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to compel the Euglish, your a lli es, to with. . t heir assis'ance from you—skaid who fouttd.d, e. ,•, e expected plu tiler of this happy Muni, his . of remailbag los 'thous:v.l le4iour ; tht, „ ill y, who hardly having • anode the boo ., te d that the fate of Sicily was al io,' d o nded, and who fixed the eyes of the whole * *A on hi, promi , ed enterprise; has he r o f ore „,, his boats drawl, up for their securil twitter t tries of the opposite shore o f cilioini3. F u r tiro months he his r, 'radioed iuglorinusly 1 1 ,0 non; on the margin isr that strait, the hornet woos' vou and his oppression ; and he draw. hack it the s;;ht of that elraneut, upon wipe!, the force esil;, met with disgrace. and sees fuitche,l built bon a s:mt guastied by troops who and slew his spurious ken ins mena ces IA Or 11. e . ,!'es With the most perfect miff r e,.eg, if glare mid 100 al Saciimis !—You have antiri purl the paternal wadies of your gracious &nee tti o, who hr. tobi you, that by your fidelity to his slbes, he unul.l judge ..1 the place that lie 111 your Atr'CtiOnV. it is for the preservation of • t hrone and for your osi. safety that *e contend. so:habitants of Messinit I a connection rt. h is made us as well known to you as brothers you hate joined , us at .tie Ent nil of impending attack. In the exemplary el sod loyalty of your respectable Governor, not found the most effiacious supPset to our errs for counteractiug it. Your prinei al ii t ; a te ! , your Nobies, have assisted us aro a authority. Toot. Obsess have laboured for i sn a warned the reward of their labour.. our anxiety fur your defence, you will judge 3 f the sentiments which unite us to you. Pere " - r em rah firmness iv the noble spirit which tl ~, n ee view. Reject with scorn the title of sub otah shish the Usurper has the itasoit nee to s`t you. Let the enemy know that your sailors, and very citizens, feel no other jea esr wood; thtir Allies except who shall be tint 'ci:Y the glorious mutest for the common cause. And law l f eithsreann.tlist wherever the standard of your ms IlEing shalt be sisplayEd is union with the ban ned of his sspurt A b our King. we shall have but as. destiny as foe h re one Canoe, and that we will the Pr separate ter i no the last extremity. n a a Mewls.. Asps 6, II to." r', in Al r )f ,l l` . l r h ,hith )Itiett.' 0, C 4. er 7l '' tarn. rouuL• bone. *and i• whtrit ori lice. otio In- atua: , :d re etrr- I. Net ope • , me, 4. - teed t 1: 1. all c flea +' 1., i., ancli t e the exi.e. • Y. 3:1 .• i.Anti ~c i,r.r Ni+.:: %%•61 tir'.- Ve!arac. infa3ll. auun~' !u. l : wiih v .1.3 C • 14rt:cT CrrST /Ilig DRa• rrtaCh - E 13RITISII PRESS, LON DO\ . SATURI4 °crests 20. ---...-- . We sere infinity correct yestarjay in discredit roterepert of a battle 1 i Portugal on the ;d lost. tio Wites, the lleseet ger. arrived yesterday at Eel of LissuPooes Ofgce, with dispatches Led Wel.t.tnoruti. dated the rStb, up to iki titer no general action had taken place. His isidieto• hesd.igaiwarrs were as Alcobies, near he manner of the r errs Alcoa and Baca, abort *sass fries Liam:, on the sea-road. The stain y of thr Freud, was 4t Ley rig. shoat 20 miles e the Allied Arm ) . of ‘s bleb the enemy's Tao was bibly licitly in si:ht. Scieral skirmishes had in place since the liable of Busaco on the 27th. ?rnui..of which acre generally favourable to the 4 , e. M...stssa thus appears to have followed them irtisel, and of coorse they were's good deal br ut; but thy are represented as in good health dints. At the st..te of the dispatches received hed,y last froin Lord Mlle tittwurotr„ and pub- Le to The e.a. - cordisary Gazate of Monday, tits of tlie French was at Avrlans, on the high ito.a Oporto to Coimbra, and about twenty ridauct from the latter city. The whole of il led poly was, at the same date, on the south leg Mondego, with the exception of the ':ay.!, amounting to about 11,000, winch re aul i n the not them side, in front of Coimbra. 11 % ,. .e.lep.c.clies it appears, that his Lord " ° ;telt in (Vel/p3l:lfr, tl:e Sierra de Bunco, roprer-at thr enemy from getting possession 4let.r ray ; and t Lat, In coulter:pence of their .r t e,,,„,td the ma „„ th i,,,, at sed an , and got taeht g 4 road trom Oporto, he was fearful that d oat succeed iu hi 4 object. Flit Lord- ispirown•iuce, we now find, listve been rea. C..unlits is an open town, and 1;311 not con , ' P'Nrion sufficiently strong to induce him sbittle on the Mondego in its defence.— vet, remninetl there for a length of r.siLent to puerile she inhalntauts to remove 0.-ir effect., his Lottl.hip withdrew trd 6,31, hi fare Coimbra, 'mil CO.IMIeMs rittiat boars the Monsiego on the I+t; *bile vs, fio.rt Avelan4, took ',ruses °lnt and havnig now Ole advantage of a fine sod upco country, ',Mowed up the Allied ' i sl -e)lia, where he arrived on the 4th. T " t "t i,, haivercr, itorierotoorl to have been sel ,tn the most perfect order cud regula- A r,tret t i, is gtlieral a discouraging MOVe• ... "^PI% nig n c noecitts inferiority, and a fear No tt mime of this kind, how ',Ave heiTii produced by the retro -1,41,..!neht of the Allies. They felt es men icy from one strong porition to auto- Term { . r, nit trap weakness, but from 1 41,1 4ke assurance doubly sure.— t• the mai., it will be seen that Ansi has t.tkem the sea-road to Lisbon 'ops hi. in- It is difficult, and on it lies the strong position of Torres Vedras, the first fortified position between it and Lisbon, from which it is about thirty Miles distant. Sheol,' MAMMA force that position, there are two. more fortified ones, which he trii,t take before he can occupy the Poetutuese capital. The first of these, we understood, w nett: Bella", awl can he held by 0,000 men; the secued is nearer to Lisbon, and can be defended by half that number. A tittle to the south-west of Leyria, it may he observed, the road to Liston] di video itself into two, one of which (the pea-rood, to the west) was taken by the Allied Army—and the other (to the east) passes through Batalha, Val verde, •nd S intorem. AS we see no ground to sup pose that MAISLNA C011:d expect to reach Lisbon by his latter rood before the Allies, we presuu.e that he will f dine up the steps of she retreating sty my directly on the•sea-road. The result is become • subject of p.unful anxiety, qualified, no doubt, with a c infident hope of success on the part of the Allied Army.—The hearer of Lord WattneuTurr's dispatches left Lisbon • tt the 7th. :11.1itary Ciairs (.1 the Tot etfurt3 of the Piitriots were every where successful and at .Cadiz all was tranquil and secure. • General Cu arra has resigneal the government of the Balearic islands. General WuirrtNcitaw is raising a corps of 10,000 ecru for the defence of those Islands, to be jointly commanded by British and Spanish Officers. Coloni•I Down's is also Fins a corps of 3000 inert for the same purpose, to be officered by British ; and our Government bare sent out arms and stores fee both these corps. We hare reoeired• P4tii Papers to 11* 91h, and Dutch to the 13th, but their contruts are not army importance. Sir EDWARD P21.1.1.W . ii sqoadron has returned to the Dcwits from t:ff A letter from Corunna, dated September 29, gays—. The cOinittithiestiun between this province rod Castle nod Is Mancha is open. The enemy sutlers dr.oidfully from the small parties distributed is reery direction to siowill them. The French (ieee. IY 11.11 Alt Au and his guard have been killed by them. it was reported here and believed, that N died of a fever near Valladolid, about • fortnight since. The Asturisns have annoyed Bow :MT much. He has divided his force into two bodies, on which an attack is tole-matt& rely in the marith, and favourable results are confidently repected. The spirits of the Spaniards are indeed so high at this moment as to astonish observers. We bare a Bri gadirr-General W•ucza and his Staff here, sent out to Monstine the plans of this province; and Sc. cording to his opinion (which I am told is favour able), supplies are to be distributed. Next neck will sad, under Commodore Weiss, from this place, a small Expedition for Santom.„ copiloting i of Ore frigates, five Spanish gun-boats, some b r igs, &e. with shout 1,500 men. This place is to be fur titled and kept ns a depdt for arm' and iamb to amiist the Montaneses, Biscayans, &c.—at all even , *4 it must draw reinforcements to the coast, and thus favour the interne. The French gurnsrm at Astorge is too weak to itttetlipt. Mt advance this way, so that it is thought we are perfectly safe here for winter." We lament to state the death of Gent.-General CRaUTURg. who Herd at Alienates towards the end of Sepieirrier. ('hr letters announcing his death have not coine to the hai.ds of his family, bat sub sequent lettrrs from his Aides-de-Camp, wrung the ienrisony of Ins t.ineral at Aloasstes, with moltingy honours, and referring to their former letter- for an nee te•it iif his last illness, the fatigues he had mienenced, were received witii; the dispatches from Lord WeLLINGTON. He was a most g ;lent Office.. and M. 10.1 will be severely lamented. i'llitrnlay Ste TBOYAS IstiaTuir delivered a Pe qtiosi to Mr. Secretary RirD..ll, for the purpose of being presented to His MAJCITY. from the Electors (Sell • Ei.-iitich of Smihwark, praying for the dis missal of His MaJeirre.'s Ministers, on the ground of cue , p4eity. Mirj .r Nitrite, of the 50th Regiment, is severely • winuded iu the face, but sot rfaiiirrroudy: he wrote There is, we understand. en intercepted letter from MA!ISENA. complaining of the difficulties which he has encountered in his advance, from the state of the. road* the scarcity of provisions, and th e numero us desett:ons from his army. Hestia tr.Lts, according to letters from Cadiz of the 131 h silt. was then ou the point of sailing on an Expedition. with 2000 land troopa.embarked un Board of seven English frigates, and one Spanish brig, too sloops, and six gun-boats. This Exp..- dition is said to be intruded against Santana. Ile has also detached four thousand by land, who tire to iii the above 2000. after the latter shall have etT ct erl a lauding. The E..;:lish has. supplied him with 10.000 muskets, mil 40 barrels of cartridges. He knows That the voting wouatainirrli ate anxiously desirous of et.l.st inv. under lii► banner. A C. Ix Mail arrived yriterday. with Letters and Papers front that city to th! toll inst. They an nounce a bet Rant victory (+framed by the Spa anode, under Getteri! O'Duts wsi.t.. in Cataionis The battle was fou;rht fire► Pahnisos, and was se verely contested. A French General, 40 Officers of integer rink. tiBoo privates. and 16 pieces of cannon, with all their provisions, stores anti plun der. were taken by tbe!inaniards, and had arrived at Tarragona. Getters! O'Datinsts was • minded in the foot. which it is feared roust undergo amnia Dation. The French were commando. by General MACDOMALD.—It is r■elanch , .ly thus to see 'he battles of foreigners fought by Irish Catholics, or the descendants of Irish Catholics, and their Dative country deprived of the benefit of their talent►. by mistaken policy ! _ . . The Corte• hare at length in- —they held their to his rowdy •n she fourth day after the action. first Meek on the geth u1t.—.44 they, a•id • gip. Oa Thuratleylftersitomi. the Hon. Capt. LTGOII.. I w.io was in the seek in Portugal, orw segment Mretiejpn . we hay" " ell In We r t'. I rived n• Ntirklrestield. the seat .of his father, coital. Among the firm objects th wolf occupy ....r i The ball has been extracted. the attention of this august Body will tw— a :-4 we are ha to say he is an a fair way of re tat. The eilliMpiglag, Illerangthesiai. sod provistsishig she cuv-ry. SOMA armies We understand, • Pe'ition from the Magi at Tim ostsbassamem of • seemsoos• Gwerresseol der. writes and ' Council of this City to the KING'S t e r th e a h e m* of tie King, tee tie seetesetee le the Most Excellent- Ili ijesty in Council, praying Crows. flee MAJLITY, in ensue of the power vested in sd. The ImimiTy el , • Posse. • him by Act of Parliament. to continue the Ob. itemtrig4Graz •vecs. prohiiiition of dist•llabou of Spirits from Grain sib. Cowes's...so to the Colonies. till firtv days after the meeting of Parlistnent„ WWI yesterday. training' ted to the Secretary of State Much is rxpected from the revival of this Legis for the Home Departmeut.—(Clusgow Coerier. lathe Assembly. The present perturbed •state of Oct. 16.) the country meat. however, greatly diminish the Much curiosity and interest have bees excited at effect which at a favourable season it is calculated Margate, be the arrival of a foreigner in an open to produe•'. I boat from Ostend a few nights since. The Of ficers of the Customs at 6 , 44 refused to Clow him, to land. Mr. Simmonds. the Superintendatit, on rec , ivirig the necessary .instructions from Sand wich, allowed Isms to come on shore, where he renewed in safe custody until Sunday list, when an order from the Alien Office permitted his bring tsemtrd to Lundou. .He is said to be a person of distinction. At a late hoer last night we reeeived mine more Cadiz Papers to the 9th, and Lisbon to the *di inst. The latter contain some particulars of the approach of the contending armies to that city.--They seem to think that no general action sill take place; and that Lord WELLIMGToN wiLl moun tain himself during the winter in the strong works of that capital.—Of his Lordship's plan to lay waste the country in his line of march, our readers are apprised. Its effects, aggravated by the rage and disappointment of the enemy, may be easily conceived. The Lisbon Papers give the fol. losing affecting picture of it The ravages of the French are liorrilde ! The road is covered with dead horses, nonles; and builocks. The whole country is a scene of complete devastation. Such rapine, violations. and murders, were never before heard of !—Many villages, towns, and country vit. las, have been burnt to the ground.--Every plate is deverted--large tracts of Indian corn have been trodden down—every• thing is destroyed." The loss of Cie Portuguese in the battle of Blasco is stated higher than in the Loadua Ex traordinary Gazette. File wounded ere made to amount to upwards of 1000. The enemy's wound . d on that day is also carried higher than in the London Papers ; they are estimated at 12,0 00 . The Cadiz Papers give a very havounkle view of the state of military affairs iii every part of Spain. Central Snow" was unable to make any impr►s sion upon Tortosa ; and in the south, the whole suc- Cele of SEnscrt•as, in his irruption into the king dom of Murcia, was confined to the pillaging of Lore,' and two o► throe other towns, and the commission of various crimes snit cruelties. To assert maliciously and advisedly, by speaking or writing., that both or either lions. of I'mliament have a legislative nithority without the king, is de- ' dared a prontweirt, by a statute of the 13th Car. IL Yet the late doctrines respecting privil.ge go the length of inaintaioing, that out brooch ratite !Aare has riot only a legodattve poor, Log also • judicial and executive authority, independent of the King and the oilier Hon.,- or l'adniment! A Wilier by< gong at the rock in Castle-street, Duuder, on Totality morning. had just renewed a charge of gulipm. der, after au unsocces•fol explo sion, and owl in the act of laying the tram, when the farmer match, unextniguishest sod ly thrown aside, caught seine crams r leading to tire orai•.. An explosion instantly took efrect. One of the splinters of stout tartaric Lim in 'ha forehead, and felled him to the ground. A considerable portion of the bone wits fractured and beat its neon the bran,. After lac operation of ire. psiiion,g and raising the depressed portion bow., the.man was much rel'eved. On rhunisysennight, astwo young women wet , ascending a coal-pit, at Aucluillmus., a few wits from eVil+l,pol, so which thee h ore , catch of the bucket, when near atio month of lit pit, unfortunately lost its hn:d, whets they were precipitated to tile the inn tom, a distanc. of fathoms. One of theta was killed ou the sit rt„ mai the oilier survived only a few hours. A young man, a private belonging to the dose... meat of the Forfar militia now quartered its C havinz • few days ago completed the period of Its seri ice, returned to the place of hal me , - sity ; when he again consented to toter the vv• • 1143 silh•latalt fora gentleman in that. nt.g b •iir• hood, for the consideration of 101. pre stone. Ihr loargaiu was strictly complied vith, and the two, who declared he would scat tits 111,,b a , d elis as he coMd, receired 2101. Government have receivcd Dispatches from Mr. Hamar W %Lilt/V.IY, d.t d Ciel.s. the 6th ins...int. The tenor of these whites are ininortant sstaactory, both Si it relates to the Ova and PRINCESS 41UEL14. The accounts received yesterday from Windsor, of the stuie of the Princess Am p.t.ta sire more • slarinidg' than lever. The Ducturs visited upon the Ktwa shoat nine o'clock, to make flitir report upon the .state of her Royal Uighur's*. They re mained oral; His Majesty bear two Iv.urs; *beer re. ' pert, is was sorpwawd. would have prevented ELir Mrsjelity from taking his Ilene, 'ride on borsetatlll ' however, at half-past stereo he carne eut of V Palace, mounted his horse, and rode in the Perk for about an hour. accdaspunicti 1!•' the Dukes of Voss, Kent. Cuummui.seo. sod Cohihtill44 e Princesses AtlntlsTA and Sortina. They InSPOslie tended by Lord ARDEN, Lady The'hin,43oollol4l . Dist:Kowa and TAYLOL The Princess AMELIA had a very bad wasesteirday sui.l to be wasting away-mit, Ws , r sod every hour was expected to better lase: 'The Doctors have not • distressed her -RoyaPtiiithrites with medicine fur about ten days past •;•thst hy that., directiups she has taken agreat quantity( 04 with, front cocoa outs, jellies. and ether ottessOfiesniiii things. 'Cite Prince. of WALES arrived in town. flesh Windsor, yesterday *bout one o'clokk. -The Dake of CLAREIICE cause 'woo after..o64getntissel • Its the the evening. . ~ . COVEN T.4eULTIEN-TiffletTßE. - - • •- - • .--.......0.....- The May of The /rat 91We (the productios of Mr. COLIN AN) was last' melt performed. 111 r. Youto Ci was the hero of the piece. sod dillfS'erett the Mold flights stf thi: suliminiestic at hlfrOarg with impressive energy. Tho One siseech. 644 in. nittg--s , Hentortr, .thus thlorl:italied Ged"—imes greatly applauded. 'l'he scene in which he diseer• vets his protege seirchiug tbe iron Ciplbt• .n 4 thst iu which he unfolds the dreadful strict. were ad mirably supported. In the latter, Ins solemn snag- ' ner of aturiug Wilford WAS calculated se "allots* the deepest awe. che delirium which the dittos very of the fatal paper induces in ins last 's.;ene,, MIS a faithful representation n! a mind bereft of its resaseidg •farieluee by the assert itrugglaiet tar meltuon• t ampions-- " 'Twos sad by ete..hy darts 'bras wilil.r The character of HVOltra was slily tustahie d a Mr. C. KNOLL His amazement ea bah Sir Edgier/a ,preperty takes free Ilie.trwek ‘ ipe. I extremely •eatunihhis protestation* of In - deeply impressive: Thrssoghont sbe whoto it . scene in whieli hie master becrmies 'his •eccu , his 'acting received the greatest applettattosii ~ 1 minor characters were well supported. Mr. Mims aay. us Reiebor l / 4 4 was serf happy Wg . hie clOiT nestles of the unfortunate poacher, 'whew. pew nury has driven to transgress the law, but wham .paternal feelings his tnisfortasses have net at alt els. 'iterated. Season Reieledi4 in the himeir . wIL Mr. Usynig, wee, as easel. very enlettainielp —M's. BOLTON performed the character of Herd bars in a simple and interesting style. She slot the melancholy little ballad—" O!./ur srp trio. lose! my tree-low. .0 . 0 ' with c•naierable pegs& • The house was crowded at seeemd ries. . Ukahier. It has bees stated.test—M4ekerdlslll4 fit whose appreheuriou a reward of one bemired seismal is offered. has committed several Forgeries on the Bank ; but this is • mistake, hie depredithiiriare hems viminitted as the property of prprete duals, although the Bank has taken evmpussees,' to:apprehend the offender. He has beau.. Steebs Broker. in Byderveireet, St. Joinis'... for ao pew and he was considered on honest mau, and hie in. tegrity had obtained him consideoblo elePtele He has tired in a.psecarioue manner, and ivern• a fifir• tern of garobbeg at the Stock fa changw which► hod. rendered him unable to fetal Ma coarser% it—irt • lamentable fact, that the pension who have *ow, defrsecled by this ma'am chiefly iodestrious tr men. HIP depredatioes are to the extent of ,Y 0001.• and arnoort the persons wire -employed him ter bey ii,to the Funds, see • Teen hemtusee, a borkeop• who placed 5001. in hie hands for the purchose if stock ; another tradestaau has bees defiorded.of. seal. in like manner. Tars first tninikaciuma taut place in July, sod a forged worriers purporting re' hare have been signed by a Bonk Clerk. wessiroo to the baker. Hucknall appears to have been very industrious within the lint tew weekv ; and it turns oat thit during the peiind spoken of. he has kept the money of his employers, God "forged warrens to Mist: thee,. Curtis entert..ined 01 the Cadiion cif eta i.lanci of Thauet, with a ball tied wspptet. at her inagi,ilicent Munne residence an Itamagate, lael• erelong. Che 'timid has now to 'meet of omo• fashion than •: any perioil of the seams. illitutioL harms: commenced. the honed& regularly 1100 sin th , .t time , s werit; hare• are uncommonly abets& aut. U'undcocks have already oil to their apirento: Lira, very ~,any of tban in mush ara-trottn e :isit eat,. that they have beam tales alma and it Mao gate. - . 7.1 r. Cot LTMA u:ldertools wn Thontiw o y fee a Wg• ger Id IW g11..P.41 to ge two miles in ten nudists* pt three e•ert., to be allowed two ;minutes betwees earh 91 +rt. tie c..3se a pi s ot of g• nand from H ol m.. low to A•lifurc mud woo his; watch by *lett as.. lor•Klay week. fa Min et.att•trot, of Son 4 --r. land. ars couttng Irmo Ayton Benka to Newc lier horee runaitig away wth tart, she we• thrown oti a , (I, nesli:.aol taruptke-gate, *A to much 'tun Adit die., us lea afterwards, 3anoday tour trn-vd of the WarWinitatoird Yeonwitiry under the command of the Esti of A et.twoao, t.seothlod at Stretford-up4a. Aron, upon prristaitest doty Jr the home of Mr. Role*, of 11 al4roult- 1 .41.cr, liostou. was broke owes. end rol.hr3 4%1 t•toe sod bed tiara to a I,otiatoto , ca,.. hie cu Auks, with which they made their escape. fits Vrfb.is st in the house. A mm .„,, fts thorns... Tics of the lily haonts of ausc-e.i. to al s cart is description. matte by • Wits aft• . i , 144 N how. lit Si ot boll. hued bt lionJ -t, ....d u.r frct t orafras of the same. 11 , ..v ,It hero made leas broil %r•tehed +mhos; AVIVIII•If ogle the Ado. swot% two of whom have I't4. f 1