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ceremony of the lik!SlllTeCtioll ;.rtild and Wert the meanest ornatnents ia - viOicdupon them v were entirely t'avreetkAtiili pearls, and o''-Terwise 'adorned with enteitalds; rubies, dia , mands, and precious %et/li_ of Sibier* In stnalier cabinets wt sat* onyx-OM/es wart/04 in cameo work; images of pfesus anti of the Virgin, •whici, were not less - than three inc'l4:i: and a half' in lenl,eth, and two in breadth. . ey she teed vessels of InaSSive S;.-c !pink to cont4tiVonsecrated oil, which is sent all over Russia•frOmlNliisCow, for the service of the Greek 41i:torches. :Siiteen Of these. vessels, of vt ry„considerable magnitude, each capable of containing from three to four gatfons, were pre sented by the Emperor Paul. . Paving'obtained the keys from the Secretary's office, we were admitted to see fatnousModel of the greinlio;aeCording to the plait for it erec tion under thit auspices of.die late Empi4ss. one of the most curious things in Moscow. If the work had been completed, it WoUlditarebeen the vvo,hier of the woad. The architect who Con structed the plan ti.7.s RusSian bad studied in Paris. The model cost fifty - thonsand - ronbles.- The expellee necessary for the accomplishment - of the tuniertttking, as the architect Cainporesi, who made the estimate, assured me, would haVe been fifty milliOns of roubles. The ealeillation laid lit- , fore the Empress stated the-amoune . only at twenty '[hemillions. , work was be 9n - ; hitt, it is said, • the falling in of part of ,the foundation deter mined the Empress' against its prosecution. • The plan was, to unite the whole Kremlin, hay , ing a circumference of two miles, into .one magni ficent palace. Its triangular forth, and the num • ber of churches it contains, .oliered som e. difficul ties ; but the model was rendered complete. Its fronts arc ornamented with ranges of beautiful according to different orderscof architec ture. Every part of it wits . finished in the most beautiful manner,--eVen to the fresco painting on' the ceilings, of the rnorns, and the -colonring of the . various marble columns intended to decorate `he interior. It encloses a theatre - . and inagnificei4 ,apartments.—lfacl the Nvork bene completed, no edifice could ever have-been cO:opared with it. 'lt would-have surpassed the TempleolSOlomon, the Proppeuni of Amasis, the Villa of Adridn, or the Forum of Trajal.: The architecture exhiWted iti d•fferent parts of the. Kremlin, in its : palaces and churches, is like nothing seen iii Europe: It is - difficult to say froin what country it'bas been principally derived. The architects ivere•generally-italians ; but the style is Tartarian, Indian, Chinese, and Gothic. Here a pagoda, there an arcade l In some parts rick /less, and even elegance ; in others; barbarity and decay. Taken altogether, it is a julunle of wag ifieence and ruin: old huildingS.repaired,-and . mo, dern structures not completed : . hair-open vauits, and mouldering - walls, and empty' caves, amidst White-Washed brick ,buildings, and towers, and churches, with glittering, gilded ; or Painted domes - The view of Moscow, from "the terrace in the Kremlin, near the spot where the artillery is pre served, , efuld afford a tine snbiect for aPanorama. The number of magnificent buildings, the domes, the to ‘, and.spires, which till ail the prospect, inake it, iierhaps, the most "noVel and interesting sight in birope. All the wretched hovels; .au miserable .wooden'huildings,which appear in pass ing through the stt ects, arc lost in the vast as setublage of magnificent edifices, among which the Foundling Hospital is jrn-ticuLirly conspicuous.— Below the. walls of the Kremlin, the Moseva, al ready become a river of importance, - is seen flow ing, tow'ards• the Volga. The new prcmcnade forming .on. its banks, immediately beneath the Soare'ss, is a. superb work, and pro - uns'es:eo rival the famous quay at Petersburgb. It is .p . tved with large flags, and is-continued from the stOneßridge, to another, peculiarly called the Moscva fenced with a light ; but strong iron palisade, and stone pillars, executed in vet y good taste. MAILS. Aunrvr•.n-I:Gnernsey, 1 . Jersey, 1 Dublin, i Waterford. Lisboa; I Guernsey, 2 Jersey, I Ciottenburgbi• Consols. • PRICE O 1 STOCKS • rid& HAY AT TWELVE o'CLOCti.' • • • 59i 59 I O►nniuul THE Ly ‘-IIiNT • SOLEAI„ QUIS DICEUE FALSIINI LQNDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1812. \►'e This morning received Lisbon Papery to the . .„ 27th nit. extracts from which will be found in a suLsequet column. report-has reached Plymouth by the Sperm, lately arrit - (.1 - "from the North Coast of Spain, that Lord WELLINGTON, having' received intelli gence that Marshal SOULT, with his united forces, was advanchig on Sir it?) WLAND HILL, Lad taken the decided resolution &f mqving on the 22d ult. with the British army towards' Madrid to oppose - in person the united attempts Of .3r6sfiyiT; SOULT, and. SucHET. The .siege of .11tirgos'.Aye. under- StUild to have been in the meanwhile cuti-nsted to the Spaniards. No official dispatelieS'Live, as far as We have been abl.! to learn, reached Government on .this subject, but the account is so probable, and so consistent with what we know to have been Lord WEILINGTON'S own expectations, that we give entire.aedit to it We have not yet received any intelligence upon which we can place implicit reliance respecting hisurrection in Paris, nor can we expect any information upon the subject, unless ai►tlientic from persons who may haplien - to= "arriy in this country from Paris, The Freticli 'fleivspapero there is no longer any frdddoni of coninatnicgion lit the cprrespOndence of individuals Several persona hare artived within these few does froth tie coast of Frittsce, but they only bring- reports and conjectures; for on the rtencli coast the peo ple know as tittle of what passed in Paris as we ilo in London. We arc, however,' informed that a gentleman has arrived in town who ivas in Paris daring the disttabances. lie States, hat besides the three Generals mentioned in the Ilithritelir; brotheeof General Pitt',taros, the late Governor of Bidajoz was concerned in the affair ; but he - betrayed' the plan to the - Government, which caused its failure. PIIILLITOS was to have head- - ed -one of-.the parties of the National Guards, Atrhile the, baler three Generals were to - march • . each on a particular object vbut instead of this, he dtkeovered•the whole to the Police, who had r%ufficient time to guard against the enterprize. —This Gentleman also states, th At the, arrests were very numerous,: and that. he is certain, all those of any note taken up will never' be heard of any . more. The • fear of not being able • -to' leave Paris, and his business .calling him to he coast, - prevented • him - front I rbehig able D. learn further'partieulars, but he had no doubt the insurrection., nuist have taken place, in.other part's of France, as the people murmured very much respecting tl►e edhSeription, and the late disasters experienced by the French army in Spain. AVe learn from another. source, that qu the evening of the ,6th ult. Generals MALL T; ;tad were _taken to the: Bois de Boulogne and shot. There: 'wet:e. none hut the military present on the occasion: INlAr.r.vr, it i 9 said, exclaimed before he was shot, " We c are not the last of the Romans." The following official Bulletin having appeared • yesterday in only a part of our iimpressiimpression . ,ire . serf itagain this day : . • - By a' nulletin from 'Gen: . EiSEN, cfai6V the 4th ult. it ail ears, that the _advanced guard of COlin,t STEINHILL had been attacked five times. by Mar shut M'DoNALD, lvithotit success ; after ivhieli the Marshal retreated, thereby giving great ad vantages to Count WITTGENSTEIN. A Bulletin of Prince. KUTLISOW, of the Ist October, states, that in the last ten days he had tnade above 5000 prisoners, a great number of Officers of all ranks, and Lieut. General - Fr.:MIER, Chief of the Stall* to MURAT. Gen. TORMAZOW had sent three standards of PREILLY's regiment of light cavalry to.the Emperoi-, taken by Count de BuxuA6 EN, Prince KUTUSOW' adds, that:two hundred Cui rassiers, taken prisoners in the environs of 'Mos cow, state unanimously that the enemy is in the greatest want of provisions. Itappears.by other accounts. that the Austrian' corps had been driven back.upon Brezck. • Buoti - ArittE had sent a message offering peace, by Count LAURISTON, to Prince Kutesow. • WINDSOR, NOT. nh tne NUEEN, and Princesses ELIZA-MITI! and 'MARI', took an airing to 'Maidenhead and back. This is the first time her Majesty has been out Of the Castle for a week. The Pritlee3SeS A'UGITSTA, anit LOTTE of WALES,. rode on li . oi'sebn6k;: Licfompa-, Died, by. Lady., C. ONSL OW ; Cokint oNs-t. , Qe-; !Jena. SPENCER, and Colonels IYEsmita'w and T.4t- LOX. Thursday evening the PRIiICt ; RE - ctxr ho noured Drury-lane ,Theatre with his presence Or the first titre. Yesterday the vitkes of YORK and CLARP.NCE had interviews of the PRINCE REGENT at Carl ton House. The Marquis CAminti transacted business yes-' terday at the Foreign Office. The Earl of Ltv - Nttrimi. left Walther on Thars day, and proceeded to Margate and inspected , the Pier. The Noble Earl proceeded to Sitonghourn, where he slept. Yesterday morning he sat off for London, and arrived at Fife House a little before two o'clock. Sdon- afterwards he weßt to Carl ton !louse, to pay his re:pects to the PRINCE REGENT, and Inal a long audience of his Royal ItighneSs; Sir BRENT SPE.NdER has succeecie(i Major-Ge neral WYNYARD, as Etli , ,erry in Waiting at. Wind- The PRiNCE REGENT has settle , ' 2507,: per annum (in addition to 'the usual pension) ou the widOvir - of the late Li . cutcnant-ColoWel n;Aat,o - ,v, of the 6J st Regiment, who fell at thc limttle of Salamanca, on the'22d'of4ly - The Stdg, of 36 glins, Capt. WO6LDRIDpA, has sailed' for Lisbon, - with money for the use of the trcops. We are glad that the extreme. want ,of cash, for a long time, mentiMned in the letters from our -armies in the Peninsula, is at length about to be relieved by this supply. THE THEATRE.—The revived CoMia . Opera Of The' Lord of the Nanor Was follOvi , ed last night. at Covent-Garden Theatie; , by the farce entitled The Cheats of Scapin, which was . orieeyery ,p p!, - hi r . on the London Stage, 'lt W7:a orighnilly written by NoLIERE, and WaS soon after, adapteti to the English Stage hy,artv;t.Y. The piece af fords full scope for the versatile,powers of Ts4A THEWS, 'svlio exerted them with the most divert, . assuminging effect in. the part .of Scapzn, assuming the • • se veral disguises 'with so much . adroitness and va riety as to appear exactly like, so Many different performers. The farce, went off with great spir. ~•~~►YS ILA 1.. N .411:4 T V oUd• .PL.tkattriz, Noir. s.—Put hi licit to join the convoy; the Spani gkir Gebt-gue, t"~ijitxitt N. Vutz, fr(ini (iijon, in seyen:da)3, witild . cargo Of. :fiuts, bonottloLQiidoti..' AOiveci - the schooner Eliza ; SPRAGUE; from Otei . nsey, with a cargo of wine for his Majesty's Victualling-office at: : - .1:i5 . ..?0rt:; the Dcrri, WOOD , • U/iiOn, - TRE'NN tlit 'Brothers, Asir, from , . Dartmouth 5 the belonging to.this port, TREFEAtIIEM, master, froMGuerosey, With.pav ing-stones- for this Dock-yard., and the Good in.. tent ;HARVEY, for Poole. Carne down the Harbour and anchored in the Sound, after having been refitted, the Meduta frigate. Sailed to !oin the Channel - fleet his' ',Majesty's shiPs Boyne, Tire, Sterling Cusge; also the Pho:be frigate for Portsmouth ;, the. Commerce, HILL, for St. :Michael's; and .the Arrow, ANDERSON, tor . . Spain. Five French prisoners made their : escape from the depot at Dartmoor, 41,•st , night. • - FALmouTit, Nov. 4.- - -Arrived ,this day — the transport ship Lora Koitli, .lltz,t, ) Master, from Plymouth, to join, the outward-bound' Portugal and Spanish ,fleo, ender CohvOy of his Majesty's ,brigs Seqflower ancl.Scgtia the whole of which are expected to sail to-,norrow. Sailed this.'day the fo:lowing packets with viz. : . . Marlhorough,,,Capt. Bull, and Qu#en Charlotte, 'Madge; for Liibon; the Chesterfield, Ilall,ano the Montrose, fllewett, for Corunna; the Carte; ;, Davey, for Cadiz; the Piineei4 Mary, Pocock, fur the, Mediterranean ; .and. the Walsin;shaut„ Bullocke, for the Leeward Islands. Arrived this evening the schooner • Alert,' GL.A•r.t . , - Alaster, froni Penzance, to load good. for Lisbon. The Eliza packet from the Mediierranean, and the Swallow from Jamaica, are daily expec,ed. ISLAN'D OF SCILLY, NOV. tha 29th ult. Caine in his l'blujesty's sloop Fv,th9eut4 i clpt. PARism, from a ,ernize 4 and on the• failawing day, theMiteon sloop„.:-Capt. HOPKIN3. This morning a'sail being seen of a insplcions appearance, supposed, to be a French prir4teer, in the south sv,!st- quarter, they both weighed .and stood out in chase: " - Lieut. FAGAN, of t,is Majesty's Navy, is pointed to the Signal-house, St. Martin's, Vice Lieut. TRINDER. iPORTSMOVTII, Nov. 6,----Arrived his Majesty's ships Victoiv, Ze‘a,b;a, Daphfrie, Inilefatig(ible. and - Tweed, from the Downs ; also several merehant. ! Men, whose names we' have not yet leurnt. , Sailed his MajesCy's ship IN‘reinesis for CoruntiFt ; Fervent, with a convoy, for the Downs 5 and the Storhsloi)p of war, with' n, ccinvoy, for cork,: The followin , Convoys still remain at Spitheml His Majesty's ship Juva for the Cape ; Crocodile for Gila►►altar and Malta ; , Niemen for Lisbon ; Coquette for the West Indies ; zitalanta for North America ; Racoon for the Oratils and South Ame rica ; anti the Minerva fur Bermuda . snd. the- Dal blnia Islands. • f DEAL, Nov. 6.—Arrived his Majesty's ship In constant, Commodore Owrot; frOm. off Flushing ; the Bari - • , ud kirosso East Indiameti froth India, lA3t front eortsmouth, and remain with .hiS jesty's ships; vietnalleies, and tratitiports. , Arrived the Catherine " and - earaline, 'ASHMAN', from Malaga and has'sailed for the river. . Came djWn from the river the Peter, W A.Tsn'st for the Bra its, .rmd the Fortune,. WALICeig, for New "South -GREENOCK, Nov.2A—Arrived the Diana, WAi LACE, from Quebec, with a fleet on the ath Oct. consisting of from 40 to 50 sail ; parted company on the Banks of Newfoundland'; spoke the Ferse . rerance, yesterday, for this port, which cames mail. The Adonis, COIPER, of This port, froM New foundland to New Brunswiek, has been corniced by au American privateer - of ty,-elve guns, and 115 men, after an action, in - Which the second mate of the Adonis was killed, and the Captain a..d three uteri Wounded. The Comet, EDINGTOY,, of, this port,, sailed from Halifaii 27th Augu,t, for St. John's, New Brunswick. When west of Shel burne, was -boarded by his-Majesty's ship Ntatira, (who had been chased the day before by Commo dore ii-ODGER3'S squadron) and ordered back to Halifax. Sailed again on.the 7th September in company with the Ned Nichol ; on the . 9th spoke his Majesty's schooner Earl Moira, acd supplied it with provisions.. On the 10th were attacked by a schooner under American colours, and sustaine4 an action of fifteen minutes within pistol shot, when the privateer suddenly sheeree_otr. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.-Rear-idmiral Thormis Ilyam Martin is appointed second i 0 coinkand at Plyniotith; Captain . Fleetwood Peliew, (son of Allniral Sir Edward Vs.llew, Bart.) to the Iphigenia, in the mom of Capt. Curtis, who resigns fronfill-health; Captain Shrill to the Barossa; Captain W. Stewart, to the Revenge;, Captain Bateman, to the Stately; Captain Keenan, to the Ana; Captain H. L. Baker, to the nilict sloop, at Portsoiith ; Lieut. H. P. Lew, to Cordelia, stoop, in the Dowp ; Lieut. - T. 1.. Wil lihuitha, to the Andromeda, fitting at Phnouth; Lieut. J. W. Green, to the Hasty sloop, at Sheernts; Lieut. It. Gambier 7is,prpniuted lathe rank of Cowman& ; Lieut. J. Simpson (3), to the Vigilant; Lieut. Pedder, t the Niemen; Lieut. Milne, to the :ergo; Mr. Towne, Mishipman, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant; Mr. E. Bell, to be Purser of the Penguin, d new sloop building.; Mr. V. Allen, to be Purser of the Hecla, at Wytilwich; Mr. J. f,orcock, Purser of the Argo, to the Ceylon; Mr. Young, tote Purser of the Argili Mr. W. Davidson, Purser of the St. Aban's, to the Culloden; Mr. Hayden, t* be Purser of the Cirihound., 411.1.11, 71J LI 1.7 x L&L JL2 1.1.0 • 17.--I , Accodita Troth tint anal oat, that iltir mint being ready, the Frenek havj ing; countermined, dt seven P. M.' On the 18th Oct. both mines exploded at the same moment, bringing down the convent,.containing stores, ez.c. when our brave fellows stormed the castle with. their usual gallantry, but were repulsed with the foss of ucarly 100. 'men killed or wonnded. the 13th _inst. Col. PoNsoNny, at the 'heti(' of ti party of cavalry ) repulsed party of the French cavalry, killing. and -wounding fifty of them ; our loss consists in fourJzilled• and fourteen wounded; The Onards; &e.flora Coruuna were on their march, but bad notiiiiiied on the 16th. General. RILL . remained at Aranjuei. The 3d-division wc./ betwegn that Place and_Madrid the light 7 iiintdrid, ; and the 4tl► it the EsTuri2l.. SouLTA Suck! KT, and JosLiszt, ale gone to Valencia. OC . T. 24.—Thu 'head-quarters :of the 2d and 3d armies, commanded by General Et.toi were on. the. flth at Tarancon. General army is e s s.lculated at upwards of 30,000 .men: which has now been joined by . Comie lit YENNii and Moasti.A. • • • • - • In consequenee - Of, the arrival of an etraordi dinark Courier from Alipant, a report has been Circulated, that the expeditionary troops at Ali cant hail driven the French from the town of Moi!forte. ThiS a-,-count appears to be confirmed by others from Grenada, which add that th: French suffered-a great loss; and that the French had taken the Cast4i of Chinchilla: It : no lon . ger a-a;-Lri doubtful to be tlic. tention:of SouLT to retire tb Valencia or Na- varrc.' .tisaoN, OCT. 22.---e.;enerat BALLASTEROS has addressed a proclamation to the SevilhAns, re quezting them to' contribute towards 'clothing his army. All the letters received from the South of Spaia confirm the intelligence of SOULT'S ba ring )n.arch . 1 eel for Valencia by Navarre. It appears thaC L2o.ULT had a conference with Kin ' JOSEPH, fiirle.% Tatter 'unrolled for - .Korviedro, for the ..pAtrpois of pr,eparing toaccompany him. There haye been disputes hetv.-en SUCkIET and SOULT'S tr00•)5 •iin''aceount of provisions; The ,French who had . advancea as far as • Pentras de St. Pee':: 0, imme diately retreated. It is supposed that Gim. BAL.' .r iESTEROS is now in Carabacca. Gen. l'..:E-zar is in Villarrobledo. On the 7th October the Vail guard of the sth Spanish Army was in Orcajo, and was to proceed to Santa Cruz de la Zarza, Upon the left of this was Generfil ELIO and the Army. Gen. HILL had his head-quarters in Aranjuez. SuenET still remained in Almanza. 'On the 12th and 13th Oct. a division of 5000 Portuguese and English entered Truxilio, and on • the 14. th and 15th set out for Talavera la Reina. 'Upon all these accounts we, with much pleasure,. 'give the lie to the reports which for some days .mice been circulated, that SouLT was approxi iiirat fig to Madrid. • "LETTER FROM THE :NIARQUIS OF TVELLINC,TON TO COLONEL D. J. PALARIA. •.„ " I have the satisfaction of sending to your Ex cellency a'sword, which I have just received, by order aids Royal Highness the Priuce.Regeut _EnglAnd,and Ireland. His Royal Highness pre . scuts it -to your Excellency as a proof of his ad miration of }he Valour :rad constancy with whicit your Excellency is lighting . in favour of the inde pendence anti liberty of your country.. :;,,.!! Iu rernittimg to your ILxceilency this - prOof of his Royal - Highness's esteem, I beg you to ceive my siucere wishes for the preserv a tion of •your life, that you may employ this weapon to. tliejtittnottr and advantage of your country. " WELLINGTON, • " Duke of Culiiad Rodrigo: "Head-quarter*, nor* de Avila, July 2.5, 1812." "'EXCELLENT LORD, "I have received with, all the esteem I ought ,tha sword whicii your Excellency has sent me fruu► his Royal Highnesn . the Prince Regent of England mid' Ireland. 1. cannot find 'sufficient words to exprenA my gratitude for thin - goodness which his Royal 1 Ugliness ha* deigned -to chew me, and which will, if that is possible, augment those sen timenti of gratitude, whiCh in um, and all pa triotic Spaniards, the generous efforts he bai made, and continues to make, have excited. Y or my part it is the most gratifyingtatisfe tionthat this informmtinn was directed to me bY the first General in Europe, 'the imtinietal heroto ficiin Spain and. P o rt uga l o we so many signal . victories, and to Whom I most: sincerely offer my • , • • inwit: profound thanks, : love, anti. antniration. " J PALAREA. " Toledo, Sept. 2." MADRID. OCT. -10,--4WC arc every instant in expectation of receiving,orders tomarch. &Rua's advanced parties are now very near ours ; it is said, that SOULT's forces joined to Suctirfs, dU not exceed 45,000 men. • The carps commanded .by General Hui. doe* not cbusist of less than 24,000 men, and to thoge we must add the 3d and- 4th,' and light divisions , which are at least 12,000, making in all 36,000 - valiant §oldiers, without speaking of Spanish troops who have joined, or of General BALLAST' rocs, who is acting in the rear of the enemy with 20,000-men. The 4th 'division has -marched to join General HILL: army.