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men under arms, out of the 40,000 which leA the p a f r ts o England. giving the The ilfosi;eur of 30th September, after u i„, t in intelligence from an English Paper— ' 11. e whole British army has quitted Spain. Sir Arthu r Wel - h as his heal-quarter. at Eivas (I).—lt is said this retreat iicen occ.isioned by the want of provisions ( 2 ).—The French E"Vi returnee! to Madrid. has these :iates (t) This is certainly a great success, and the Eng tici‘, pe ople owe much gratitude to Lord Wellesley for i,,,vie,destroyed a part of their troops, for having corn riinised the glory of their arms, for having fled sixty i t , r uzs pursued sword in hand, in fine—for having a bj a doiled their allies. The King of England has rewarded these great services by conferring on General ve l s iee the title of Lord Wellington, Viscount Tabs- N'hy does he not give, likewise, to Lord Chat ;,r, the title of Duke of ?Valcheren ? This rew ar d wou hi be a< well merited as that which has been rte d to Sir Arthur. We hope that the Englis be an do, in the course of this winter, will General, eri , e n into the Tagus and forced to evacuate Pont!. ' sc;!I receive the titl of Duke of Lisbon. Thus the- Fa° • • frerc h will End in the feetealogy of the English Ge nerils the list of their successes. c) It is impossible to find a worse excuse : What tv , l s it in the middle ef Spain, and when the English arm s. had bchinalt Seville, Lisbon, and the sea, that it retre at was occasioned by the want of provision s ? I s is i m possible to sport more with the public credu lity. The English fled from the French bayonets, and the Frach troops, far from returning immediately to Madrid , pursu ed these fugitives as far as the heights would permit. The illoirax of the 30th of September, contains s article extracted from an evening paper on the failure of our expedition against Antwerp, in which it is said, that the Armistice concluded on the Danube, could net but hive a powerful influence on the issue of that expedition, makes the following remarks on a:cett!nn : What a Miserable excuse ! what have the affairs cf the Danube to do with the expedition of the S.chcidt ? Can it for a moment be supposed that Fince steed in need of the army which is in Vienna t, defend herself against the English ? The English expedition failed because it was extravagant ; it would ..lea have Riled had the French been defeated at Wag ram ; nay, it would, in that case have mere cer tainly tailed of success, because an unfortunate event would have ds-übled the energy of the French in the interior; it would have, because, in fact, fools only could gttrnpt a similar expedition in a month, and a climate w:kre epidemic fevers carry off one moiety of the army. !lad it been undertaken in the month oflay, fa chance against its success would have been far less considerable ; because at that time of the rear no dread of maladies was to be entertained. 17x Cabieet of St. James's, acting in x different man ner, displayed the utmost ignorance of circumstances, in a we to which it attached so much importance. The Expedition was absurd ; hecaure Flushing could no: he supposed to be taken but niter a long seise, carried on in the midst of inundations—because the 'Auction of Flushing, it was nectssai y to dire:• hirther eperations against Bata, Bergen.op. zoom, and Lillo—and because no attack on the strong , place of Antwerp could he made but after previous s:eyes, to the number of three, As hich must take at least three months—and because it was Let recollect- I ed that the fourth battalions of the re , , intents of ail the army which remain in France, form ati army of more thin 100,000 men, exclusi veiy of the national guards and gens d'arpies of the neighboaring dc part- vents, In less than eight elays a corps of 4800 horse was assembled at Antwerp, whit? all the cavalry or Lord Chatham's army did not excee.l I " Let not the Engli.ll boast of their holding the key of Ow Scheldt ! —They cannot hold it.—Any force may be destined to defend that place must in the cud be lest to England, either by capitidation nr icicness ; and in the former arse, we shall be more roan indemnified for the loss of 4000 men who capi. tul..;e3 ng, not 1000 of wile= were French." Si'AWISII PAPERS. EAEN, SEPTEMBER 3 A dizpatch from Senor Eguia, of the 29th nit. minunicates that he has joined the army of this province with 11,000 infantry and 4000 cavalry, to act in concert. lie will enter La Mancha by Cuidad Itnl. The remainder of the army of Estramadura r covering certain points, and ours is beginning One division goes to Valdepenas, ;.: -r t o Moral de Calatrava, whe:'e it is pro. 11c:id-quarters Will b fixed, the rest ad- • pri,ppmen. (.ccupi:s !lie points. of Mora, Yebenes, as we have received advice from , (1 the date ~f the 2!.4th, v.l-A-11 town cur i.:(l•ty bad en:: red. of the ; 1:h September, the enemy still retreat, and various divisions, to the 1'2,000 in± . .intry, and 2000 cavalry have To?edo, abandoning all the intemelary !;•^; • ------ t• r ;•i - mr marches with some slownels in order to fa;;:::.tt the junction of the 143,000 men from Es -.e n.qium who are on their way, and its divisions .4 -"-IPY the following points, the first at Valdepenas, rI at Infantes, the third at Cardinas, the : 1 1 - th ;it Visellos, the fifth at the Convent of Calatrava. ,Ir cavalry occupies the points already mentioned, ;.dr ancf ,l guar d s cont i nu i ng at Vilaka and even .1111 !r• The total force of our army amounts now 1%21,546 ;ilf4ntry,und 3,172 cavalry; inwhich number 'nu:hided the regiment of volunteers of Spain. ETTER nos/ DON JOAQUIN pLAKE t RELATIVE TO Tll RELIEVING OP FIERONA. I .lo' r Sia—l have the honour to inform you, t• the convoy of provisions intended for Gerona was introduced y • 1.--c!-y i!Ito that place by the Major-General Doa Jayme Ga r • t C.l.lcle, in delyte of all the efforts made to prevent it; the nt of the army which held the enemy in uncer ta ng much to facilitate its entry. 1 cannot tranimit I '. Eacelkncy a circumstantial account of this operatioffbe ,.::-. 1 have rat received it from General Garcia Conde, who e - o.re l ch.r place with all the division which attended the con- , and l4t there such trcops as the Governor thought neces• *try for tilt reinforcement of the garrison. f remit to your Ex e'lltaty Afoniteur of the 19th of August, in which, if you LI" , Arcady seen it, y ou will observe the eulogium which the bri!li lin defence of Monjuich has forced front the enemy, with the capture of that place, communicated to the Minister of War by G , :neral Verdier, commander of the troops employed on that occasion. God preserve your Excellency many years.— Camp at Pedro], September, 1509. (Signed) Jeagvre 34.estr. ~~ . PL, , Tat EVF,NINO grAit LONDON: NVEDNESDAY, OCTOBER. 11: • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK; 3 por Cent, Cons. for money 6811—account 68ff. Omnium 1 prem.—Excheq. Bills, 6s. 12s. prem: PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. ' 3 per Cent. Red. shut Excheq. Bills, ss. I2s. pre. 3 per Cent. Cons. 68fit Omnium 'I prem. 5 per Cent. Navy 99j State Lottery ts £2l 17t. India Stock 1881 City ditto £B. Iss. India Bonds 21s. 225. 20s. pr. Cons. for acc. 68i We have received Spanish Papers to the 16th ult. Our readers will see from the extracts we have given that the Patriotic armies are still marching and coun termarching in all directions; and the French are de scribed as retreating before them ! The German Papers received yesterday contain a long article, which appeared in the Petersburgh Ga zette, cautioning the public. against giving credit to rumours circulated by idle and evil disposed per sons injurious to the public peace.—The inference we draw from this article (for it is not worth giving at length) is, that the people of Russia are much dissa tisfied with the measures of their Rulers, and that the whole power of Government is scarcely able to keep them in check. The Dutch Papers contain the names of eleven officers belonging to Scntu.'s corps, who were tried and convicted before a French Military Commission at Wesel, as common robbers. These men surren dered on an assurance that their lives wuuld be spared ; and many of their companions in arms, who engaged in the same enterprise, were tried by a Prussian Mili tary Commission, and acquitted on the score of their having acted under superior orders. They were all of subaltenirank, though some of them were of the first families in Prussia. We have received letters from Memel of the 12th, and from Riga of the 16th ult. These communica tions are wholly silent as to any disposition on the part of Russia to connect herself with Austria for the purpose of resisting the encroachments of France. ; -- The shippers at those ports are resuming their usual activity at this season (1 the year, to prevent the de tention of the vessels by the freezing of the Baltic. We have this :minting received a Gottenburgh Mail, from which we give the following extracts Our Readers will perceive that the terms upon which the Peace was lately concluded between Russia and Swe den are not yet officially known : " STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER 29. " The conditions of the peace lately concluded in Fredrickshamm have not yet transpired ; nor is it `likely that they will be known till the treaty is sanc tioned by the ratification. of the two high contracting pat ties. All the reports in circulation on the terms of pacification, must, therefore, as yet, be considered as vague rumours." " COPENHAGEN, SEPTEMBER 15. " The Moniieur contains the following article from this city : " American ships continue immense supplies of colonial pro duce, •.caich cannot therefore but expel knee, ere long, a conside rable fall hi the prices." The Moniteur borrowed that information from the Journal de Paris. But here, in Copenhagen; we know to the contrary, that the prices of all colo nial commoditie., have continually been on the rise since the beginning of the war, with the sole exception nf two exchange days subsequent to the late revolution in Sweden. According to a letter from Milan of a recent date, the price of silk is very low on account of the exportation of that article being still prohibited, " Letters from Cassel advise, that the King of Westphalia left that city on the 6th inst. to visit and inspect the celebrated silver mines of the Harz." THE ARMY. Lieutenant-General IslicnoLLs is mentioned as likely :o bo the successor of Sir Gcoitce NUGENT, in the command of the Kent District. By a vessel arrived at Yarmouth from Flushing we learn, that the sick were rapidly recovering in the island of \Valcheren. Great numbers were daily dis charged from the hospitals perfectly recovered. The Officers of the 9th Dragoons, who landed at Plymouth on Saturday from \Valcheren, still remain at Watkins's hotel ; the men have gone into barracks at Stcke, near that town. The 91th, or Scotch Brigade, have been embarked sonic time in transports at Spithead, and will sail for Guernsey immediately. The half-yearly inspections of regiments in the P. rtsmouth District were concluded yesterday, and from the very good conduct of the different corps, the General Officers who have inspected them have been able to make the most favourable reports. Mr. PIOUDMAN, one of the King's Messengers, ar rived yesterday at the Foreign Office, with dispatches from Marquis WeLLULEY. Earl BATHURST transacted business at the Board of Trade yesterday. Sir DAVLD DuNDAS held a public day yesterday, at the Commander inthief's Office, in the Horse Guards, and gave audience to a number of military officers. Mr. O'KSZIPTE, to whom the Stage is indebted for manylively and eccentric productions, and who has been blind for nearly 20 years, has recovered his sight. An alarming fire broke out at two o'clock yester day afternoon, at Mr. DANIEL'S, coachmaker, in Greek-street, Soho. The flames spread with great rapidity, and the roof of the house being pitched, caught fire in various places ; but, by the assistance of the neighbours and the firemen, it was got under. iioLlTrtAt . CORRE S PONDENCE. The following have been puhliiheti this Morning, .as correct copies of the correspondence respecting the late overtures for forming an extended Administra tion No. I.—(COPY). LETTER SENT IN DUPLICATE TO EARL GREY AND LORD GRENVILLR.• " My Lotto, " Windsor, Saturday, Sept. 2S, 1809: 41 The Duke of Portland having signified to his Majesty his intention of retiring from his Majesty's service, in consequence of the state of his Grace's heslth, his Majesty has authorised Lord Liverpool, in conjunction with myself, to communicate with your Lordship and Lord Grey, for the purpose of forming an extended and combined Administration. " I hope, therefore, that your lordship, in consequence of this communication will come to town, in order that as little titre zs possible may be lost in forwarding this iMportant object, and that you will have the goodnea to inform me of your arrival. " I am also to acquaint your Lordship, that I have re c rived his Majesty's commands to make a similar communication to Lord Grey of his Majesty's pleasure. " I think it proper to add, for your Lordship's information, that Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Secretary Canning have intimated their intentions to resign their offices. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. (Signed) " SPLNCER PIERCILVAL " No. 11.-(COPY). ANSWER FROM EARL GREY. " SIR, " Howick, Sept. '26. " I have this evening had the honour of receivi ,, g' your letter of the 23d, informing me, that in consequence of the Duke of Portland's intention of retiring from his Majesty's service, his Majesty had authorised you, in conjunction with the Earl of Li verpool, to clmmunicate with Lord Grenville and myself, fur the purpose of forming an extended and combined Administration, and expressing a hope, that in consequence of this communication I would go to town, in order that as little time as possible may be lost In forwarding this important object. " Had his Majesty been pleased to signify that he had any commands Tor me personally, I should not have lost a moment in slit-wing my duty and obedience, by a prompt attendance oat his Royal pleasure. " But when it is proposed to me to communicate with his Majt sty's present Ministers, for the purpose of forming a voin bined Administration with them, I feel that I should be wanting la duty to his Majesty, and in fairness to them, if I did not frankly and at once declare, that such an union is, wiih respect to me, under the present circumstances, impossible. This being the an• swer that I find myself under the necessity of giving, my ap nearance in London could be of no advantage, and might possi !ly at a moment like the present, be attended with sonic incon venience. " I have thought It better td request, that you will have the ;oodness to lay my duty at the feet of his Majesty, handily In treating him not to attribute to any want of attachment to his Royal Person, or to diminished zeal for his service, my declining a communication, which, on the terms proposed, could lead to no useful result, and which might be of serious detriment to the country, if in consequence of a less decisive answer from me, any further delay should take place in the formation of a settled gf.vernment.-1 am, Ike. (signed) " GAEY." No. 111.—(COPY). FIRST ANSWER FROM LORD GRENVILLE. %‘ Boconnoc, Sept. 23, 1809. " . . " I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 23d in stant, and understanding it as an official signification of his Ma jesty's pleasure for my attendance in town, I shall lose no time in repairing thither, in humble obedience to his Majesty's com mands. " I must beg leave to defer until my arrival all observations on the other matters to which your letter relates.-1 have, &c. (Signed) mts:NvILLE." No. IV.—(COPY). SECOND ANSWER FROM LORD GRENVILLE. " September 29, 1809._ " Having last night arrived here, in humble obedience to his Majesty's commands, I think it now my duty to lose no time in expressing to you the necessity under which I feel myself of de clining the communication proposed in your letter; being satisfied that it could not, under the circumstances there mentioned, be productive of any public advantage. " I trust I need not say, that this opinion is neither founded in any sentiment of personal hostility, nor in a desire of unnecessa rily prolonging political differences. " To compose, not to inflame the divisions of the Empire, has always been my anxious wish, and is now more than ever the duty of every loyal subject; but my accession to the existing Ad ministration could, I am confident, in no respect contribute to this object ; nor could it, I think, he considered in any other light than a dereliction of public principle. " 'l'his wer, which I must have given to any such proposal if made whil: the Government was yet entire, cannot be varied by the retreat of sonic of its Members. " Tel) , objections are not personal—they apply to the principle of the Government itself, and to the circumstances which attended its appointment. " I have now, therefore, only to request, that you will do me I the honour of submitting, in the most respectful terms, these my humble opinions to his Majesty, accompanied by the dutiful arid sincere assuranc- of my earliest desire at all times to testify, by all such means as are in my power, my unvaried zeal for his Ma . . jesty s servix. I have, &c. (igncd) " GRENVII.LE," No. V.—(COPY.) LETTER FROM MR. PERCEVAL TO LORD CRENVILLE. " My LORD, " Sept. 29, 1809. " I lost no time in communicating to Lord Liverpool your Lordship's letter of this day. " It is with great concern that we have learnt from it, that your Lordship feels yourself under the necessity of declining the communication which I have had the honour to propose. " In proposing to your Lordship and Lord Grey, under his Majesty's authority, to communicate. with Lord Liverpool and myself, not for the accession of your Lordship to the present Administration, but for the purpose of forming a combined and extended Administration, no idea existed in our minds of the necessary of any dereliction of public principle on either side. " Your Lordship may rest assured, that in communicating to his M.ljesty the necessity under which you feel yourself of de- I dining the communication which I had the honour to propose to your Lordship, I will do every justice to the respectful terms, and the dutiful and sincere assurance of your LordAip'sutivarical zeal for his Majesty's service, with which the expression of that ne cessity was accompanied. " I cannot conclude without expressing the satisfaction of Lord Liverpool and myself at your Lordship's assurance, that the failure of this proposal is not to be ascrilied to any sentiment of personal hostility. I have, &c. &c. " Lord Grenville." (Signed) " SP. PEaczync." To this last paper it is understood that no reply was judged necessary. It had not, like the former, the character of an au thorised communication, it professed to be written before his Majesty's pleasure had been received ; and it contained, therefore, nothing more than the indi vidual remarks of the Earl of LavEaroot and Mr. PERCEVAL. The Harvest in the North of Scotland, we are happy to learn, is already• far advanced, particularly in Banff and Moray Shires, where the use of the scythe has become pretty general. Coax MARKET, MARK -LANE, OCT. 11.—To-day tl-e supply of Wheat is somewhat considerable; sales are again heavy and rather lower— Barley and Malt likewise—White Peas maintain their prices •-Beans of the two kinds plenty and cheaper—There arc considerable supplies of Oats, w•lth several cargoes of Foreign, and sales thereof are rather lower, excepting prime samples.— Flour at the late reduction, and fine 4merican also. OLNg&AL CkflatENCY Ai LINDER t Wheat, 78s. 90s. 10.1 s. Beans, 60s. 665. Fine ditto, 106 s. nos. Tick ditto, 50s. 561. Rye, 5.55. 69,. Oats, 27 5. 50s. !His. Barl, 508.565. 01 polandditto, 330. 411.0 d. Malt, 7as 116 s. Putatoe ditto, 425. White Peas (boilers) 925.1009. Rape Seed, 481 to 541. Grey ditto, 545. 601. FL:sensor, 904. 9Sl.—§tcoalis 85s. !Os. - - 104frA I7V7t:LiicilvcA •••••••••••• FALMOUTIS; OCTOBER S. • . . . Arrived hii Majesty's ship Goldfinch with diatatches front Cadiz. The Lyre frigate has sent in a Prussian galliet. Yes terday arrived the Hind Revenue cutter from a crulze : on Wed: aesday she fell in with a French lugger privateer off the Edy. stone, in the act of capturing two ships, which the Hind pre vented. On the next day, Thur s d a y, th e Hi n d f e ll i n w ith tl e same p rivateer, and. after a chase often hours, came up and con.- menced a running fight with her, carried away her maintop mast,and all her rigging and sails, and ultimately.drove her un shore among the rocks near Mcirlaix. 'The Hind had not a man hurt, though she hadieventy thot.holrs in her main sail. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 9. A King's Messenger arrived here this morning from London, with important dispatches fur Marquis WELLCSLEY at Cadiz.— The Pickle brig, now lying in the Sound, is appointed to carry him out.—Sailed the British Brig,Captain Stewart, for the Riveri tke wind blwiting fresh from the eastward, she was obliged to put hack again : off this port she fell in with a pilot boat from the westward, from whom the received intelligence, that the frretich lugger privateer, that has of late so much annoyed our trade in the Channel, Was then about th:it latitude, and that she had captured ye,terday morning, at seven o'clock, a large Eng lish brig deeply laden, about eight leagues to the westward of the Bolt Tail. Arrived the Harlequin hired armed ship, Lieut. Anstruther, front the Downs, and was immediately appointed convoy to the eastward. Sailed the Hesper sloop of war for the East Indirs, with dispatches from Governmeat and the Honour able East India company, to tot:ch at Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope ; also the Alarm privateer lugger on a cruize ; the Narcissus frigate to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 10. Arrived la Loire, from a cruize. Sailed the Arachne, with a small fleet for the West Indies ; and Valiant, to cruize off Cher burgb.—The Neptune, Alfred, Sceptre, Victnrloul, Denmark; ant Loire, now lying here, are ordered to be stored and victu. ailed for foreign service. • YARMOUTH, OCTOBER 10. Arrived front Flushing, with empty casks, the Swift transport. Soon as the weather moderates, the Sprightly cutter, with the Rodney transport, Dale, with stores for Flushing, will sail.—The Ships of war as per last. Wind blows strong at E.S.E. ikes, NEW COVENT C/IRDEN THEATRE Last night presented a continuation of the same vocal and instrumental performance on the part of the audience, with the exception that it was less varied. The wrath of the Proprietors against horns, bells, rattles, &c. which had been exhibited, in the forbid ding shape of Bow-street Officers, by whom some of the possessors of those instruments had been taken into custody, had-tended to diminish their number; bMt the vocal OA of the performance, consisting of whistling, groaning, hissing, &c. with the accompa niment of a few catcalls, was as loud as ever, parti cularly after halt-price. In the early- part of the even ing a few words of the Opera (Thc Woodman) were now and then heard; but subsequently to the half price coming in, all was, as usual, dumb-shew on the stage. The activity of the Police had succeeded in prevent ing any placards from being affixed to the boxes ; nor wise any exhibited for some time in any part of the House. Towards the close of the Farce, however, and subsequently, two or three made their appearance in the Pit, where they were held up for a short time to public view. One of them, in allusion to the ad mission of a ❑umber of Israelitisit pugilists, had on it And lo it came to pass that John Bull was sorely vexed, and smote the Israelites." Printed hand bills in allusion to the same subject were circulated amongst the audience, which will be seen in our Report from Bow -street, the person who distributed it having been taken into custody. Another placard was inscribed— " Lads in the Pit—Do not submit !" Another had on it— " Ti:e Times and Po:t are bought and sold, To Kest ISLE ' S pride and K EM ISLE'S gold." A large Key was again exhibited on paper with an inscription— ,, Removed from Chandos-street." This was accompanied with several exclamations against the Private Boxes. The performance on the Stage lasted till near ten o'clock. The farce was The Village Lawyer, of which just three.words were heard. Two or three pugilistic contests took place in the Pit, and there was a general exclamation on the part of the audience, " Turn out the fighting Jews." No one came forward on the part of the Proprietors, and soon after ten the audience began to disperse.— The Theatre was cleared in the course of an hour afterwards. Upon the whole, the same determination appeared to be evinced on the part of the audience, with greater discrimination as to the noise they might legally make; some amongst them having observed to others, that they might make as much noise as they pleased vo cally, but that it was not legal to make use of horns, rattles, or other instptments—and upon . this defini tion of law the audience appeared last night generally to act. PLACARDS iN COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, ON MONDAY rjunisr. " The voice of the People must be obeyed." •' Resist—The Imposition, and the Arrogance and Obstinacy of the Black Prince must be humbled." " The Public will never be satisfied with the partial Report of the Select Few." " Old prices still, and better time;, " Regis ane4, boys, we have good signs !" " JOHN Bunt. opposed to JOHN KEMBLE : Fair Accounts ana fair Prices !" " In an English Theatre all should see and be seen. No PH- vale Boxes." " JOHN BULL to your own cause be true, " Jot Krbtatx yield, or you may rue." " No nightly intriguing Boxes, for the Benefit of HARRI, and Krair.te. N. B. Rebuilt with advanced Prices—No connection with the —." Tu this inscription was annexed the drawing of a large Key. . " Persevere and you will conquer." " JOHN BULL'S OppOSitioll to JOHN ItEMBLeS Imposition," " Upon my honour, I would not *ay what was not true! , Krugy st . " The Proprietors wish to make the Public as well acquainted with the State of the Theatre as themselves 4, The Drama's laws the Drama's patrons give, 44 Aud those that live to please, must please to live." —Of th'.; placard a vast number was distributed throughout the House. _ - " No Private Boxes. Let there be no intrigue, nor private Performances in the Auti-Rooms behind the Private Boxes!" " No garbled Accounts—items! items ! 1 ' Let not monopoly flourish!" " Fair Accounts Ind fair Prices!" " For shame, JOHN KEMBLI, thou'rt base, 'tis true, " Ns rabble hire to aid your wretched crew !" The Rev. SOLOMON HIRSCHELL has caused 1(X) iti nerant Jews to be str4ck off the Charity List, for six months, for forwarding themselves in the noise at. C e x o c v o e m n t in G u n a d ca e t i i i o T n e i a n t r c e : ase he t has i s o o urd a b n e e d g t u wl emty of the like again. .