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vl AILS. ARP in t Guerr.s.l, t jeriey, z Dublin, t Waterford. Du z t Cadiz. t Matra. r~ SUN. SoLr.N4 01.113 DiCitict FA LSUM AUDEtT? 1, 0 N 0 A', MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 181'2. The Morning Chronicle has announced 'the in tention of the Party not to move an Amendment to the Address to-morrow. This forbearance, we are told, arises from the unobjectiouable manner in which the Speech is worded; but we shall, - we Lope, "be--exwied for a little scepticism upon this Subject,when it is recollected that, upon former occa sions; Amendments have been positively announced long before the contents of the speech could possibly be known. The Party, it is known, have had a meet ing to arrange their plan of operations, but we be lieve they could not agree upon any Amendment ; and, therefore, no motion of that kind is to come from them. Sir F. BURDETT, however, it is re.: ported, intends to .move an kmeddment. The fol lowing is the account given 'by the Morning Chro vicle 'of the intentions of the Party, and of the sub stance of the speech : " It is under Stood that the speech of the PRINCE REGENT, to be delivered by the Lords Com Missioners to-niorrow on opening the Session, is drawn.up with such qualification as not to provoke an amendment There is nothing at least to make it necessary for the Opposition, to avoid any pledge that might be in volved in* the terms of the AddresS, to more for words . -to be •omitted, or for the insertion of other words-in lieu of those to 'be proposed. by the friends of the Mingter. We nay of course draw from this, that no credit is assumed, nor declaration made *by 'Ministers for the past measures, or of the future in tentions of the PRI NCE REGENT, with regard to the Roman Catholic claims. There is, we understand, a. long, eulogium on the conduct of the'army in 'the Peuittiola, of the skilful, gallant, and suc mssful affair of General Hill—of the - unsubdued spirit, constancy, and strtigth of the Spanish forces in every part of that kingdom, &c.—And there is a warm congratulation on the capture of the last re- rnaining hostile settlement in the India seas, by which our Empire in the East, and our commerce in its seas, is relieved from all further risk of annoy- ance. "There is the usual expression of regret, that the differences with the Uni(ed States, -notwithstanding the amicable dispositions of his Royal Highness, end the direct efforts he has made for that pUrpose, have not been brought to a happy issue—and it la ments that the impeditnents to commerce still con- Cane ; but he is happy to be able to give an as surance to his Majesty's faithful people, that the re venue has suffered very little by• tbe .interruption which has'been given to trade, &c. ahclitoexpress a I ope that t here will be found little occasion materially to increase the existing burthens. The afflicting continuance of his MAJ ES'FY'S illness may give occa sion to new arrangements, which will be submitted to the two Houses, but which will call for no addi tional aid from the Commons, Sitc. &c. &c.—This is not the order of the Speech, but it is the substance." We are happy to have it in our power to lay be fore our readets the following very satisfa&ory state . nient respe&ing our Finances:— • • isil. " 1812. 9' 2 ;433 3,964,91 Q 3,94493 1,241,6651 Consolidated Customs - ------ ------ Excise . ~., ^ _..l=Stamps ~ On Saturday the Han. Mr. ARBUTHNOT had a grand dinner part), at his house in Downing-street. Among the company were General REYNAUD, the late Governor rf - Ciudad• Rodrigo. This day the CHAN C ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER AA i.li give the grand .oinner . , commonly called the t,"o c k-pit Dinner, at his .house in DoWning-Street Yestt-rda3i Mr. 'WHITBREAD left town for his P• .11 11,-,ifords6ire. . Yewerlity Lord GRENVILLE arrived at Camelford bouse, fit:n hisseat at Dropinore. Yesterday the Ear of MotaA entertained the pukes Ot NORFOLK and DEVONSHIRE, the Earls of SuFi,o-Lx. and MOIJNTCASHEL, Lord ERSKINE, Sir C. HASTINGS, Colonel DOYLE, General KEPPEL, the Honourable Wm. Moonu, and Mr. R. B. SHE RIDAN, with a grand dinner - , at his home .in St. Louse in Sr. James's Palace. Mr HortNt Tooxt has recently had,' a relapte. but has recovered, and is in a wonderful state of health, considering - his advanced age, and' the fre quent shocks of his disorder. It is-said that he now I resembles -Tom PAINE, as well in the-consumption of brandy as in political principles, drinking daily almost as much as that •notorious Itenegado. Major CARTA'RIGkIT Would deserve some credit for having written a letter which appeared in The Nottingham Journal, with the. declared view of puttinya stop to the .riotous proceedings in that county, if he had - not coupled this object with his. old hacknied topic of Parliamentary Reform, so as indeed to excite a suspicion that he took up his pen . merely t r the latter purpose.. The pondrous PerformerAvlio has been added to the company of CoMedians at Covent-Garden-The atre is now so much itn.proved in docility that he is likely to be as subservient .a ptiyAgriager could ; and in saying that we pay no slight cons; sense of dutu. and -submission to . his NAVAL Nt\VS. PLYMOUTII, JA".4. in the night tt French chasse maret, with a cargo, consisting of wine and brandy, bound coastwise, prize to a ship of war ; the former shortly after her arrival drove ashore on the rocks under St: Nicholas's ;land,' where she received considerable damage, but was got off this morning at the flowing of . the tide, and towed in here. Arrived this morning a French chasse mareeiWith a cargo, -bound coastwise, captured by the 0. P . privateer. Sailed the San Josef Mari of war, the flag ship of Sir CHARLES COTTON, to joie the fleet blockading Brest. . Arrived the sloop Fair Briton,WlLLlAms master, from Limerick, Kith proviiions for this port.' His Majesty's brig of war Achates has detained and sent in here i he American brig Mary Ann, Capt. IRVINE, from Biyoune, with a cargo, consisting of wine and brandy. The Royal Sovereign man of war was docked on Thursday. Went op the harbour to be refitted the Scylla sloop of war. Went out of harbour, the Constant gun-brig. Arrived the Yolage sloop of war from the West ward. Came down•the harbour, and anchored in the Sound ) the Dotterel slop of war. His Majesty's. ships Ganymede at)J Dotterel will sail from hence with a convoy for Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, .and the- Strait;, tne moment the wind proves favourable.,' Arrived the John; Dove, from Newfoundland, for Limerick. A detachment of the gth dragoons arrived here on Thursday from Dorchester, and embarked immedi ately from the Dock-yard on board a transport for Lisbon. Yesterday morning a lad named Hill, an appren tice to Mr. Tmos. DUNSTERVILLE, merchant, who resides in St. Andrew's-street, in this town, hung himself in the kitchen of that house : a maid ser vant in the employ had been in the kitchen only a few minutes before the fatal event happened, and left the lad at work, apparently in good health and spirits. No cause can be assigned for his having committed this rash act. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Yesterday evening four loggers containing smuggled goods were taken and brought on shore by the Custom-house cutters of thiiviace• One lugger sheltered herself for a time by running alongside a merchant brig, but the vigilant Com modore of the Revenue squadron soon perceived the deception, and running up to the brig, inquired into the errand of the lugger. He found her laden with about i6O tubs of spirits, and immediately seized her and her crew ; the latter he put aboard the Admiral's ship, and the tubs of spirits were landed at the Custom-house. The Par thian sloop of war has taken, we learn, off Heligoland, a French privateer, and sent her into Yarmouth. . Arrived his Majesty's ship Rapid, with a convoy of coasters anu collierp, and one ship . from Quebec from Falmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship Rolla, with the Daw son, Peace, Narova, and Royal Briton transports, with the 3d rbgiment of Foot on bOard, for Cork; also sailed the Cheerly gun-brig, with the outward bound for Portsmouth ; also his Majesty's ships Tremendous,. Norge, Poisliers, and Valiant ; also LaPiqueoh a cruize, and. Phipps schooner for Sheer- ness. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. s t —Arrived the Pori Mahon from a cruize. ". Sailed his Majesty's ships Mercury, Spider, 'and Cyane,wilh the West India convoy Royal gak,re nerable, Hotspur, for off cherhurgh ; his Majesty's ship, Zenobia takes convoy for Portugal. FALM.OUTH, JAN. 3.—Put in here by contrary winds his Majesty's ship kyacird//, with twelve sail of transports under convoy for Pcirtuoal. Arfived the Landrail cutter from Scilly ; Mentor, Capt. LEMETRE, from Valencia in thirty-th!ee days; and the Echo cutter horn Gibraltar in thirteen days. TORBAY, JAN. 2.—Sailed the Acosta frigate, and the East Indiainen, fur India, all well. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 4,--Arrived the Eliza cartel, from 'Morlaix with two English and one French la dies passengersi also an American Messenger from Paris, with divatches for London. NAVAL ArrottirmENTs.—Capt. W. Bedford, to the Royal Sovereign (instead of the Prince of Wales); Lieut. T. C.Munn, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Henry Stanhope, to the rank of Commander; Lieuts: W. Houghton, W. Walker, and Richard Ed w a r d s to ' t h e Royal Sovereign ; Lieutenants W. Whimper and William Smith (6),, to the Crince of Wales ; Li eut . T. Boardman, Bulwark ; neut., Head, Venerable ; Liut. Adamson, Hannibal ; Lieut. Duncan, Alert ; Lieut. Passrnore, Oberon ; Mr. William Goodwin, to be Purser of the Mary yacht ; Mr. W. Finch, to be Purser of the Mulgrave ; Mr. Arden, Mr. J. Smith and F. Piamore, are promoted to Lieute nants_ LW - OP Mt .AltbkA. Extra& of a lertirTrom Oaptain MuititAY of ;he Medea, _dAted South Nov. 27, stating the me ianchol particulars of the loss of that vessel " I im sorry to inform you, that the Micrea is -- a total wteck. We sailed from Quebec 121 h Oil. During our voyage we lost several of our masts, sails, &c. owing to the most tempestuous weather. On the morning of the 22d we saw the land of this island; as the Vessel was nearly -ungovernable, I endeavoured to clear the" land to run through some of the many passages here—but not having sails or masts requisite, the sea drove her to leeward in spite of all our_ effolls. When I saw my fate, and the breakers in all directions, I ran to the clearest part I could see, and let go my best bower, and wore away the most of the cable in ten fathoms water. I found the bottom rocky, ar.d at 4A. M. the locks cut the cable nigh th© anchor, and I cut what remained on board, to make her wear before the wind for the clearest pArt of the sand.' The seamen claimed the boat and would not be prevailed on to stop with me till* day-light, and their impor tnnity prevailed on me to take my chance with them. I threw my papers - into the boat, wrapped in a hand kerchief, and only waited a chance to. get in, When a tremendous sea broke over the vessel, and buried them all in a watery grave, I alone escaping, and an old man that was below, sickly." IVIADSOR. JAN. 5, TEN O'CLOCK. Yesterday being the day for the Quarterly Report to be made by the Queen's Council on the state of his MAJESTY'S indisposition, all the Members as sembled by ball-past eleven o'clock. They satin consultation together till past one o'clock, during, which time it was supposed they drew up a series:ol questions to be put both to the regular DoElotS and the mental Praaitioners, on the actual state of his MAJESTX'S health. The medical men were called into the Council in the following order;--First, Dr. MONROE, and then Dr. SIMMONS, the two visi►ing Practitioners, who carne every alternate a eek. Then the Physicians of the KING'S person, Sir HENRY HALFOID, Dr. BAILLIE, and Dr. HEBERDEN. Afterwards Dr. JoHN WILLIS, Dr. ROBERT 'WILLIS, and, lastly, Mr. DUNDAS, the Surgeon. The questions, six in number, were put• to them severally, and after they had given their answers viva voce, they were de sired to give in their answers in writing,- for which purpose they were furnished with copies of questions. This they all did without conirminkv . ion with one another. The substance of the Report , we learn was— " That the Physic'ans were unanimously of opi nion that his MAJESTY was not in, a state to resume and exercise the funCtions of Government—that they did not think that either mentally or bodily he was worse than on the sth of Otlober last—that they all concurred in thinking his recovery was highly improbable, but that they did not absolutely despair of it." This is the substance but not the literal text of the Report. The Members of the Council then took some dinner, ?Pi, save the Archbishop of CANTER BURY, who set off for Addiscombe. The other Members separated about nine o'clock. The ques tions were said to be digested with great acuteness and precision, so as to draw from the Physicians the most dire& and pointed answers, as the Council was aware this, with the-Report . on the sth Octo ber, will be direEtecl by the PRINCE REGENT to be laid before the two Houses of Parliament. • Dr. BAILLIE (with Dr. ROBERT WILLIS only) continues this morning in attendance ; for Dr. Jolt ti WILLV is gone to town. The li/NG was unvorb monly tranquil in the first part of the I.veelt, and 4hewed symptoms rather promising, but on Frid:ly his irritability returned, and his delusions were not to bq reasoned away. , This morning he is also very much disturbed. The Bulletin signed by all the Physicians yester day was as follows : WINDSOR CASTLE ) 'JAN.' 4. Ilis MAJESTY continues nearly in the same state." " 11. lIALFOILD. " M. liAl 1.1.1 E. " W. lIEBEitI)EN. " I. WILLIS. a' k. WILLiS." Mr. PERCEVAL arrived at Windsor ye . qerclay cbout half 'past twelve o'clock, and had a ban4au dience of the Queen: - Lord SOMERVILLLE and the Hon. F. GREVILLE I were in waiting yesterday at St. James's Palace. Yesterday the Duke of. Yoak, and afterwards I Mr. SHERWAN, had a very long audience of the I REGENT,,at Carlton House. 'Y-eiterday the Earl of LivEripoot. gave a grand Ministerial dinner at Fite How Privy Gardens. The writer of the paragraphs in the Morning Paper that gave occasion to the letter from Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE, which we inserted 'on Satur day last, has thought proper to answer that letter this clay, but as he remains in concealment, Mr. C. K. who has given his . name Jo the public, will hardly deem it necessary to make any reply. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Saturday on the body of the late John Pearson, Esq. Secretary to the Lottery Office, who shot himself through the heart with a pistol, on Friday evening last, at his apart ments in Somerset Place. The Jury, after along deliberation, returned a verdict of Lunacy.--On ad-, dition to his situation in the 'Lottery Office , at So merset Place, he was Deputy Receiver for the county of Hei eford. . It should be mentioned to the credit of the „Churchwardens of St. Ann's, Soho; that they have 'had many hundred bills printed, conteining an ac count of „the intended robbery in -Bury-street, St. Jamei's, for the purpose of having them` circulated all over the Parish, in, order to warn servants against the danger of imprudent confidence, which might end in the ruin,and possibly in the murder of them - selves and their masters and Mistresses. We add also, with much pleasure, that Mr. BROOKEi, of the Strand, has, at his own expence, adopted the-same measure, not only to be circulated through the dis trid of the Savoy, but to be transmitted .to the Churchwardens of every parish throughout the Metropolis. Such acts of public spirit deserve to be recorded, in justice to the individualsi.as well as to fr'REIV ; I4 PAPERS. FURTIAR EXTRACTS aerortr FROM GENERAL COUNT D'ERLOIST TO THE MARSHAL DUT.C.I3 DALMATTA. ..I yesterday received Girard's report. I send the original to your Excellency, by an Aid-dc-campof. that General, in oreer that 'you may question him upon what happened. There was throughout are prehenSible security, but the honour of the French. arms has-been saved by the firmness and 'valour of the GeneralS Girard and Dornbrouski ; and this at - 4 fair, which might havebeen attended with fatal,' even dishonourable consequences, ought now to bit: ranked in the number of those which are not tin frequent in war. • I '! I General Girard • has brought back with Dist. 800 men ; he had 1300. I have drawn from BidAjoz the battalion of 11 - 1 401 h; this battalion wi,l join its regiMent, and br. replaced by one of the .88 h. *I will form the 4Qth and 34th in two battalions, in order to give these two regiments the organiza tion which belongs to their admit situation, and the'number of officers which remain. 'l-16:1(.1.quarteis, Almeociralego, Nov. 4, alt. LETTER FROM GENERAL, GIRARD TO TUR DUKE 0* DALMATIA. MARSHAL,—The Count D'Ellon dire led my Aide , qlc-camp to deliver to your ExCellency ihe re port of the bittle of Arro) o de Molinos. Your Excellency will see that I was in march; that I could have reiired and atoidtd fighting with my rear-guard, but :the cavalry had compromised them Selves; and it would have been requisite io have abandoned them. The enemy was numerous. I considered but the honour of the arms of his Ma jesty, the duty of a devoted soldier. I. marched upon the English, and by drawing upon myself ail the forces of the enemy, disengaged the light ca valry. We have suffered sensible losses, but, disengaged ourselves with honour from the most difficult poi tin. Three times surrounded, three times we opened ourselves a passage with the bayonet. Marshal---I shall be in despair, if the results rat this unfortunate affair should make me forfeit ill* confidence of his Majesty. I . merit it by the sen timents which direoted me—by those which Inis mate me. (Signed) GIRARD. REPORT OR GENERAL GIRARD TD GENERAL COUkr . ek;ILLON, COMIVIANDy.Ii or i'IPTIA CORPS. Ribera,Nov. MY GENERAL, I send my Aide-de-Camp to you with the detail* , of the baffle of Arroyo Molinos. On my deparcure from Caceres, 'some vague reports, 'but ivithouit foundation, announced a movement of the Engli•h. I pitied that position to come and pass the night at Torre Moyha, and on the 27th at Arroyo Molinos. During these two days, --no demonstration gave rea son to believe in the march of an enemy's corps. I was to proceed on the 28th to Merida. Gene. ral Remond had orders to repair to Medellin. Tiee troops assembled at six o'clock, and immediately be. gan their march. The rear-guard put itself in tion at-half-past seven, when shout's and discharges of muskets announced that the troops of the enemy had entered the town,' which was 'Only occupied by the patroles of the rear-guard. I then -11.6stetied . thither. General Dombrowski was forming in tow lumn the troops of the rear-guard, and ordered the 2d battalion of the 34th, commanded by M. Mouillard„ to check the English tirailleurs, who began to de .bouche from, and to' disengage• the li g ht cavalry., which was in front of the village, aid which I sup posed had" already engaged., I knew the force of the enemy, but I could nor abandon the cavalry ; tt made a movement forward. The English coplutnos then wavered, and advanced up.on me : I _had not more than i'6oo men udder my coin:nand; -they re sisted their first shock, and repulsed the charges of the cavalry 5 . but - the enemy male, at the - same time, a great movement on. my lett, and maectuvred to surround me. The road of Merida - was tiltrady intetseaed, and my eelipaees . - taken. Our cavil' r did not shew itself. I gate orders for a retreat.--, 'rile English then threw themselves by their right in my rear; I was, surrounded.. The enemy's Generd summoned me to surrender. I pierced through with the bayonet and we slowly made our retrograde move ment. By an unheard-of fatality our artillery did o follow me ; the rain had extinguished the matches. .while theartilleryof the eoemyplayed on our battalions, and I lost 2 great number of men. • I then saw that it was impoille for the longer "to 'keep the plain, not being supp6rted by the cavalry. I resolved '1•0 retreat by the mountains ; but I was oblted to abaft don my three pieces of artillery, ordered a MOVerneut to the right, and threw roysell - ors the heights range . towards Muntanches. The enemy pursued me briskly,' and I every moment 'stopped to 4 - 4:pulse; his attacks ; my Ranks were in like . nia•rinerai:saufier.f. My march being retarded by these attaAa, I had ant;cipated on the passaae of Muntanwhes, which position I caused to be carried. Le eving Montanehes on my left, I followed the mountains which range upon Sarza. The enemy aleady cupieu this defile. -Gen. Dombrowski rallied the troops, I threw myself into the plain, and charged with the bayonet ;he enemy, who . attempted to stop me. A second Abe; of truce caine to General Dom browski - and myself, but was sent back wits the same contempt. as before. I caltinued my retreat in the plain, without - ceasing to engage the enemy till I reached the height of Ib,diernanda, •whereel took - up a position, and Ihe enemy ceases his attack. I stopped some hours at lbahernando; I afterwards proceeded to Zovita, thence to Naval, Villar and Orellana, where I passed the Guadiana. I lost a number of men in the long combats, in which I - was engaged, during a great part of the day with a superior force. The enemy had mote than 7000 infantry ; , set at liberty in one charge - a great number of prisoners taken in the mountain. General Dombrowski displayed great firmness of Character. Hd conducted 11:e troops with great bravery and coolness. His behaviour merits a grate ful reward. The Officer?, Guillot, Veetan, Morvllland, and Voiral, gate proofs of valour. My Chief of the Staff, H. Audry, has been made prisoner ; this is a loss which-will be sensibly felt.