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UNIPSI23I7I" INtELLICINCE. Ozvoeti, Arti 20.—Congregations will be holden for the To r rose of granting graces, and conferring degrees, on the follow tug d. , ys in the ensuing term viz. April 24, May 9, 11, 22, and June y.Yesterda, Mr. Whately, of Oriel college, Mr. Barter, of Christ Cnurch, and Mr. Keble, of Corpus Christi college, were e lated (elle** of Oriel college. Mr. Thomas Dow Ain Allen, scholar of University college, and I Mr. Nathaniel Clayton, of the same college, have been chosen fellows of that society: ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. Rev. Charles Mihnan Mosint, M. A. fellow of Corpus Christi College, In this Untveraity, is presented to the vicarage of Harling ton, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Mr. Butler. Rev. Charles Strong, M.A. of Wadham college, in this Unl. versity, tett* rectory of Broughton tilfford, Wilts. Rev. Thonsas ,Wright, to the rectory of Little Henn'', Essex, s od to the rectory of Otten Belch amp, in the same county. Rev. George Leigh Cooke,. M.A. to the rectory of Rissington Wick, Glouceatershire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John pitman. Rev. Mr. Harrison, vicar of Crondall, Hampshire, to the rec tory of Partisans, in that county, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Mr. Wools. Rev. Jamb Ogle, rector of Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, to the vicarage of Crondall, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Harrison. Rev. George Dinely, B.A. to the rectory of Spetchey, Wor cestershire. Rev. W. Cowling, M. A. rector of Wicken Bonhant, Essex, to the vicarage of Albury, Hertfordshire. Rev. E. M. Peck, M.A. to the rectory of Coveney cum Manel, in the Isle of Ely. Rev. Thomas Wilkins, M. A. t be domestic• chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Cardigan. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1811. • TRICIA'', APRIL 19. Sweepstakes of 50gs. each. Two •yr-old C. LA C. Somerset's Sunbeam Ld F. Bentlnciat by Whiskey - %vine's Wood Dzmon LA Sark ~e's 6 to 4 apt Ld F. Bentiack's filly—Even on Wood Damon. Mr. Vansittart's Burleigh, Bst. 41b. beat Ld Oxford's Victoria, ist. 61b. B. C. 300 gs. h. ft.-7 to 4 agst Burleigh. Sir J. Shelly's Vexation ' Bst. 101 b. beat Lord Sackville's Ring dove, 7st. 91b. Two-y r -ohi C. 100 gs. Mr. Shakespear's Judas (late Chester), fist. 71b. beat Duke of Orafton's Joke, 4st. 71b. R. M. 2011g5.-5 to 2 apt Judas. P. Subscription Plate of £3O, for 2-yr-olds carrying 65t..71b. 3-yr-olds Sit. 51b. 4-yr-olds Bst. 1311 s. 5-yrs-olds est. 41b. 64r olds and aged, 9st. 91b. D. M. I.d Darlington's b. a. by Eagle, 3 yrs old L 4 F.,Bentinek's e. by Eagle, 3 yrs old. IA Foley's c. Illumination, 4 yrs old 3to 1 apt Ld DarlingtoWs black colt-3 to 1 apt Illuminatiob. PEDESTRIANISM. CANTERBURY, APRIL 18.—Rickets, who undertook for a wager of £5O to perform 63 miles in ten hours and a half, com menced his task yesterday morning at a quarter past six o'cloalt, and ran the first nine miles in one hour and two minutes, and in the first s x hours 39 miles. He continued the journey till the time was expired within eighteen minutes, when, from being ex. tremely fatigued, and having six Miles to perform, he gave in.— Ikts at starting were even, but after he bad gone the first six hours, they were from S to 1 and 2 against him. 1 / 4 * The stud of the late Duke of GRAFTON was sold by auction at Newmarket, on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The sum for which they sold was £7,195 'Ss. Further particulars of the Royal Hunt.--The stag was caught at Wickham, by taking shelter in the cot tagi of a poor labourer. It was one of the best runs the sportsmen enjoyed during the preient season.and coatinued for. bore two lours. When the st_az reached the plhntations belonging to Lord Grerivi, he made a parley, and effectually succeeded In throw ing out the sportsmen, when he took speed for Lord Boston's Park. Finding himself closely pressed, he then made a fine ran to Wickham, and took refuge in the habitation at a poor man, but few sportsnien were present at the time. We understand that Mr. Ackermann has been so fortunate as to procure from Paris a print of the cra dle provided for the young heir of the imperial house of Bonaparte; an engraving of which will be given in the next number of the REPOSITORY of ARTS, &c. It will afford a medium of comparison between the taste and talents of the French and those of English artists in the same line ; while the physiognomist will be disposed to deduce from the jolly, good-hu moured countenance of his infant majesty, conclu sions favourable to the future repose of suffering Europe. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London before the Right Hon. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminstss, in and after Easter Term, 1811 : IN TERM. MIDDLISEX. LONDON. Thursday .. . 'My 2 Fritts) , .. . May S Thursday .. . 9 Friday .. • 10 Thursday .. . 16 Friday .. . 17 Tuesday .. . 21 Wednesday . . 2! AFTER TERM. Thursday . May is I Friday .. . May 29 Thursday the 4th instant, the foundation-stone of .a Roman Catholic Chapel was laid in Dumfries, by MA RMADURE CONSTABLEMAYWELL Of Nithsdale, Esq. • The village of Merriott, near Crewkerne, was_on Saturday last nearly destroyed by fire. The accident was occasioned by a man shooting at rats rano thateird building. About 24 cottages were consumed. Yesterday morning between five and six o'clock, a house in Red Lion-square, lately occupied by - Mr. LAW ES, the banister, fell down with a tremendous crash; in consequence, it is supposed, of the foundation having been injured when the house adjoining Val recently pulled down. Fortunately the house that fell, was unoccupied. In the night of the 13th of February, part of a mountain at the back of the city of Rio Janeiro tell down, is consequence of heavy rains, by whic*h 30 houses were destroyed and part of Port Rico, and other considerable damage done : 200 persons are supposed to have lost their lives. C. Thomas, an associate with Armitage and Relate, was yesterday fully committed for trial from Marlbo rough-street Office, for forging eight Dividend-war rants, with intent to defraud the Bank. A porter belonging to the White-Horse Cellar was fined 10s. and costa, for charging eight-pence for a sixpenny fare, the ground being under a mile. Thursday Ann Maids was charged at the Mansion House, with stealing a piece of printed-cotton from= the shop of Mr. Gun, of Bishopsgate-street, linen-dr3- per, and was fully committed. Mari Afoul:slut was charged with stealing pewter p"ts, the property of Mr. Lane, of the Golden Lion, Fore-street. The proof was clear against her ; and she was committed to Bridowoll for fourteen days hard labour. mlifil • . - Wes wickedness, did net reap the fruits of the sne znorable battle of Chiclapa. The whole coast cleared of the enemy (as it ought to have been), many ships i wculd have been anchored between Puntales and the Trocadero ; and consequently sheltered from the vio lence of the storm. They would - have had more sea room, and would not have run foul of each other ; and even if driven, on shore, the exertions for saving their crews might have been more effectual." The nation demands vengeance, and demands it justly. August Congress ! if ignorance or treason are the causes of our not having reaped the fruits of that glorious day, arm yourselves with the avenging sword of justice, and let the guilty perish. [From the Conciso, it appears that very warm 40 not r discussions have taken place in Cadiz, with respect to Angsberg. ; the conduct of the Spanish General Lapena in the .aetic Diet is 1 battle of Barrosa, and it does not seem to have given Irnore satisfaction there, than it has done in this at the Council of country 1) The Conciso of the 22d of March contains a letter from an English Officer, on the subject, to which there is afterwards a reply from a Spanish Officer.— We shall give some extracts from each. . The English Officer begins thus— . 4 4 , Having heard nothing but false accounts touch' ing the battle of Barrosa, and being persuaded that the public cannot obtain a proper knowledge of it from the dispatch of General Lapena alone, I should be wanting to my duty as an English officer, If I failed to lay before the Spanish public certain facts which fixed my attention. . " I shall not detail any of the circumstances which occurred before our arrival at Vejar : suffice it to say. that the allied troops underwent much labour and fatigue ; but as the utmost harmony prevailed, it was cheerfully borne by the soldiers of both nations. 66 On the night or the 3d we halted in a wood near Vejar ; and at six in the evening of the 4th we all marched, with the understanding that we were to halt and take refreshment at Conil, for the purpose of being . repared to fi ght the enemy next day.— The Spanish General, however, changed the plan, and on the morning of the sth, after a march of six teen hours, we found ourselves on the heights of Bar rosa. 4 , The van-guard, under the command of Briga dier Lardizabal, received orders to enter the pine-. wood, and make every effort to keep open the com munication with Santi Petri ; and this operation was respectably executed by his division. " At this moment General Lapena ordered Ge. To ral Graham to march towards the wood with the SPANISH PAPERS. British troops, in the direction of Santi Petri, which he did ; but he had not advanced far ipto the wood, when he received advices, that the enemy was march- SALAMANCA, MARCH 12. ing rapidly by the plain towards the position which On the 24th ult. a detachment of Don Julian, on we occupied three quarters of an hour before. the road to Toro, took Count Sabugal, his servant, an ~ He immediately counter-marched his division ; orderly soldier, and 11 horse chasseurs prisoners. and upon issuing from the wood, observed a strong ' On the 26th the Videts of Don Julian appeared column of the enemy advancing on our left ; and we within pistol-shot of this city, and took from the su- were surprised to see another considerable corps in barbs some mules and horses, and carried away the possession of the heights, where we had left part of Intendant's servant. On the same day, the General the Spanish army. who commands here received a - dispatch from Bes- a I knew not what happened on the heights after siers, in which he acquaiats him, that he is authorised our troops left them. I have heard that the Spanish to communicate tharthe Emperor has marched 20,000 - and German cavalry charged the enemy ; I have men of the Confederation of the Rhine towards the heard that two Spanish regiments of -the division of frontiers 'of Poland, where Davoust is already with Begines opened a brisk fire on the enemy. I have 60,000 men ; that 20,000 men, from the interior of heard, in short, that they all received positive orders, France are to march to the same destiny, stating.at from the General in Chief to retire ; but as I was not the same time as the cause, the late treaties and in- with them, Ido not take upon me to decide upon any trigues of the Emperor Alexander with other Powers. of these circumstances ; what I shall say is, that when He also says that the war will be against Russia and we-cleared the pine-wood, no Spanish troops were in Prussia, and perhaps the Porte; that in this grand sight. undertaking Austria will furnish Bonaparte with ‘,. Retreat would have been most hazardous ; and 200,00 Q men.—This information may be communi- to attack a height occupied by fresh and superior cared to the public as a fact; to the French it came forces, wanted little of being an enterprize of equal like a thunder-bolt, and if any thing can console them, difficulty. it is the idea of returning to France. Some say that ~ I understand that General Graham was aware a great part of Spain will be evacuated, and a mili. of the importance of the position of Barrosa, and tary road farmed by Somosierra, and Madrid to An- confident of the valour of his troops, determined on dalusia. Others think that Andalusia will be aban- risking an attack. The heights on our right were doned ; but the best informed imagine that it will be taken after an obstinate resistance, and the enemy's 'to the Ebro. At all events, the superior officers, from column en our left was put to the rout. the moment that they learned the news, they freely 66 The enemy being already forced on 211 points, a conversed about it, and expressed their opinion that squadron of German cavalry charged him, and the no more men would be sent to Spain ; on the contrary, line made a halt, the General thinking that his troops that troops would be withdrawn from it, particularly had worked hard enough. the Imperial Guard quartered near Burgos. " Four thousand men, so exhausted by the want On the 21st General Gardanne, with a numerous of refreshment and a painful march, and who, not convoy, set out on the road to France. withstanding, drove back a very superior force pos. To-day the General, who went from Asturias to 1 seising the advantare.of position and circumstances, command the cavalry of the division of Claparede, require no eulogy. . returned to Ciudad Rodrigo with a great many in- I ~ During the time when the combatants were hotly. spectors, and other civil officers, employed in the . engaged, two battalions (Walloons and Ciudad Real) army of Portugal, flying from the misery which they I incorporated with our division during the march, and saw in the frontier towns of that unfortunate country.lwhich were directed towards another point when he • TARRAGONA, MARCH 11. ordered us to enter the pine-wood, were seen making They write from Reus, that D. Rovira and Senor all possible exertions to join and succour their friends Milans have entered several towns of France, and . —but they c ould not reach our line till the whole was imposed contributions in retaliation for those f the I concluded. I believe, however, that Brigadier Cruz French in Spain. Sarsfield has gone to attack Mac- and these battalions are. sharers in the glories of that ' donald, who has shut himself up in Lerida. A divi- I day, from the zeal and anxiety which they displayed, ition of 2000 vandals, who issued from Tortosa, has i to join our troops. been attacked by the brave troops of Catalonia, and " The enthusiasm which animated these battalions ' bast 800 men. does not suffer me to doubt that the same spirit pre ! veiled in the whole Spanish army ; but t hese g ood . CADIZ, MARCH Es. • dispositions, and all the firmness and noble sen timents ;... „On the evening of the' 27th , it began to blow a Brent, and in the course of the night and next morn - : o fficers i *tractive and deplorable. The inhabitants , filled with a well-founded apprehension of the damage which :such a terrible night was likely to cause in the ; ley, crowded in the morning to the sea-wall, where ~ottr of the Spanish nation, were sacri fi ced t o the want of • strong gale from the east, which encreased every m o- activity of General Lapena , of his a dvisers, and the ()mica's of his staff. sag rose to a pitch of violence greater than any within " Had the smallest movement been e xe cu ted ; had recollection. The consequences have been most the Spanish General himself , or any ind ividual 'of his staff, been present to give him an ac count of the state I of the action, he would , by con s eq uence, have been able to co-operate *** ; and the result would doubtless have been attended with as favourable co n s e q u e nces they witnessed the dreadful spectacle of a con s i ders- I to the Spanish cause as any other event which has ble number of ships wrecked, and others in danger the same fate making signals for assistance. Dur ing abe whole day the gale continued equally violent occurred since the commencement of the opp ression af ° and tyranny exercised upon Spai n ; and I believe it is not too much to say, that it would have accom and caused new disasters. Words are unequal to convey an idea of the humanity, zeal , and intrepidity pushed the deliverance of Andalusia , 1 " I declare on my word of honour, that all that I with which many boats and feluccas (particularly the have related took place under my own eye ; and I I English) put out and saved a number of un fortunate am persuaded that there is not an officer in the Bri topple, who must otherwise have perished, as did fish array, nor in the Spanish battalions above-men. ',Many who could not be relieved. ° tioned, who will fail to confirm every word of it. 1 The inhabitants of Cadiz averted their eyes from I 66 C. P. an Officer in the British Army. k these objects, to turn them, full of indignation, on l. " Isla, March to, IS i i." the cause of such evils, 4 , It is not," they exclaimed, 1 LETTER or D. JUAN DE LA CRUZ MONTI:M.ON TO D. JUAN " the east wind which has sacrificed so snarly victims, JACINTO LOPEZ, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE LETTER Oil which has ruined so many families whose property is TIM ENGLISH OFFICER, INSERTED IN THE CONCISO,I buried in the sea ;—it is they who, from unpardona- wo. 41. ble ignorance, criminal indolence, or, to speak at once This letter, which is of' very considerable length. (since there are Tortosas and Badajos), from WA- begins with complaining of the want of precisiop in • FRENCH P4PERSt. • i • *. PARIS, APRIL 9. The female monster, whom the papers have lately mentioned under the name of Magdelaine Albert a found guilty of having murdered her father, her mother, and her two sisters, was sentenced to death, and exe cuted the 206 of March, at Moulins. She was con veyed to the place of execution, clothed in a red che mise, and having her head and face covered with a black veil ; which was not removed until the moment• [ .that the executioner was about to sever her head from her body. • APRIL 10.—His Majesty held a Council of Trade and Manufactures the day before yesterday. The Berlin letters of the 26th of March do not speak of the King of Prussia's journey to Koningsberg. An extraordinary meeting of the Helvetic Diet is summoned for the 17th of April. His Majesty presided yesterday at the Council of State. ~..iritiVIIINDE, MARCH 27. The manufactured goods, found on board the ves sels which were sequestrated here, were burned this morning. The garrison, which was turned out, attend ed on the occasion, and also the Prussian civil officers. The value of these goods, consisting chiefly of cotton atuffs,, amounts, according to the invoice, to two mil lions of francs. M. Bohlendorff, Director of the Cus toms, will set out to-morrow for ether ports of Pome rania, where similar operations are to take place. • ANTWERP, MARCH 29. Two thousand four hundrid Spanish prisonershave arrived here to work at the fortifications, the new town, and the basin. Eight hundred of them have been put in the old buildings of the town hospital, and the remainder it is said will be lodged in the ware houses of private persons. HAMEURGH, MARCH St. The Government Commissioners have published An Imperial Decree, dated the 2d instant. It con tains the following dispositions : " Three thousand marines, from the age of I'.o to 50 years, shall be raised in the three departments of the Mouths of the Elbe, the Weser, and the Upper Ems. The Governor-General shall make these 3000 marines among tho different towns and ports of the three Departments. r; These marines shall be conducted ty an escort of 100 men to Antwerp. This call of marines will be considered in discharge of the maritime conscription. The Mi nister of Marine will take the necessary measures to secure to the wives and children of such marines, so long as they shall serve on sea, a suitable allowance , and defray the necessary es pence of their transport, and the details of the service.* • , , 04,014 of the tn . gl;sh-Oirtcej j richer tv_ithiegera to dates or the - positrons tve seitioris, corps, or di. visions of the army. To remedy this defect the writer sends to his friend a ground-plan,of the wh .le, to il lustrate the contents of his letter. He then proceeds to analyse the litter of the English Officer in the fol. lowing manner : He says in his letter, 1 know not what took place on the Heights, after our troops left them, Bcc.' To this . I re . )ly, that Brigadier Begins and myself remained up n them with the division under his com mand, which consisted of the company of musketeers of Getares, a battalion of the Queen, the regiments of Seguenza, eantabria, Ciudad Real, a battalion of the Walloons, another English battalion, four pieces of artillery, and all the baggage with the ammunition of the first and second division, with orders from the General in. Chief to begin our retreat towards the bridge, as soon as we saw the troops repassing by it. .—We were in position at this place when the enemy were descried manceuvring to seize upon it, without • knowing whether the English or Spaniards would come to our assistance!' if not secure of victory, we were at least in a situation to perish in our ranks, its order to secure the retreat of our dear allies, which also was carried into effect; it being seen also how much our position threatened the enemy, the latter marched the whole of his columns to attack the trmops upon it, and not the English, whom they cou:d by no means see ' • a proof of this truth being, that whets General Graham with his troops issued from the pine. wood, he encountered those of the enemy, who had changed the direction of their columns on account of our retreat, which Don Santiago Whittingham con ducted. " Having now entered the pine -wood, I obse.-Ted that the English light infantry had begun the action with those of the enemy who followed us, and that the British army had returned by means of a contact.: march, and was beginning to form in line by wheel: ing on its left, at the foot of a small height which the enemy already occupied, with whom a terrible ire had commenced; then the English hatalion which marched in front of the column which I com manded (consisting of the Walloon battalion, and the regiment of Ciudad Real; and two pieces of artillery) marched towards the line of battle which the other troops of their nation were forming, which battalimi I followed ; _but at that moment Gen. Whittingitain ordered me to march my column to support the right flank, which, gave him most anxiety ; because the enemy bad already penetrated towards the beach.— At that moment I countermarched by the left, in or• der not to obstruct the line of battle which the Eng lish were forming, and marched upon Casa-Blanca, making this movement in close battalion, supporting the fire of artillery without returning a shot, over awing the enemy's cavalry, who durst not attack, and never forming in line, because we wanted a point of support. " On attending to the above, it is necessary to ob serve, that if Senor Cl P. when he came out of the pine-wood did not see any Spanish. troops, it must have been because of his being fully occupied, or be cause for a time they were on the left flank of the lines • where it was very difficult for him to see them, on account of the wood and the broken ground over which my column had to march. " Doubtless C. P. confounds Torte Barrosa with case Blanca, since the latter is the most elevated point in the ridge of Puerco, and being close to the sea, it was not so important for General Graham to preserve Barrosa as Casa Blanca; which is the point that commands all the ground. " He says, • That the two battalions made every effort to come up, but did not join till all was over,' &c. To this I reply as follows : " As the orders which I had were to guard the right flank, it became my duty on no account to join the English line of battle, thus leaving open to the enemy the pass which was in my rear. Had that been done, so far from being victorious, we should have been routed ; for all the English troops were in one line, and there were no others to mansanvre but those which I commanded, and those which support ed me on my right flank, and which were command ed,,b y Fo s 7 a th or is reason Begines l . marched still in close column of formation against the force of the cavalry and the infantry, which was posted in front of Casa Blanca,ac companiedby a squadron of English hussars. I ordered the remains of the Ist of Valencia and the companies of Light Infantry of Siguenza and Cantabria to at tack in divisions those of the enemy who had hasten ed to the beach to get possession of our baggage.— This seas executed, and, together with the closeness of the column under my command, so alarmed the enemy, that their cavalry abandoned their light troops and retired in all haste towards the termination of the Lagoon. " Observit'.g that the enemy were now neither on my rear nor on my right, I marched my column to wards the right flank of the English line of battle; whose left was still engaged. In this situation, and alwys ;advancing, the squadron of English Hussars advanced, and charged the enemy's cavalry,' who waited for them with firmness ; but the valour and Itorepidity of thißritish hussars muted them in less than a mieute. In the pursuit, the hussars fell in with a small square of enemy's infantry, who opened their fire upon them, and the hussars prudently retir ed to their line of formation. 44 I wok advantage of this interval, and opened a fire from my two pieces of artillery, the balls of which reached this.square body, which forpied in column, and began to retire. This being seen by the right flank of the enemy's line, 'Which still kept up the fir ing with much briskness, they also began their retreat in the greatest disorder; at which moment I received orders from General Graham to suspend the march of my column and give the troops some relaxation, as the English also did. o The whole of the above being an incontestable fact, Senor C. P. ought to confess, that the column under m 7 command, consisting of the battalion of Walloons, the regiment . 61 Ciudad Real, and two pieces of artillery, not only reached the English hue before the close of the action, but that they had an essential part in the victory ; cn which account, they are sharers in the glories of that day, and not for the wishes only which C. P. justly ascribes to them ; for if he considers the latter as the only reason for their deserving praise, then he ought to advert, that as much might be said of those troops whit were at Cadiz and the Isla." . • • •