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of the Generils or Divisions; tollowing the example „i v , have given proofs of their skill in their good dis. positions, and of their characteristic intrepidity. C . /cm preserve your EiCellency: (Signed) 4 4 JUAN CARLOS OE ithEIIZAGA:" Head-quarters, Dilidel, Nov. 20, taoo." The following accounts trdin Lisboi, received thii morning, also present some detajis respecting this which must be taken howeive grew :Wu LISBON, DECEMBER 1. We have the satisfaction to,inform the public, that t he reverse of fortune experiented by the andy of LI Mancha, is not so considerable as was at first repre sa,ted. The Spanish artillety made a dreadful haioi amo ng the French, whose loss is ♦ery great. General Paris is among the killed, the loss in prisoners is fai: less considerable on the part of the Spanish army, than it would be in another nation less ittachedlo its native land, because they all rejoined their differmit corps. This event protracts,- but alters not the ma te results of our triumphs. nit net the sp a sji ar d§ lose the batik of Medillin,, and along with it all Est tremadura; and yet a short time after they tendered theinseltes masters of that province • 'without any witched battle ? Did they not lose the battle of Ciudad Real and Almonacid, and in-consequence thereof the Mancha, and yet they retook the Mancha ? Did they lose the battle of Ucles, and are they not at pre .sent masters of the whole track of ground which stretches from Cuedta through Ucles to the Tagus. LISBON, DECEMBER 2. otre days aglb intelligence was received in this :aptal of an action having taken place between the crari;sh and Prench armies, and at the beginning the !lcs of the Allies wns represented to have been very severe, without any documents being produced which *roved the authenticity of it ; but it is'now known that the Spanish army, without sustaining any great Was d,!iged !rl tetreit ; but Thai the enemy suf. f,2rt - d most severely, in particular from the well-di rected fire of the Spanish artillery. Neither the army of the Duke del Parque, nor the (livisimi of the Duke of Albuquerque, had a share in the action. The allied array had completely rallied, and another engagement was expected. A letter from Caceres, of the 15th November, has the following passage The English aritly cunt'- hues in Badajoz and its en v :Ton s."- We feat much that, distressing as are the erect ci- ill,: accounts, they are but a small part of the disaster. was known that the armies commanded by Anei- ZACA, by Dri. Panora, and by ALBUQUERQUE, were to join in La Mancha, and proceed to' Madrid. The fate of the first is now officially announced, arid we !..ave little doubt that there is some foundation for the :,:counts received from Lisbon on Wednesday, and already published iv this Paper. which stated, that !Ivo desperate actions had been fought between the latter armies and the Frenth on the tOth and 21st alt. in both of which the Spaniards had been defeated Nith great Ittss. Indeed, we have *me reason to lie eve that Goveinmett have received efficial intelii goceof these new disasters. The plain matter of fact appe.:us to be this :—The Frtn.::: Commanders have repeated the same ma- I tlich they practised •.‘ ith so much success last , ca-. army at Madrid retreated ti. a accord. ..g to i're Spanish accounts, i•a# away], fur the put v;ses of concentrating their f a rces, and at the same time to tempt the Spaniards once More to quit the Tierra Motena and expose themselves in a plain :ouiitry. The bait was swallowed, and the Spanish armies have been attacked and defeated in detail ki much for the prudence and eiisdotu of the sage Spanish rulers and coultfianders. Dispatches received yesterday froth Flushing, state .tlat the whole of the wor4l had been completely de. •troyed—tht 000 J -gates, basod, and various store homes and magazines in the dock-yard and arsenal iad all been demolished ; and the troops being em , •iariced, their arrival in England is hourly expected. We arc sorry, however, to hear, that about thirty of Cie transports suffered skielvly ib the severe gale of Tuesday morning. Several of them were driven on store ; but *e have not heard of any !hies leaving secn lost, or of any of our troops having fallen into the hands of the enemy, A private letter states, that during the embarkation the enemy tried what his shells could do from Soups Beveland, but they all fell short. About eight days ago' our tars took 30 !If 40 pieces of cannon, which the enemy was carryin g to the sides of Beveland in boats." .Y• w s'erday a Cabinet Council as Lela at the 1'o : {n Ofrice : there werz present, the Loan CHAN , 7.r.r.na, the Marquis WitttitsLey, the Earls of Li ...!ta Mot., BA TliOnST, CHATHAM, WEcrmoßL D, and HARaowur ; Lord hit7LORAVF., the CHANCELLOR of the Em:nrnt - En, Mr. Secretary RIDER, and :%Ir. R. S. Duxua.7. 'Tuesday last the election of a Member of Parlia ment, for the Borough (4 Abingdon, in the room of ,- .e Lite G. Ks:App,- Es,q. came on at the Council tstruni.er, tv!,en Knuic BoK rail, Esq. brother of Sir li.iv.vma, Bart. was chosen without opposi- tit linnelred thottiatid re-stamped dollars will he added to our Filver currency. They was few days a!,,To from the Bunk to Birmingham, • re-ea:Polled. th 9 hurricane yesterday morning, upwards 1. 4' l yards of the wall on the North side of the Lon °" Dicks were blown down. The fury of the storm as 'log severely felt on theAiver.in.which several In.,e,s had stated fr3m Twit nloosisgs• OXFORD, DECEMBER 16. Many lost their anchors and cables, but are now safe -.-- . . in the Downs. 'Several were obliged to go for Rams. The Convocation for the election of a Chantellor gate Pier. Put b ac k f rom a cru i ze , t h e On ekox , of this University , (as already s tate d i n t h e STAR ) .KOVALIST, BEAGLE,. PODA ROUi, APEti.Eg i ROSARId, in the room of the late Duke of PORTLAND, met he- BRAVER, .Ecito, HaucoN, and ROLS.A. Arrived the tween nine and teh o'clock on Wednesday morning,; Derwent, from Guernsey. • . and continued sittifig day and night, without any ad- A very unfortunate accident happened to three of journment, till ten o'clock on Thursday night, when a boat's crew who were getting them boat ready to the numbers were declared as follow : go afloat to the assistance of the ships in the Downs, For Lord Gamitu.LE..:...- ........ ; .......... .... AO6 by a capstan-bar breaking ; one than, JOHN ADAMS, was killed 'on the spot ; two others so badly -hurt, Lprd gl.po. ...... 593 that their lives are d es p a i re d o f : the.man killed has -.. Dukd Of BIAVVOR T -....... 1 . 4 513 8 . *left a wife and four children to lament his 1055... . . 4 . . . Wajority for Lord ORENvILLE 13.' . HARWICH, DEC. is. This election his. excited more interest than any Arrived this day the Lady Frances picket, Capt. that has preceded , it, 'in the recollection of the oldest RurrEgi fronalushing, with mails and passengers. member of the University. Voters came from the most re mote parts of the kingdom ; a ll t h e carr i ages • FROM LLOYD'S LIST. r ml it a. ave!END, t p h !f .i.h l: l . i - 4, l 2e rr 4 il i r i t t. d t f h o e r li t zri l e i t . t", German, fxra and horses to a c o nsiderable distance were engaged, and every irin was filled. The Under-graduates having! The Wansbeck,ldwards, from Ell.hing t? Gibraltar, is strand.: left the University previous to the commencement of ed at Hushing. 'lost on Leettrotttiy. fto:-.. Br!,thl to 13Idileford,' it' the election, most of th e non - res id ent e l ectors were l'be Friends, Barnitaplc-b, i r—cr e va save d. 'applied with rooms in the Colleges. 'the Christian and 11.1,trgaret, Steel, train Liverpool to Let.h, • The number of thrice who were entitled to vote, anidunted to 12842. Out of this number.lo37 polled. NArdL INTELLIGENCE: FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 13. Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet in MR dayi from Lisbon. PLI - LIOCTIi DOCK, bre. :4. There were - no arrivals nor sailings this day.— Half past five P. M.— It now blows quite a hurricane. The GIBRALTAR, t f 80 guns, attempted to get under weigh this forenoon, but anchored again by signal ; she was going to relieve the Dlttf•ottn, of ;4 , guns, at Rochefort. The Onts-re.s sloop got under weigh this afternoon, bound on a cruize, but was forced to put back.—The melancholy tidings have just arrived here, that the HUSSAR frigate, of 38 guns, Captain Sxexs, which sailed from this port on Tuesday se'n night, and put into Torbay the day following, on her way to resume her station off Guernsey, has been -A-reeked on that rocky coast, and all hands perished, with the excep:ion of three persons. No official account has been received of this drea.!ful disaster ; but it rests on such a foundation as not to be discredited.— The intelligence WAS brought by a vessel arrived. this day at Ca sand. The HUSSAR was a very fine fri gate, and had just had a thorough reit in our bar b:mr ; she was admirably well appointed, in respect to both oili:ers and men, and sailed with a fine crew of 300 bravci s: amen. She is the second or third ves sel of the same name that has been lost in our ser vice : the FcciAing Hussar was lost on the coast of Fran:•e.—Fears are entertained for the safety of the INTELLIGENT gun brig, which sailed from Portsmouth for this place on Monday se'nnight, but has not since been heard of ; she may, however, have put into some other port up Channel.—Wind strong at S.W. with heavy rain. was lost at Salteoats, 10th inst. The Eliza, Rtunp, froroNewfoundland toWattrford,vms totally lost near 'Tramore sth inst.—only two of the Crew saved: The Elizabeth, bavis, of and for Whitehavep, from Chepstow,. was stranded near Workington, 3d inst. The sloop Jane, of Tra/ee, Freeman, laden with kelp, hound to Waterford, was totally Lost its 'I ramor-bay, 6th inst.—crew saved. The Upion, Carter, from Sssnderland to Weymouth, its on }Bore near Southwold, and full of water. • - Tt e hlelcornbe, Brice, from Sunderland to Weymouth:, foun. dered off Yarmouth. The Gustavus, Neale, from Flushing to London. was totally lost at Flushing, with all the crew. • Several other vessels Oese lost, and many were driven on shore there. ti The dian,. Rhodes, from Hu ll to London, is put into Var. moukh t dismasted. • I' C lio has taken and sent into Lei t h, tit/0 Danish priz es with , a - , &c. The East India and Cape Fleet, which sailed on die 14th ult. from Portsmouth, is sAfily arrived at Ma deira. COVEIVT.GARDEN THEATRE. • A reconciliation between the proprietors and the public was at length happily effected last night. From • what passed on the preceding day a general expecta.. tion arose that all differences would be adjusted • yes terday evening, which was strengthened by the an nouncement of Mr. KENIBLE to play the character of Penruddoch in The 11 1 1wel of Fortune. Great interest was thus excited in the public mirfd, and the theatre' was crowded at an early hour. For some time be fore the curtain drew up, not a place was to be had in the boxes, and scarcely standing rivrn was left in the pit ; the galleries were equally crowded. The sum taken at the doors must have been very great, very few orders being admitted. Previous to the drawing up cf the curtain, a Gen tleman rose in the pit, and addressed the audience for the purpose of stating that a letter would be handed to Mr. Kemble, demanding the dismission of Mr. James Brandon, and that in the apology to be made' on the part of the managers, the words-" shameful conduct" should be introauced instead of " irregulari ties." This address was received with considerable applause. Another Gentleman alto spoke from one of the lower boxes, demanding an apology, for the rufianism, as he said, with which thti - audience had been treated. u GOD save the King" was then called for ; the orchestra obeyed the call, and this national anthem was very finely and inipressively sang by some amateurs, the whole audience standing and joining . in the chords. The curtain at length drew up, and to those who have been in the habit of - attending this Theatre during the prevalence of the storms by which it has been so long :17.,ritated, a remarkable diff , rence was displayed in the appearance of the house. The pit took their seats aiia palled off their hats, except some at the back of it, who, from its crowded state, were obliged to stand; but those also took off their hats. The company in the boxes were all likewise seated, except at the very back rows, and the doors kept shut. Tne whole house displayed the utmost desire to attend to what was about to be offered to them. It was of course expected, that the first business on the stage would have been an address to the audience ' by Mr. Kemble ; but Blanchard coming on in charac ter, add the play appearing to be proceeding, great discontent arose, and a bud cry was uttered for Mr. Kemble. Mr. Kenible immediately came forward, and " Brandon's discharge" was loudly vociferated from the pit ; at the same time, a paper, we sup pose the same that had been previously alluded to, was handed to Mr. Kemble, by a Gentleman in the pit. Some time eltpsed before silence could be ob tilined-=Mr. Kemble thea said, " Ladies and Gentle men, I have to inform you," some trifling intertup tion then took place, and loud cries of ' silence,' for some time prevented silence from taking place. Mr. Kemble at length resumed his address, and proceeded to say, " that, in compliance with your wishes, Mr. James Brandon has withdrawn from the office of Box-keeper to this Theatre." Loud huzzas and waving of hats followed this announcement, and Mr. Kemble bowed and retired. It now appeared, however, that he had only executed halt of what was expected from him, an apology for the recent conduct of the propr:etors, being deemed by the audience absolutely necessary. Apology" was theretore loudly called for, and the call not being immediately complied with, a most inharmonious concert of hisses, groans,.and vocifera tips was the consequence. Two or- three persons at tempted the 0. P. dance, but a general hiss, and loud cries of " shame," " shame," almost immedi ately deterred them from continuing it. A Gentle man repeatedly addressed The audience from one of the lower boxes, for the purpose, as well as we could understand through the medium of noise in which his words were enveloped, of impressing upon them the necessity of insisting upon an apology. In the mean time the first act of the play was proceeding in dumb shew, not a word of it being heard. At length Mr. Tegg addressed the audience from the lower boxes, and stated, that some conversation had been had with Mr. Kemble, and eh it an apology would immediately be made. This statement was received with considerable applause ; but the noise continued during the remainder of the act. At its conclusion Mr. Kemble again came forward and said- 46 Ladies and Gentlemen, I understand that offence has been given by the introduction of im propfr persons into the Theatre during the late dis- PORT&MOUTII, DEC. IS. Arrived the ESCORT gun-brig, with the loss of her rudder. Last night it blew a pie froni W.S.W. several slips have received damage, arriong theni is the Royali..t transport ; .she got on shore on the Spit, was got off again, but ;made so much water that they were obliged to run her on shore again on South-Sea Beach. The Clarendon, Boulez, is on shore on the Kicker Point ; the Flora, Tuoursom, has lost an an , Lhor and cable.—Wind. S. W. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER IL We have bee n 1 visited by another terrible gale thi s • i week, and which lasted till near day-break, and am ; sorry to state the loss of ships exceeds that onTitesdaY ; last, viz.—The Eliza of this port, Perrtre master, having part of the cargo of the Guardian, consisting of whale-bone, staves and oil, &c. kc. is on -shore near the New Jetty, from Hull bouhd to London, ; with a general cargo, and whei lost all her masts and drove nut to sea m Tuesday's gale, brought in here by the Winterton boats, all saved.—The Camilla, Tao tas S mess, of and from Sunderland, with coals ; and the Nancy, ABRAHAM PRATT Thaw; mas ter, from Sunderland to London, with coals, are on shore near the South Star Battery, crews saved, hut • the ships being under water, I expect that very little will be saved ; the crews of these two last owe the safety of their lives to the exertions of. Capt. MANay, who immediately on being informed of their perilous situation, hastened down to shore with his apparatus, i and at the 11 shot fired, the line went across the ship, and when made last to her, they hauled the boat from off the shore to the ship, and saved the whole crew ; ' the crew of the second ship were saved by the same apparatus.—The Milburne, of Newcastle, DAvin .. Jacxsow master, from Quebec, with timber, has lost lier fore-mast and bowsprit, and is on shore near the North gtar Battery, crew saved, cargo will be saved, the ship cannot ascertain what damage she may have , received.—The Success, MICHAEL HUNTER master, i is on shire in the South Ham, crew saved.—A vessel ! laden with coffee, name unknown, lost her bowsprit 1 and fore-topmast, by being run on board in the gale. i —A brig is on short opposite Caister, and two brig l and a sloop off Carton; not receiving any returns, I must remata till Sunday's post.—The Jane, HARM* SON master, with coals, is put in here with loss of i bowsprit and fore-mot.—The PINCHER gun-brig, which sailed yesterday, was recalled by signal, and will take the next convoy for Heligoland.—Ships as per list. DOVER, DECEMBER i?;. I am sorry to inform yas that during the violent gale of last night, the DZVENDZII gun-brig, Lieute nant JOHN Ganacut Nara Commander, was driven on shore at Cock Point, near this place, and has been obliged to cut away bar masts ; the crew fortunately are all saved, but the vessel it is feared will be totally lost. DEAL, DECEMBER t 5. Last night, about ten o'clock, it came on to blow a ♦ery heavy gale from the S. S.W. to the E. S. E. which continued to increase till about three o'clock, when it blew tremendous hard. Several vessels have lost their foremasts, mainmasts, and bowsprits : one is on shore on the Goodwin Sands—name and parti culars, with th , 2 fate of the crew, unknown. Seven are on sho:c ca the main, between this and Broad. :lairs, two of which are sunk,'one an Aniesican ship. . • . . . putes."—sHerr tie eagerness and imxitilonce - of scene -of the audience destroyed that silence Which was at this moment so highly essential. Anotber (Alm at length took place, and Mr. tremble proceeded— " l - have to ask pardon that an krelogy was not Made sooner"-:--Here cries from different parts of the Houk, of " Enough ! Enough !" and loqd applause again caused an interruption. Mr. Kemble at length resumed : '"ln my oh-n name, and in the name of my fellow Proprietors, I• beg leave to express our sorrow for What has taken place; and to state, that our first care shall be, that no such occurrence shall ever happen again:"—Loud huzzas and shouts of applause now resounded from every part of the Theatre. Mr. Kern •ble repeatedly bowed and retired amidst a thunder of applause: Tranquillity Was immediately restored, the troubled ocean 'displayed all its wonted calm and pleasing sur face, the storm was allayed, and all that had passed appeared to be by common consent buried ir. oblivion. ' The Orchestra struck up " Rule Britannia," which - vas sung by the audience: The second /act commenced ; all the audience who - could possibly obtain the. luxury of a sear enjoyed it ; ill were ranged in order ; the ancient custom: of the • Thoatre, anti that politeness, Under the influence of which orie individual accommodates another, and is in his turn aeconithodated,wereimmediately resumed, and complete silence plevailed. Mr. KEMBLE came On in his charader of Parrueltioci, mid the approbation of the audience.wai again testified by loud applatise. The first words he had to utter in this act, "So lam - • in London again," were immediately seized and loudly applauded: Another expression shortly after Wards, " The scythe of the law cuts close, and those who re " sort to it seldom pro fi t by it," WAS marked in a simi lar manner. The entrance of each performer was, as is the custom en the first night Of the thentri cal season, 'subsequently greeted with a distinct round of applause, and each, in his turn, respectfully bowed to the au dience. CHARLES krssiii.E, on hi; :ippearante, was received with loud and unanimous plaudits. A new tile and spirit seemed to be thus given to the perform ance. Mr. KEMBLE was very happy in several pas sages of Pertruddoch, and was repeatedly applauded. The other performers did their utmost, and received their share of applause. The second and third Acts thus passed off quietly, they were heard with attention, and profound silence prevailed in the house during the performance. The hilt-price then came in, and there being already many more persons in the House than could obtain seats, the pressure occasioned by a considerable additional crowd, endeavouring to squeeze in, occasioned, of course, much tumult, particularly in the Pit. The • pressure was .there so great, particularly towards the back of it, that several persons appeared to be in considerable danger,. and " Like care of the slides" was repeatedly vociferated. Many efforts were made to . restore order, but the attempts made by several per sons to relieve the uncomfortable situation in which they were placed, and the motion which was thus eommutitcated to the whole mass . at theback - of the Pit, defies for some time every exertion to obtain si lence. A considerable noise was also made:by the etvwd which rushed into the lobbies, and who encleaL vouivd - in vain to obtain even standing room in ere boxes. Great part of the fourth Act was thus mate= rially interrupted, and the noise and confusion arising from thll great pressure in the pit, also operated to render ( considerable portion of the: fifth Act inau dible. Towards tiv close of the lact act Mr. KEmBLE again came forward, and said, " Ladies and Gentlemen, those liars and fences which are found to be so in commodious shall be removed by Monday." This address was, received with loud huzzas. • A placard was then displayed in the pit, With the inscription— W e are tati f fia M. Kemlile bowed, and the whole audience cheered. Previous to The Blind Boy, s Mr.' Weinholt attempted to address the. Pit from the lower boxes, but the - audience would not bear him . . Many of the audience exclaimed" Mr. Kerhble has be haved with candour, and we are satisfied." The ..-uf tain dropped amidst reiterated ptaudit4.' Tie s ime placard was again displayed to the different p.tr.s of the house, and greeted in every part with wciving of hats and loud huzzas. The 0. P.'s departed with the unanimous opinion, that, as their triumph might be considered coindlete, it ought to be used with moderation. We regret to have again occasion to notice that the definitive treaty of Peace has not been concluded without the dismissal of Mr. Brandon having been in sisted on. We have ai.ready called the attention of our readers to hislongand faithful services to hisemployers, nayeven to the public, for, previous tothelate unhappy aifferances, we may venture to assert, he never once subjected himself to public displeasure. His siturion for the last sixty nights has been - truly irksome and distressing : his duty to his employers (nay their ex press injunctions) compelled him to adopt the line of conduct he did 1 and if their faults have been for given, why should " the great axe fall" on an indivi dual, whose only crime was too zealous an attach meat to those by whose•mandites he conceived him self bound to be guided! Mr. Brandon has discharged the arduous duties of Box book and House-keeper tii the Theatre, for the long period of forty years, hiving actually grown grey in the service. He has been'always .disfin gitished for the urbanity of his manners. We know him to posseis 3 warmth and benevolence of heart, which do honour to him as a man, and his claims to forgiveness are enforced by a numerous family of children, dependent on him for bread.—We trust we shall not have occasion to expostulate again on this subject with our Reader: - let Mr. Bran; don be restored to his situation, and the sentiment of Mr. Sheridan will be realized—" John Bull may be wro ig headed, but he is never wrong-!tearted !" Orders are received at Portsmouth, that, OR the arrival of the 21 Battalion of the 10th, from Waiche ren, they are not to disembark, as first ordered, but to proceed to Jersey, to relieve the 941 h, which is or dered to Portugal. We heartily congratulate the admirers of true merit on the appearance of Madame du DEEFaNu's Ci,rres- • pondence with d'ALEsteEn r, MoNTEsQui cc, Madame de Bram., kc. The brilliant style of these Letters can only be equalled by their intrins;c merits; which entitle them to a place in the Library of every friend to Literature, and justly rank them with those ofthe celebrated Lady MARY WORTINVY MONTAGC. I ,-.