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_ ommoria TO THE WOR, EliY A ND (ND' PENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. Griseri.tortis, Assu!te ion of Parliament having taken place, I bet I. uv , .1- , tt'e absyte , of my Fialter, Sir WiLuast CURTIS, to a .su'e you, 'hat i•atefitl for that thstinguished coufi deuce wlich you have repos...l in him during five eotcessive Par- Varnems, he wdl , iauued'at ly up in his remit (which cannot be long delayed' pay M 4 tu rsonal re-prc's to you, to solicit lb. bouour of your slipoorr at 0., u-nsulng Election. I have the hottour to be, Gentlemen, . Veer obedient servant, (11,Portland-place, Sept. 29 1812. WM. CURTIS, jun.. N B. Sir Wiliam Curtis's Committee will meet every day at .1113 Chambers, iu the 014 ••• , 'uth Sea Houle, where any commas Ideation will be .hankfully r•ceived. . TO THE WORTHY LIVERY OF LONDON. GE NTL F. 14 E . r` HE higheSt Honour which any Man Can receive -I- from his Yellow Citizens, is that of being placed by them In the situation of promoting their Int. rests, and guarding their Rtghta, in the Commons House of Pa•l'ament. Phis great treat yon have twice reposed in me; and to discharge it faithfully, hat been uty chief study and greatest ambition. With this consciooss 'less I venture now 'n refer myself with confidence to you, upon the Dissobs. ion of Parliament, to solicit the honourable distinction o! being returned, for the third time, one of the Represiintatives of this great City. The friendship anckkindness of the Livery of London will ever be remembered by me with sentiments of the warmest gratitude; and will simulate me to -till greater exertions, to promote by ovt•ry means intrusted to me, the welfare of our free and envied Country, the tirosperi•y of Jhe City of London and tire happiness. of ail ranks of my E;Ilow Citizens. 1 have the l'onour to he, with the greatest respect, Gentlemen, Your faithful and most obedi nt humble servant, America. square, Sept 50, 1812. JAMES S.l - LesiAr. My Committee wi'l sit daily at the King's Head•ravern,in the Poubt y where your friendly communications will be thankfully received, TO HE GENTLEMEN. CLERGY, AND FREEHOLDERS OP THE /UN l'Y OF HER CFORD. • 14AVING received his Majesty's Whit for the Elee lout of two Knights to serve in Parliament for this Vounty. I do' hereby give (eke, that, in obekence to the said . Writ and of the i.ev..ral S'atutes in tht.• ease male, a S.petiilt Bounty Court ; for the puepti.e of such Election, will be held at Ben ford, on Monday, the Twelfth day of October next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. JOAN CURRIE, Sheriff. • Esseittlon. Stivember 30, IAI2. 1 he Day of Nonni:whin is aproiteed for Wednesday, the 7th of °cads: r next, at lier ford. at Fleet n o'Clock io the firenoon. 'o the OEN 11. EM EN, 'ct.l ,. .tiGy, at'4 FiZF.EHO.4.DER the COUNTY of BEDFORD. niNTLIESIEN, 'HE of Parliament which, according - to general expectation, appears on the eve of taking place, Induc, s me no longer to defer making known to you, that in case of that event, it is not in my contemplation to presume to solicit 'a renewal of the distinguished honour you conferred apan me at the Tare General Election, by choosing me to Represent the Coin ty of Bedford in Parliament. The peculiar difficulties wile!' at that dine embarrassed your sekctim of the Candidate to whom sou shonld confide that important trust, have now Ceased to exist, and your future preference will naturally be di rtc ill tem aids persons more intimately and closely connected with you than myself, and whose superior claims to Took aufi dente seem obviously to preclude an application on my part, witch nothing bat a temporary difficulty and the declared sense Of a nornerous. and rtspectable Meeting of the County, could bave au h trisect. . fin retking, hrtwever, from your service, I cannot omit ex pte-s lig my gratitude for the honour you ctuiferred upon me, a. d to assume you ti at it will ever afford to my mind a subject of the nowt gratifying ri &vino to remember that, upon an oc casion of arduous political conflict, I had the horiour to be se leen d by the • County of Becifold for the dtclared and special purpose of supportin b the p nnciples of Civil and kergous Liberty. 1 have the tumour to-be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient, and olgiged t male servant, RICHARD Fl 1 ZPATRICK. Amptbiß Paik, Sept. tin, 1812. To the GEN 1 I.F.NiEN, CLERGY, anti FREEHOLDERS, o the COUN of BEDFORD. GINTLEMEN. • GENE It A L FITZPATRICK baNinzannotincecl s ,eterntitiation not to solicit a renewal of your suffrages at th• approaching General Election, permit me to offer myself to yroir tre al Cana a te to succeed him in the bigh and bomut title tray y.O were pleased to tet osz in him, Should this ohj ct of n - :‘ ambition be gratified, I trust you will always find Me a fa 'h'ut Re.T.sentativ:: of your Intereaus in Parliament, but ttycn ti it. as well as upon the view I entertain of those pubtc princip which are interwoven wlth the spirit and existence of our t on,titutlon, 3 shall have the honour of addreq.ini you on the day i.f!:oalioariott, and in the man while I ahall endeavour to pay my personal revects to every Freeholder in the County. I have the honour to be, Vex faithful friend, and obedient humble servant, Oakley, Ser. tB, 181'3. TAVISIOCK Tas the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, and FREEHOLDERS of the C,.OUN FY of HERTFORD. ' • Carr Lessen, ' NITHEN at the last Dissolution of Parliament, 1- ha t the honour to address you, I stated distinctly the principles by which my Parliamentary conduct would be regu latetl. I then pledged myself, that the sacred trust which was plartd in my bands should be exercised with diligent attention to the lucal interests of the County, and unremitting observance of the Constitutional Rights of the People. Whether I have, ur have not redeemed that pledge, It is not for me to dztermine. Feeling, however, as I do, the conscious• pess of having never lost sight of those principles, which for merly recommended me to your favour, I venture once more to offer myself as Candidate for the high honour of Representing you In Parliament. 1 hive the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, The Hoo, Tuesday, Sept. 29, Isl7s l . • THOMAS BR,. tTD. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT FREEMEN . OF MAIDS:IONE. Gixrcrtassew, ' THE Disso lution of Parliament is an event which cabs upon me again to solicit the important distinction, which y‘ni hive twice thought proper to confer upon me. "I earnestly hope that my cuodutt in Parliament may have been such as•to cause you no regret Mit so important a trust was delegated to me. In appealing a third time to the tribunal of my Constituents, the consztousliess of having always endeavoured to do my duty, without being swayed by religious bigotry, party itelosioa, or any interested motives, encourages me to hope that I shall experience once more the favour of your support; and if you think proper to honour me with your confidence, I shall esteem it the highest gratification, and will always str.k to pro mote your intert gat. and make it my utmost ambition to express your sentiments.—l remain, Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, GguaGg LONGMAN. Bloomsbury-square, 29th Sept. 1812. To nig FREEHE IiORODGH OF Ni AND INDEPENDE ALDE NT ELECTORS OF TN. ' As it is generally reported that Parliament is to QE immediately dissolved, I again• address you to request the honour of your support at the approaching Election. I hope Ia be able to tall upon many of you, but your number is now become so great, in consequence of the restoration of your Char ter, (upon, which permit me again most sincerely to congratulate you) that should it not be in my power to pay my respects to each, I trust you will believe that unavoidable necessity could alone preveot my having the plesoure of personally soliciting your Votes. I will only add, that in the present arduous, crisis of public affairs, it will be my earnest endeavour, should I have the honour of being elected one of your gepresewativea, to prove myself dess nisi; of you; choice by a firm attachment to the pciucirles of our excellent Const i tution as well as it pa r ticular ttlention to your local interests., I haste the honour to be, Gentlemen, If our moat obliged and obedient tempt, "NJAMSI GASUaLslae I;lBl44es t Sept. St 34 1812 geHILDT SOOT?. T'HE diftribotion of the Naval P 6 rtion of the y BOOTY captured is WALCHEA EN and the adjacent Islands in the :AMELIA', which has been adv nisei to corn, mence on Tuesday, the 6th instant, is unavoidably postponed until Tuesday, the I .;th instant, on account of a Clain for per Centage from the Royal Hospital at GreenWich, whicn Ca'in it is expected will be adjusted in the intermediate time; when, if no further impediment arises, the Payments will take place its the order already arranged. H. JONES, Agent to Vice Admiral Jir R. J. Strachan,the Naval Commander in Chief and Trustee. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. - 0 4 , 0 ifs the Gimmi &scrum: have now c)inmenced, Moi Proprietors of the STAR (the oldest established Evening Paper in the Metropolis) respectful& solicit the commu. nication (post paid) of iotelligence from all quarters op Me subject. Those Candidate: who may be pleased to favour the Srott with their A4vertiSements to their Constituents; will also find it a most valuable medium for promoting their inte rests. The extra circulation of the STAR, in nmsequence . of the increased exertions and expence of the Proprietor:, is, on many o:casions, FAR SUPERIOR to that of any other London Journal. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Cons. 571 581--tor opg. 4 pr.—Bonds 7e. As. dis,l 5 per Ct. tlBl—Each. Hills (.4) par Ss. pr.—(3ld.) Ss. 4s. dm. A Gibraltar Mail which arrived thil morning, has put us in possession of intelligence from Alicant of a cast by no means so agreeable ,as that which the former accounts warranted us in anticipating. The expedition of General MAITLAND, instead of ad vancing towards the Sierra Morena to intercept the junction of SOULT and SUCHET, has been obliged to fall back under the guns of Alicant, where they are assuming the defensive. The following is our Cor respondent's letter on this painful sulject : " GIBRALTAR, SEPTEMBER 11. 44 We have just received accounts from General BA LLAS rERos, that he has driven a body of the enemy out of Antequera, after a very obstinate and bloody action, in which one half of his army was killed or wounded. The loss of the French was also very considerable. SOULT is concentrating his force in the neigh. bourhood of Granada, and it is supposed that he will • Move towards Valentia to join SUOMI'. General MAITLAND, with the Sicilian expedition, after advancing as far as Esla, from Alicant, had fallen back upon Alicant again, and was entrenching himself under-the walls of that town. His force, in clueing O'DoNNELL's, ROCA es, and WHITTING HAM'S corps, amounted to 21,000 men. This expe dition not having landed in Catalonia as Was ex pected, has excited the greatest discontent io that province, and it has altogether sadly disappointed the hopes that were entertained of its success, as it is now cooped up on the defensive under the walls of Alicant. Our latest accounts from Alicant are of the 29th of August. gg The yellow fever had made such progress at Carthagena on the 28th ult. that no hopes are enter tained of putting a stop to it this season ; fortunately most of the inhabitants have had the disease, and none are ever attacked with it a second time. The flr:tish troops were all either in the forts outside of the town, or on board of ships, and as they have cut off all communication with the town, they continued per fectly healthy. General Ross and the tro3ps undet his command, have returned to Carthagena from Alicant. ",This garrison continues perfectly healthy, and every precautior. is taken to prevent the introduction of the yellow fever from the Coast of Spain. " The PRINCE OF WALES, Captain DOUGLAS, sailed yesterday for Alicant. " Sir SIDNEY Sat►rtt sailed from this on the sth in the TREMENDOUS, to join Sir EDWARD PELLEW off Tvulon." FROM CONSUL. AMATI ER. Carthagena, August 25, 1812. di SIR—I beg leave to refer to my last letter of the 18th instant, and have now to add, that, yesterday, the Board of Health declared, that a contagious dis temper prevailed in this city, two persons having died with the symptoms of the yellow fevet. The sick in the Lazaret us 16 in number. (Signed) “ Colonel RUTHERFORD, &c. &c." From the Spanish Papers brought by the above Mail, we learn, that on - the morning of the sth, BAL. LASTEROS again attacked SOULT'S rear-guard, and the enemy, consisting of 8000 infantry, and 2000 ca valry, once more fled before a handful of Spaniards. The Spanish Government employs a great number of labourers in 'demolishing the works erected by the French besieging army, and in improving those which may serve for the defence of Cadiz. On the 9th, a British regiment, the 87th, and several ammunition waggons marched from the Isla to Puerto-Real. On the same day, a British ship of the line, a gun brig, and eight transports, entered the Bay. A Ma nifesto has been published by the Cones, in which they point out the.measures which appear necessary for securing civil liberty, political independence, and the Constitution. The Regency hate also issued a PrOclamation, felicitating the Spanish people on the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace, Friendsisip, and Arnim, with the Empetor of Russm. Cadiz Paper contains the following paragraph ; old, that Boaspatte has ordered Grodoy to) placel) under arrest at Turin, sad that the resi dence of Charles IV. and his family is fixed at Avig non. 'The cause of this arrangement is said to have been some conversations held by certain inhabitants of Marseilles in favour of the Bourbons." A Supplement to the Regency Gazeiis of the 10th, contains an account of the • ceremony which took place at Santander, on the administration of the oath to the new Constitution. On this occasion the Bri tish squadron, under the command of Sir HOLZ Poe slot, fired a salute of 21 guns. By the arrival of the Duke of Kent packet at Fal mouth, in eight days from Lisbon, a mail arrived in town this morning, with intelligence from the North of Spain, which must prove a seasonable relief from the apprehensions which our communi cation, from Gibraltar, in the preceding column, must excite, as to the state of the Peninsula in the South. The gallant Marquis of WELLINGTON is now superintending some most vigorous and suc cessful movements against the relics of MARPdONT P S army, in the direction of Burgos, where we have no doubt his Lordship will speedily establish himself. The reinforcements from France do not seem to have come up with the same celerity' which marked the progress of his Lordship. The division of the army now with him, will therefore meet them before they have acquired a sufficiency of numbers, to require ( the whole of his army to quit Madrid. The following are extracts from the Lisbon Papers : LISBON, SEP I EMBER 18. " General Hill remains with his advance at Don Benito, to the south of the Guadiana : he has sent a Portuguese force which has convoyed from Elvas se veral pontoons, and are placing them on the Tagus. Souk remains in the South, but we do not know where his head-quarters are. General Maitland and Suchet appear to be watching each other. There are rumours, but very little credit is attached to them, of another action having taken place between their armies, and that the British were victorious. " The Marquis Of Wellington's head•quarters are now at Valladolid. The 3d Division is at Madrid, the 4th at Escurial, seven leagues from that city and the German heavy cavalry at St. Ildefonso, while the Marquis scowers both sides of the Douro, latterly infested by Foy 's.corps, which is now commanded by Clausel, who, though badly wounded, would not, as is reported, pass the command to the next in rank. Marmout's is supposed to amount to about 35,000 men, viz. 22,000 of those who escaped from the battle of the 22d July, and 13,000 drawn from the garrisons and other places. Marmont is at Bur gos, and recovering very fast. Joseph is made Gene rallissimo of the troops in the Peninsula, during Na poleon's absence in Russia." " LISBON, SEPTEMBER 19. " The head•quatters of his Excellency the Marquis of Torres Vedras were on the 10th at Valladolid, but two cr more of his divisions had marched by the Bur. gos road in pursuit of the enemy, who were in full retreat. ." There is mason for supposing that by the same time General Castanos, with the 6th Army, would he in Placentia and its neighbourhood. On the 14th Sept. General Hill's Army had entered Truzillo ; a bridge of boats was thrown over at Almarez, over which it passed. Soult's army had entered Granada and Jaen. Soult lately had his head-quarters in Alcala la Real. " The Madrid Gazette of the 10th, gives an ac count of advantages obtained by General Piassecourt over King Joseph's cavalry, the result of which were 100 killed, 200 deserters, and many mules and hot ses." " LISBON, SEPTEMBER 20. 44 On the 9th the British army crossed upon the bridge two leagues below Valladolid, since which time it has been continually advancing and pressing upon the enemy. Ihe French force is estimated at 20,000. Infantry, and 5,000 Cavalry, besides those to join at Burgos. The allies, the Ist, sth, 6th, and 7th divisions of General Pack and Colonel Bradford's Portuguese Brigades ; General Anson's Brigade of Cavalry; Colonel Ponsonby's Heavy Brigade, and a German Heavy Brigade al It is generally supposed that by the 15th our Army will have advanced so close upon- Burgos as to force the enemy to give battle or evacuate the place." " MADRID, SEPTEMBER B.' " The Army of the Centre, that is the 2d and 3d Army, after continually marching for 19 days r at last finally established itself at Helling (Kingdom of Murcia) on the 28th of August, for the purpose of observing the enemy's movements. There daily pre sent themselves at the head-quarters an immense number of French Partisans and Juramentados. The first wish to embrace our party and enter the Wal loon Guards; the second are destined for theinfantry Corps. Some Juramentado officers have likewise de serted, but they, as they have appeared at a time . when the country has no occasion for their services, have been sent as common soldiers to Majorca. 4 4 On the same day (August 28), General Freire was with 120(elorse, between Albacite and Bonite ; and General Basscourt in Mora. It-is to this Ge- neral that the greater number of the deserters Sachet's army presented themselves, in consequence of his proximity to Almanxa, the first place on the enemy's line. The Xoglisls and tin division from Majorca, are in Alicant and the neighbonring On the 23d of August, General Mina attacked an enemy's corps composed of 3000 infantry an d 200 horse on the high Pamplona Road, n ear T u . bas ; the enemy's loss consisted of from 8 to 900 men. Our loss was of but trifling consideration. On the 30th of August, the French endeavoured to remove the cannon which they had in the upp er part of the Castle of Burgos, to place them i n th e r lower part ; and in order that all the artillery may be able to play, they have determined to destroy 70 houses of the district of St. Estevas. " General Villa Campo, according to wh at an . other General writes, on the 25th August beat, b ee Riquena (between Goadet and Utrel), more ri u 1000 of the enemy's intantry, with som e at u tT and cavalry, commanded by General Bu un i t hb ot. completely destroying them ;—the greattr pa t wee made prisoners, others were wounded, lad the ie„ mainder saved themselves by dispersion. Our troops took two pieces of artillery, th e ammunition waggons, the convoy, ard all the ba. gage. These troops belonged to the garrisno Cuenca, and others, which were retiring to w ,* Valencia. u They write from Hellin, tinder date of theht September, that the desertion Irom among the fin c h is so great, that in the space of days moreth az 1500 cavalry and iritantry, with their arms an d horses, have deserted. , t The English, and the division from Majorca, remain in A licant, where they are constructing a ses cund line of defence, and garrisoning, the rorts of Aguste, Elda, and Castilla. General Friere has vair‘ed to the neighbourhood of Altnanza, whi c h place is occupied by the French General Arespe. " General Bassecourt is marching upon Cuenca for the purpc'se of joining G.:ner.tl Villa Campo. Op the 301 . 11 Any tist Genet al Mina was in Monti la Rey. na, recover ing from his would, though he still :tiered some incovenience when he mounted un hurselxrdc.it DISPATCHES FROM THE MARQUIS OP WELLING! ON. Government this morning received Dispatches from the Marquis of WELLINGTON, dated 'forget. mada, on the 13th ult. This place is situated hems' Palencia and Burgos, to which latter place the gal. last Marquis is rapidly pursuilig the remains el MARbIONT's army. Totqurmada is about 30 miles in advance mottle ward from Valladolid, where his Lordship ear on the 7th ultimo. No action of importance had occurred. The French were every where retiring northward. The reported desperate affair between the Rosiest and French at Mojaisk has not been confirmed bJ the arrival of any French Bulletin ; but letters kim Paris, of the 25th ult. state that 80/saner* la made three most desperate attacks upon the es• trenched camp of the Russians at bli jaisk. Ia the first instance be was repulsed with great loss. —ln the second attack he braught up his shole army ana artillery an inasse, and made a ,most uemencictis charge on three airierent points of the Russian which were ultimately forced. The Poses are aids) have turned the tot Nava of the Russians, and at off several thousand Cossacks. We are inclineii t • cot-au these statements, nor tM we at sal dismayed the subject. It have been a fair tvihc vt cavitation, if the Russial had more effectually thecten their in , suers in ill* advance from the Duna, but faiiing uu this, tioutit abundant matter of congratulation in their reuT unbroken and with so little comparative toss. they have done mole—they have unitormiy bisi able to keep their count, y and weir resoluta behind them as they fell back, acd no anal* to intercept their retreat to Moscow, or to Petersbuigh, has succeeded. Witness the atlairsaf Wittgenstein on the Duna, where it was eV ideilt,that but tor the success of the Russians, the road W Petersburgh would have been open to the kreatho under MACDONALD and 01131 NOT. The junction Of Prince BAGRATION with the main army was :twig achievement of the Russians, tending to the Sairia results. We recollect that the great battle of Jena V risked by the Prussians, with the intention of stoprog the French armies : the result of that action via+ la place the French deeper in the country than the A of, Prussia was himself , but this disaster has OK' fallen the Russians. BONAPARTI has not yetaterted through them ; and it there be no trencher! iP the t Councils, nor pusillanimity among the Gd s Russia, he never will. The Viceroy of Italy (Emus PAuliii manceuvsed on the Russian right fl.llk, kept in cheat only, but made ' NAPARTE, who commanded the person, succeeded, after a most ' carrying the Russian batteries sians then gave wdy, and suc rapidly, and yet so steadily, enterpri;e undertaken by Man, • to out them off from Moscow• This day, about cite o'clock, the atmo‘pkit ili rims 6l ; for a while so excessive!! cilrkened, dot parts of the Metropolis basideb‘ walk tr catmlle-light, _ riSht no impiession, a_d Pa I xe centre of hiss/nails mi s t cleaperate'PoSt rs ; is front. 'As PO' cutded in r etreatil 93 , that they defealed S A ILAT, with his .c4lols