dated the 11th inst. from Sir How and Ismael, afford them perfect security, and serve ! arch Dou p tlas, I am informed, that upon that day he as rallying points. The centre oteupies the environe. i'llad received intelligence from the Junta of Mondo of Rudschuck (which (*tress is in a state of blockade), ; and extends towards Nicopolise s The light cavalry nedo, stating that the enemy entered Oviedo o n t he i 6 t h . i.. ; ;tant." advance to Rasg:ad and Brettowitz, in order to rit- ' , iNooniuntat 30.—Ye , terday entered this port Si serve the roads to Sehttmla, Sophii e and Widdin. En „ iidl transpotti, with troops, and in tl:e evening i a• The corps tic reser' is stationed betwton Guitgewe :l 6 the cavalry be eli I:n embarlchig. and Slossadse, on the left batik of the Danube, in I DECEMBEit I.—The British army on the north of I order ta keep in check the Turkisfecosps posted in the .. ; the Tagus has made a f rwatd movement , andhead isleed and in the entrenchment of Slobodse. The quarters are now at Fuentes de Guineldo. This ad right wing has resumed all the positions , which they vance is understood to be occasioned by demonstrs had lost in the lesser Wallachia. Nevertheless, the : lions, on the part of the enemy to advance for the Turks have still possession of the islands of tile Da purpose of du owing a supply into Ciudad Rodrigo; nube, near Widdin. A Russian corps, which forms but is u• have now closed up, it is cmjectured he part of the right wing, has passed the Danube to- . I will not make any fart. er movement untd we recite, ' wards Prancoa and formed a junction with the Ser or until the Agueda is kill. Irian and Russian force stationed en the banks of the Girard is dead of his wounds and anxiety of mind; Timock. A free communication has been re-nets- 1 he is succeeded in the command of the sth division blished between the Russian airy and the Servians. , by Philipon, late Governor cf Bedejos. The Ruseian head-quartets. I remain at Guirgewo. Some vessels cf war. fitted for troops, and a con- MADRID, NOVEMBER 17. i voy, have arrived here, but very few soldiers. General D'Armagnac, Governor of the province i ELVAS, NOVEMBER 6, of Cuenca, having received information that Franc's. i queue was with his party in the neighbourhood of Bel- i ethad They write from Galicia, on the 24 th ult. t h a t Por 'mate, left Taraneon, on the night of the 12 th inst. r entered Palencia, taken 10,000 bushels of and ordered the C enmandara Beausse to hasten his gram, anl that more than '2OO youths had joined him. march Stith the advanced guard of cavalry which lie I VALENCIA DE AI.CANTARA, NOV. 16. bad placed beneath hie orders. This officer having CONFIDENTIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The Marquis de eprerisca the . enemy's sentinels, a n d the advanced : Almeda re-entered Toledo on the 28th ult. with the post which he had at Belmonte, a town protected by : amount of the contributions, and what the sale cf the a wall, entered the place at full Teed. Franeiscluette magazines of grain produced. On the 30th, an Ad being taken by suiTrize, endeavoured to retire and jutant advised General Armagnec not to continue rally his people on the parade, but the charge of our . his march towards Fuenca, bsceuse the enemy was dragoons did not allow him time. He was taken prig mere numerous than he imagined, and that General soner, and received, as he was endeavouring toder , Mahy had gone in the direction of Teruel. fend himself,- a wound, of which he died some M O -1 On the 31st, in the morning, General Marmont re enents afterwards. Thirty men Of his party viere ceived a dispatch from Ateoros, and set out without killed, and seventy-five taken prisoners. A hunt:heal waiting fur his trainof artillery, Ile is gene toToledo. and sixty horses, the arms and Ixaggage of the wlio)c I TALAVERA, OCTOBER 26. guerillas MI into our hands. Three officers and tour , The lit and Sd infantry divisions of Mermont's sergeants are among the prisoners. , The Captains of the native companies who diviivuished themstlves may, cnosisting . of from B to 9000 men , ver y mu c h in this affair, have been recommended to his Majesty's at; g tied and dispirited, have arrived at this city, and are quartered in the villages between it and Toledo. =side.; alma TOULON, NOV. 27. • Matmont himself arteeed here;; and after a stay of ates,l three days set out for Madrid, with - Amoroz : it is A squadron Or 14 vessels, with several fri:r said that tie will soon return. It is thought that the sailed from this port on the 20th, command . 'd by I above division* have come hither to refresh and recruit Admiral ErneriaLt. They remained ia sight, though . 1 theme -hues for some days; after which they will make at a great distance from the coast, 01 the 4 2 4 ,1 d, only a few vessels were discernible in the rear, t h .„ wh ; I a movement for re-victualling Bedejoz, of which they are afraid the English will again form the s greater part of the squadron being out of sight. On i. The Trench army occupies the right banr of the its return into port, we learned that it had stood out star'f fom Placentia to Toledo. . • . to sea in pursuit cf ore of the enemy's line of battle ' ships, end a frigate, and that the ship le Trident and , tatowt 's HE LISBON DIARY, NOVEMBER. ST. the frigate PEmelie had neared them, but could not PEOCLAMATION OF TIIE EKOLISH C 016614.. come within &hot. Several gnill were fired by our • 66 Soldiers of the French Army, Germans, kalians, Russians, vecseis and by the enemy, without citing any material ' Poles, Austrians, Swiss, and all otters, injury on either side, though several shots paned s' The Spaniards ktnSw that you serve contrary to through the sails. The English vessels threw into your inclinatiou, and that after having seen- your the sea anchors; cables, boats, and spars, in order to Country desola'ed by a French army, an infamous enable them to sail the faster; but, notiviths:anding. pol•cy has forcibly torn yOu from the bosoms of your - this, they would bade been infallibly overtaken, It. families; to make you the vile instruments of its per our vessels had not been constantly bellied by calms' tidy.against Spain. mid other accidents. Netrertheless they did not give 1 44 Soldiers—Spain never will be conquered by the . Alp the hope of reaching - them duteiitg Dille Lours French armies, because a nation determined toshe that the pursuit lasted, and it w4s only towards even- i free will always be so, in defiance of all the tyrants in lag that the enemy, favottred by a brisk breeze, oil the universe. Spain may be devastated, but her de glide they bid the benefit a long time before our va s tators will find in it their sepulchres. Akitadrottp were enabled 4 get to su •:1 a distance as " England, allied to Spain, invites you to fly a to determiOthe Viee t Adruir.d 'panflu,- who' com manded the van e te abandonehe pursuit. •This took service which overe helms 100 in never-ending dis grace and evils, and offers to every soldier, no matter place on the 22.1, but the squadron did not,come into Port till the 2G It, notwithstanding the severity of the of what nation, that shall desert, a gratuity of twenty weather i and this very oircumstanCe, indeed, seems. crowns, clothing, meintainance, and die preset vation of the ir actual rank. to have operated as an incentive to the Admiral to 66 S o ldi ers —l invite you enter remain at sea, as .well,to tee: clse the crews of the to the service cf different. vessels as - In protect several convoy; which England, or not liking to do that, I have ships ready h ippened to be upon the coast. '• .• , . to carry you to your respective countries, or wherever . ... PASSAU, NOV. sl. -r • you wish to go. The peasantry, and the Spanish army, have received the most positive orders to treat It is well known that in armies the carriage tif , laize pontoons is :Wended with much inconvenience. ouS brothers. Have no bar ; you will be well ills Ranson, Royal 'erecter of vessels at l'ssau, received, and protected in the same manner as many hes invented a small Skid', only five' feet in l ength. of ' , cur compenit ns, who are now enjoying the ad., vantages offered you.. ,_• morn , • , • i arid nits reeigning t.r.in far sir- potnids. I t ~ e .. _. takes to peees, and .130 cif them - ean : be piclod on a . 4 , otddtere, Take advantage of a moment so greatly i vehiele drawn by six bli-ses. A poblic experiment adv.antageous for yott s and accept the offer made yOul mide 1)1 re has demo:tor:aid the utility of the lateen- as the most es . ecure and only remedy for breaking your tm. A soldier with a weight of 100 pr herds was' chains, • Or' idi Coesul and Agent in V4lencla.. 50 . . ) i enoveye.l in one of Cie bouts aC7Crtithe Vantibe in • . ifsnr sari at r, aiilloi•gli 14ttLwipd was unfase; arable ; N. B. Ore b -at r.tuintd in 44 I'. C, TUPPER, In o to Vae knowtr,Rnd protected when. kir ogl threene'nutsa, The Danube at y.ott4einee twee 4 0 the t.ipaniards, throw your . aTtp. the place is mere than IMO 143. broad. ' upon che.ground : sett use theword4o dowel" . . . - LISBON 111,11 L. .. MUNICH, NONTNIrEit tom. : frost SATURDAY :::GHT'S CAZ;LTE. At a quarter atter three o'clock this dal', her 'it % .----- . Royal Highness the Hereditary Princess of Brvaria I • D4FNING-STR4 I', DEcEMBER ts, latl, .• was safely delivered of a son. The Princess and bet A letter., Of 0 Nei the followhtg Ix in estroct.luntpen • ittl child are as well as can be expected. by &nail of livtfroa In r: Colonel Crrns, onsitoril n - * pattku:a service in evtahnia, t:Ated.Vicli, itthN, , , • PARIS, DEC. S. 1 ,Kit. . 1 ' ^ -His Majesty the King of Naples has issued orders - ' 'nf . ..' " -' 4e . I feel very great' gitisfActiop in t ormeng qr. for a levy of 3000 seamen, to man the vessels le Ca- Lordship. that *meccas bees continued to. L j tvour,.all pin, the frigates la Carolir.c and la Ceres, and other the enterplizes , f the Baron Fr les. From - Cervera vessels.now on the stocks. • • he marched by the yeti de Urge' to Puigcerda, dis• ; persed the regular and militia .coree of the enemy, OTRANTO, NOV. 16. to the amount i f about fifteen hundred Men, :he lat. '. A shallop and arrnther small vessel coming from ter suffering considerable loss.. The Baton •lots.sue. Coda, yesterday put into this port. l'hey bring a ceeded in making contributions of different kind%l Confirmation of the intelligence bt fore received with Form specie!, &c. to the amount of upwards of fifty respect to the flour'sbing state of that island, and . thousand do:lars from France ; indeed his small co the plenty now enjoyed there, since the arrival of a limns have entered Languedoc, much farther than great number of vessels laden with grain, from vats- has been ka , Avn since the wars of succession. • ous parts of the continent. These- arrivals were be!. 1 His contributions were levied with that judgment com , ng more frequent, and the most profound MM. and exactness, that they were seldom opposed, the guilty prevailed in the island. • I militia in very few instances attempting resistance, ---- 1 and the villages in many confessing the justice of a %roc THE EVENING STA LONDON.. . . MOND4Y, DECEMSER 16. PRICA roots 'PHIS DAY AT ONE t I'CLOCK 9 per Ct. Cons. for money sbut.r-Ditto for opg. 3 per Ct. Reduced 624-4 per Cent. 7311 Navy 5 per Ct. shut —limas 14.16". pr.- Omni= t ¢ dii. Exch. bills (3d.) par 11.413.—Ditto (3 a.) 2s. to Ss. pre. • THE KING. • Saturday the Membef's of the Qtnex's Council had their weekly meeting at Windsor as usual. The re sult of that day's investigation respecting his MA JESTY'S health was by no means more favourable than that of the preceding examination. It is now, we are sorry to say, reported, that the Physicians, with a single exception, entertain no hopes of a recovery. The following Bulletin of his Mansrv's state was yesterday exhibited at St. James's 4 ' WINDSOR ca.srux, Dac. 14. 44 His MAJESTY continues nearly in the same state. 4 ' 11. lIALFORD. 4 ' J. WILLIS.. 44 M. EMILIE. 11, WILLIS. " " W. HgBERDEg. and Lord BosTow . General GORDON were the Lord and Groom of the KING'S bed-climber yesterday at Sr. lams's Palace. S.atnrclay die Marquis WaXESLEY had an audience with the PRINCE REOMIIT. Mr, PnKcavAt. and Mr. RYDER had.aujiences, and trduntetccl busintlstt \vial thc PRINCE it.sqsNT At York 1 lot;. e. 4 CAPTURE OF BATAVIA. The.Caantiva fr;gate, C iptain Cou. has arrival . rtortsmouth from the East Indies. with the agree- Abie intelligence of the capture of ra.t tvia. and the folkewingq is 1 . accnunt.of.the.subjeo has been lest Imo • I IL .. - to the LOAD MAYOR : . b .,,,. ”.ADMIRALTV•OPPICE. DEC. 16. if My L055,..1 have the honot:r to acquaint yovr " Lntdshiptbat Captain S I N'FOR 0 of 1 is Majesty's I . a ship 0 rren, arrives at till% Olio early this mora la ing, with Dispatches from Rear-Adnairil the Hon. 1 . . " ROISEItT STOPFoRix, address...l to Mr. Cnotze2t, aad •' dated Batavia Roads, 28th of &Tim last, core. 44 municating the safsfactery intelligence of th‘t ca.,- N tore df the City of B2tavia anJ the greater part. . 4 of the enemy's Europein fcnces in the I land of " Java, by his Majesty's n tval and tnil;tary f wen, • 1 " under the command of Rear.Admital Stork-ono t " and Lieutenant•Generat Sir S. ACCiimUTY. retaliation. - The division ef the Baron then returned into Spain by the Val de Queloll; and two days ago I acconi panie' 1 him to the Gariga, with the intention of at tacking a_ convoy. from Gerona to Barcelona, but the convoy having returned, I came to this city, wlii,-11 is for the mom e nt head-quarters. Indeed, Whenever the convoy shall attempt a passage, it will inevitably meet with a severe loss, a citcumstance in the pre sent state of the French army in this province, I should conceive to be avoided if possible ; but the necessity of Barcelona now has become so great, that the loss would be nearly counterbalanced by the in convenience. At present no day arrives but the enemy lose men, and none but the Sp.,aish arms gain recruits and conSdence. , The enemy have begun to bombard the Medic, but the Governor writes word .that no damage has been done; and such is now.the importance of this point of diversion, andsintereeption of coasting. con- , voys for Barcelona, that the Emperor has ordered them to be reduced to ashes, and the tifrinialt General has promised to hang . the Govern-c if lute CMS noulec fend it till he hits not a 1/14•1 left ;• and such ample, time now has been given fir its defence against every arm said mime of maim- i ce, that not- Om smallest apprehension is entertained-of its pregnability. - ADMIRALTY-011E10E, DECEM EL it 14, 181 I. Extract of a letter (ran Captain Codrington, of his Majesty's sh p Blake, addressed to Vice-Admiral tier Edward Pelkv.-, aid transmitted by the latter to blin Wi,son Other; Esq. dated off Mataro, on the coa-t of Ca , atonia, the oft Nov. INII. • Catalonia, heretofore so distrustful, thews at pre sent the most unbounded confidence in the Generals who lead ,her armies ; and the barbarities of the enemy, Instead of quelling that spirit for which she has been renowned, have made soldiers of her whole male population. Sanguine as I have heretofore been, I am really astonished at the noble attitude to which the principality is rising. The Baron Emles has fought another successful battle, on the 26th, near Puigcerd 4, in which he has ' lessened the numbers of the enemy in killed, woun ded, and pi isoners, to the amount of biz hundred 'l— and he is now levying contributions in the neighbo'ur hcod of Mont Louis (within the confines of France) without any opposition. Copy of a Letter from Captain Peyton, of hie Majesty's sloop the Weezle, addressed to Rear-Admiral Boyles, and transmuted by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pelk-w, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. His tetajtuy'e sloopWrazie, off the Westward cd Cyprus, August 29, lint. • Sin—His Majesty's sloop uadee my eogimand, after an eight hours chace to windwari, captured this day the French Xebeck privateer le ltoi de Rome, STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. of 10 guns.aud 46 men, belonging to Reggio, corn- • „ who stiles ...i Ministers have this moment issued the following manded by Monsieur Antoine Michel , himself Enseigne de Vais•-•eau, and Chevalier de loillielal Communication on the subject of the CAP rum: l'Ordre Royal des Deux SiCiles ; out six days from Af igtla ' ATAYIA Alexandria, what she has carried her only prize (a t"" . " DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 16. Maltese bambard): . lam happy hr having made I this capture, as site is only 45 days off the stocks, and a Captain TYLDEN, Military Sezritary to I.i,:nte sails remarkably, well. 'She left Alexandria after ' nant-General' Sir SA M ()EL Acusstrev, arrived thin seven En3lish merchant vessels bound to Malta, and ' • morning it Lord Llveneoot.'s Office, with dispatches on a cruize in the Archipelago.-1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. S. PEYTO,V, Commander. from Lord MINTO 'mut die Lieuttnant-General, con Extract of &Letter from Captain Malcolm, of his Majesty's ship : tain t ing the account of the surrender of Batavia, and the Rhin. dated in Commend Bay the Sib inst. and addressed to Admiral Sir Roh.'rt Calder, Bart. by whom it has been tram- the whole of the Island of Java, west of the Tsiero initted to John Wilson evoker, Esq. ou I beg leave to in y, that 'f arrived here bon to his Majesty's arms. . . to-day, having captured yesterday, after a chace of 1 46 The British forces landed on the 4th of Anatat ff' four hours i- the Eddystone, the French schooner ! - ; within twelve miles of Batavia, which capitulated on privateer la Courageuse, of 14 guns (which she thre w overboard in the chase, along with her anchors and ' the Bth. On the Kith the troops had a smart affair part of her provisions), 90 tons and 70 men. (For.promotiow, Bankrupts, ix ,,, idapb. ikcase the bit p ar. , with the corps d'ilitc of General JANip..v'S army. On the 26th they Assaulted the works of,Cornelius, and • dispersed the Whole ofalie Frenth army, except a small party of horse which -escaped with General , . . ... JANSEM. About 8000 of the enemy were killed, and 5000, including three Generals, were taken prisoners. Our lost'ionsists of one Lieut.-Colonel, 3 Captain, 9 Lieutenants. 2 Ensigns, 98 European, and about . • 51S native floor's killed; 3 Lieutenant-Colonels, '2 Majors,.l4 Captains, 36 Lieutenants, 7 Ensigns, 530 European, and about 110 Native troops, wounded." •' ------ An Anholt Mail arrived this morning, but its cot:- tents are not of mach importance in respect to po tics' information, Among other articles of min interest, we have a long-account of some skirinistc . of gun-boatv-on the coast of Calabria, in which, .ti.- cording 16 the foreign Journals, the Italians were suc cessful. • - - French Papers to the 7th instant have been re ceived ; but, as wiil be seen from the extracts whic'a we hare given, their contents are not of much im portance. , The French armies in Spain seem to' lie miserably galled by the Guerrillas and other Spanish troops in evory direction, CovENT-G A RDEN.— Shakespeare's Tragedy of C. riolanso was Most admirably pettonned at this theatre on Saturday taming. Mr. Roane and Mrs. Sin was were eminently successful,. in the arduous cha racters of Coriolaino and Volotomia, dud receivedahe most unbounded applame. 11,c rest of the charac• tors were very ably smninekl. The Roma was crowded. - The decorations of the play_aie prepared with great appropriate.skill and magnificence. " The troops were landed on the 4th of Augu't. gg Batavia surrendered at discretion on the Sth, and gg on the 26th the enemy's strongly entrenched az.si ig fortified works at Cornelis, were forced by 1,:.; " Majesty's troops, and the gre ter part of their " forces killed or taken prix: ners. The seamen and gg marina of the squadron were landed to co-operate ga with the army, which they did with great gallantry gg and advantage to the public service, and I am " happy to add, With the comparatively small loss of " 15 seamen and marines klled, and 6 Officers and " 19 seamen and marines wounded. " have the honout- to he, ttc. " c. ynnKr." Sir SAMVEL 'Acctimuy had the cotun:ind of Capto.in SrOPFORD 1135 lost an aim in the. Ps action he was waiting f r his ship.(the Orrra), and volunteered his services in 'taking the battery, with the remainder of seamen and marines, 711 of V. hich are killed and wounded, 15 only of the for Mer---no officer .killed. Our frigates arrived off the Island on the Bth. The Park and Tower guns were fired at noon this day in honour - of the above event. The Royal Standard was also hoisted at St. Martin's and St. :Margaret's Churches: ; General Jamas, the Governor of Batavia, fled as it is supposed, in the direction of Larabaya, which is situated in the eastern extremity of the Island of Java, with about .50 cavalry. A number of Ger. I mans who were in the elute)) lervice, having deserted from their Officers, st.rrenclered to the,Britnis after the action at Cornelius. SECOND EDITION.