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ARMY. 7 . 0 BE SOLD, for Three Hundred Poundse . xa Ensigucy in one of the oldest established Regiments of the Line.—For further particulars, apply by letters (post paid) di.• 'meted to T. H. at the St. Paul's Coffee-House. ARMY. ACAPTAIN in a Garrison Battalion at Home, wishes to exchange into any Regiment of Dragoons, either now In Spain, or Under orders for that Country.—Letters (post paid) addressed to A. B. Post Office, Sidmouth, will be imme diately attended to.—N. B. A Regiment in India would not be objected to. CFIY OF LONDON TAVERN, Dxc. 9, 1808. AT a MEETING of the MERCHANTS, BAN KERS, TRADERS, and INHABITANTS of Londoni convened by the Right Honourable the Loan MAsoa, by public Advertisement, to consider of a SUBSCRIP TION for Cloathing and other necessaries, in aid of the biave SPANISH PATRIOTS, now struggling in the field, to defend their country from a foreign and cruel invasion, The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair, A Letter from the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer was read, and, on the motion of Sir Ro WIGRAN, It was resolved, That a Subscription be now opened for the purpose desired. That a Committee be appointed to attend to the application, in the most expeditious and efficacious manner, of the sums sub scribed. That five of this Committee may act as a Quorum. That an account of the application of the monies subscribed, and of the 'dispatch and destination of the assistances provided, shall be made public. The following Gen • The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Lord Eardicy A. Anderson J. Ansley, Alderman J. J. Angerstein J. Atkins, Alderman J. BainbriTz A. Baring, M. P. J. 13124411 m, M. P. R. Barclay W. Bonham, M. P. J. Bosanquet C. Buller C. 13oianquet T. Bolder° D. Bayley Sir W. Curtis, Bart. M. P. H. Combe, Esq.M.P. Alderman 3. Cohen A. Chatfield J. Dennison E. Forster semen were named of the Committee : P. Free I Mundell A. G oldsmid 3. Gamin W. Gordon, M. P. I. Gold srold H. Goldsmid R. Hankey J. Hadman J. Harrington Harrison Q. Harris C. Hanbury J. Inglis J. Jackson, Esq. J. Innes W. Knatehbull P. Kensington _ B. Long Sir J. W. Lubbock, - Bart. M. P. J.Marryatt,Eqq M.} J.Maitland,Esi M.P 4M. M'DonneU R. H. Martin Aldm. Newnhatn E. Parry J. Pierke Sir C. Price, Bart. M. P. and Aldm. Sir J. Purring, Bart. E. Quin T. Rowcroft J. M. Raikes J. Russell C. Scott J. Shaw, Ald:M. P. R. Slade Lieu'. Scott Alden. C. Smith E. Shaw . .I.`Tunno Sir R.Wigram,l3art. G. Ward 3. Wilmot, jun. E. Waters R. Thornton. The following SunaZ were immediately suliscribed by the Gen tlemen present : The Rt. Hon. the Lord ' Miss Finney, Rippon 1 1 Mayer • 10.5 0. Miss Mary Jephson, Cam- Miss Flower.(Lady May- berwell - 5 5 oress) - 52 10 Wm. Hilton, Holborn 5 .5 Heyman and Co. 105 0 Henry Howard, R. A. 5 5 Nathan Solomon, 105 0 Wm. Finney, Lieut. R.N. 2 2 H. Hinckley, Willis, and -- Long - 3 3 • Wilkinson 100 0 Anderson and Eades 10 10 Archibald Little 210 0 Beeston Long - 52 10- Roberts and Sutton 10.5 0 Mr. Wiltshire - 10 10 Buchanan 105 6 Thomas Barnett 91 0 Wm. Prest and Sons 105 0' A. and D. Cock - 21 0 Alex. Riddell 105 0 Mrs. Nathan Solomon 10, 10 Brown, Rogers,Stßrownlos 0 Bodley, Etty & Bailey 10 10 John Garcia, 200 0 ' Edw. Shaw - 21 0 Thomas Lewis 200 0 Edward Carlisle 91 0 Abraham Goldsmid 200 0 Henry Waddington Ili 0 Miles M'Donnell 500 0 Robert Slade - ' 50 0 Down, Thornton & Co. 105 0 Edward Goldsmid 10 0 Hankey and Co. 1115 0 Hihden and Co. - 50 0 Kensington and Co. 105 0 W. yenning and Co. t5O 0 John Atkinson 105 0 Lieut.-Colonel Scott 21 0 John and W. Jacob 105 0 Joseph Cohen - 20 0 J. Harrington - 105 0 Thomas Roberts, jun. 21 0 Marsh Sihbald 105 0 Matthew Hancock 21 0 Kymer, M'Taggart&Colos 0 David Laing and Co. 21 0 David Scott and Co. 210 0 Smith, Husband &Deave 50 0 3. Russell, Esq. 105 0 Ansley, Lambert & Co. 52 10 M. de la Torre 210 0 ' James Amos - 50 0 M. Torre, jun. 50 0 T. and 3. Breeds 31 10 Smith, Payne & Smith 210 0 Ht.gh Leckie - 25 0 Manning, Anderson, & John Edwards 10 10 Bosanquet - 105 0 Cresawt•ll, Adams & Co. 21 0 The Proprietors of the James Aurial - 5 $ Times 100 0 Edward Quin - 10 10 Lord Eardley 500 0 James Farrell - 50 0 Thomas Courts 200 0 Thomas Helps - 21 0 3. J. Angerstein 200 0 Hon. Thomas Knox 20 0 Newnham, Everett and Allan Chatfield 10 10 Everett - 210 0 Aaron Gcldsm:d 10 0 G. Sandeman Gooden, Moses Goldsmid le 0 and Co. - 210 0 Esther Goldsmid 10 0 James Bell - 105 0 Mary Goldsmid 10 0 Forster, Lubbocks, and Elias Goldsmid 10 0 Clarke 105 0 Jane Lausada 10 0 SirJ.Lubbnck,l3. &Co. 105 0 Mrs. J. Goldsmid 10 0 Simeon and Co. 105 0 J. L. Goldsmid 20 0 Harrison, Price, Kay, Farquhar and Cock 10 10 and Co. - 105 0 Wm. Davis 59 10 Henry Goodwin 100 0 A. Fenn 21 0 Sir Rcb. Wigram, Bart.loo 0 Mr. H. Blackburn 10 10 Alackenaie and Glennie 157 10 John Roberts 20 0 T.Rowcrort,Esq.2dsub.ls7 10 John Wilmot 10 10 Alderman C.Sinith 100 0 S. Bosanquet 21 0 W. Gorden 1000 0 Mr. Sakes 52 10 George Ward 525 0 Thomas Howell 5 5 Walkers, M laltby,& Co. 200 0 Roberts and Nt orston 10 10 A. F.H altina nd a ndS onslos 0 Terry , Peaenc k, and Co. :70 0 J. N. and B. Pearce 200 0 C. Sweedland 10 10 Bruce, Deponthieu , Bar- • Mrs. Sweedland .5 5 rest, and Co. 210 0 —Nine Children $ 9 Nrere, Bruce, Simpson Benj. Aislabie ' 25 0 and Co. 105 0 Thos. Barnett 21 0 W. Champion and Co. 105 0 Joseph Maniman 50 0 Rich. Buller and Co. 105 0 J. F. Florins 52 10 Pals,Beveridge, and Co. 105 0 Samson and Co. 10 10 uget, Bainbridge,. and Bracken, Williams, and Parnell 105 0 Cn. 3olm Maberly 105 0 Holland, Waisted, and Jos. Marryar. ICS 0 Horton 21 0 'l'l:e Continental SocietylOs 0 I Charles Waieteli 5 5 Jor.laine and Shaw 105 0. W. Horton .5 5 Claude Scott 2:0 0 Miss AleUish 5 5 Quarles Harris 103 0 Mrs. G. Cooke 5 5 R. and E. Lee 105 0 Rev. E. Mellish 10 10 John Gore and Co. 105 0 Thos. Mellish JO 10 Wok T.Raihe•; and Co. 105 0 Wm. Lushington - 5 5 1 larman ar.d. Co. 105 0 John Horne and Sons 10 10 Jahn Tunno 105 0 Francis Fish, r 21 0 J. and A. Anderson 105 0 Taylor and Newton 5 5 D. H. and 3. A. Rucker 105 0 Thomas Murray 5 5 Maitland, Starry, Net- • lame, Nit Lacey .5 5 tleship anti Cu, 103 OH. and I. Newton - 21 0 James Edt 105 0 Arthur Fenn 21 0 John Colugan 105 0 ' Joseph Temperon 52 10 Inglis, 1-'2.:::,., and Co. ICS 0 Kearsey 21 0 Thorotor.,tratL - ers, and Kingstors and Co. 52 10 Co. 105 0 Thomas Warre 52 10 Paring, Erinl:nrs, &C0..9.16 0 Wyndhap , Knatchbull 52 10 'Filonts Moore 103 0 Henry Clive 10 10 P,. Shedden and Sons 10S 9 Clive and Richardson 52 10 4. Boucherett W 0 'Joseph Sharp 5 S ,Vrs. Botichereit 10 0 Richard Wace 10 10 3n - tri Angerstein 10 0 Robert Slade 50 0 Mrs. 3. Angerstein 10 0 Janus Bolland 20 0 V. F. Rivas; CO 0 J. Stcaldart, LL.D. 10 10 J Pruadwood and Son 10 10 JohteWilliam Adam CT 0 Wiliam Gilpin SO 0 Thornton. and Bagel • 200' 0 is, Stewart Aides - Wow ,10 20 John Lodge, 21 0 Nlai.Lee,Marines,eh . 'tham 9 2 Scott, Hurls, and Co. 105 0 l'he Tkanks of the,D.leeting weft nnaninlottsly vOted to the P.Ott Hen...arable the Loan' MAYOIt, ha convening the Mcet isip, atiO 14r his contlus in thbchair. .7,.i.mor'plinns continue to be' received at Libtirs Coffee-house ; `• :if *4 ik Pfnlieri of 1a9040 0 811411Y10110105 1 ;rt , . 20 0 PORTWAL. s •:•,, •• The Lis* Makk Avronght us the curious letter, in the Poitutuese languagt, WYTieh + we give publicity arreably to the desire 4f the writer. The copy of the address which he subjoins, affords a lamentable picture `l3l the baseness and servility of the persons who presented it to the French Government. • v - TO THE EDTraOTTHE STAR. ..,, 1. Mr. Eniroa—l transmit you the following letter, which the disunited and disloyal town of Vianna, mouth of the Lima, Province of Nab°, Kingdom of Portugal, directed to the French Government, pre tending that it was written •with- the consent of the Nobility, PeoPle, and Corporations of that-town.-- This is falser as not one of those bodies ever saw it there, nor even knew of it, until an individual Magis trate of Villa Nova de Cerveira, in the same province, ordered it to be inserted in the books of his Corporation. The Nobles, People, and Corporations of the Hun dred (Commarca) wishing to exculpate themselves from such a disgrace, request you to insert it in your Paper, and communicate' it to all the other Editors of the public papers, with this note, in order that the world may know the innocence of the persons aggrieved by the letter ; and thtt their fidelity, patriotism, and love to their Prince, and their brethren in aims of the whole British Nation, may be thus publicly mani fested ! I assure you that this letter is the joint pro duction of two individuals, holding official situations in the town 'of Vianna, both extremely attached to the French, and declared enemies of the English system. , A LOYAL PORTUGUESE. • Copy of a Letter entered' in the Register of the Corporation of Villa Nova de Cerveira, in the pro vince of Minto, ' folio 311. " The Corporation of the notable town of Vianna. Foz de (mouth of the) Lima, chief of the hundred, and according to ancient privilege, having a seat in the Cortes on the third Bench, in their own name, as well as in the name of the nobles and people of our district, and the corporations of the hundred, by the authority which his Imperial and Royal Majesty gave us in his letter of the 27th of April, of the present year, and which we had the honour to receive from the Government of this kingdom on the 13th instant, through the Portuguese deputation, express our sen aiments, in. order that they may be presented to the great Napoleon, and evince an act done and signed, freely and willingly, in which is manifested our wishes, addressed with the utmost respect and sub mission to the greatest of Monarchs. The Portuguese, not unmindful that they are of French origin, descen dants of the first conquerors of this fine country k I 1117 ; and that they 'owe to France, their mother-, country, the advantages of independence as a Nation in 1610, cannot but gratefully accept the protection 'offered them by the great and immortal Napoleon. May we be happy and always united by the most indissoluble bonds of filiation in the Continental System of the. European Family—may we live united, finally to enjoy the pleasures of a long peace, -under those wise Governments instituted and founded on the best basis of legislation, the liberty of the seas, and commerce. This, then, is our only in terest as well as that of all the confederate nations, and the Cause of the Continent and the Imperial will, our only desire. Our deputation declares so lemnly our sentiments, although we desire more when we open the ocean to the whole universe. We wish a Constitution and a Constitutional King who may be a Prince of the blood of the Imperial family. We , shall be content with a Constitution similar in every , respect to that which his Imperial and Royal Ma jesty was pleased to give the Duchy of Warsaw,' differing only in the mode of electing the National Representatives, that ought to be by Corporations, in order to be more suitable to our morals, which should maintain and meliorate the representation and autho rity. We desire a Constitution in which, as well as in that of France, the religion of the state may be the Ro man Catholic apostolic, securing ( Protatando) it by the admission of all the principles of the last Concordat of the French Empire with the See of Rome, so that , all religions may be free, public, and civilly tolerated;' and that all the citizens may be equal in the estima tion of the law : a Constitution in which our Euro pean territory shall be divided into eight Depart- 1 ments, and that the Dioceses shall be regulated by this civil division, admitting only one Archbishop and seven Bishops. That our colonies, founded and pur chased with the blood of our ancestors, shall be con- , sidered as provinces or departments annexed to our Kingdom ; and that their Representatives being already appointed, shall find in our Constitution the titles which belong to them, as soon as they may desire or be able to come to occupy their places in the Repre sentation. " In the administration, there should be a Minister charged with the public instruction, besides two others which may be necessary ; the executive power should be assisted by a Council of State, the decrees of which should be administered by Ministers responsible for their execution ; the judicial class should be indepen dent, and decide by the Napoleon code, crimes should be publicly judged with justice and prompti tude. All the public functionaries should be taken solely from the most meritorious persons in the king dom, as determined in the 12th Titleof the Polish Con. stitutiou, which also includes the libertY of the press, LONDON:' 1 • ' . • -1. 64TUR1 Ni, DEcWBER,IO. • • PRICE OP LTOCKE THIS DAVAT ONE O'CLOCK. , Consols for spg. 84—Ikedaced 851---Omnium 1 db. . Embalms. Rills; 6s. U. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent: Red. 851141 ' India Bonds, 6s. 7s. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. shut . • Ex. Bills 6s. is. pre. 4 per Cent. 81k14 . ' Omnium 1 dis. 5 per Cent. Navy shut 1 State Lottery Tickets, 21/. 151. Long Ann. 18 15-16th 18 " Cons. for acc. 6631 The Leeward Islands and Jamaica Mails of Tester. day brought satisfactory accounts. The letters frac:l Barbadoes state, that all the French islands have been placed under a strict blockade. By these Mails we have also the satisfaction of learning, that the liberal commercial intercourse which had been established between the Spanish Set tlements and the Island of Curacoa, was to be ex tended to all the British Colonies, and also to the mother country. The Captain-General of Venezuela published a Proclamation to this effect. The ports of Margarita, Cumana, Barcelona, La Guira, Porto Cavallo, Coro, and Maracaybo, in the Gulph of Paria, as well as St. Thomas, on the Oronoko, and the river Guarapiche;haveaccordingly been declared open to British vessels. Accounts from Vera Cruz state, that a French gal liot having arrived there with dispatches from Joseph BONAPARTE to the Governor, the inhabitants rose in insurrection, burnt the dispatches, and the vessel which brought them. The French Messenger and the crew of the galliot were put into prison, and i was with great difficulty the Governor protected them from the violence of the people. To the accounts vie yesterday laid before our Rea, ders from Spain, we have but little to add, no fresh accounts having been received. The sum of the intelligence may be comprised in a few words :- CASTANOS had crossed the Ebro at three points, as we stated some days ago, having been induced to do so by a feigned retreat of the French troop, in his front. In the mean time NEY'S division ap pears to have advanced along the right bank of the Ebro, and crossed it in the rear of CASTANOS. The result has been the entire defeat of the latter. Sir JOIIN MOORE received the first account of this disaster•from Madrid, and by him it was transmitted to Sir DAVID BAIRD, as we have before stated. The latter received it on the 29th ult.—Sir JOHN informed Sir DAVID, that, in consequence, he had resolved im mediately to, retreat towards Portugal, and ordered him to make the best of his way to Vigo, there to re embark on board the transports from Corunna. The retreat of our army is sufficient evidence of the ex tent of the disaster. On this business a Cabinet Council sat yesterday al the Foreign Office. It commenced its deliberation at two o'clock, and continued sitting till seven in the evening. • When it broke up, Mr. HUNTER, the Mes senger, was ordered to proceed with dispatches for Spain. It would be idle to pretend a knowledge of their contents ; but report sa”, that Mr. HUNTER carries with him an approval of the plan of retreat suggested by Sir JOHN Moons, and orders for the whole of the British force to be concentrated in Por- Tagal,--Orders, it is said, were at. the same time issued for the sailing of transports to Corunna and Vigo, to facilitate this operation. It h aleo confidently stated, that orders have been trauswitted to Poitsmiuth to prevent the sailing of the transports with the borse artillery. In . the event of their having left the[ port:cticeitioicliave been sent to Plyntittrth and Falmouth to stop them in the tta.established in the French ellphe, ignorance an st 'time being the caustof our, decadence—that pet's). 'sal pepperty in Weep:lain should all return into Cit. c?Tation—that the distribution of imposts . ' should be proportioned to the possessions and property of each inclivjdual, without. any partial example of payments beink re*dereif piore mild and easy ; and that the former debt of the State, in itiutmostexteljt . shoulsi . - ceisaidateci eta . guaranteisk as them is no want of means to liqtiichtte'it. vireeclually desire that the organitatiott of the administAtion, civi), (economical, and judicial;ifify be fefOimed with the same wisdom which has rendered the French empire so prosperous, and consequently that the immense umber of our public functionaries. may beleduced. Moreover we wish and request, that all those persons discharged may either retain their salaries during their lives, decent persons charged on the offices 9r benefices which they are deprived; and that should any office' become vacant, it may be given to them in prefer ence, if they have worth and morals. But this mea sure of equity is left to the wisdom and unanimity of the great Napoleon, as his Imperial and Royal Ma. jesty wishes above all things to know our opinion of what may be agreeable to us ; he gives us evident proofs of being rather our father than our Sovereign, since like a good father he condescends to consult his sons, and liberally give them the means of his felicity. " Written in the Town-house, the 88th May, 1808, by " FRANCIS JOSIPN BARROSA de COSTA, Town Clerk. " BLLCRIOR PINTO de Arms's*, e Alexandria. " CAMILLO ANTIP:?II7 de SA ABRIZU SOTTO, Mayan " JOISPIR ?ERMA C.eatts de CASTRO. " JOHN BARIOSArTLIIZIRA MACRIC; and " 4.IITHONII Iositti.PILRESIA de oasis*' THE EVENING_ STAR. , tilta.;inel- AU embarkations for the p eas:,a lPr •, nstaa, tottl irm understand, are suspended. Of various other reports that have b een Th , . sica circulation—as that General MoonE' • " t s divi4 st b oe been cut off, and that the van guard under 0,. wand of .General Hou . had_ - - , e co been- surcousded IP * made prisoners =- it is su ffi cient in say that the 4 such intelligence could be knovrik__Th ese r.b..,. Don' 'are the mere suggestions of ap - preh eas i o - ' Ell things are bad enough, certainly, wi t h out ' b Da° ha them aggravated by unfounded fictions. -4 PI not withou t . strong hopes that Sir .listari; ' Jar ' . and Sir DAVID BAIRD will make go o d t h e i r ''' mos but they will lose many fine fellows by th e ;Z s lis h if fatigue and privations, and the spirits of the i n s will:be much depressed by reverses so tualons e i r in ' l l and which, it cannot be disguised, must h ' to II has proctucedby ethpable mismanagement, in bib or other. The Juntas first, and the Suprem e junta M H terly have produced some appeals, well c.al ru t alti !excite in the public mindthose feelings a n d d• . IS I . rwhich were suited to the crisis ; but, w h at mid Bo l i avail, if advantage was not taken of the • and the physical strength of the country sa ll t , i bto action I—Were they taker; by surprise; Novi j , LEON gave them sufficient warning. A I THE MEDITERRANEAN. I The Princess Charlotte packet, in f ourteen da - tall to i from Gibraltar, has arrived at Falmouth. COt ••st of i • Captain CARPgTAR, of the Army, an d th ree 4( Eau Messengers,_arrived in this packet, a z a 1. 1 6n4 4 i n, brought act ioants:eif the loss of the Auckland p a i r PARSONS Master, on her passage home with a. & c. i This distressing 'event occurred in the B ay of - . 1 but we have the satisfaction to add, that thee:ova mails were saved. lige The letters by the Princess Charlotte were rot wh' livered out when our paper was put to pets ; b ut do not learn that the, packet has broughtsai rs , , an importance. . -•..;. MC ...-.......... .1121 GOTTENBURGH MAILS:' . RR Two Mails from Stockholm arrived this mid * Tv the following are their chief contents ;- - GI . STOCKHOJ—M, NOVEMBER 24. lt His RoYal Majesty has received the folios* I° i. pert from the Ginerat in, Chief of the Finaish as I My last report was dispatched from hence. - st i Slit of October, by Lieutenant-Colonel and ith ' ar • taut-General Marttinau. b j On the 27th of October an action took pi:eels fa a tween the fourth brigade of your Majesty's arw . and a Russian corps greatly superior in n u mbe r : iss elwhich the loss was very considerable en both s'a io t i without any signal advantage having been obtain je • 1 Colonel Sandels, Chief of Brigade, has forted se 1 ' !advisable with the main body of bis clines to f e back to Salami, three miles on this iltettN• - 91 if leaving however his advanced posts in %kink 91 which position he would have been able warn j, o environs of those places ; but it is to be' a • -• • 1 ' f that the want of forage has obliged him by *et:. w d d to retreat to Nassila. , On the sth instant the enemy attacked on • • .al Seppo pass, in the vicinity of Kalijecki, aad ', . i • our, troops by a cannonade kept up with great Ti : b II to fall back ; the enemy thereupon threw a • k lover the river, and formed another attack u d advanced position, which he forced to make a - th grade moVement, and join the main body of our- , H it posted near Kalijocki. , 1 1 In The Russians continued their attack the foll , - day, without making the least impression on , en Majesty's troops. In the mean time the enemy , I; a- structed a bridge across the river near Ala • g a 11 and crossed it with a strong detachment of foot. Si ie soon as report had been received of this mos. , . s o - orders were given to attack and repulse the' th as who had passed the river : although this Ki proved successful, yet the extreme want of ?s compelled the army to take up another posisits • $ l l P.." Pyhajocki, whence it will fall back to P u kila, i in a le' have strong reason to apprehend, that c• le the great superiority of the enemy, and the!' fa forage, it will not prove possible for your .• • m Lis army . to maintain that position for any lengskei . " 'cil ia `d —ln addition to the above want of forage , li gn , . wi - 11 be hardly possible to supply at the peel ' !d son, the darkness of the weather, and the seas n - tigues sustained by your Majesty's troops tido lh :d command, almost continually obliged to lie es e- 1 arms, have greatly encreased the number of the' y he who exceed 600, and whose transport and • • 14 x - increases our difficulties in a very consid- '. : 3 1 : gree. But in spite of all these difficulties I . le at strenuously endeavour to impede and ob • - 111 le ns enemy's progress, as far as circumstance= ;hi he any way permit. 3- General in Chief(Sofigtheed )C . N. b Northern F l inn! --"lr sh : 41 : or Head-quarters, Brakesud, Nov. to. of STOCKHOLM. NOV. 22. A ER Major General Morner, who, in absence d r. •tv at Marshal Baron Toll, commands the southe rn . he army, has transmitted, to his Majesty the foil' is sr- Report of a naval action, which took place ot ' : ne 10th instant, off Helsingburgh : : al ad , , s This afternoon four sail hove in sight: a soon after were ascertained to be two English 'ia en and two merchantmen, which they bad of ' voy. When these vessels arrived off Hetmlr'' Pt a rnt Danish gun boats, and two armed ve ssels , suldefc £ en from Elsineur, and attacked the headol° st he which had parted company with the rest, t hat *'