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seal and activity, encouraging all by his own example. Your Lordship will see that it was of very little consequence wont uspitalisiion the garrison had got, as it is uneients the ruemy would out have ob wired it, where It was his interest to break it, and which will be witnessed by his having detained by force, and contrary to the terms of the capitulatios, seven officers and two hundred men from each of thethrie Regiments of Militia that were in the gar rison. and this with the object of toroth% them into a pioneer corps. The officers and soldiers of the militia regiments to a man. continued to refuse to enter voluntarily, iuto the service of the enemy, and the seven of and two hundred men of each Regiment were de .teiued forcibly. Such *re the orcunissances which have come to my knowledge of the conduct of the garrison of Almeida, and which I think it uecetsary to communicate to your Lordship. Aides delOhispo, Ave. so, tato. Sut—The painful task has fallen to my lot of ac quaiuting your Excellency, that I was reduced to the necessity of surrendering the fortress of Al meida, which I had the honour to command, on the 27th instant, at ten o'clock at night, in conse quence of the unfortunate explosion of the great magazine of powder iu the Castle. and the small magaxioes contiguous to it, by whicn dreadful ac cident I wus deprived of the whole of my artillery and musket antinuinitioo, with the exception of a few mute-up cartridges which remained iu some of the expense map:ants on the ramparts, and thirty nine barrels of powder which were deposited in the laboratory. Upwerds of half of the detachment of artillery, and a greet number of infantry soldiers, besidels sr. 'oral of the inhabitants were destroyed by the effect of this terrible expl osion. Many of the guns were dismounted upon the ramparts, the works were materially injured. and a general disosay spread ausougst the troops and inhabitants of the place. In this distressing situation I received a letter from the Commander-in-Chief of the French army of Portugal. proposing to me that I should surren der the place to the French army under his corn toted, upon honourable terms, which, he said. he was ready to grant ; I answered. that I wished to know the terms which he proposed ; upon which the articles. of which I have the honour to send your Excellency a copy, were transmitted to me, and which. after using every effiart in toy power to obtain more favourable terms, I accept. d, with an exceptioa is favour of the Militia regimer.ts. I hope my conduct on this trying occasion will met t your Exmilency's approbation, and that I *Lail ...- main justified by the circumstances in the eyes of • my_eountry. The Prise, of Realism has been good enough to allow no to return to England on lily parole, ac companied by Major Hewitt sod Captain Foley. of the gitb regiment, sod wit are now on our way to France, to cohort from thence for • British port. I balm the hoofer to be, Ike. (Sixned) W. Col. (eases'. 411011 CAPITULATION fse tbs Mousses of the Fortress of Als..ida Art. E, Themelolio &A be priewern of war, with the Itereetue wit wet that is to soy, they shall womb out with their ems, wadi they shell &pout ow the gluts of the plate. Astarar—Actipted ; aseaga that t►e Militia, bring only few, Ad reboil* their haws after baying deposited their ann.; they hre set to arras dories the present war against frosty ar her allies. Art 11. TWO/Ater, of every dewriptioo, sail the soldiers "ill retitle, the former their mortis and begpge, sad the tatter their baggage only. Art. 111 The inhabitants shall retain their property, and shall not be Absorbed foe their opinions Art. IV The faitilary stores .tod irtillery shall reveille at the disposal of the Enoch gray, and 'hall be giviA up to the Coessiander of Artillery Art. V. The wagotioes, chests, he shall be gives op to 'reach Coeustriarke apples/41 fur that effect Art ri. Tinplates awl oteseoritto of the fortress shall be gives up es the Comissielhat of &limiters of the Ficoch Ail. Tit The sick of the Enifsh mod of the Poi 'ozone army shad,* takes care of and euiehdesed et the tape tor of the French array, and oe their recovery s,mfl follow the dee hustles of the osivreue. (Signed) INIMPIENA, Princes(' Es.lin:, lisc, W. COX, Governor of Almeida. Can, Wore Almeida, Mips' 97. Cony of■ letter from C.aptaia Nall, of His Majesty's skip the Owes Glerinver, to Jam Witness Croke", EN. da•ed off the Ward, Abe tst inst. SIN-1 have to aegnaint you, for the idol in ition of the Lords Commissiotters of the Admiralty, that CU.* morning. being in a thick fo,z, et nine &Mock, I heard • aritig. and emu after wus bonniest by the master and crew of cute of the ships in my convoy, who informed me he had helm cap tured by a French cutter privateer. and it soon offer clearing up n little, we had the good fortune to discover hunt at tin great tli,tasc•!; and after re ceiving • greet number of shot. sod having his sails and yard. shut away. an 4 several into wounded, atrnck to Nis Majesty's ship, and proved tit be the ladonspotable privateer, belonging to Robed,: out one day, and had made may one capture out of in convoy, whim we huh also the good fortrne to recapture, I feel particular sattsfac in hiving to announce to their lord; cups the above ;mauve. as there can he no doubt she would have done nestchi mischief to our trade in c situation where we found her.' She mounts eighteen guns, aml had on hoard a crew con•iloilig of one homdred and twenty men. I hive, Fs:o. W. 'it. tor. (fur liaselkestitio, DlVVelldf, kr. see the bet psi 'UR EIG.V LUG ENCE. GERMAN PAPERS. WA '*W, PT rl. t. An Gra.cr is tinily expected to be i.stu, A ..• for drawing a cordon of troors along the frici•.• „ Much slam iris. um coimenoeuce . , ext.it among our merchants, mid it wall doabtiria br in errased, should. mi is ooseticatileil, au 'Hitt-Owl b.. laud on tlse trmncmiteiton of letters between t1u....n.l • powerful neighhouring atate. PAIIIS. CI:PT. I I. Tit:. Prince of Nnte Cory° ni!l now, it not yuit this capital until the t!..I•11. On the. J.:th lir had along inteniew with t k . Fat iciest tlai • listt .1 rrpnrt h.es prevailed that tLe Lasiirror wrou!ti undertake a di-tart in.irneY• vtliniA, sm. 4. Baron V. Eskailes, fur court Bauker, is on die pinta of quitting Pot* having obtained the *we siry recommendations for negotiating the proposed luau in Hulland. It is reported here. on the authority of letters from Bucharest, that the Russians have raised the siege of Yawns. being driven thereto by.the inter ception of their convoys of provisions. • RIGA. AVO. 29. A facility has been afforded to the intercourse with friendly and neutral harbours, which will be sensibly felt. Ships coming from such in ballast. , need no more send their papers to the commission at St. Petersburgh. but hare them examined here, with immediate permission to load. MAMOUREIB, Sari'. 23. Mollitor's corp., now quartered in Hanover, has received orders to break up for Spain. TRIESTE, NWT. 4. Several ships.with full cargoes on board, destined for the Levant, now tie here. The commanders have applied for permission to sail, which Ira, been refused by the Regency, on account of the vicinity of the English cruisers. Importation being thus rendered dangerous, the price of olive oil has risen to 95, sod that of raisins to 43 florins. Augsburg currency. FRIMBUIO (SWITZSIILAND), ILTT. S. In consequence of the Magistrates of our town offering a reward of JOOO francs for the discovery of the incendiaries who attempted to destroy it on the night of the 21th, two persons have been appre hended, charged with this horrible offence. 01:e of them is an Englishman, and says his name is Joseph Colbert. temeyieg splits, CM, sod other eccesSaria„ to the sbldiets, despising the issmiseet risk of their lives. It is not possible K describe t►e ordeal patriotism, good umkrstandiug, and strict unison between the truer sad she peasantry of both sexes of the important place of Tomes. On the side of Urges nothing new has °canted. lie division of Briga dier Georget keeps in check the excursions of the garrison of Llereas. The divisions which were posted upon the Llohre gat have likewise vessrsioee those of theipirristin of Duct less." In a subsequent letter from the same General iu Chief, dated Tarragona, 13th August, he states having received a letter from Field• Marshal the Marquis of Campovvrele, dated 10th August, in forming him of his having destroyed in the town of Flix a detachment of the enemy. consisting of 117 men. with the exception of ten made prisoners. . . THE STATE LOTTERY will b.ltin and apish Drawing mar v9tb of THIS MONTH. Til E BRITISH PRESS. CADIZ PAPERS. elatil7., REPT. 23. The General in Chief of the army of Catalonia, Gen. O'Donnell, under date of the 6th August, write* to the \Milder at War as follow.: " Ezell:Amor Sts—Having an the st9th alt. passed fray the fairer of "r erica. to the position of Falsit, which was occupied by the division of the M.r,hsis at Campovarde, with the 'omitting of harassiog the enemy posted at Terms, Motes de Maro, and upon the Ebro, and wi.leing to know ►is position, and force. with which be occupied it, is order to determine what memares and operations tampoverde should undertake, I determined to snake • reconnoitring, w►ich I accomplished with the regiment of Iberia, a teat talinis of Almeria, another of Granada, and the regimeat of cavalry of Santiago. " To effete this, it was necessary to force the eselsolio &divested posts, and arrive at his pistil:on, whirh the ono. goefeen of those corps and past of the cavalry of SAttfiago bravely performed. driving them in, fulfilling theioll the object which I had proposed. The enemy being reinforced by this time, by troops which arrived from Motos de Moro, I ordered our troops to retreat epos the corps which I bed previdowly plated foe this purpose is my rear. The enemy attacked with forces triple to uses; hut in this ant attempt the brave regiment of Iberia stopped his prolress fur an hoer, firiog spots him with the same serenity and order as if at exercise on parade, completely fulfilling my ideas. When the rest iff the division hail effected its retreat, the regiment of Iberia, at the beat of dram, fell bark ■pun the battalion of Almeria, which detained and kept the ene my in check with a serenity sod coder proportionate to its excellent discipline. The whole force of the French was not able to make this valinnt troop qiiirken its march, not. withstanding the action during the retreat was extremely brisk. The enemy suffered a considerable loss, whilst wars was trilling. The cavalry, from the nature of the ground, could take no pad in the action The guerrillas, supported by the musqueteers, particularly distioguished itself; at its head was killed its worthy Chief and Sub-Lieutenant 1) A. Seams. "Da the tat Inst. I went to the fortress of Torten., in order to ascertain its state in every respect, when finding that the enemy bad erected rarities fortifications and works, within the digitiser of inesket.slint of the works that eaves the bead of the Nike of boats upon the Flirt), winch wen able to conceal the batteries they were ereethrg against it, and toe batteries of tic Temple and fortress, or begin some design destined to blow up the first said work, I ordered o sally em the night of the 34, with eon infantry of the gar. riven of the place, and 6lb town oof the regiment of Saistiago, divi....4 in three portico; that of the kit angler the orders of Lootromit Culestiel Dun 17:1(11111111 Olinsum, my Field- Adjutant ; the ceutie by I.ient. Col. Don J Fahregas, of the Catalonian Legion; Rail the right by Cul. ISon. I. NI Tue. ergo*, Commandant of the infantry regiment of Soria. and the whole angler the command or Brigadier Dun J. Uriarte, whet ordered the sally to be leads from the hisd of the bridge. " This was to take place upon a bring filed, its a signal lions the castle, io which I placed myself in order to discover the force of alit enemy. Upon the said signal be. lug given, the troops divided into parties of znerrillas, in order to present no striking object to th soy, threw them selves upon bins with Ilse bayonet, without firing a single shot; and lauteithMardiesi his being protected by rations trenches and In modem ks, they married them instantly upon their arneal, .kiting him in all directions. Fifty miners, which marched on Ow left, destroyed three parapets, our of hich, loan appearance, was made for the purpose of erect ing a ballet y spas it. Now comideriug the proposed uliset foliated, I made the signal foe a retreat, which the troops (mem is g•rod order, though attacked by considerable force a, who 1114 not odesnee upon thews until they ►od com menced their retreat. The leas of the enemy was consider. aide, gene to that sassed by the ere of oar troops sod the I..yonet. is to he brkled that occasioned by the weell.direeted ft... of the rn tilkey of the place and castle upon his columns ws o.ey odoaneed. too, .0.... cif soave consideration. Among our wound ed is e Maths, °firmer of the &tires% who, ootwittista. , :l.”: 1 ,, ' iiithop , wed, would insist upon serv ing at tie 1... L I .' , e where he was woonded. „,,i eM omit F...c+ltessey, that the troops, ()dimes, and Ch” . is s , e .ursitt. ly relalied their dative.. The pc4st,.7 1 `.l ,/ Mal .t ore worthy of the highest eatagium, r. ia of the risk three was et the bead of the the former etaidnyed threatt.tres in !misting. erk;ng up, and carryiag oft the a uisudvd, 1041 the latter 10 LON DON. MONDAY, OcTuaea 8. The latest accounts from Fortiori, which we know as certain, are those brought by the Mutant, _which left the . Tagus on the 36th last. These ac counts are to the 24th ; at which date the Allied Army was concentrated in the vicinity of Coimbra ; and the French, following up its retreat, had passed Vise°. Lord WELLINGTON', position was consi dered the most favourable that remained between Coimbra and Lisbon ; and if he meant to give battle, it was supposed he would make choice of this positron fUr the trial.—lt was reported last night, that private let srti n liad been received frau Lisbon. stating that an action had taken place, in which the French had lost 10,000 men, and the English had also suffered considerably. The re. port added, that Lord WELLINGTON was among the killed.—We believe that this account is a mere speculation, without any real intelligence to uphold it. Government hare received 'no intelligence to this effect. We have received some German Papers. contain ing Paris news to the 13th last. Beats soorre was nut to set out for Sweden until the isth. By that time it was *opposed he would be sufficiently in structed in the art of government by BONAPARTE. We hove received Corunna Papers to the 17th last. They communicate 1 little actions. *hide chew the success of the petty warfare with which the Spaniards continue to the enemy. We have ale. received the Cadiz Papers to the e7th, from one of which we have extracted General O'Dostatt.t.'s Report of the sortie made by the garrison of Torto,a on the 3 , 1. The accounts from that fortress coin, down to the 10th last. We have rect i ed Barbarities Papers to the 16th August, and St. Vincent's to the 11th. The former mentions the atiival there of the Sern'e sloop of war, with disisvelies from England to the new Re. voluinniary Guyer ))))) ent in the earJecas ; and the later cont,,ins the following article It gives cause for tuellal reflection to the people in this quarter of the world, to he told that the French fleet is at sea, and its destination not known, mid not even a single line of-battle ship left in these men. to afford the Islands the least pos..ble protec tion, should the enemy compliment as with another visit, which. if he does, we very much fen indeed he will catch us napping. A report to the above effect was yesterday received from llarloadoes by a Gen tleman in this town."—We believe there is no (nun. dstion for the fear expressed in this article. The Gazette of Saturday night contains • dis patch from Lord W et.totN GTO N dated Gritty. a. Sept. 4. It relates solely to the surrender of Al usrida. His Lordship does ample juatice to t';e bravery of General Cox. and :tritium led,;es the inns pentium necessity, which left the garrison no alter native between submission and thing put to the sword. General Cox would have obtained better condition•, were it not for the unparalleled treachery and coo urtlice of the Officer who commanded in the name of the Sovereign Urgency. The traitor, and another miscreant. ■ Major of Artillery, imme after the capitulation, entered into the French service. Saturday a hag of lettets was received at the Post-Office from Gibraltar, by the Jean, ROACH, which likewise brought ■ few letters from Cadiz, churl the 16th ult. One of the latter mentions, that the enemy had, within the last few day., indi csted an intention of resuming vigorous operations. Oii the night of the 13th he kept up an incessant tiring, but which had no other sifwct than to keep our troops upon the alert. According to the report of two deserters, the besieging force conspires 19,000 men, out of which 3000 are sickly, and incapable of service. Reinforcements of men, arid supplies of ammunition, had been expected for some time. We have received several letters from our fleet off Toulon, to the 19th of Angust. The Toulon fleet were reconnoitred the day before by the Phi. donned, Captain Gums, and were found to consist of tire rail of the line, fell of troops, eight frigates, and two stnre.ships, in the outer roads ; and one three-decker and • corvette in the issuer roads.— There ft-ems a strong desire in the French Vet to put to sea (for tome object), but thvir fears prevgiit them. Otivtie 12th of August, sin e s o ~( the brie sod four Ligates estop out ; but, ou the — Waste melting the signol Strcit A ahssCor fe 4. deg:tore op sod got tit usoin.;4l'he next d a y s „ sail of thr hue tulle out, *IA, on hess sg ch..d the C'oliassw s end dieof}e. they rsu lobo the harbour, Sir CitsittAirCasttrote has 15 s it of the line midis his conototticl, us follows : sue Josef M 441.91110, Capt. Neve ; V.lle de Paris, Car, Tiannans ; Centaur, Rear-Admiral .Sri S Ruud, cap; n et ,. lay; Tape, Capt. Hallowell; Yolk, Capt. Banes; Santos Capt. West ; Repulse, Capt. Matilda, ; Colossi, Capt. Ruder; Invineible, Capt. Adam; Bnuabay, Capt. essus; Ajax, Copt, Otway ; Cuuquerur, Capt. Feituass ; Capt.At Blac kw ood;Palerauo, lathma' for Lev theiirote llpt etin . at li'" of , S l :eily, ar e ..., Caporal', Rear-Admiral Martin, Capt. Inglis; Magaitip Capt. Eyre; Victorious, Capt. Testi ; Mintage; c i s, Mowbray; Warrior, Capt. Sprauger ; Fume, Capt. Ilursll, acting; Cumberland, Capt. Wodrlnause —At Messina, se. , Lune, Capt. J. Strout. Admiral FRBMANTLE *wired at Cadiz cm the 17th wt. sud wu to sail the next dry to join Ute leet off Toulon. We have received the following manual . tion. dated C DIE. SEPT. 19, talo. " A Coutt-Martild has been held ou Li:umlaut NniSPof therafarafy gun-brig, on charges of tr. ratitiy, oppression, and embi zzletnent of stores. lie was sentenced to be mulcted of six month,' toy, put at the bottom of the list or Lieutenant', and dismissed thecunnuand of the Hardis.—Lieate. tont Soranavo.LE, of the circe, hat been m a .' for neglect of duty, &c. and Itunvurahly acquit. tel. The Circe arrived ally a few days from the Havanna, she di,l not g.t any mows, Admiral ROWLEY having s-nt it to Simla in orient Isis cructers. The *piglet:de, 74. Captain Cott. avant, sailed on the 6th with the Prince of Arland:, and St. Anna, Spanish lice.of.battle ships, for the Ilavoinnah. The Insplaeolde is to return with mosey. Sir !butane. KEATS has shifted his Rag to ths .Vii. ford, which, with the Rodney, Achille, Atlas,Dreid, and Ilotterell, are lying here.—Every thing relating to this place remains the same so before, the Freak only acting on the defensive. They hare not airs than 10,000 men in that neighbnurhood. Throb regiment is gone to Portugal to reinforce bed I WaLtiNOTON. The Achille hue been very sickly with a typhus fever ; hot she his only lost Mr. Comet, midshipman, and two men by it. The Seleette is salved here with Mr. ADAIR, from Coo. stantinople, oa bin way to England.* We gave an account lad week of a serious riot in the Isle of Wight. It took place cm Solidity sennight, at • Parkhouse Barracks, lumen !be corps a the Duke of BanNswitx 011. s, and some of the Dot lsid;u Company's troops. The dispute originated in the hitter mocking the siuging of the foreigners. Five hundred shots ■re summed to have been fired in the affair. One man was killed. and right wounded. Many Officers, ia aurrapting .to quell the riot, received revere injury. Grum! Tatrt.on, commanding there, received abayonst through his coot. There were 509 British troops, and 2,500 foreigner', iti the barracks, alto, after much reluctance. -were diwirmerl. -• The Philoneel has sent a Danish ship of 360 tons into Minorco, which she captured on the 30th Jaly, between Marseilles and Toulon, after a chime of fire hours. A French Officer on the Staff, and high io the ""droce of Sir Jowl STUART, has, it is said, been detected in *correspondence with It appears that he made regular communications of the force, positions, and purposes of the arm! in Sicily, and afforded such intelligence as might hare been fatal to our interests in that Island, not the activity and gallantry of our cruisers more than counteracted his tressou. Ile Iran, we hear, been ordered Ironic fur tnul. An exi edition is about to proceed to Commis, under the command of General WAI Kull still Sit 1-10114 I Pupil API. The troops will assemble at mouth. A brigade of heavy dragoons, with the 6th, 16th, 37/11, 314, 424. nod some other c,arps, are in daily expectation f milers fur service. Ainmig the intercepted correspondence, t. mined by Lord WEL:Ater:To* to Government, a dispatch from !Marshal Motives to liosAnall giving &LOH of great discontent and jealoases among the French Generals. An Expedition on a small scale will, it is moil ed, be shortly sent to the Bettie. Lord Vst.Esirta, SIT KicHsao Foals, sad some others, are going to the Greek Islands. Theme, elusion is not solely with a view to scientific lies, but is, we understand, to em►' objects of a political nature. Letters of the , 27th last, from Ifeligole strengthen the opinicii that the political cooties' between the Emperors of FRANCE and ROFIA rapidly drawing to a close. This crisis, to mil ir: ant to the interests of Europe, ie probably only re forded by the unlooked-for procrastination of tl; war in the Peninsula. It will be fortunate for Northern Autocrat if he takes adtantage of o delay to prepare for the impending storm. The Torment, which left the Tgu as oa the o It tii brat, left lying there the Balletic, Cersae. taenz. Ken?, Zealot's, Macedonian , portent. and Jr. tiorenzo. Great expectations are formed relative to rums, oldie ExPedition against Witavia, iu rot . iquente of secret intelligence received in laths id disunited state of that settlement. The inhabits' were drii en to a state Aordering on revolt, by v rions oppressive regulations introduced under tl influence of France ; while the natives bad I so exasperated, as to have sit off all coomon i Lion between the town and the interior by Jimaira, and tlierebf greatly augmented the ea barrassttent of the tOtlemeo. tanned I,y 'leis, Cape, Copt 134,. be; Saltax, Cap,. ,1 1 ,, I Wai•lp,k , r, 1 °PS Cait Pt. Horsy, Ithb a) Stns SI 1 . 12 oil t h e o joie the following Ihlo. • .itut , rasut gea of t,. of stores, ix months utensils, Seen tried ly acquit. IJa tiev, ay money, a o iia ones' tin Coca. Adan a , ps, for the ith money. to Ile. , fat, Druid, itg relating the Freak e not awe Tlie9hl orce Lard very sitkly Y lost Mr. y it. Tes from Coo. 1 aims riot • r so Smithy twee' he and sane 11 lie dispute ing of the )pooed to as killed. t(tempting l Grueral a bayonet ish troops, also, after e l If 360 tons 30th J • Nice of fire high io the r it i s id, ie 110 ounicamstaTl might , i the tl is sl+nd ail tl iiarra mere we hear, o Comics, a still Sir . 1 1 ilale it r Gth, 16th, ,11 ire its daily ; 1111 nee , trap.. ; erunient, r o ow A ntra, jealoos.es r it is rcpott- a, end some Their es- i r nulic re- 1; abrade some it Ifeligoland• 7 I tilliiirSioe Illotit It„ : , tow inq ‘. Ibly may re dinar nt II; alive r ql this a rrortn sageo a n a ns.ai t tar e le: f t o inf Dle TI le th- al la, iu roil !MN ail • inhabilen volt, by T.! 1 it under th- !3 hod 1 e c for 1 1 .ed the till :p