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04V , ~Y~ OKATfil:10: L lot night the first thatorio for this season was perforated at the liiivinarket theatre, tinder the direction of Messrs. AADLET.--11ANDE1..11 Mes siah was the piece selected ter the night; in which M. BLAND, Mrs. VAUGHAN. Mrs. Dictms, Signors C; MU LI Ertl, Messrs. Bits tt BULLAMY. Goa, and Pe st r., and Master Dun aouse'rolisplayed their vocal talents to the greatest advantage. Mrs. VAIJOHAN. iu " But thou dart net leave his soul in lark" delighted the audience with her sweet trines. Mr. DRAMA-MN execution of 44 'non shalt brelk the's: frith a rod If iron." possessed all the spirit and dignity of the sublime author. Mrs. litattn, with her usual sweetness anti feeling, wuritletl 44 Ile vas despised;" and Mr. Bar.L.tert's fide deep Voice end excellent science, gave every possible ~ q ect to 44 Why do the notiates so furiously Inge?" Mr. ASHLEY, as usual, presided at the organ, and the whole peforinance received the most stalunitilis et! applause from an elegant aad crowded Audi. sr. JAAIk..VS PALACE. At seven o'clock last night the ruins of the Pa- Ltee, near to the ecite of the Duke of Cogatttootfe late apartmeista s belong to blaze Stith great vio lence. Two large pieces of timber were taken out; burning very furiously ; they were put into the garden, nudity.: plugs were opened to overflow the place. The engines which have remained there since the fire commence:l begun to Ogre' the rums. The high wind. acting upon the remains of the fire, eNeited mach alarm and apprehension. The fire, however, was soon got under, there be ing a good supply of water. The walls and sleeks of chimney of the Palace were, during the day, in tottering state; no person could venture near them.' His MAJEttilr rtCM;etedin tn-morrow, to bad a Court at the Quems's Palace, if not pre vented by the flooded state of the roads. The Duke of YORK arriieil in town no Saturday evening, after transacting business with His Ma- SLOTT at Wiiid•or. Yesterday his Rover Higlinevi attended at his Office is th e H o rse-tiiiards and transacted Lusa mess for a ceasiderishle time. _ Ou Fn(ley the Dowa t rer Countew of PEIIIIWK left Windsor Castle for Lootloo. _ The same day the Countess of CMESTERTIELD arrived at Windsor. . The Duchess of CORIUM has heek indisposed in Scotland, bin her Grace's numerous friends will be bappx to learn that she is now nearly recovered. The Right Roo. GEhltdie PONSUNBY will give a gadimmer, at his house in Arliiterm-qreet, os t i alday_ next, to several of his 'political fro.mds. The Marchioness of Unitrasutat has announced her second grand dinner for Wednesday, the nth instant. Mt. SIDDOWS. if was reported last 'nett, has been declared the successful candidate for the Zdiabargh Theatre. LorilOttliertt.r.z will give a grand ilium-r. nest iiirsday week, at his house, the corner of Park. lane. Lieutenant FITZCLARINCZ arrived, at six o'clock on Saturday evening, at Carleton-house, from Co rinna, and dined with his Royal Highness the Prince of ‘V•fus, itecompunie . d by .his Royal Father the Duke of CLARENCE. hey left town on Sunday for Bushy. Mr. CH A LMERS. Who so often delighted the Lon don and Dublin audience, both as Comedian and Harlequin. and who has been for some years per forming with great eminence in America, is now amusing the ladies and gentlemen of the city of York with a variety of entertainments and re cluing:res. Mr. Witten?, who comes forward to-morrow Right in the part of Cdo, is, we understand, a pro fessor of eloeution at Edinburgh,. and performed with Mr. BEAVSIONT'S company at the Aberdeen theatre, list summer. The Earl of STAIR wilt give a grand dinner, on Ftynday, at Kingston-House, to a large party. The Marquis Of LANSDOVIN will entertain a se ket !warty, atolinner, on Saturday, at Lairelown- Honer. Mr. PVTIIIAN, late of Droryooov Theatre, ar rival in Glasgow, last week, and mark his first ap pearance iu the part of .Froderiek, in the comedy rf Lorrrs' Votes; Mrs. Young played Agatha: and Mrs.MACNAMARA. from the Dublin theatre, Amelia IValdenhr‘i The la t arrival, ut Bath :ire Countess TTAblegr:o.p, Lord F. Ildostsitne, Lady Jernine lsin Hoe. Robert Pitti‘'‘ett, Ron. Mr. Fraiikliwd, Sir John Madison Sir T Sir J. Masao, Sir Malmo Mat *Woo, d ' orierist Brown. The Fail of DAPSIIOI , TR left Windsor on Sun day moriiieg for London; but was °bleed t o re.. tutu. owing to the flooded state of the roads. Se veral parts of Windsor Little Park wall have been earned away by the floods. Hertford 'College, Oxford, the place of education of Mr. Fox, and which hoists in the number of its Principals a NEW7OII and a DCRELI., is at this time in danger of falling into decay, for want of the necetwary repairs. No Principal has been np poioted during the last forte years. On Sunday morning about eiuht yards of the higleet part of 11' indsor Castle Terrace e all. on the North stile of the Castle, fell down. The noise was so great, that it caused coneideiable alarm. A few weeks ago was rung, on the noble and grand peal oPtun bills. at St. Peter's chit! eh, a t Mpflield, in Yorkshire, is fine peal of .5.t0r 1 chewers, in the critienl and harnionione method of oxford trehle-boh-reiyal, and was finely brought T":.-1. in titer hours :4.1d fifty-nine minutes, by the fellewing art i-tr of that town. vie. • 'l' , •hle, Mr. Germs, Bur. 11. Mr. William Tkoth. s. Mr. S4l4Wet '4 . 141. 7. Mr. W.HiAnl cress ick. 3 Mr. Wary nrevann. 04 Mr. Rernitel Dalton. 4 Mr. Rolm rt Wnitun. g. Mr. William ne'lld b Mr. John He 4 1.1. Tenor Menem. Rosin and Co. 'lhe conductor of the peal was Mr. Wit. matt 'lnert% tatile-knife-cutler; and weight of the tenor k f I cwt. 51h. This peal was rung iu honour of Lod Mi viva's birthday. DUBLIN, 3 ',x..115. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Munster disturbances are alrestd; well put down, and the tretubling I Airni.telt await judicial punish ment. That is remarkable, those convicted at Limerick (two of whom suffered last week, as one will this dat) were of a class, in point of birth, edocatiou, and property, rather unlikely to incur such disgrace; nor yet were they persons who could well look, in the event of successful military Teen lotion, or political movements, to rise with either storm ; therefore, I conceive nu attempt to eon troul the removal of occupying tenants, and regu late the price of tythes, was their original oisject : hut as the planners of inch scenes cannot tontine ur stay their progress, private malice often reared its vengeful hen 1, and houses, as well as persons, were thus devoted to attack or destruction. The quar- ter of Limerick county lately convulsed, has Items comps' atively quiet, 'staid early lcisitebtiims ; it is also most exeritpt from absent. ex, stud consequently men of independent, and not .vesgrowit, foamier, generally reside its it. I have seen men of very different condition, from all parts of Monster, who describe it in a general state of quiet ; so that, as a broken hulls is said (whets cell cured) to derive added strength in the fractured part, the distarbed district may enjoy improved quiet ; for you well know, that such assatteno put down with a aril tempered mixture of justice and humanity, meet general approbuti 111 l ; when, in an illegal manners lor with tin unbecoming severity, the evil is smo thered,but not eradicated, ma only awaits a proper opportuaity to rii-amieur, and with increased Vellolll. Ten persona tried by the late Special Cotatnit- %ion in Limerick county aad city, have been capi tally cotn•ictetl.—Four for attacking the house of one Lhr.uld—two of them were executed at New castle, two on the scene of action. Two at Slaws gultlen for maiming ooe 111itrrity. One at Croon, for forcing a gun fonts an lanu..!. Oae at Balydaw hill for a einnlar attack. Tao at the city Gaol for similar offences within it. li:Arties. Owe whipped for a iniulerneattenr. One fora rape rewsains,who, it i.. thought, will not eater; be ie only 17 years of age. THE. FLOODS. On Saturday uight, us that Exeter mail was on its way front Loudon, near Staines, the coachman endeavoured to avoid a part of the road where he knew the waters were out in doing which be got auto another - part that had got flooded since lie was there, which proved worse than the other, old the *rate! was au deep that the coach floated, sod the horses swam. The coach was suddenly thrown over t that conalsason and guard were thrown to a considerable distance. '1 tie tvasseitgers woe s ot out, after considerable difficulty,and the horse: a e!e disengaged flow . thr rotten ; the bur of let ' ters sustained. hut little injury. and were con veyed in a post-chaise, at companied by smoo ther po,t-chaise, with the planters. The coach con:d nut he got outs' The whole country round is in the most distressing state; it is covered with water from Chorrtsey to Maiden head. The towns are surrounded with floods, ruiiiiiog in torrents as high as the parlour windows. Numbers of _poor inhabitants have nearly lost their all, whiTh has been curried away in the streams ; and, in addition to their distrcss, occasioned by this cause, the country is in such • state, that they are not able to do any work, many cannot get out of their houses to purchase food, and, what they do procure, is put in at their one pair-uf-stairs windo,y. The lower part of Egham is under water, and impassable. Part of Kingston bridge has been carried away by the Houd. One of the J'ortwoouth stages that left town on timidity, was obliged to cetera in coo sequence of the inundated state of the roads ; Imo ther was obliged to remain at Kingston from the same caw*. T lit efiect of the storm during the whole of yes terday was severely felt through the metropolis. Se veral bootees is, Portman-square have sustained considerable damage. The Punittouesa Amami 'Anna's house, in South Audley-street, had the sky light broken by the &Mug iu of the weather. cock. Earl of Elutes house, in Hill-streta. has sstso been damaged. The passengers iu the ►treets were iu danger, Iroin the chiustiey.pots and tiles, which fell in great quantities. All the Surgical Lecturers in town have received letters from the Medical Transport Board, request ing them to use their exertions to get their pupils to repair to Plymouth and Portsmouth to assist, during the present ernergeuey, in dressitiu; the wounded. So much are they wanted, that they will be received without having passed the Hall, provided they can shew certiticates of having at tended their lectures. We insert for the information of those who may he unacquainted with the alteration in the Caine Act, that partridge shooting 'sick the Ist rif Fe bruary. About six weeks ago, a lark, closely pursued he a hawk, entered the kitchen of Mr. Gates FAT, of Lvth, in Westmorland, aiul took refuge iu the hu tom of his daughter, who was standiag before the fire; the hawk followed it into the kits:lien, which it flew twice round, siel then nut of die door again. The lark wits preserved, and is now alive in a cage at Mr. (;aaN►:Tr's. Thursday eveuing the audience at the Plymouth Theatre were considerably - annoyed by chievons persons in the short, (raid to he young naval officers) one of whom threw a glass bottle into the Orchestra ; which. however, fortunately did no injury to soy iiersois there. Considerable m ansion ensnerl, and me•ou. were used to e l em.-, bend the culprit, ale, .• en! set' drtet•tion. The Manager has offered a rewaiil lei his apprehensiou. - HUNTING. The Earl of Parlingter's Ir..unds, for the laq time, are now arrived in t;:e thincastrr country ; he will in fitter. bisioelf to the Roby, Catterick, and Rocouglltifdtgo • cow.lies. II in moll thudded whether any was will be so 1-:4sto sr lu attempt in rotate to surlain the palsied Pupates lien of the Hadydoellt• Hunt. The times are wavier fully story -A, and the system of buounlo entirely el oingrd ; furs:tut 'be frequently beppy and pointed allusion of aims rem mo tfig c4stid nut ...ow resin. , those Leroas to any linatturable distinct:int ire the clime, tlist we may Italy say e. llipllra M 4 ,0,1111.1 II•os InaltWlA fr itt The Curl of starLorougla, te LAO I.M11 , 1:+, when Mr. Saville, were on such high rep.ote, has I, of a fsolotta opportunity of improving their eacelleure. lot addAtosit to his focuser guild he ham selected time heyt irvt tilP whiel walks Duke of Leeds's; and if abundance of ,went , princely for tune, a noble entlinniaeut, and • well.ria;united evident, gisa r:gour to the chase, no one can doubt, 11 UM the Ammeter of ins Lordship, but that in MI these be must •aeineutly ex. eel Grace of I..teds, f.eni " pouring all bin speed into the rapid g one" has now retired to tojoy bis ". triumph user the timid hare the turf •etems at present, however, to c.Ane more: itioniedistely wider his Grace's department ; lee hag adrr.+t entered upon that career with ere' y flattering presto:et ut MiCettS, aid we heartily wish it may cuutisse, " aL to.a ai wg. ad nealo." AN IX AAAAA DIWARY Early on the Temente of Weeliteedr . ,, the d !th inst., the hermits of Witham Reedier Wrmen, En. of .13a airttilin, etmaty of Imiterlek, eakeweelled s sporting fee, Glerest ex pcetatos, at Brogogue, who led a inri,e field of wet: Incanted houtsinen a eltsce area:* 25 milts. From the cover in which he was found, he ran over a cl cu. cairn country far sig miles, in nearly a direct line, by Doner, , le, when he traversed towards Lfallow, to Mcuetniarth, Costlnne, cod alien tan for the Rock of Liwarrul, which loin Mopped, lie toad., ell fur Glover's Gl.' 0, a here the houses were, far a kw .• 0111k.h.l:rillh J in a sera thick cover, by fresh dues; bet, teuetti their rune, :Ley' (weed the - Minted fore t•+ break cover again. 1111.1 ran loot so cline from 111.31011 to Church town (the f o t ood itois king ofteu in the same field;, that be just saved id.. by throwing Litu.eif into an earth, when only nbuut to o hundred cant. alto.ol of the hounds. ...w I Lth a liner bniitirse, or r. nitre propitious day ; sod ate' tic, blood, and high condition alone, could salt,iiiat the earrtions of it; however, towards the end of the chase, several horses of rateable performance were ea ararty ex hausted, thnt their merciful riders would Dot mess them on, and of those elm carried their lidera throtr.l3, mine were itanseiliately mot W tlie stables of :N..: Rev. Erceen-a Crafts, of Cliiircistown ' where, rod a Mitt.. Aim every possible rare was taken of them, in.., the prop arty 'of Mr. t reoch kU 110 performethiroseters) exvired lite I.,xt day anal it is feared mere of totem, whose lives re sured by Weeditag, Le. will hardly be At to engage in the sports of the bell again fur the 114111.14 U. - _ - Oa Saturday the lett Wet. a fax was forced from his ken nel he the phodatiuus west of Hcxhans, and pnrout4 x;e.l taker at lAne-Lady ChM, war Alatan, it Cauaherinad, af ter a chase of upwards 0(40 miles. THE DISPATCH TKANSPORT. FAIITHER PARTICULARS OF TRH OFFFEREIts AND v ON MIAMI" THS DIsFATCU LATELY WitEGts• ED NEAR FALMOUTH. Lisulenant-Co!onel Visi..so and Captain Trese,!: 1:.;4 ens harked on boaAl the Diniateu tram:milt at Coronua, !nut Lad afterwarsis been Melted ua Wart! the Mot:or, by their feit ud Captain Liusee of that ship, sou arm Coos pinsove.l their country and friends. These simillenseu had ho o ofed at Piyareuth sad reached Trate torether the night before the ems, of the algrvreek was received there. Above fifty dsaJ bodies of our ;:abo , it 'woes lay scattered on the shun, ',maw which secs recofolised that of Major Cavendish. The GillJultic ace rim r. :um . of ti.o sacs ivori :—Joba RicharJmoi, 1 koalas Flirt:es, James Clow, Edmund Hatlf Ctarks Weeks, and Joist Risrel, the fa:fier. They were toaveyed to !Isis:ea, and thence in a liKkt cart to Truro (except one who was 100 tooth bruised to travel). They ' were kindly received snob eatertaineo at the house of the tithe of.t.olonut mm., awd 101,:ed if! Truro baesaoks. of 10 Untie. ttiAt love bees a asked aslsme mid received a decent interisiviL in St. K. 'True Thorch-yard, are the .' O l. lowing:—Captain Hot Ity, of tl.t 11..issisurt, the Mate of the 'cord, sad four %veers, aL,, a nanit.s are warmer; Set. jest Sutton, of She dragoons, oil Corporal 31synsill; Corporal and his sife ; Jobb Weeks Ealwael PAwarsis. --- Cole Crotge Asift•oe, Thomas TO3(111f, 3Laaual 11.naot Joint Word, LoPer, itei.; , nosio Hanes, George son, Jobs Bataan, 1 !tonics Leer, Charles WalkarV i lintsee Slarluw,Geastre flyer, Joshua tradford, Edmund 9tateT, Julio King, John 11111, Charles Hsywzrd, Gerw.te Stereal, Mojur Cavestsh.h's servant, awl eleven alio could ad t fie .a cognised. Illejor C.veushalis body was Its...gist to lleLiton, pot ti.to a lead coffin, mid rensaios in the church uatii the directiOss arid wobts of bisfriesvis ca.i be Immo. Names of .Officers mud "rounded in the scion nt Corurina:— _ Colonel Griffiths aid Captain Woorifard, wounded ; Cart BariAtd, killed, Gilards—Limit.-Catonel ti'yuch, severely; Captain Williamson, Lieutenant Hunt, wounded; Guaira llZeerclen, kiileil, 4th Regiinent—Lieutenaut-Coloael Mac burin., killed, 514 Rel:nwnt—Lientenaitt-Calwiel Maxwell, Lieutenant Num+, both teserely ; Lilmtenaiit Thompson, Surros Measlier, wrommied ; I.:cotenant Cheven, killed, giith Regiment--Captain Campbell, light infabtry, killed; Captain Campbell, grenadiers, sad Lieutenant Xlioltiletim, vrownded--1.2d Retiment, sad seen other 41flierra; Major Napier, llou. - ,lajar Staatoupe, red Lieutenant Wihtla, killed; Captain Climes, wounded, awl flee other 011icvm. --Sulb Ite.thuent, lientratut•Coluuel law, and Major 314;tegor, IC.llad ; Captain Wilson, wounded. with Ilexinicat.— Captain .•ii.thy, killed ; Major. Williams and Milling, wouLdetl ; .tiiil ti other Officers, Slat Itegi meat.--Lieutenant.t eltitiel Napier, killed, riad Regiment I.icutenant Noble. killed, 9r,tti ltegiumut.—Licntermat-Co. howl Spas, of the: , th ; and Captain Carthew, of the Royal Artillery, both died oa their passage borne from severe fatigue. Ainont; the (Iflirers we have seen returned at Falmouth and 'frtoro, are— Lieut.-Cal. V.rian , Captain Detthire, Treweette. and Dodge ; and Sir. Ire in, Surgeisii—all of the 7th [Augurs:le ; ( ~pl. Lord Itii4.-.11 31aunres, of the totb Dragons; Major Leiglitoa, Capt. Dalrymple, and Licata. knight sod White. fi,rt, of the halls Dreams... ; Maier Walt err, Captains Ste phen!, Rubinson, and atiaaell, and Limits. Illoatgontery, 'Smith. and Woodhotme, add assistant-Sargeon Williams— ail of the 40th lid:matey, i.e. see. The immediate manse of General A IXSTRUTHF.It'iIt death at Corunua was an isoilaiosanation of the lungs, brought on by excessive fatigue; he ex erted himself to the last, and when unable to mount his horse, he said to those ii!ootot him, i• 1 ion quite done up." lie was pot into a carriage awl conreytsl to Corti:mot, where he died next ilto). Captain Fay:orate& Deasy, of the 10th Dm coons, died of fatigue. wits buried at Corunne, but dug up again and interred with military honours on N'etlooestlay last at FAI 11111 l il h. Sir JOHN MOORC and General A a sratrrot eft were burn II beside each other iii a waste spot near Co mma. the Spaniards not eutlering the remains of heretics to pollute their consecrated ground. (In Saturday evening last, a novel snit of depre dation was praviiseil at ltit' lion, Mn..o WARD . .. fo-l cleigce at the Atbioirolt. A woman ioluirtal ter the housekeeper, and state , ) that she had Litt It left the service of Lady 111 u cr:Reel:, with it:telitift , i tr. tukr iit plain work. The louts' keeper ;:ronitse.l to procure her some. She the to tool. her leiter, hat re used to let the housekeeper conduct her out. %ar il g she knew the we:, . instead of going thro - ith the (pal:. o.e viall.ra up stairs to Aim W Att note dre•sing-zoom. and plundered the drapers of liticit and lace of great value, with which she socapcd. • SIR JOHN NOOA.C4 AIPIPI, • • lir • , retltTlfrit eldlerlcuCArts or I3tENEAT OF THII BRITISH ARMY UNDER Sig , MOORE, THE BATTLE OF 101li IIE REA TUIIN OF 'FIIEIIIOOII FINS Xr4IN " The whole of the retreitiVan the rapidity er it, firms the badness of the roads, from the frequent waut of semeisions, ued from the incle mency of the weather, was extremely haraseing. As tier, however, as ilia-Franca, the troops kept very well together. From Villa-Franca to Lugo, nearly seventeen leagues (a league is ra ther more thaw four English miles), the army marched, it way be said, ntinost wahout bathing ; • at leite they halted only for a few hours ; the cavalry were only e 6 litters in eflitetitig it ; out of whit L time, they were 42 horns on horse back. This accartioned great streggling in the infantry, and the loss of an icurneme number cif horse, to the carat vv. The enemy's amenity constantly hung ou tire rear-guard, and :weer prisoners great numbers of the streggiers. is wine clew., they either shot or sabre., there. Whenever the army halted to rest, a skirmiai, geurretly ensued. V hick of course added greatly to the littleness of the rear-guard, mad indeed tier army in general; for a skittaiah was generally noon fullossed by a movemeut of the whole. Oa *seising at Lugo, Sir John Moore Inund his army to etich a complete state of tieorganisi tioa, that &shalt was absolutely uecessary ; a beek skirmish hming token place time (ley eiter list *t rivial there, Sir Jabal couchisled that it vas the fore-ruiner of aim attack on the following day, awi, nit the 7th of January, he took' up ir positron with hts army, in whicia, 1,11 the BUi, tie expected the • enemy to give him battle. But, it is siapermatl, from their mint feeling themselves strong enieigh„ (although they had a considerable number of in fantry up, as was easily seen, the armies being pasted on tippostte hills in sight of each reher) they declined it. lie the night therefore of the same day, the army again commenced their retreat ; and from hence to Coruniel, the straggling het-erne ex cessive. The men were utmost worm, out wile', tN y commenced the march ; in utility inetances they had wanted provision; some regiments had 'even received no bread for one, two,. or three days; the roads 'were curie deep in mud, and neatly half of the soldiers were without shoes. Many were fill insielt from these causes, and from their having been constantly expoeed to the had weather. and there were no means of bringing these •.peer fellows on. The comequeners or all this weer, that eve,y honse end every village on the toad !retinue full of these weer wreteites. Thews and entreaties on the part of the cavalry, that formed the rear-guard, were etitiaßy in Whether they died by the road side, or by the hands of the enemy. they said, was the same to them. and some thousunds were coteaTeatly left to their fate. Lieut.-General Frazer a diyieion ..- snefered moat particularly, in conseq ueame! of Leiria; flan big°, eight leagues OD the moil to igo, is here it should urn" as if the army were at first imittamded to toilet k, sad water. wets arraniee ment was made far that purpose; eiel a iitch deter mination war, it vnutssivetrageil, given op on :14 .- ou n t of the badness orlihi'lliaits for artillery. The lola in this way is .t il4,' d.oriug the retreat, t 3 have ainouuted to tour salve thdowinal. No words can describe the seethes of initery that 'presented them selves. Meta, women, mad children, worn out with I!' hoer some actually dead, aad other. ifyiste by the roast aide, and many sharing the tame fate in houses, whilst at every ten yards Ituremeend maks deaf and tl# ire; preewerted theneseires..' . "Tineee eviis might posietilv, le a great measure,• litre teen pre vented, had the retreat been Jess rapid ; bud flue ruali in the snottOtaius bete broken erp, so as to impede the search of.tlee curial; had theeeiteineers succeeded in destroying the Inhigi . 3, in dai ig which tliey failed in most instences; mind hid the 'Aron Nisbet beep &spored. This; boomer, is only min ter of opinion, met the inrortnation received by Sir John Moore ' respecting the foree of the enemy, must have decided him iu his movements. He was himself indefet;eeble ; lie had great difficulties to contend with; mind whateser. were the ruisffir tunes of the army, it uery he with tenth awierteti, that his great anxiety "al to do that which he thought would most contribute to secure its re-ews barkation, which was, of course, heroine hie sole object from the commencement or his retreat. • is With respect to the force of the enemy V.:Jaw ing the army, great differences of opinion were en tertained. Some thought it but niconsideretek, whilst others, who kites, the French better thee to suppose they would trust a small corps in a tuonn tainous-country, thought otherwise. The state ments of the priaouers were. that two corps crarolk, under Soultand depot, advanced from ewe rim] and Sultlanha, whilst Ney. with his cores, ac companied by Napoleon in pens u, advanced from Madrid. Some asserted there was a fourth corps following mono:. A corps d' aranee cousiete of remit twenty to twenty-five thousand men. Some ere even stronger. Ney's was thirty. of which 10,0,m were of the Imperial Guard. Their curiary, it supposed), amounted to nearly ten thou:quid. Ne)'s corps, however. ass thought not to have udvsuceil farther than Betieveute. and to have detached time ~tars at pit - arm marching into Portugal: So that the a leer iii nether following tiro British, tees probably front 30 to 35,003 men; the Br,rish arm.: did not amouut to 20 or 2 . 2,0a3 effective and et far duty, even et Astons& es On the ret sett they were eonsiderably rednetd, as before stated, and Mujnrstieneral Altrn, w ith 4,000 men, had been detached by Orense, to cover the Batik of the cony its retreating, tied embark et Vigo. So that on the anis al of the British at Coe runes, the effective force trill) not have exceraL & 12 os 13,000 melt. No etopimst WhitteiVer eceht pOwlillOy be expected from the 'A/Argil's Je Bntitem, and his entry, or rather armed mob; he paused the British veer guard at Astoree, with, it wassail. new:anis of eo,oon mere anti marched upset Orense. I low little the Driti4li s tru 'ea to the exert - Wm, of this forceeis to be dresovered be it being 'thought necessary to see: General A Beta bv-irestris'elle same route. In effect. nothing could be hoped hie from t!.e Spanish army, ancl H was 'Sr. tor!' •preceiired how much elevurnmeet had berg decervid.hv the representations respecting it and the state ot the contry in general. s• The day following that on which the army JI Or er .` ng re ny Is 14 .1--