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al."' 2/21 GENERAL ELECTION. TO THE WORTHY FREEMEN OF THE BOROUGH OF KING'S-I.YNN. is ORD WALPOLE and Sir M. B. POLICES are induced, in consequence of the Dissolution of Parliament which has now taken place, to solicit the Freemen of the Bo • sough of King's-Lynn, to replace them in the distinguished and bonourabie situation of their Representatives. Lord WALPOLI and Sir M. B. Four Ls presume to Batter themselves that the s.une constitutional principles which have hitherto invarlauly actuated their conduct, will ensure then, the suffrages and support of the Worthy Electors on the present oecceion. Lord WALPOLIeS absence, upon a diplomatic mission to the Court of Russia, must unavoidably prevent him from making his personal solicitations to the Electors. September 30, 1812, TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, AND OTHER FREE " HOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET., •IN consequence of the Dissolution of Parliament I appoint a Meeting or the Gentlemen, Clergy, and other Free holders of this County, to be held at the Assize Hall, in Wells, OA Friday, the 9th day of October instant, at Twelve o'Clock at - Sloan, to nominate proper persons to represent the County in the ensuing Parliament. And I also give Notice, that I shall pro ceed to the Election of two knights, to serve for this County iu nuch ensuing Parliament, at the Town Hall, at ivekhester, in the said County, on Weduesday, the I ith day of October instant, ' at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. WILLIAM VAUGHAN, Sheriff. Combe Grove, October 2, aBl v. ' I TO the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, and .FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of HERTFORD. • I • GEM - LIMN, TAKE the earliest opportunity of informing you that I have found it advisable to decline a canvas for the County on the present occasion. The active exertions of the Wien& of the old Members having greatly diminished my pros. Sect of success, I am unwilling to give my friends any unnecessary ,trouble; at the same time I beg to assure them, that I feel the !nest lively gratitude for the favourable manner In which they have received my application for their support.-1 have the honour to be, Getriemeo, your most obedient humble servant, Hatfield House, Sept. 234 18111. CRANBORNE. ' TO INDEPENDENT RUC -- TM OF 1141YOUNTY ar YQZL ' OCNTLZMCW, MR. WILBERFORCE having by his advertise ment declared his intention not to offer hinttielf again to 'represent this County if Parliament should be dissolved, I ven ture to come forward and to ask you to place that trust In my Lands which he has so long and so worthily held. If I should succeed in this object, I shall endeavour to show ow gratitude, by an earnest and anxious discharge of the duties belonging to the high situation in which I shall be placed; and I hope that my information with regard to the local Interest of the County, which has been acquired by a residence in one of the most populous parts of it, where I have not shrunk from public business, will enable me to fulfil those dutles.—l have the honour to he, Gentlemen, our very humble Servant, Wortley Hall, Sept. 26. 1. STUART WORTLEY. SUSSEX ELECTION. TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGYMEN, AND FREE HOLDERS •OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. OtNTLIIKEN, IN presuming to solicit the high honour of Repre senting you in Parliament, I derive great satisfaction front the avowal of one of pie Gentlemen to whom you entrusted that Important charge, of his intention to surrender it, as I can now snake a respectful offer of my services, without opposition to one considered by you as worthy of holding so 'acted a trust, and the peace of the Country will not, I hope, be disturbed. lam fully !sensible of the great and serious responsibility a County Member undertakes. Should I be so fortunate as to attain the object of my ambition, you may rest assured, that I will devote my best ,' exertions to the promotion of your Interests, and to the active . -and independent discharge of my parliamentary duties. It would 11l become me to make further professions but I pledge myself not in be de fi cient (in endeavour, at least ) to deserve your eon- Sdence and prove my.gratitude. The short period of time that will elapse prior to the day of 1,1 Election will, I much fear, preient my having the honour of waiting on you all individually; but, be the result what it may, shall not fail eagerly to seize the first opportunity to perform that duty.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, very sincerely, 'Your attached and faithful servant, Battl.! Abbey, 2d Oct. 1812. GODFREY WEBSTER. SUSSEX ELECTION. THE Friends of Sir GODFREY WEBSTER, WLBSTZ*, Bart. are respectfully requested to address all communications to Fithf, at Battle-Abbey ; or to Messrs.l)Aw. isoN and WIATISLAW, Saville-place, New Burliogton-street, ,ILondon. SCOTLAND. UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS. WHEREAS young Gentlemen from England have frequently come to attend the Lectures in the Uni ersity of St. Andrew's, at an improper time of the year, Public `Notice is hereby given, that the several Classes of the United College will, for the ensuing Session of College, begin to be taught, as follows, viz. On THURSDAY. October 22. • The Public, or Junior Latin Class, by . Dr. Husrea. The Public, or Junior Greek Class, by Professor Hal.. And on THURSDAY, November 5. The Private, or Senior Latin Class, by Dr. HUNTER. The Private, or Senior Greek Class, by Professor HILL. The Logic and Rhetoric Class, by Dr. JAstes Ho writs.. The Moral Philosophy Class, by Professor Coox. The Natural Philosophy Class, by Dr. JACKSON. The First and Second Mathematical Classes; • also a Third Class for the higher Geometry, and a fourth for the Practical ranches, by Professor HALDANE. The Civil History Class, by Professor Fitment. The Classes for Chemistry and Medicine, by Dr. BRIGGS. N. B. In the Scotch Lininr ities, there is but one 'rem or antigun, which, in the University of St. Andrew's, be s In October and ends in the month of May following. St. Andrines. Bept. 20, 1812. MALTA AND SICILIAN PAPERS; ......—,— PALERMO, AU GUST 17. The extreme beat of the weather having obliged he Members of Parliament to request permission of is Royal Highness to remove their sittiligs from the liminano de Chience, where they had hitherto been eld, Cher request was granted, and on the 12th the 'arliament met in a more spacious college; when, virile the three branches were employed in their duty, n explosion was heard, near the spot, which together rith the smoke, that entered at the window, and the trong smell of powder which filled the room, gave, uspicion of some treachery. Persons were immedi. lely sent to enquire and examine in the street, when t w..s found the explosion proceeded from a bottle of hick glass, filled with powder, nails, and other things, and covered wi4l flax, that it might not break in its ill, but have a full effect in its explosion ; which ap-1 eitrs to have been intended against the Chamber of e Commons, the windows of which looked into t street. It however did no injury, the explosion ing place too soon. . The Parliameqt immediately lily represented to the Throne the horrible at. pt, and - continued its labours with the greatest quality. His Royal highness ordered a centi. to be pl iced in it, and published an offer of are. d of 1000 pizzi, to discover the author of the its. . _ tided mischief, JULY 'LI.--Yesterday the three branches of Parlia. exit, the Eceleiastical,litary, and Territori. 1. et in the usual =outer. Pursuant to tlie iustruc- mmeemimmeimmssionseemesonseemesseeseemeseeee , -w . -- -- tions received from his Royal Highness the Vicar- the preventing of all communication with individuals General they set about the great work; and adopted "Aetna with this disorder, lied proved unavailing; the British Constitution as the basis of the new Con- ' and plat the Physicians being of opinion that it was stitution of Sicily. They next fixed the limits of the impossible to completely check the contagion, • the Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary Powers—the troops had been encamped, the sick, in easy circnm first is lodged in Parliament, the second in the King„ l stances permitted to get themselves attended in their whose person is declared to be sacred and inviolable, I own houses, but without any communication with but his Ministers are wponsible for their conduct to the rest of the inhabitants, and the poor been sent to Parliament, which is empowered to try and pass sen- the King's Hospital. Since the I Ith, the day on tence upon them, whenever they are found guilty in which the lazaret had been formed, ten persons had the exercise of their ftmctions. The Judges are de- ' died in tt of the yellow fever ; and on the 23d, there dared independent of any other authority ; but if a were ten sick, one whose case was doubtful, and Judge commit an offence, he is to be impeached by three convalescents. the House of Commons, and tried by the House of . SEPT. 19.—Malta Journals have been received by Lords, The Parliament will no longer be composed the packet to the 26th of last month. The Number of three branches, bnt of two Houses, viz, the House of the fifth illentions the report of a body of British of Commons, consisting of the Representatives of the troops having arrived, or even landed, a; the mouth Cities and Baronies : and the House of Lords, formed of Cotter° ; but nothing fiirthet is said upon. the sub by the union of the Baronial and Ecclesiastical ject in the following Numbers to the latest date. Branches. The Peers cannot be tried but by the House of Lords. No individual can be arrested, ba nished, transported, or condemned, but by the Judges of the land, according to the la4s. In the enacting of the laws the two Houses must agree ; but they are not to be enforced as such, until they have been sane. tioned by the King, who is at liberty to give or refuse his sanction. Parliament alone has the right of raising taxes. The Barons of the kingdom have ge nerously given up those feudal privileges which they had enjoyed for eight centuries by the unquestionable right of birth, and by the fundamental laws of the kingdom. They have generously given up those numerous feudal rights which could not be abolished in any of the countries where they were established but by force of arms ; nor be extinguished but in tor rents of blood. The Barons of the kingdom have, of their own accord, waived those many privileges which gave them a decided preeminence above the other classes, and rest satisfied with those rights which they enjoy in common with their fellow-citizens: thus making of the whole kingdom of Sicily but one fa mily, under one head, which is governed by those just and liberal laws which she herself has made. MESSINA, AUGUST 8. The following sentences have been published, in an Order of the Day issued to the British army at Palermo : " Head-Quarters, Palermo, July 23. “ At a Council of War held in the city of Messina, in the island of Sicily, on the 4th of January, 181(2, and thence continued at different times, to the 31st of the same month, the following indivisluals having been tried, the Council sentenced them as follows, which sentences have been approved by his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince : Don Pietro Versau to be imprisoned in the castle of one of the adjacent isles, during the term of his natural life. Doti F. Santore to pay a fine of 20,000 ounces, which sum is to remain at the disposition of Lord William Ben tinck, to be distributed to the poor of Sicily, to be imprisoned for seven years in the Castle of Pantilliaa, or some other of the adjacent isles, and then to be banished from Sicily for life ; or, in case the above fine should not be paid, to be imprisoned another seven years in the said castle. The Abate Penucio to be degraded from his sacred functions, and im prisoned in one of the castles of the adjacent islands for seven years. The Abate Menasi to be degraded from his sacred functions, and banished for life to one of the adjacent isles. Lieu ten an t-Colonel Infante to be dismissed the service, and banished during the war to one of the adjacent isles. Captain Shadra Pandolfe to be ignominiously cashiered and impri soned 15 years in a castle of one of the adjacent islands. Gaetano Lotoro to be sent to the pities for 25 years. Gavanne Capasso to be imprisoned in a Castle of the adjacent islands during life. Pietro Soraw to be banished to one of the adjacent isles for five years, or during the war. Colonel Constantino de Filippes to be publicly cashiered, and banished to one of the adjaceut isles during the war. (Signed) a P. HEIION, M. G. President. a By order of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, _ _ _ " CAMPBELL, M.G. and Adj. of the Forces." FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, SEP 12. EXTRACTS OF PRIVATE LETTERS FROM OFFICERS UPON TIM EXPEDITION. ALICANT, AUGUST 26. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, SEPTEMBER £9. The following extracts and letter have been re ceived at the East India House, from the Governor General in Council at FortWilliatn, in Bengal: Extract of a Dispatch from the Governor-General ii Council, dated 6th March, 1812. We deem it proper to transmit a circumstantial detail of the assault upon the celebrated fortress of Caßinger, and the insuperable obstacles which acca sionei its failure. This detail is contained in a dis patch from Colonel Martindell, commanding the troops, dated the 4th ult. We have the honour to transmit a copy of that dispatch, together with the copy of a letter from the Adjutant-General, in which the former has been communicated to Government. We participate most cordially in the applause bestowed by his Excellency the Commander in Chief' and by Colonel Martindell, on the exemplary gal. lantry and persevcring intrepidity manifested by the officers and men tngaged in the assault; an assault which, although it tailed in the immediate attain ment of its object, can scarcely be cLemed unsuc cessful ; since to the terror inspired by it must be ascribed the subsequent surrender of this almost im pregnable fortress, on terms and in a manner which, have maintained the credit of our arms, without any sacrifice of dignity, or any concessions of material importance to our interests. We concur also entirely in the praise bestowed by the Commander in Chief on the distinguished zeal, judgment, and exertions of Colonel Martindell, in conducting the arrangements and operations of the late service in Bundiecund. We deeply lament the loss in killed and wounded, which, by the return accompanying Colonel MArtin dell's dispatch, your Honourable Court will find has attended this enterprise, but we have the sAtistaction to learn, that, with very few exceptions, the wounded are in a state of recovery, and that the total number of those who have been killed, or who have died of their wounds, including Officers, does not exceed nineteen or twenty. To N. B. Edmonstone, Esq.... Chief Secretary to Government, Secret Department. SIR—I am directed by the Commander in Chief to request you will lay before the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council, the enclosed copy of a dispatch, dated the 4th ult. but only received this morning, from Colonel Martindell, commanding in Bundlecund, detailing the particulars of the as- , sault on Callinger, on the morning of the second of February,.and transmitting a return of the killed and wounded in that most gallant enterprise. Although the Commander in Chief deeply laments the loss sustained by the British troops in the attempt to carry Callinger by storm, his Excellency considers the early surrender of that celebrated fortress to the British power, as the immediate consequence of the impression made on the mind of the enemy, by the determined spirit thewn in the assault of the breach, and by the severity of the loss he experienced on that occasion. The Commander in Chief trusts that, althoUgh the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Mawbey, of his Majesty's 53d Foot, and of the brave officers and men who acted under him on this arduous service, were not crowned by the immediate success which they deserved, owing to the formidable natural ob stacles which opposed them, their zeal and gallantry will not be viewed the less entitled to the distinguish ed approbation of his Lordship in Council. Reverting to the arrangements made for assembling the force beforeCallinger, and for investing the place, as well as to the progress of the siege, the Come mander-in-Chief finds just occasion for bringing to' the favourable notice of Government, the conduct or Colonel Martindell in the general direction of the important service confided to his experience and abi lity ; and the persevering zeal and exertions mani fested by all descriptions of the troops, the detach-, mrnts of the European cavalry, artillery, and in. fantry, the native infantry and pioneers, in the labo rious operations of the siege prior to the assault on the 2d February. The Right Honour able the Governor-General in Council will have noticed with peculiar satisfaction, in Colonel Martindell's former dispatches, the tees;- 1 mony borne to the services rendered by the artillery and engineer departments throughout the siege, and to the exemplary valour displayed by Captain Smyth, the directing engineer, on the morning of the 2d February.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) G. W. FAGAN, Adj.-General. Adjutant-General's Office, Fort William, March 5, 1812. TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PAGAN, ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Stn—With reference to my letter to your address of the 2d inst. reporting the failure on the morning of that day, 1 have now the honour to transmit a return of the killed and wounded, and to state, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, that the storming party consisted of five com panies of his Majesty's 53d regiment, 12 companies of grenadiers, and nine companies of light infantry of the line, divided into three columns of eight cow. panies each, exclusive of the grenadiers and light in fantry of his Majesty's 53d, under Captain Fraser of that corps ; and the following is the disposition that was made on the day previous to the attack. The forlorn hope, consisting of a serjeant and 12 privates of his Majesty's 55d rsgitnent, were to lead, followed by the grenadiers and light infantry of that corps. The Ist, or leading column, consist-1 ing of the remaining three companies of his Ma- ; jetty's 53d, and five companies of grenadiers ; the 2d cquoin, coznpsed of eight coniganie; of gran . I wrote you a shoat leiter from Malton, to tell you of our motions. Since that we have been to Palamos, where we made two feints to land ; shewing ourselvss off Valencia • and lastly, landed here on the 10th. On the 15 th we marched to Montforte, remained there the next day, and on the 17th moved to Elda. Suchet having retired to Alcira, our ca valry were pushed on to Villena and Alcoy ; but upon bearing that Joseph was at El Tokiso, and that Soult was advancing from the westward, the troops marched back on the 19th to Montforte, and on the 23d retired into cantonments in the villages round this city. Our cavalry still continues at Villena and Alcoy. General Donkin, with a few horse, advanced beyond the last-mentioned town, and took a small convoy of mules with the French mail. The only news their letters give is that there is a new Pope. There is a general report, that a division of the allied army has entered Saragossa. General boss's corps, which had joined us, has returned to Carthagena. The fever still continues at Orehuela and in the neighbourhood, but with no great violence; they do not seem the least afraid of it here. The army is well. I hope I shall soon join Lord Wel lington. The affairs in Sicily are going on well, and the new constitution is formed. Auo. 27.—Joseph and Suchet have effected a junc-1 Lion in the neighbourhood of Almanza and Fuente de la Higuera. Joseph has about 17,000 infantry and 2000 horse. I do not think they are strong enough to attack us here, but will most likely wait , for Souk. APOUST 29.—Joseph is iq Valencia. Suchet covers Xucar : his bead-quarters are in S. Filipe, and his cavalry in advance. Wp are about 16,000 strong. GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 12. General Maitland is to be reinforced by 2000 men from MAcrca, and General Ross's division, which is coming back from Carthagena. The last-mentioned officer having, in an official communication to the Governor of Carthagena, expressed a wish to be made acquainted with the real state of the public health in .nat city, the Board of Health made a report on the 254:1 of August, in which they stated, that the yellow fever had lately broken out within the walls —that the most active measures taken by titclioard, and thesb ae tta°li o n of th of • L i , c o o fll l the u n a lt i n 1 • ~ of eight c o i; e; :: dicersregimenttenant-Colonel ; light and the Frase r , 3d infantry , grenadiers and light infantry, under the c 111. —' Major Cumberledge, of the 2d "mud, battalion of t h e , regunent. The grenadiers and light infantry of his L 53d, after gaining the summit of the b ree , h, ordered to file to the right and left along th e ft % part. The Ist column was instructed alte r ente : the breach, to push along the north front ; th e — l a , through the grove, nearly i n t h e centre, and the column along the south side of the fort : the Ca ~,,,'' columns were to cooperate and su p port e l i -- "" 1 et i le as circumstances may have required. The top of the breach was crowded by the er em , them during the whole of the sto r m, exposed to a lbw' severein great fire of c u nannonm bers. and musketry, whi c h d -- estroy e d The font of the breach being high, it, sible to get to it without the assistance of t o r and all those who got up them to the top of d ee* which is the foot of the breach, were as j est* " knocked down by the constant shower of heavy Nee l . 'To these insurmotntable obstacles is to be asc r ib ed die failure on the 2d inst. and I beg yo u m iiv ie pleased to assure his Excellency, that the conduct,/ 'Lieutenant-Colonel Mawbey, and that of every cer and man employed on the storming pa rt y. eel such as to meet my entire approbation ; and at die same time that I regret the loss of some brave d ices and men, with our want of complete success, I are satisfied that e the whole did every thing in the law n of men. I ' I have further the satisfaction to assure his Etat lency, that the lustre of our arms has not been t at . niched on this occasion, but on the contrary, the per. I severing bravery and great exertions, of the troops has struck terror into the enemy and' the surronadin4 country. I directed Major Kelly with the troops under his command in the town, consisting of ten companies of =dye infantry, to divert the attention of ihe enemy ' while the principal attack was going f orwar d, b y making a false attack on the gateway, and if oppo r . tunity offered to enter the fort by the cauxway l eai i• ing up to it ; but tti,e natural stri ngth of the pan age is such, added to the state of preparation of the enemy, that it was not practicable to do any thing clew in this quarter, and I beg you will be pleased tom. sure his Excellency that the Major and his party did all that was posiible for them to do, under mai l 1 circumstances, and that his conduct and that 'alba officers and men m , :rit every praise, 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GAB. MAIITINDELL, CO* (True Copy) commanding in Buadlecand, (Signed) G. H, FAOAN, Adj.-Gen. Camp before Callinger, 4th February, 1812. Return'of the Killed and Wounded in the Storm of Cage; 2d February, 1812. 53d Foot-1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, I Serjeanr, 10 tag ladl e killed; 1 Captain, 8 Lieutenant*, I Assistant-Surgeon, 8 lito jeanta, 1 drummer, 114 rank and file wounded. 2d Batt. 2cl Regiment of Native Infantry-2 rank led He NIA 2 jemadars, 9 rank and Qle wounded. Ed Batt. sth itto-2 Sub-Wars, 6 rank and file warmth:4. Ist Batt. 7th Ditto-3 rank and fite wounded. .!_ lit Batt. 11th Ditto-3 rank and file wounded. 21 Batt. 11th Ditto-5 rank and file wounded. 2d Batt. 16th Ditto-1 He'dldar, 1 drummer, 2 rink 44 wounded. Ist Batt. 512 d Ditto-1 ran% and file wounded. Corps of Pioneers-1 j.leutenant, 4 Herndon, IT rank led ille wounded. Total-1 Calwain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Serjeont, Vironkonl Sle killed; 1 Captain, 9 Litutenants, 1 Asistact•So geon, 6 Serjeants, 2 Subedars, 2 'emotion, 5 limb data, 2 drummers, 180 rank and file wended. Grand Total-223. Names of Officers Killed and Wounded. Killed—aid Foot—Captain Fraser, lieutenant and A 4 Wounded-53d Foot—Captain Cuppaidge,severely; Litetemats Separt, Stone, Daly, Davi-s, Horsley, Young, Crusts, sod Booth, severely; Assistant-Swgecut Niftier. Corps of Pioneers—Lieutenant Faithful, severely. (liigned) T. Cauca, Mare et Brigade. (Signed) C, H. FaflAll. Adj. Gm. (Signed) N. B. EDISON srons, Clo. See. to Government. _[For tke remainder of eat Gazette, see the last put") THE EVENING STAR. LONDON• - MONDAY, QCTOBER St MORE VICTORIES TN THE PENINSULA. CAPTURE OF BURGOS BY THE IMMQR,• TAL WELLINGTON, RETREAT or TIM FRENCH TO VITTORIA. In a Second Edition of our Saturday's Paper, IN had the satisfaction to communicate the glorious is• telligence, that the Marquis of WELLINGTON was be, fore Burgos. The news. which come first to falb mouth, was received by a telegraphic message from Plymouth to the Admiralty. By the letters of this morning, we now find that the Manchester packet arrived at Falmouth on &aw turdar, in sit days from Corunna, with Mails siA . Dispatches from the Marquis of WELL niarox.—• There is no direct telegraph communication with Falmouth—this accounts for _the transmission of the news from Plymouth. The following is an outline of his Lordship's op rations : The allied British, Portuguese and Spanish troops under his Lordship's command, attacked tie outworks of Burgos on the 19th ult. and carried the with the loss of 400 men, British and Portugusse.--• The French instantly retreated towards Vittoria, lest' ing 2000 men in the castle, which was to be attack on the Tuesday following, and no doubts were obit tained of success. The main body of the British aril were in pursuit of the French. The French army had arrived at Vittoria on MC retreat. The French finally quitted Bilboa on the Bth. &HAT also continued to retreat. • One letter which we have seen gives the follooial. as a list of the loss of the Allies on this occasions : f Allied loss—Killed, I Major, S Lieutenants, I Stde 5 Serjeants, 60 rank and file.—Wounded, 5 Called, 7 Lieutenants; S Ensigns, 21 Serjeants: T 973 0110 ' file t =WI% 16 rank awl file. tor bac ha tat in th