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in which be ¶four yearn ago entered, to the corn - snand of an army and the provinces of Andalusia, it woied appcal..that his heart ought to have been tjlled with satisfaction, at seeing his bravery so 1 - oo.zally rewarded ; and that the maid)) and Go vernment had a ri!riat to expect the most unequivocal proofs of his gratitude ,tnd devotion to the court .try. But.Generalßallesteros, placed in the Com mand v 1 the 401 army, and of those provinces, was loosening-the bonds which , unite it to the rest of the nation ; and, as if the forces which bad been entrustedtohim, and the resources which Were within his reach, had no 'Connection with the rest of Spain, -he acted 'according ,to his own ideas, without consideretion of orders transmitted him from superior Aith iritl,avhicn in vain endeavonred combine ti:c operations of all. Under pretence• of attending to the subsistenee.of his army, notwith 7 standing having been assisted greatly by the Go vernment, he conducted himself With almost en tire independence, both in civil and military affairs. 1 - 1 - 14 en in the month of March,- this year, the main attention of the enemy was directed to wards LStrennidura and Grenada, by the move ments and important operations of our allies,. and the lines of the - besiegers .before Cadiz became weak; the. Government endeavoured to improve the 'opportunity, and free this city from its troublesome siege, and dies. Obtain an, advantage of the greatest consideration, both hi a „political "v.nd y point of view. General Ballesteros had positi , oriers to attack the rear of the enemy, and a respectable corps was ready to do the some at other points.;. but Ballesteros did not carry his orders into .execution, under specifies. pretexts ; the opvortunity waslost, and Cadiz remained besieged. The consequence of this Want of obedience we have thoroughly experienced; and :hanks to him who lu„s made them cease.— '. Government had then this reason, and t afterwards many, others, to proceed agains this,General; but conceiving that the evils which his want of con currence in the general operations had caused, would diminish if they succeeded in bringing Lim to a sense of. his true:obligations—and desirous, on the other baud, that the' country might benefit from his valotir and activity, they continued hint . in his command. Bat posterior events have clearly dera.onstrated kow useless it was, to expect he xvoold vary his .conduct. The enemy abandoned the 'Andalusias Gen. Bailasteros Marched to Grenada, mid having there collected the rreater part of the disposable forces of his arniy, openly opposed the repeated orders which were transmitted him to march in a convenient direction, atn . l occupy an important po sition. As if in a state of somnolency, from his en try into that city, not only has he disobeyed these crders, bat lie has neglected to pursue or annoy tin- enemy in any manner; and if at 'any time he awoke fern the letlorgy inavirich he appeared sunk, it was only moreandmoretocontravene the inten .of Government, by collecting there the dis persed, •vlso ought io have proceeded to another destination, as had . , been determined ; and frus:- - trating, by all po; , .sible means, the best combined oper Whom a then, will this General obey ?. To what nation do the troops he commands belong,' if the Spanish covernment caanot, depend on them I--- ''The soldiers of the fourth army are soldiers of the coautry 1 ; they are not Ballesttoos'a soldiers. • Bat what has eaceedeti all expectation, is the last step he has just - taken, of which neither the nation nor GOyerninent• can foe a moment feign themselves ignorant. The situation in whel - i the Peninsula is at•pre sent demands, 'that in Order to reap the 'fruits of the late victories, ensure and extinct their 'effects; and protect . us• against fresh irrup tions frOan the troops of 'the Continental Tyrant, a powerful and un;lorm impulse should be given to our troops, •and those of the allies who de fend', us ; tha t ; they should be concentrated, and the 'direction of the war placed in one hand - . —The General Cortes, .convinced of thiS neces sity, and satisfied, on the other hand, with 'the generous and glorious exploits which the immortal Duke of", Ciudad Rodri , ,;o has performed in our fa vouc, to whom we are equally bound bylove and gratitude, 'determined he shohid have the cOm rolml of our troops. General - Ballesteros openly refused to obey this sovereign-deeree; in an o; cial dispatch 'addressed to the Minister atWar. This seditious, denial was. printed anddispersed•in dif ferent Places. Under the specious veil of patriotism and ho- MAW, he provokes to rebellion, exciting by false reasoning the strongest passions of the Spaniards, And excites .'to . political - convulsions, •at the mo ment -when the utmost union is required to save the nation. lie says, he wishes to take the opi nion Of the. nation; he then 'does not acknowledge its representitiveS—and, in addition to disobeying the Government and Congress, he denies -the latter to be the national re?resentation. ougiA not to conecil from this General, that in our history we have repeatedly had foreign Generals at the head of our armies, without, on this 'aceouat, havii s rr had' the libe-ty and, inde t pendence of .the cOantry. compromi. „t ; such ; for ex , onolc, were the Siiinolas, Farnesios, Pescaras, Veadomes, &c. Neither should we hide the ge herosity ‘vith which Grea'. Britain aids us, nor the necessity we stand in •of 'these aids ; nor the interest that poWer takes in the liberty and iudependenee of .Spain---to. palliate, under false principles of honour and ridiculous fears, so scan dalous a proceeding. Whets we scarcely begin to breathe, at rising from the painful . situation in which ,we were ; wheri the prOvinces begin to see the so ninth desired day of their liberty dawn, and to taste the s:weets of a paternal Government, and 'of lawsTertned for their prosperity and happiness ; ;viten now that notitiog but the union and combination of our foiT,e, to drive flue French from our soil, is want:. inn—now it is that a Spanitud, the most flaitered, and the most rewarded in the :nation, will not acknowledge the rational 'authority, -and sets the scandalous example in our revolution of a General at the head of his army-refusing obedience. Yes, for the ddvantages he has obtained in some -ac tions of trifling consiaieration; he thinks he has a right to place himself above the laws. What rnic;ht riot the Ceropteror of Baylensay ? What the bernie tlefeaders of Saragossa, - Gerona, mid other places who have covered Spain with glory ? And heroic-Spaniards who - have spilt and are Villiup; their blood in defence• Of their beloved country. I= No,soldier can demand, as the reward of his va lour, the slavery of. his fellow 7 cifizens. Tbe na= tion muse not admit a bold soldier, under pre tence of his honour, to transgress the sanctuary of the laws. REPLY OF DON FRANCISCO BA.T.LEST EROS TO TnE THE DISPATCH EV WHICH liE RECEIVED HIS DISMISSAL FROM HIS COMMAND. Most Excellent Sir—This morning, while en- - I ,gaged in the ordinary' dispatch of Insiness, I re ceived your EXcellency'S dispatch, discharging; me froth the command of the ;Captainship . General-of the four Kingdoms of Andalusia, and of the 4th Army,lnfOrming the at the same time that nty, troops had formed, and were marching in the di rection of Alcala ; I -immediately. mounted .my horse to learn from what source proceeded a Mea sure so contrary, to the spirit of the RoyaltOrdi bances, and the discipline with which. I have al ways endeavoured to impros , e the army, and of which I have given so many proofs. On going out of the village I met apiniset of tr i te first bat - talion of Royal Guards, with advanced senti nels, and arths ready to give fire, and a number of peasants in front. I was surprized at this novel ty, and asked the Officer what 'it. meant Be an- SWC.ed, as did the sentinels when they eathe'np, th:',t he had orders notsto let me pass. A Coldnel tlien came, to whom I stat.nl my displeasure at being treated in this manner, which I considered as disgraceful.. The peasants tow broke out into strong expessions calculated to made an impres sion on the soldiers, for whom they knew I had made *o, many sacrifices. I, however, silenced them, ordering them to retire. ' I then proceeded to my himse, sensibly feeling .a treatment I believe was never experienced in the Spanish armies by the most criminal subaltern officer. In a short time, the same battalion appeared in front of my house, and A gaard was placed at the door of it. The people, indignant at an' act iof this kind, made loud lamentations, fearing something might be intended against my person - The -sen timents 'Of affection expressed by,these.good Spa niards made a greater impression on me than this military apparatus, which •-f did not conceive to correspond to the dignity of my .station,,,ltor,.--is,it possible to believe that it wai by your T.3l.;cellen cy's orders. Prom this moment, I had , sentinels placed upon' me, and received orders from B;igadier Virues, to set out early in the morning for my destination, Ceuta, which I shall comply with, leaving the Chief of the Stall' to deliver up the army,than which, I think, there is not a better, in Europe, that has been organised, regulated, equipped, instructed, and disciplined, in only one fortnight. But I cannot but represent to yourilighness, that if my ,serrices have merited any attention, I could wish that the destination of Ceuta might be changed to the I. ) !:Ovince of Estremadura, and, it possible, to Fregenal or its Vicinity, as I find any health much broken ; and in that ,country ; note ithStanding my misfortunes, I could. maintaiu myself with re spect,. and my existence would not be hartben some to my country. This is the manner in which 1 have been treated with respect to my person, but have felt still wore sensibly the attack made on my reputation in the annexed paper*, which. Virues has published.. Ile supposes in, it, that I have distressed the people of Grenada by levying contributions, which I never thOught of, but which, on the contrary, I always opposed ; though I asked money of the Intendant, which, however, he rot'used, eNcept as a loan, which I was to re pay from the first funds I obtained. • I shall'proceed -towards my destination ; but if my indisposition increases, I shall halt at Coin, where your Excellency may address to Inc your answer. • ,God preserve your Excellency many years. CISCO BALLESTEROS. Greda4p . , Oct. 10. What we.arc:—Ballesteros ! the celebrated Bal lesteros, has fallen ! At length have his rivals triumnhed.—What grief ! I n vain Were all your exertions—in vain your intrigues and machina tions against ,this General, till he himself gave the victory into your bands. You cannot glory in his fall; nor can he charge you with it. He has precipitated himself ; and, perhaps, he alone could haVe overthrown himself with - a single blow.— General .I3allesteros; blinded doubtless by military fanaticism, and fighting as 'in a phrenzy against a' phantom, has plunged his dagger into the b o s om of his country. Great, extremely great, is, in our _conception, the evil he h i as been the cause of. In liis miSfortune,he may boast that his extrayagance does mot present him in the light of an odious linquent, but of an illustrious fanatic, deserving, o f compassion. 0 fanaticism, fanaticism, who can limit. thy fury ! How many illustrious victims have . been sacrificed on thy altars ! Ballesteros resounded in the acclamations of the troops,the name of Ilallesteriis was heard with picaure in the towns occupied by the eneMy—the 'tame of Bahl lesteros Was beard and . feared by the French le gions----to be a soldier under Bdllesteros was a re commendation throughout the Peninsula ; . and Mina himself, that ' celebrated partisan, saw with predilection the soldiers of•Ballesteros.---' Cadiz-, that town Which is not easily, dazzled, saw Ballesteros NVithin its walls ; and gave such proofs of estimation, as, compared with the indifference it manifested with respect to the famous Blake, gave a 'new impulse to the bhinted attacks of his . enemies. We then feared his ruin ; but the‘Go vernment conferred upon him new honours and employments. In the mean time Balfesteres con tinued actively to labour, which is what is parti cularly required in th is kind of warfare ; and whe ther his achievements were what he stated or not, .it is certain his reputation continually increased, and nothing is.of more importance than ci;nfidenee in a General. .In these circumstances, only envy or the want of political judgment could have as- 4 The following is tht lirinted paper•referred, to : " Notice to the Public.—The Regency of the Kingdom has been pleased to disc:large Sc:nor pon Francisco Balks tefOs from the command of . kieneral in Chief of the Fourth Army, and the Captaincy General cf the foie Kingdoms of Andalusia, and to nominate in his .stead - , ad interim, Ikon Joaquin 'Slimes, Brigadier of the royal armies. In eonse quence,--the contribution ordered - by him is suspended till corresponding orders are received from • Government, , Tbe public, therehire, are 'not requircl to make the several pay nwntg assigned Co. them. • " VIRUES." sated things which ought to be suppressed. Mit otnong mortals, he Who has the fewest defects;:ip pears the best, as in every thing we judge by com parison. Lord Wellington arrived, and his fame: increased with his ,victories. What : wise patriot does nut consider Wellington . Spaniard; as the tntelar divinity of Spain. • The National Con gress itself has manifested its sentiments of him, by decorating him with titles and honours. length it committed to him the command in chief of the Spanish armies, with the approbation of all those who prefer the liberties of their country to a Gothic and romantic honour. Ah! but Ge, neral Ballesteros cannot ,condescend 10 submit to this determination: and can General Ballesteros - refuse to obey the command of the G.overnment, and of the nation, represented in its Cortes ? Foolish vanity ! What malignant genius has se duced-thee, 0 truly-deserving General, flattering thy pride and self-love to eclipse thy glory ? thou not said a thousand times, that obedience is the foundation of military discipline ? What greater honotrecan there be than to do.that which the country requires of us, and which is the- more valuable the more it is repugnant to' our feelings, and the more it costs us. Be restored to your self,. that our, - enemies may no longer exult, and patriots 'mourn. He is a fool who is obstinate in error; the wise and - truly - great man will acknow ledge and endeavour to repair This fault. 111.-111. S. Aartlw . :ll-2 Dte - fain, Wateri - ord. VlTtr--1 Cadiz, 1 Got ' tenburgit, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 Brazils,. Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS . • - . ruts DAY n•r TWEINt ()'CLOCK. C0n5*15......f , 4) 58 Red. Anti 571 1 Omnium 51 TB SOLETU QITIS FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N Di 0 N, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1812. The conduct Whieh General RALASTETIOS, has thought fit to pursue - is not only a matter of re sgret, as far as he is individually concerned, but is possibly indicative of the feelings of other Spanish Commanders. We cannot but lament that such a man , as BALLASTEROS, wino 'has cer tainly displayed .great 'activity and perseverance during the whole of the Contest, should have permithd himself to, be actuated by an unworthy • spirit of jealousy, and that he skohld have formed so very erroneous an estimate of his own talents and pretensions. Very few of the Spanish Com manders, we admit, have shewn more zeal, orhave been mote constantly engaged, than he has been; but• he has never displayed the talents of .a great GeLoral. A mars may show great skill in ma naging. a force of 5 or 6000 men, who 'would be utterly incompetent to the command of a. large army, much less to direct, an extensive and com bined plan —of operations. One of the great causes which has hitherto counteracted the efforts of the Spaniards has been the want, of some presiding mind to .direct and combine their operations., Every Spanish corps, that was under a separate CoMmander, seemed, to act upon .sorne separate plan of its own, independent of ; and unconnected with any other :- the conse quence, very naturally, has been an innumerable succession of disasters. The French have carried on a connected and systematic plan of operations, while tine Spaniards had almost as many plans as they had Generals - , indeed, General BALIASTE,ROS does not appear to disapprove so lunch, of the appointment of a Generalissimo,; he is only angry that the choice has not fallen upon . him. --=lf this man 'Seriously entertained the. no tion that he was as equal as • the Marquis of WELLINGTog to, direct the combined operations of the Allies in the Peninsula, we eau only say, that his judgment must be disturbed, and that his re moval from command will be no loss to his country. This day both Houses of Parliament will assem ble'; the remainder of 'the week will be occupied in swearing in the Members of the. House ofCom mons ; and on Alimdav the PRINCE REGENT. Will go in state to the House of Peers, after which Par linment will continue to sit for abOutthree weeks, and then adjourn till after the Queen's birth-day. We presume that-one of the first questions which the Party will bi'ing 'forward will be the claiins of the Roman C-itholics of Ireland. But that question will come forward now under'very.different circUm stances from those under which it was discussed last Session. The great body of the Protestants, both in England and in Ireland, trusting that Parliament would adhere to the principles upon wlicb it had always acted, certainly did not come forward with energy to oppose the Catholic claims. But the proceedings of last. Session opened their eyes upon the subject, and they-have found it 4;ecossary . to declare,their sentiments distinctly anti unequivo cally. The dissolution has enabled Members to col lect the real, opinions of their Constituents upon this most important and 'vital question, and we will venture to assert that, in nine cases out of ten, these opinions have been hostile to an unconditional compliance with the Claims of the Catholics. Some letter 3 have been received_ from Paris by a vessel which left the Coast of France on Saturday. It is not to be expected that letters from France should Contain much intelligence, hut 'it is rather singular that they contuin no news whatever of BUONAPARTE it is stated, that symptoms of in surrection have been manifested in the South of France. A vessel has arrived at nhuouth from Corunna. She brings an account of the junction of Lord WELLINGTON with Sir It. HILL., It is said his Lordship offered the enemy battle near Salamanca) but they refused it. Government have not re ceived any dispatches by , this vessel. WINDSOR, Nov. 23,—Saturday morning Prin— cesses AUGUSTA, SGPHIA, and CHARLOTTE of WALES, :attended 1)r the. Bishop of S AL.stu.TRY, Lady ROSSLYN, Sir B. 'SPENCER, and - Colonel DEsmtow, rode - Can horseback for about two hours. The Duke of YORK arrived at one o'clock, on a visit, to the QuEpr, and remained . at the Castle till six; when he left for Outlands. The QUEEN received a special communication from the Earl of LIVERPOOL. Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES went to St. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon by the Hon. and Rev. Dean LEGGE, attended by Lady DE CLIFFORD. The QUEEN and PRINCESSES beard divine service performed in the Castle: Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cahinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till half past four. Lord CASTLEREAbH gave an elegant entertain ment yesterday, to the Foreign Ministers, and a numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry. Mr. WELLEsLEYPOLE entertained Lord GwY- MR and a select party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Savilie-row. •At a Meeting•of the President and Fellows of Sion College, on Saturd:y last, it was Unani mously agreed . to petition both Houses of Parlia— ment against the Emancipation, kis it is called, of the Roman Catholics. His'MAJEsTy, we. are assured, contrary to the, reports lately circulated, is at present- as 'well, as, he has been at any time daring the last nine months. • Yesterday the Earl of BocKiNGnAms HIRE - trans acted business at the Office of the Board of Con troul, in the Treasury. _ _ Lord PETERBOROUGH bas sold his house itit Portman-square, for 1.3,0001. to Lord KENyoN. It was built by Sir ROBERT TAYLOR for Sir C. AS GILL, ar.d, except the Richmond Villa for the— sarne Sir. CHARLES., was one of the prettiest he ever built. Mr. COL - MAN, it seems, is amusing himself iti the composition of more - Poetical Vagaries. the present critical state of the Haymarkct.Tht atre he is precluded from the representation of 1 , any new dramatic work of his own at any Theatre but that; and hp. declines writing for it till ail liti gation is at au entl,' if-'ever that happy period should arrive. Mr. SEYMOUR, WllO Is announte,d ffir the per formance of Richard ihe'Third, at Covent-Gavdea Theatre, is the author of a work on SIIAKSFRARE; that does honour to him as a Critic and gist. He has considerable provincial repute as any actor. The account which has been given of the last days of COOKE, the actor, is probably without any foundation, as Mr. HaLmAN, who was upon. the spot when he died, far from representing him to have been in the forlorn and destitute situation described in that account, states, that COOKE, by his marriage in America, bad procured very re spectable connexions, and that his wife's family administered all the comforts which his. illness re quired, till it terminated in his death.---Prom . Mr. HOLMAN'S account, it appears also that COOKE , seemed to be duly sensible of his errors, and of the,awful condition to Which they had reduced Notice has been given hi the Gazette of an in tention to build a chapel of Ease at Clapham. By, a clause in the Local Militia Act, Church wardens and Overseers are authorised to convene a meeting of their respective parishes, and to offer a bounty of two guineas to volunteers willing to' serve in the said corps, which may supersede the necessity.of the pending ballot, SPORTING.—HiS Majesty's stag bounds meet op Friday, at Tower-hill, and, in future, on Mondays and Fridays. The Surrey fox bounds meet on Thursday at the George, Westerham ; Saturday, at the Swan, ckh am . • 11.1r.Joiliffe's fox hounds meet on Saturday at the Windmill, Walton Heath the harriers met every-day, at kennel, .at 'half-past nine. The Thurlow fox . hounds.meet on Thursch at Stretch wo rtta.. • The. Qualm hounds Meet to-.morrow at Si.7c. Hills Friday at Ayleston Satin day at I.7lveserolt Abbey. . Mr. Lloyd's hounds meet to-morrow at Ray 'don Wood; Saturday at How Wood, at half nisi ten. The Essex hunt meet on Thursday at Lord May nard's High Wood ; Sat u rd a y a t , the Butcher's. Arms, Chelmsford Road ; Monday, the 30th, at Leading, Rocthing. The Pytchley hounds Meet on . Thursday at well Wood; Friday at Pytchley. The Essex Club have their annual meeting to course the• Bradwell Marshes . this day and to- morrow. The Newmarket Meeting takeS place on flay, the 7th of December, where Lord Rivers's greyhounds are baCked with high odds. Tne,Americans' arc skilful circumnavigators, and their mmtical skill is extensive. ' One of their pri vateers, commanded by a NewYOrk tanner, bold ly cruised for a Whole month on. Lake Cintarto, conceiving. it to -be the Atlantic, and triumphantly returning to port,,exulted that the Aincricans and the sea-gulls had divided the empire of the 'occaa between them. • BirzAn.--T(.:qiay there was no Conk: of AW.r.7 . m," '.E:e Lord-Mayor, aftei; ey.laninint; tuc returns, , ordered t ; ie present price to continue,.