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A% - 411V. . . , 63RALTAR, 2a.--Mae uxot TAtto.vAtt, Mate and Clerk of the Russian Ship 4 iganteniton, - GM Mat 21:11I0 Master, left Algesiras last bight - , and' Malaga three•days ago, states . , that previous to his departure from Malaga,• authentic advices had been received of the entrance of t. 1,000 French • troops into Madrid. On their arrival, twelve days ago, the pebple, ignorant of the party which these French troops came to support, immediately rose upon them • but being unprepared, and' not suffi ciently armed, they were obliged to give way : the French at Malaga stating the loss, on the side of the Spaniards, at 3000; their own at 36 only. The • Spaniards stated the loss to hive 'been considerable on both sides,but confess that the French bad got the better. On • the French saying that it was his • Royal Highness the Prince of ASTURIAS they went , to support, tranquillity 'was restored. The PRINCE of PEACE was naturally expeaed to fall. The number of French troops in Spain amounted. • to ninety thousand; six thousand were expe&ed at Malaga ; and French troops were to garrison all the Spanish Ports, while the Spanish troops- wereaent to garrison Portuguese Ports. On his arrival at Al- • • gesitas he had heard those accounts nearly confirm ed. There were several reports about the fate of the Prince of Peace,' all contradictory. Wheat has been sold at 95 rs. vo. -per fanegue, at AlgesinTs; and it was very scarce in all the provinces having applied for •permission to come to Gibraltar by land 'br, water, be was refused. being sent to solicit a proteaion for his Vessel, which he left at Malaga, where they sold.their cargo of wheat, and having orders to cotne,to this putt (from whence their Vessel sailed some months ago for Sicily), in order to purchase cochineal; indigo, calee, &c. he went on board one of the Vessels in ' the bay of Algesiras, and in her boat came over., It Nrail publicly mentioned in Spain, that the French Were 'coming to attack Gibraltar, and that the asser . 'lion received credit, from the French having entered Madrid, which they said wns not the road to Por , ingal. Independent of every letter from Madrid which lie had herd read, mentioning, the entrance of the French troops, he had seen one-of his countrymen, who had left Madrid after their arrival, in conse- I quence of the disturbance, at which he was present. There are 1200 prisoners and malefaaors at Ma i 78ga, who were making rejoicings at the expeaed 'approach, Of the french troops . ; that they all ex k)efted to be Set It liberty. ANOTHER tETTER, SAE4II DATIL 13y a smuggler who came in this morning from • .*tilgesiras, I am informed of the following circtun- - • stances, the particulars of which he picked up in his 91:Alley from a small town od the other side of Sierra Morena. e• "After the Prince of ASTLYRIA'3 had hem) set at %iberty, the PRINCE of Pence called on his Royal righness to make his 'apology for not liairiog paid i s respe&s on the. Prince's Saint's day .(the same as • birth-clay with us) 1, he was very coldly received, by ti he Prioce, who Scareelyreturned his salute; and a Lord in Waiting, 'who, ..it . seems, was a Grandee of 'Spain, on - Gopov's expressing something like 'dissa- • tisfa6.tion thereat, called him a hypocritical scouts- • Orel:, asked him., how ire could dare to pt'esent Lltxteelf before the Prince Of Spain, aftertheintinnetts heart. he had ailed,. in conveyleg the "Papers which were the .canse of his Royal Highness's arrest into Ili 4 closet; accused him at ingratitud e to the Ro y al ' P att y, which had raised hint from the dust , in re .' turnfor Which he was aiming at dethroning his So - Ivereign--as a prelinlinary step tower& it, he was )endeavooriag to divide the family by dissentients . ; Maid he was a traitor toltis country, a villain unfit to live,==:-that to rid the ~ iorld of such 'a monster were . it Ateritdrioes aetion ; whereupon he drew his sword, ittsaelted the Prince of lieace, and wounded him twice, before the guard 'could get' in to 'prevent his being dispatched. . ' The"day folloWing Ibis adventure, the Prince . itt . PeaCe Was arrested, and a Commission issued to • investigate the,tircuntstances here detailed; and it 'was publicly said at Madrid', Out iii case the ad of 'conveying the papers into the Prince'a•daset shoUld be Pren'ed leftist Gatte . r . , he would be - treated with the greatest rigour. ' , The Prince of AsTuttfAs is declared Geperatisi tint° of the SpattMi Forces, stnd a French guard of iO,OOO Men had entered Madrid to defend his. per:- . ton. A gentrat `insuaTeCliou is enter:ter}, atet the forces which Were on their march feoni, Catalonia; rind our neighbourhood, to the froritiers of Portugal; have - received orders to proceed by forced:marches to Madrid; their niunber is supposed 1.5,00() Melt. " The man who furnished me with this infortuaticie . appears to be a very intelligent person ; and tie ac counts very satisfaabrily for his being so toinote., by . _Saying, that,some Madrid carriers, 'his countrymen, with whom ,he travelled seven clays, used to be constantly talking over the Madrid ue*S; and form ing their conjectures as to the result of the exi s ting 4itterentes between the heads. He further states, • that it was whispered about Madrid, that the French Minister had been heart! to say, the King was not 'qual to govern his people, and that a more capable person Hltliot be found. . . . " From Almeria to this place, there was not a single soldier on the coast, excepting in the forts, one regiment at Malaga, and a few veteran troops us the neighbourhood. A circumstance, apparently trifling in itself, serves to stamp tips man's relation with every appearaAce of truth. Gets. REDING, who commands at Malaga, suddenly changed his mea sures veral- who were under confinement, and affe&ed to treat them with kindness, as well as the peopls of Malnga. - The General has hitherto been a staunch r avtizan of the - Prince of Peace, and froth his pre . sent line of condutt (which I learn from another channel), 1 am much inclined to think that he is Ifitthleavonrim to make himself a patron in the oppo site faelion." . . OTHER ACCOUNTS. • GIBRALTAR ' Nov. 22.-- -About (IV: i ill) of No ., vtniber t 1,000 French troops entered Madrid. The rthe upon then, but being unprepared,. vpulsed, losing 'three thotAand men. The then gave , out they cattle to suppOrt the Rrlnce of Ast•t*srss, o* which tr:►nquiility' was TepaErs WeSC ri MCC 431 was seited, others-that be fled. A letter frob BUONAPARTR to the Prince Regent was pub. lished, saying he had been abused and betrayed ; that he was the only person fit to, govern the country that he would put 100,000 . troops tinder his com- , _ mated, &c: The Prince of Asturias is Generalis simo, Don CARLOS, Grand . Admiral, all the Prince of Peace's friends are removed -from command, , Dais SOLANA recalled from Cadiz, -and the Chiet Engi neer sent to Madrid in arrest. , The French are to occupy all the Spanish Ports, and the Spaniards are' to be sent into Portugal. Nov. 20.—.The'Spaniards still continue to cut oil' all communication with this garrison in the most ri gid manner by land, but we have frequent commu nication with-Spain by, sea in spite of all their pie cautions. All our intelligence from Spain mentions the siege of this place being determined upon, and that a large French army is on its march for: that purpose. The-Spaniards have, however, made 'no preparations in this neighbourhood that indicate hostility.- On the 13th the Niger Frigate arrived from Malta. She brought the accounts of the evacuation of Egypt by Our Troops, and of their having arrived at Mes sina on the , tEtth ult. The Turk s gave up all our prisoners previous to our leaving the country. The army at Messina were under orders to be - in readiness to march at the shortest notice. .The sick were all embarked alotiff with the heavy-baggage, and no Officer was to be permitted to carry more than 24 pounds weight of baggage along with hiin. The utmost .secrecy is observed respeaing the cause of these preparations. PROCLAMATIoN. "'GIBRALTAR, OCT. 12, 1807. ". In future, all letters, which are intended to be sent from this Garrison to Spain, either by land or water, are to be first brought to the Secretary's Office, for examination, during office hours ; and any person who shall, after this warning, be dete6t ed in attempting to send, or convey, any letter to Spain, that shall not have been previously brought to the Secretary's Office, will be considered as a Spy, who is holding a correspondence with the Enemy, and punished accordingly. " All Letters also that are brought to the Gar.: rison from Spain, either by land or water, are .to be sent to the Secretary's Office for examination, previous to their being delivered ; and the Pta tique Master is hereby direfted to warn the pa trons and Crews of all VessOs or Boats that inay arrive here from any Port of Spain, that tithey shall attempt to deliver any Letters thov may Wit% for this Garrison,. without their berhg- ticit bent to the Secretary's °Eike for x imination, they w ill be . considered 43 Spies, and treated accord ' All letters interided to be sent to Tetuan, or Tangiers, or any.. part of Barbary; or that m.iy be brought front thence, are in like manner to be brought to the Secretary's Office lot examination. By 'comMand, R. WIt:QIIT, A. Secritury." CITY ELECTIOA'S. SL'CO>iD LAI% VARRINGDON wiTimuT. The roil closed at four o'clocli, and the numbers were as ibllow . : • Me ss rs. E. Quin -. 285 Messrs. T. Harper 227 R. Herring . 2&7 A. Young - 126 -26 L R. Brewer -22 t R ."Waithman 25.4 W. Griffiths 2sti Sirl itranictiinb 246 • I. iirewci• - 24 Nicliots 2.41 1. Newman - 199 --Dawson • 237 T. ite..e.ve sists W. ReeVeS 237: *lames Ciook Is 4 W. Wright - 22§ 'CUIU)WAINERS' WARD. At the close of the PoII, the naillbeTS itood 1s fol- Mess) s. I.laricsood - ti Nlcsi'rs, S tN io ia l t ie: o s: , -.. 6 5 0 4 Bowe - li,:i >'• I liLks . . 6c Ketuble - $:. Sitmli , - ^ts Tvirtyletn.in• -r . : Treithey 6e, • IN I uue's . ' 47 Abbey . - 6 S "ICUs, -4; _. , CRIPPLEGATE WI I.llOtlT. . At thetlose of the. Poll, the iminhers were-4.- , Dit es srs..Dixon - ts.; Messrs. G. hiown . 132 Dully - Jut W, itrown - 13 Da.:re - is 4 . *Alf. G %%Ver . - 4 DISHOPSGATE' WARD, The 'Poll closed at four. Mcssrs.iGeurgeGlLxic '54 McS5rS.l3. Knight ... - "6 9 (olin Due*ll 124. --..- "Gough. . 63 A. Winans lis V. Fricke( - 54 SirW. Rawlins la 3 . 1 1 1'. Gould - 64 S. „ INa,'" , - 103, G . Lades - si n. 1.13.ret • I.* 4 1'.'ru),ntler -s , ) D. GreenawAy 9 6 "I). Stnith - 3i A, V.ws . , 5 WAI.IIROOK WAlt h. ..- the uumbeis at the close of the P,oll. were . de clared as 'follow*: , , . , . . . m oors . W. Pcilicc -99 Messrs. T. hlargary .. . 2 1 . - T. Willtains -9. t , ' C. Als".l,ger .-- 7 1 T. Bell • a 9 *R, Asia* . 7S T; Walt - ' B 4 - .1. Wilitcr.- ,, ' . 44 S.:l - oultnin - tit 1 .4. I'. Sills - 0 The Poll finally 'closed, and the eight former Gn.. tlentan were duly elected. . , CANtMEWICK WARD. At the close of the Pull the utitribers were As fol lOwt Messrs. Deputy Welch •7: Messrs. Platt • -62 tA4rs4on . .7t • Palmer 6: • Walter - : 72 • tiumPiebY - 4 8 Gale 70 . *Kirby - - 45 Fossick • eGroombridge - ___CASTLE BAYNARD WARD. Messrs. Griffiths - - r 4.; — liiessrs.*Vititon . . 125 . Howoll - - 1 4 2 Slade 4,-. . 124 Box 141 FarfallCC ••• - 109 _ Treacher - 1 . ; *Pownell - -27 sHurlock - - 137 *Welch - - is 9 Those marked thus * are new Candid2tes. . • HATTON, the Performer, who played at the Hay market Theatre the season before last,- died in America,' about six weeks since, of the yellow fever. He had made a very good engagemeut in South Carolina, and was making a rapid tOrtune.r— Besides a bottle well furnished, be has' left .i?,440 Mr. FF:ac;trsoN, against whom Lord ELGIN hIIS got a vt.'roict of 1 O • QUO.i. dalllagC3, is hc.r to estates worth 17,0..w1. ri year.. Pr .02 40.4 JC'A fl y 1 'I-C.-2'Z. Mts. Wilt.tAits's Annual Ball for 'the young Ladies of her Seminary was held on Wedimsday :last; it was m 3 it numerously attended by her friends, 'and the parents of the scholars : upwards of forty juvenile couple joinod in the dance, And evinced great improvement in that graCeful part of their . •.; The great crincourse of naval and military 'Officers Stationed* here will afford the proprietorS of lodging . houses, and the public places of resort, a good win ter season. Russ'et,'S balls at the Royal Hotel, and HARVRY'S card asseniblies, continue well attended. A WeeklySubseription Concert is also set on foot by the Officers of the German Legion, who DOW take the lead .in promoting all our fashionable 'amusements. • The Performances 'at our Theatre on Saturday evening were patronized by them ; they consisted of The Honey .4loon, and the Pantomime of Perouse. The House was crowded; and the Per- . formers acquitted themselves with increased satis fat9ion to a very genteel audience. It has been a pleasing rel*Etik that during the late gales we' have experienced no shipwreeks on this part of the coast ; but we are sorry to state, that three seamen, PkTErt Bcsn, Wm. BOOK, and WM. BARRETT, were last week diawded, by being upset in, an open boat, by carrying a press of sail, in endeavouring to reach their called the Mary, Capt. TIBBS, of this port.--Wm. BARRETT has left. a wife and child to'deplore . his loss. Notwithstaii.liug we haVe lately experienced some very severe frosts, it is extraordinary : to relate, that in the garden of Wyke Cottage, belonging to Mr. BICH iftDSON.; Merchant, of this town, two apple trees, have been in tine blossom, in succeSsion, during the present mon REL".I A'Dr :DUBLIN, Dsc.. f 7.--Un .the night of Saturday last, between the hours. of, nine ,and ten o'clock, the sentry at the gals of, the ,General Hospital, in the town of Belfast, was atkacked tl seven or eight ruthans, by ,first throwing stony ? at him, and then rushing upon him and throwin ,, him down; one, of them attempted to wrench theb4onet otf his tire lock, swearing, at the smne , time, he would have his life. , On the sentry's. calling for help, a man came out of the Hospital, which alarmed the-vil lains, who made off.. The . sentry,. who was very much injurtxl, is now in the Hospital. We have not learned that any of the gang have been appre hended. ,DUBLIN, DEt. Ig.t-- , -On Wednesday morning, two companies of the Royal - Artillery fprided ,at the Pigeon-botise, from ; Woolwich: One commanded by Captain FLEMING, rethains. to corm part of this garrison, the other proceeds to Cork, to'replace the detaehment of that corps gone on the Expedition under Sir SIoNLy SMITH. • • t. Lim itirrox, DLI: 16.—0 n Saturday last, AI.ITHLIR MoottE, Esq. his Majesty's First •Serjeant at 4w, who has been sent down-by Government •to inveSti gate tire situation of this county, and tire county of Tipperary, set out for Palate green and 'EtnlY, 'loornpanied by SirunEsr Dicxso:4, Esq.. and .rrir StinizTr-t4 J rn r prm-ceded to Chrome!, the latter returned rot ie.cily. Last night SiEPtMN Son, Esq. High STioriti: o f this,sounty, attended by six dragoons, proceeder/10414 A ot st a, irnd Cherrygrove, and having vistrirtflin t i houses in that dii - e:tion, fie apprehendod and lotted this 'twining in the gaol of this comity, Michael Shanahani jun. and ,inches Webb, both of Tullavir, charged on oath with having been leaders of the gangs Aklur robbed bonseS of arms -and committed several other outrages in that vicinity. We are hap-. py to find that the tonntry is at present so tramp:id, that the snlallest party is soli:wit-twin give ettt try! t h e laws, even in those partiof the comity that were most. disturbed. 01 Monday n:glitafire broke out et the house of Mrs. .M'Coy, in White iliert-lane„ Tottenham, tvhic !t w.is attended by very arfeeting circumstances. 'Mrs. M'Coy kept a seminary ter yoinig. Ladies, and had eiaie to town for rhe purpose of accompanying sunti of them tO.their .parents till after the holidays. 'the servults., aware of her intention to stop in town all night, availed themselves of her absence to have a pally,of friends. The nursery-maid put to bed ; a:; • usual, Mrs. l\POpy's two children (ono about • five, and the other seven years of :Igc) and in her hurry to join her party below She left burn ling by titer .bed-Side a candle, which !non set fire to thb bed-curtains. When the cries of the suffering children were heard, it W'3:3 too int': to) afford them any relief, and they. perished. The lionse and premises :ntljoiningere burnt to the ground. Mrs.- fOr some years past, has . been one continued scram of reisfOrtunt and distress. A`lew..years ago her linsband tidied in business as a merchant, and, with a view to recover his fortune, went ahroadrand took with hint his two elder senc The Ship in which they took their passage foiindee ed,.and they, as well awmany others, met an uti timely deaik hlr. M'Coy's creditor's, affeaed by the circumstance, presented his widow with the free hold bonsai!) which she, lived, at Tottenhatn. She immediately touverted h. into a seminary, in order to support her two remaining infants, and was just begitining to feel some abatement of her. affliction; when' this new and heavy calamity betel her. ' ; Monday kennight, a soldier,. named Jackson, be longing to the Royal Artillery, was crushed to death between two . waggons, near MiddloVich, in Cheshire: He had got a ~ furlough frotn his regi ment at Chathani, and was returning with his bro ther to see his relatives at 'Marvin, near the city of Chester. CORN EXCHANGE, Dac. 23.—The supply of Wheat for to 7 day's Market is very short, and the sales made are nearly at last.prices ; Barley in good supply and goes off readily; Malt keeps its price, flue new about 80%. per quarter ; Beans, of the two sorts, are rather cheaper ; the supplies of oats are short, and this trade is, at farther advance ; Flour as our last, flue American 40s. to 43i, per barrel. Wheat ;as& 6z* a 7ss .. od Tick 13eans - szs asg acid Finn ditto - 7is a Ids at! , Orts -33 s a 31‘s 3 .42* ad RyN). - . 46s is 52 04 POl3riti ftittO 43$ a 4411 ott BarleY • • 4oi a 4is or! 1 Patatue - - ea a--s ad Nlait - . bos a 7os o 4 f Raw St t-i -, 2 , 4 a 261 ad While Pose tsos a i6os od finc Roar sit, a 6elts td c; re-', -dim .. 64$ a dos ad SecOtris . - sos a;§s CI liCi,l4 (Oid) s6s a 6ts• od COURT OF TUE 'SliEltll4 OF MIDD!." ..EARL OP ELGIN V. FERCUSQN. Mr. GA AROW, in AdtirCollg the Jury in this case described it as , one of the most melancholy of Opt kind which lied ever come before a: Jttry. The Plaintiff W 34 the heir and representative of an an , cient and honourable family, equally distiteetrislied fur its virtues' as fur its other qualities. In March ee t i he married a Lady, then 21 years of age, there being no disparity between them. • The marriage met with the entire approbation 'of the Lady's friends,• and every thing promised the' utmost do= tuestic felicity. So much was the Plaintiff inclined, by.every means in his power, to promote this d 6. eirable object, and so much was hesutached to do mestic felicity, that he offered to abandon a diplo= !vatic situation of high trust and confidence, and to, ' remain et home, for its more complete and eninter ' rupted attainment. This-was resisted on -fife part of his Lady and her friends. The Plaintiff and hip Lady accordingly' went to Constantinople, Where they spent three years, during which time they Were an 'example to all arounct , them, not only domestic felicity, but of every thing that was amia ble and praise-worthy, and served, in fad, as patterns of what an English family might be sup • posed to ~be in the best of times. While other Women of fashion'indulged in card parties and mu sic parties on a Sunday, the Plaintiff and his Lady had divine service performed by their Chaplain; and,. as children of the marriage' were produced, they toand all that they sought for.of happiness.--- After a residence of three years at , Constantinople, having then twe children, they sent them home by Italy, and themselves went to France, where, in breach of all thorights of hospitality, not only every private individual, 'but even this Representative of his Majesty, was placed in a stew of imprisonment.. The Defendant, Mr. Ferguson, was one, of the sub jeaS of this country who, were deprived of their liberty in this manner, and; like every ether Gen- Ileum of rank or respedability in this unfortunate situation, was well reeeiVed'by the Earl of Elgin, who melted him with .the more attention from the circumstance of his being a sop of a • near neigh bour 'and friend. The, Plaintiff being obliged to 'remove to Bareges on account of bad ' health, his Lady remained behind him at. Paris, where site con cluded herself in the most meritorious menner,..and : .,bestowed unceasing exertions to procure her hus band's liberty, to Which effed she procured the promise of Talleyrand, that he should be ex changed for 'General Bowyer.' . Xn March, 1804, another - child was born to the Plaintiff and his wife, to which she WAS herielf the nurse, and their happiness, , seemed even to hate experienced an increase. The Defendant, about this time oh. tainid his, passport to return into his Own . country,. 'and the Plainti ff , seeing little pro:Teti of being speedily' liberated, whip; he bed important busi ;toss ,to arrange at home, both 9f a public and private nature, entrusted the Defendant, as eonti .dential agent, to manage it ter. him ; begging of him eveo to becomethe guardian of his chiLiren..,— Sorne time after„ this' t a rdy Elgin being again preg nant, and in anffl state of health, it became an itu• ,perious duty in the Plaintiff to erideavour le procure a passport tie. her, which war at length etTeaed,. apd hild returned to this country. Instead of going to the house of .her respeelo.: father, site retired to tt house Baker-street, where it appeared she had, beee visited, by:the Defendant, whn easily procured atce , -; to her as the confideetial trued of her i n s•. bind, and as one who seemed •to interest himself nitrate in his athirs. • .Itidineot hail been suffered by the Det>ndlitt to go by dentine. ..It` was, there , t!Se ;v:sh of the Learncil Cotioso to repress, not to indulge, in anituadver , iions on the, clistko,,;uishing feJture, He Was; far trout wishing t o wound the feelings of ,the la,ly had unfor titmitely Awerved: Iron) her triety ; still ut,,re avenle W:0: he Trout the tuost &sont iikia of :,tul t;g t o the affli,Thoos of tier worthy parents; and so far ea the Delendaet himself was concerned, be did not wish even to age,ravate , his punishment, and,. feelings. Justice to the Plaintiff, however, compelled lam to state his case. . . Th e Dot - cud:nit, as the intimate friend of the "Plain - tilt had "gained easy aeaeis to the 'presence of hIS wife. Under pretence of having been sornetimes with Mr. Nos, sometimes with Lord Gromille, „tt ith Sir Joseph. Banks, .)r. other en - intent and lite rary men, who. were supposed to hate influence with the First Consul of France, with all of whoa) • he Was concerting measures for the liberation of her husband, the Defendant was received by the Plain tiff's wile it, a manner different from the receetipir . which was to have been expected by any other per son and be had . availed h:rnsell of this favour e d aitun:ioti,to gain possession of her atfleaines and of, her persop. To prove the great affection iti ‘. which the Plaintiff was held by his wife, previons. to her. Twitting France; and also on her arrival in England, the Learned Counsel prOceededto read a great Many ,letters from her to the Plaintiff, expressive of 'her ieterinination to bear any hardships with fortitude; if he was to partake in them, and assuring him that her chief anxiety consisted in his stfety. For the change in her sentiments, though the plaintiff was then ignorant of- the extent of the injury he had sustained, or the person by whom it had been oecw,ioned, the Learned Counsel referred to a letter from the Countess of Elgin to her husband, shortly after. she had .taken up her residenCe in Ea , ker-street, in which she expresses herself in a stile very different from that she had been accustomed to use. • The Plaintiff having procured his liberation, and arrived in this country, after bestowing a fort night in settling his public and priVate concerns in London, went .to Scotland, where his Lady was then residig. Shortly after his arrival a letter was put into his hand, put up and sealed in a vulgar manner, with the address, apparently in the hand-writing of an illiterate woman..--s,` Mi . Lady Elgin." In break=‘ ing open the envelope, the seal of the inclosute also gave way, and on looking into the letter the Plaintiff found it to come from the Defendant, and to be con ceived in such impassioned terms as, clearly to de. monstrate, if a criminal intercourse had not already taken place, that at least great advances had been made towards it. The terms of the letter were such, the,Learned Counsel canceived, as clearly to shew, with all the passion that hur it through, that the De fendant was well aware that the chataaer of the per ton with wbonk he had 'to at was One into whom. the boat prin6ptes bad bow instilled, tmd. with