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i ,LISBON PAPERS I IXTIIACT OP AN OPIICIAL DISPATCH PROM be __. ' . RAT. THE MARQUISMARQUIS or WEI.I..INGT , 9 i, W s ~; , i'.lll_ READ-4IIIARTERi; PRE&ADA, DEC. 9, TO 1 r, P11,1 - DONCtLEENCY''NI.IGUEL PEREIRA POR.T i A2:.• - It+f, " Nothin g of importance has, occurr e d ince I : ransmitted to your Excellency:nay official dispatch 'the 2d inst. "SOine of 'Marshal Sout.r's ; troops rived in the valley of the Tagrts,. on , tAle'3d i.o• tit. At the end of last niorith, the .sPanish 'troopti .e still in Madrid."— . (LiSbOn : :Oozette, /?4c..17 . •) ' l ' l6 N, DEc. I.l.L.The 'troops bave..conieton-• .ably lato, the interior, .for their bette ; Gene ra refit ' a ' 1,, „,' ' • ' tion , spmetOwar-s rto„others in : t1.10311 cc jathra rfilf.t.''s division i-tt, Curit l ;" - 1 st division., und er S 1 EWART,.IIt. Vie,ll; millit ,nrd Wr.u.tNoTox goes to 'llatialjoz, i frtinl . ', it is supposed, he' will proceed to Cadiz. rat Htta, is the next'in command, and his t at Coria is an excellent oue for that por ing adsvabeed sufficiently, and very central. hand 20th regiments'have received their the sth and 7th divisions, and leave Lis ly to join. . 114 °. 16 . —Lord WELLING•rozst was: to It.. La!lajoz yesterday, Seville to-dAy, Z on the 18th. Idently said CraraßELm has marched with 4000 cavalry and 10,000 in , EC. 26.—We have not a word of ty is disperse 4 throughout the king the 'raga s and the Douro, 'refitting; id -quarters ' are .at Coimbrl. —The 'Qtt, And the remainder iot - Lbtitt:' Staff are at Oporto, trottvitNfet4, 'eetl t o. Lisbon ; .this cireutiultfifice ' 1 ie w e shall have the high grati-- i seein g eittr Hero in this capital: 't we had a great gale of wind part of , the vessels in the river en Or eight Americans were and on the coast. MI Ua,, it, and the Prince Erne.44.hore.e y. The total damagel il!',C*6.7 , . . ..,--Aceortling to inielligenet, . the 3d, '2l ,000,i n f at itry',and Itered _Madrid, and suddenly tines of. bread, , from si.'s ., to 6,000 infantry, 'ld from th.e.port of Pico to by Poreno :10 or 12,00 0 i• Cadalso— h we are informed, that Ildrid, having some di neiglibourhood ; other Villatavas and various 1. Toledo, having :left of llfontalvth4 '414 iSed the 21 4nd 3d those denotiinated 1 units, the positions Pf the Tagus are as lalavera, Cevella„ .I() ziiles, Torrejoz, a. . . Tat TAmßoussoti tot ready.; A il] ,' 0, or' DEC. tlY2klt 1 4.Talmieraldp - i toyed in' ofili:.i' if 26,000,000 latirid, Thi lately moved i have. ford ding all its root) fOr a 26, it ap art many the great the 3d oily had whole 10, iflr. i• .e ) ; - 1 -! ' ..! 'l . a . jft i rtilli7; 'll4r bat. at.: to -.; a ik)lfft`(! :previous to arriving at Badajoz, was que on account of the heavy rains, him whencel)c .set out on the same day, the 2064 on which he entered Badajo z By what we bay e heard, his Ex. cellency would reach Cadiz, on the 24th: . . _ It appeirs. that King JOSEPH has returned to Madrid; SOULT established his head-quarters in Toledo, and the cavalry their's in - Mon and its neighbourhood. 'The French `have 'abandoned Ledesma , find POnbevancla, setting fire (as is said) to the . twO• last towns. In Salanianca there are about 6000 Frencb. . • The French, who occupied Valdepenhas, have retired towards Valencia; and the Fourth Army has againtaken post at Infante's; lt is mention— ed, hut vaguely, that the Vandals have once ulure evacuated Madrid, and likewise marched . towards Valencia; it is believed, 'by many, that, they did this on account of the want of provisions. CORUNNA PAPERS. CORUNNA, DEC. N. —Nothing .can be said, with certainty, either of the army of the, enemy . or the Allied Army ; they both preserve their po sitions; .the former hoWever, is only emplOyed in making excursions to procure provisions, though a report has been current, that they arc taking the direction of Asturias, it is not certain. . The French arc obliged to employ a great num ber of troops in their foraging parties, and send considerable reinforcements . wherever • they wish to maintain a point * sithout , which they , would infallibly be cut off. • . SANTIAGO, DEC. was not true that the ,French had approached Leon and Astorga. From both these places the last mail brought letters of a very recent date. This report originated .in•. the threat of the . , enemy to proceed to Leon, and thence to. Asturias,--a design which, ac cording to confidential , advises; they have . de ' silted from and jell' back upon Tor*, which shews that they felt considerable anxiety with rc spect to the movements Of . Lord Wri.t.ixo'roN, it was not certain whether he would not advance . upon Salamanca, as was asserted. The greater. Part of our troops of the Gth army have 'already arrived' at Puebla de Sanabria find its neighbour,- hood, and stragglers are continually joining, so that it appears that the loss was not so great us it ‘vas thought, and as the violent rain and heavy darkness of thoSe days made us suppose. The Fourth Army is adVancing upon the Tagus, • _threatening to fall: by Cuenca upon Valencia. — Lord WeLLitle.Tbx had his !lead-quarters, on the 30th, in Frenecla, and Gen. HILL in Robleda. MAnitin, N*Mr24l---The intrusive King still remains at Salamanea, but he appears• to he in motion. At Fuentes de Ann, three leagues from this ca pital, it is said that the enetny are making vinegar for the use of the .4riny of-the intrusive King. PUEBLA DE SANABRIA, DEC. 16.—8 y adviees that may be relied on, we learn that the first French troops, who, to ihe number of. 1500, were in Benevente, with a General at their head, have marched for Zamora, taking with them the tattle they brought, from the vicinity of Sala manca. They did not molest the inhabitants, and took great care to preent the soldiers from strag thug, that they might not be assassinated. In Cllellell there, gre about 14,000 French.-- J • Arragon is almost 'entirely evacuated, since they have withdrawn the glittions of Calataya, Ar mania, Darout, Tarazona, and others. , Clencral•Etto, on the 'l7th of November, was at Albacete. The head-quartcis are 4th army !Twined in Infantes at the beginning of : the•nresent month. The expedition for Aliennt, it appears, has i ly_ marcbed for Valencia , where, • Suenx.r,i after, having de:,troyed the, principal foi•tificationF, hai scarcely left 8000 men in both infantry kW .ca valry.--(So»ze Nper.) „ . Yetterday was holden, at London House, a meeting of the General Committee of the Na , tional Society for the Education of the Poor present—, • The Arelihitihop of Canterbury in the Chair; the of Shaftesbury; 'Bishop of London, Noiwich, and Cotriihie Adadrut Lord Itadstock ;. Archleiciin • Corahridge ; Rev. Dr. Watson, Rev. 11. 11. Nor! is, Rev. Mr. ',Won t V. Batton, Quarles I.l4lris, G. W. Marriott, .lostion Walig l ), Jui.Tritu mer, licv. T..Wollosiey, Secretary. Yesterday hei• M.oc3i'y and the Princesses Atr ,GUSTA and I\lAitv arrived at the Queen's nilace, abotit half-past. one o'clock. Soon after two bee-clock, the Prince : Regent's carriage took them 'to Carlton-House, where they ,wcre received by 'the Paiwcz and the Dukes ,of CL4itEN - og and CUNI/SERI.AND: About three &Clock. they went to visit the Duchess of I,KIJrrSWICK, and in the eve!). fag theyrclinct with the P I tINCE REGENT and a select party. • Yesterday, soon after' two O'ciock,.the Princess. .CitAlttoTyri? of WAI.ES arrived at IVarwick-bouse frotn . Windsor. 'the' evening, she wet the QUEEN at dinner with her -Royal Father at Carl ton-House. lier Royal Highness is e xpected to dine with-the Princess of WALES `at K4usinguin Palace, this day,-.to celebrate her birth -day. Five of the ribters were capitally convlctecl, tin I . Tnesday, at York, one Of Whom was recommended 'tol mercy', The Periona charged with, the murder of Mr. ;LIU T. 4 ,.% V.in. trhPti ites terday. FRENtit PAIsE RS. The Atoolteur of the 31st of December contains the following notes on an article which appeared in an Eigii,h Paiier, stating that the French were nin to evacuMe Spain, and be confined to k.•ance, and that I.(rti Walpole , had arrived at ~Cricnna. (I,)' Far from evacuating:Spain, fresh troops are Marching thitheri. Our . armies have rendered all-your efforts vain; and your country and your treasure are exhansted . hohis 'contest, dispropor tionale to your population, and the wants of your establishments in ASia and America. Spain be longs 'to the French dynasty no human effort can prevent (2.) " Even, Holland, Runic,. Tukeany, Pied mont, Belgium, the county of Nice." That would be fine ! But why so much moderation ? Wiky stop inso fine a career? Why.not take advantage of the moment, and divide France l.Bseheve me, that should you even collect, in a Corps de Nation, those twenty or twenty-five millions otmen, who are so near you, ,you will run danger. . Separate them : again make a Duke of Burgundy,. a Wire of Aqui taine, a Duke of Normandy, a Duke of Britanny ; then only you will have security!! you remem ber the tine times - of Charles le Temeraire, and those of the House of Montfort ? That would be very fine, would it not ? But whilst yon , dream of these wonders, Ireland separates herself froui you ;, your country is revolutionized the . Continent is already without dependence upon your Administra tion; even Russia, • at present so dear, will not have your manufactured merchandize. (3.) Fortunately fin. the Continerit, ',France and Austria are inseparable it wa tire :alliance of 1156 which created the marine that delivered America. Lord . Walpole, is no longer'at Vienna : he was not listened to. No Continentat power will separate itself from France';' be: deaf to your intrigues. Besides, •fortr millions of Frenchmen fear nothing. Woe to you if any weak Cabinet hearkens to your councilssl- 7 -You 'wilt still be the cause of increasing the force of France ; femur hundred thousand men are actually on foot in the interior of France,without reckon the armies in Spain and the Grand Many, No fresh assistance of men or money' is necessary to France; but if Only were-it the destinies. of the empire were menaced-- . -know that 300,000 men, and 300 are every . year forthcoming. — It Will neither cost the nation men tun. money to support its Consideration, anti' the genetal safety of the eMpire; of Italy, and the . Confederation of 'the Rhine. • 0.) Look 'at' the 'state of your affairs ; they exclaim. to, : you-,--moderation, moderation,' mode ration . • Panis - , r j,iN. I .—To-day his Majesty the Em peror, • after. having as usual receiver: . 'the felicita tmonspf the Imperial Family, returned to time grand hall of., the throne : the Princ , s, Grand . Digni taries,' &C. having presented t:, it homage, the Grandi',Master. of the Ceremanii_:: . 11'.1ving taken his Majesty's orders, introduced ail the officers of itiA Majesty's household. (Here forlOws a long list of the differ,:nt persons presented.) • rß,Nr:Powri •Generals Fabre Latnbert have passed through ..this , city -from the army. On the same day two couriers ad. the sa m e. , o ne of whom was going to time 'army, and time other proceeding (vomit to Paris. • - CARLSIII/E, DEC. 23.---Twelve thousand in fantry, and a train of artillery, set out this morn ing for the Grand Army, Where they are going to reinforce the. contingent of the Grand Duchy. PARIS, Dsc. 30.—Lord Paget, General Com mandant ssf the Ist division of the English army in Spelii, on the 17th of December passed through Mont deMarSan. WA DEc. 19.—The Duke of Bassano left this place:this morning to .proeced to Berlin ; be passed live days here, and had several cOnferences with the siinisters at Prince POniatowski's,house. They were not wholly occupied . with the recruit ing of the army; the, basis had already been fixed, and 30,000 Men arrived within our wallsi it has been,decreed tweall to the defence of the country, all time Nobility,,, which will .tarnish more than • 20,000 ; good cavalry. Count -LauriSttin passed some days' here; lie has just set off. .BEatax,,DEC. /B.—Count Narbohne, Aide-de- Campto the Emperor of the French, has had the honour of dining with his Majesty the King. Be: Liss had several conferences with the Grand Chancellor, Count Hardenberg. • • NU RE:44E4IG, DEC. 26.--,The General of Divi sion Count Grenier, arrived here the day before yesterday with his head'-quarters: FRAN KFoAri., 28.—Yesterday there .passed hertsa.great ,nmummbcr of officers sff, his Maiesty'9 homm,:iehold, and . petsonsbelongingito the, Puke of :.Ilassarro, coming from the anti procdeding toTaris. 14..x.celiency is momentarily ekp'e' eted.. - [The 1111.4itenr, of time 31st of peel:Wier, con tains letters to' the Emperor from time officers and soldiers of the sth, - 69th, and 70th ealnno, .(inestipg mtniision to join time Grand'Arnmy.) . fra-marrow t 4 Dividends tire to be paid itt the RAnk, and on Thursday ,next the Lottery will 6e A must daring burglary was lately comMitted in thc.parish of , Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; about threr o'clock, in the morning preceding Christmas Day, two villains broke into the house of William Watson, an aged daiquiri') of property ; one of thenithaving a lanthoin in his hand, whilst the other, was standing to watchotttacked him in his bed, and threatened to blow his beakas out unless ggve tip all his - money ; the old Juan being mach affrighted, deliveied up his purse containing 241. IRO some silver : the villain then• snatched away his watch, and with violent 'menaces ex torted a confession from him where more property Nias CWlCC:ded , threatening death if he mOved front his bed;, but whilst the villain, was breaking open a botch in an upper room, Watson math! his es cape through a back door, and alarming hi s neigh bours, the villains both made off without getting any further booty, except stealing a gun out of the house.—A man charged on suspicion of being 'concerned in the above burglary is now in custody, whilst means arc exerted with due vigilance for the discovery of are offeuders. GERMAN PAPERS • WA/ 'IW, Dr.c. 1. Report Aii r iftsed in the Kiri; o,t Saxpuy) by the Co -41. a a i• Suit•l4-f...4.0n..the approuch of eve OS Which were to havesqo4ive tlitlutuicts on the fate of your yolir illajcs;ty, considering in your t4e importance of so great, an epoch, deigned to give to the operations of the Govern-- spent of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw that celerity of executicin, Of which circumstances demonstrat., ed - the ucces,ity, Your Majesty judsed it expt dient to L :(-!l.o ! .(ts . aal extension to the. powet.of the Council of• *hasten. I?ive.monos, hare elapsed, Sire, daring which, the Coancd:otMinisters has exercist LI that maim- rity . witN, tfitit ctitinstea. them. It ‘vishes,. howeveit,, i 4,34lfirthatsciuty:which.your Alajcsty'i• confilhinaOkObses, by,presetaing to yon a sketch wiiiriCiPtiMSriibit in (It:raft/the - eSln;,s of the Go yerdui94xAmtlith.e meau3 with t it hai put in tic tivity, tiO*ll the"zeal•an4 pfttriotic sacriticei of the natibn,whrise hAppinesis is . the - copstapt object Of your Al.aje4ty'4.Care3. To `exhibit exactly the sitrtatiOn ef,'ilifairs, and to mrrk the commencement of the epoch cornpre }tended in this sketch, it be necessary to al. ladeto events which immediately preceded it. The Duchy of Warsaw, deprived, front' the com menCementof its existence, by the course of events, of. a vent for the produce of is • own . snil ; coin pelled,On the other hand, to: purchase for ready money the raw materials for manufactures ivhich this country does not - produce, was obliged to struggle incessantly' against pressing wants, by measures the inellicacy of which increased in pro. , portion to the diminution of private fOtiunes public finds. 'The extraordinary drought of the summer be fore last, kvii kb ruined the harvest, put the last hand to so many calamities. But notwithstanding this, the year;; which .elapsed between the Ist of June. 'I/Sit, ;anil the 31st 'of May, 1812, was not less . tliSiiingaij - shed by the 7 efforts made by the. Duebylofilliarsawto augment the armed force, anti execute fil''li t s;teasures-as prudence did not permit to negle'c ' t. • : The army 'was increased .by new 'depot compa nieS: and by companies of artillery attached to cacti regiment of infantry ; by the formation of a new battalion of artillery,..ontiot sarpers, and one of the train ; the,,horse-artiilery, one of sup.; pers, - and one of the train.the horse-artillery anti the company of artificers were : also reinforced.-- The sum of all, these reinforements amounted to 4,03 4,580 horses, The:leVykof4B3;;7B-1 conscripts raised the.. army' to itS'lliAW3P. l .,degree of compteteness. At the Coninienemelif of the war, it antoanted to 74,722 • men, ant/ 1 12485' horses, of which the country had' furniShia 10,876, by *way of contribution. In the aboVe number of men are not included the . conscripts destined to complete t!ts legion of the Vistula„. nor those furnished by the 'Duchy of Warsaw for the train-battalions at Warsaw and Dantzie, formed' at the expense of the French • • Ndministratitin. Ifinks, also furnished in all, -345 waggons of ! .every kind, with the requisite teams,. for ammo nition, 'for field forges, movable hospitals, the train of artillery, and field 'bakeries. The me , dicine chests far then' my and the fortresses were supplied with all the nec.esittry stores. Tb': purchase of arms and tools for the "tippers; the contraction anti . maiutlotice of numerous bridges on „the Visuals; various ,extraordinary war-expenveg,•Which it would he tedious 'to detail at Cost the Treasury considerable S I M"' ts • The furnished the French mili toy Adetiiifftil‘thin, at a., fixed price,: With 490 four-horse . waggons, and 1200 two-horse car riages: . The important fortress of - Alocnin .has been in a manner entirely rebuilt : entrenchments have been 'made at Thorn, Zamosc, and .Praha.' The • rapidly' executed works of these fortresses, as well as the magazines of ammunition and provi sions with which they have been supplied, have placed them in a situation to make the most vi gorous defenee,,,, • 'rhe troop's'. which have been inces-. sandy pokleatttl-Ani. , the Vistitla and in the vicinity of Warsento,t . were- provided with victuals ; anti when - 000eil• nil, had meal, forage, hraudy,' and fresh Inca, for 20. days consumps. tion. All the allied troops . which traversed the Duchy of Warsaw were also supplied with provi sions. The 7th and Bth corps of the Grand Army, which remained' there for two months, on their setting off, carried With them proviiions for 30 days. • YoilNO,' the actor, we are sorry.to 'tart!, Ilas been seriously ill tome circumstance to be regretted, not. only by the pubric but Imlay pViNiite friends,. by whom his‘charucter is deserved ly respected. .. • Mr. BETTY, having gratified most of the large tolyns through the' empire, is making a circuit through those of smaller note, tilt he resumes his engagement at Covent-Garden Theatre .at tke rate offifty pounds, a night and a clear bench! Miss 4P.41 - .4 - of Drury-lane Theatre, it is said, is abuticto'giVe her hand to Mr. Pnuirs, of the same pi tee, , loid Miss MELLON IS AISO to be led to the alto 45'r irMr.:MEntsoN, a military ()dicer. Some.,Lverses are in eirenkiition, - which are attributed to ',Aura Bit roN, They,.iire most severely bitter against Lord Ei.ni arld 40r „no reason, as far us we, - can learn, bat lie,tause that Nobletnaw has ,heeii most commendably ...instru mental in the removal of beautiful , remains of an cient sculpture, which world have been employ ed by . the Tiirlotas• inTt:rials lot 'mere . 6111411. y atr,ucturps . , or, left to he prey to the Prenclh But it i4ceniAltat the . Noble AV S 'ulte utka .also -bectinse Lortl i.t;i" distake4l. to belt these vatnat)NAelialics'Of noeient• art. Anil why should . he - not `e - hptter. 'dint' they Lliould be public liitio t *A !la r king in a private' cabinet ; and ktirtdUANf t Vit4 ii;nl a right to indeamitv himself for trieNtastetkpenee fittending the attain ment of what will eminently contribute to the ininroveinnt of British ‘tastt and ir eninq