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tataionia, be enable ) in res;.iiii'e altl`siVe war fare. IC, •on the other hand, Badajoi should fall, the Allies will be.enabled to 1,!ac . 6 the French -troops . Andalusia in a 'critical situation, and ,to inter cept their Supplies and reinforcementt. It appebrS, therefore, to us, (10. the French are determined:to abandon- the siege orCadiz; and we shall net be sur-' prized to hear that they have evacuated Andalusia al- . together. Gen.VlcTne,who has hithertocornmanded the army besieging Cadiz, has arrived at Seville, and it is supposed that he is going to France,' Whether in disgrace for his failure, or for the purpose of being 'employed in Poland, we do not know. Another 6tise, which we should think would have consider able effect in induCing the Freud) to evacuate An dalusia, is the scarcity of provisions. We are glad to find that the new Spanish Government 'has . placed the coast between Cadiz and Ayamente in a state of blockade, as it will deprive the: French of a considerable portion of their supplies. A • fleet. of American vessels' had arrived at Cadiz laden with flour. The-following is an.ext-cact .of a Letter from Ali cant, dated 28th February " We have nothing new, except that TuprEit has teen turned out of Alicant by our, good Governor. tie tells hilt) in his official letter that he does not wish for any English . Agent here. Mr..TUPPER is gone to Cadiz. The people are mild) dissatisfied with Cauz, our Governor, and. would be happy to get rid of him. There was some appearance of .dis- tut bance the other night ;' they called on General Romig, who very properly declined interfering. A 'battalion of Wallen here, and Quiz depends on them. They have received an order from DonJosEzix O'DoN NEL (t he Captain-General) to repair to him, at his Head Auatters, I should not be sur-,. /prized if when they go we should have a kick-up. The streets are , crowded with patroles, 'and hid a dozen of people cannot Converse together. Crttlz has had two private interviews with HARISFi, the rench General. " MINq writes, that,-between the 20th and 30th Of January, 14,000 men had Idft Spain for France. Report says, that a great part of the army of Sucucr 18 gone into the interior, and that not more than . 1 600 wen remain in Valencia." Yesterday ]gr. GRATTAN postponed his motion ' ll 'Peeting,the Roman Catholics from Tuesday next, to this day fortnight ; and -Mr.PERCEVAL put cat} t he call of - the House till Wednesday se'nnigiP Lord DONOUGHMOJIE'S motion in 'die House of tords, upon the same subjed, will also - probably be Put • • --. Lord NIELvILLe held another Levee this day, at the Admiralty, and the avenues were hardly passa ble, orkacconer of the number of Naval Officers. Military dispatches were yest er d ay rece i ved f rom the Island of Anti g ua, in the West Indies, All Of f icers, non-commissioned Officers, and pri . vates are, by the regulations,' to be present with their regiments on the 16th of April, in every year, at Which period the field exer_ises, ereparatory to the reviews, are directed to take place. The importance of keepirig.e4ery branch of our Military establishment complete was never greater, th an at present, and the theaos adopted, to give a. r egular and 'annual supply to our disposable force tin the state of the army at thii inome..t Under the EarI 'WELLINGTON) gives an additional interest to thy expeated transfer of volunteers from the .uilitia to th e line'; this Measure, in wh!ch the wholetiOr 1 4 . a .f of ltry is so mat eria lly intereste d , w i l l take place, ithe ye a r 1812, on th€ 4th o f M , y; under regu ations now preparing at the Secretary ,of • State's and Adjutant -General's departments. t , The under-mereioned Officers bel ong i ng to the Ringlish cavalry in Portugal, tease, beeti taken-during the last campai gns , and are . prisoners of war n Fr ance :—Captain ‘BRICE, of the 3d-* Dragoon Guard s ; CapThn PHILLIPS, 4th Dragoons ; l iurystis, and Lieutenants WooD and ,BINNEY, Ilth Dragoons ; Hon. Captain l'ilitcY; 44th Dra 9ons ; and Captain BELLI, I Grli bragoons. .Major. General . Sir W.I. A \ LET is gppointel to serve on the Sra'ff in•lreland, and will proceed to his `destination without &lay. . b .Tuesday a Court of Dir e 6l or a w as held at the ''•' l .st India House, when•Neti. BENJAMIN EDMON 'BI°NE and ARCHIB,ALD SETON, &qrs. were . ap- . -Pointed Members of• Council at Fort William. , It is som e wh at i ncons i stent , b ut b y no means ex..- Ir ,Rcudinary, in the conduct o f th e ' Opp os i t i on Writers, that a shoit time ago they were i•iioSt ou trageously clamorous to remove ail restriaines horn the PRINCE REGENT, but since the late ap -I"°intment of CoI.M`MAHoN they want to reduce the soveieigntyot his 'Royal Highness to a mere s tS crelarysliip. Still more to prove their inconsis tency, the Colonel was, it, few weeks ago,4 great favourite with Ahem. Now, however, he is al- Tost as much the mark of their hostility, as the '4l2llsictz ,REdENT lIHDSC,II. SO little regardful are they of th e o ld Maxim `fAssume a virtue if you 'cave it not," or even of conimon, decorum. • The new Comedy forthcoming at. the Lyceum is 'attributed to the pen of Mrs._LEFANU, a. sister of Air. SHERIDAN, and allied to him by talents as well as consanguinity. • Report speaks .highly in favour of this Comedy, particularly as' to the terseness, foint, and spirit of - the dialogue. golonel GREVILLE is very much . in the habit of • soliciting subscriptions, but it does not appear that he has instituted any measure of this kind in favour O f the untortimaie Performers,' &c. who were tempted to embark in his operat:cal ,speculation at the Pantheon. Many of these persons, howeter, -s ortie of . whoin are well known for their professional t alents, are reduced by that spec:dation to great dis t.rss, and without the , hope ell employ illellt. OC) NAVAL NEWS; PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.--;--We yaerday stetted the arrival of a ksloop of war, which it *Arai reported the Acorn froth the Mediterranean; blitAt afterwarth proved to be the Hermes, Capt. i3itriviro, fro'in cruize in the Channel,' and brings information that the enemy's aqqadro'n have,arrived 'at'BreAt. Arrived the American ship Merriinack, from Charleston, South Carolirra, with a cargo of timber, bound to Portsmouth ; the American ship Orlando, belonging to Barnitaple, 'State of Massa=. chusetts . ,', CROWELL master, from Wilmington, North Carolina, with a cargo of timber for his Ma- Jeity's dock-yard at this port ; the Ocean, belong ing to this port, SAUNDERS master, and the Lord Nelson, PUDDICOMBE, ; ,.1:)oth from ,Portsmouth -; the Nancy, COL LINS ; and William, FAWKNER, from Lonclon; the Betsey, belonging to Newcastle, BAR• KER . master, from Sunderland ; the Ceres, belong ing, to Arundel, EVANS master, from Youghall, with a cargo of provisions for this port ; and the Acorn, LLEWELLYN, from London. Poi hick by contrary winds the Selina, BARROW, and Hope, JONES, bound to Guernsey, which sailed from hence on Friday last, in company with his Ma jesty's schooner Alp/tea, and the Nautilus transport, having on board a detachment of the 46th regiment, bound_thither ; the ;twy latter have put into Torbay. Sailed the .oi'esles sloop of war for CorOnna: DIAL, APRIL B.,—Sailed this morning the whole of the outward-bound coasters and colliers, under convoy . of the Viper cutter. Arrived the ill'ary cutter, with dispatches and let ters, from off Flushing. FALMOUTH, APRIL 6.—Sailed the Sparrow gun. brig for Corunna, and the iielive cut ter on a cruize, PORTSMOUTH, Arent. B.—Arrived the liapid and Gallant schooners float 'he Mediterranean ; his Maiesty's.ships. Hope and Pickle from a cruize. Sailed 'yesterday three running ships. -, His Majesty's ship Phoebe with the' Quebec convoy, are expected to bail in the morning. Sailed the Argo irigate, with . Mr. LISTON on board, for Constantinople; and the Hotspur with the East India convoy. Went ow of Harbour his Majesty's ships Gos hawke and Attack. • - The Trinculo sloop of war sailed from Cork on the 4:'h instant, with, a convoy (or the West Indies. The Poiaters man of war has arrived at Ply mouth, and brings a confittnation- of the Orient squadron having got safe into Brest ; and it is stated, that They carried in.several prizes with them. The East ,I ndiamen raider convoy of the Hotspur, that sailed yesterday for India are, the City of Lon don, Lord Keith, Ann, _lndus, Sir ff"illiarn Bensley, Harwich, and the Sovereign. On ,Friday sennight, the sloop Jenny, of Holy head,laden with shop goods, from Liverpool, was wrt s ckett near Redwharf, and the whole of the crew perished,___ together with a female passenger. We learn from Dover, that a. few nights ago, the Skylark brig of war, Lieut. Boxv.a, fell in with a fleet of praams, which took shelter in a bay ; that he attacked them in the face of thrt batteries, and after a, smart atlym, drove 1 5 of 1 t Kean on shore.— The brig of war had, one man killed. The official account of the affair has not yet come to hand, ow ing, we believe, to contrary Yesterday the Bank began paying to the Public !he.three per cents.' tour per cents. long annuities, and other dividends payable this quarter. Several petsons,. it seems, are already at work upon the life of the late JOHN HOtINE TOOKR, but his public charader is so well known by the history or his tithes, t hat. it would be a difficult matter for, the most ingenious Biographer to throw a neW.light on the subjeti; and to drag his private history before the world would be bit an invidious office. If he has left any literary remains, unconnected With his politics, if that indeed were possible, such remains would, no doubt, be an acceptable present to the public, considering his powers and attainments. PEDESTRIANIS34.. 7 — 011 Tuesday Anorting Mr. Agar, the celebrated pedestrian, undertook to go by, a circuitous route, from his residence at KetisingtOn, .to Black Water, in Hampshire, and return, making, , altogether, .a'distante of fifty -nine•miles and a h a lf, for a stake of 200 guineas. The pedestrian stared at day-light, dressed closely in flannel, with,light, but thick shoes, and with his legs bare. He arrived at Ashford Common: (t 7 miles) ,in two hours and. ten minutes, anti refreshed at Englefield-Green, 21 miles, iR five minutes less , than, three hours from starting. The pedestrian continued steadily at work, •until he did the. hall of his journey, in .four hours and four minutes. After • being well rubbed, Mr. Agar pursued his Herculean undertaking, acid did tisseven miles at) hour tolerably true,. although he was Much distressed in thelast two hours ; but he wt,n the match tluee minutes within time. Tnis is the greatest performance of modern day. Mrs. Bumby died on Tuesday last, at Eakring, in her soth year. In the ;ormer part of her life she titled in the capacity of a school-mistress, till the age of .50, at which time she married ; and on the day of her - martiage, immediately after coining from church, a Mental dkrangement took place, from which she never wholly recovered. What is very remarkable, a - horn sprung, ,within the last feW years, from, one side. of her forehead, and grew itt a crooked torm , t o t h e l engt h o f near l y s i x inches. 'Another also.made its appearance, but ow ing, it is supposed, to her frequently rubbing it, its grOwtb was stopped. 7M2 PRINCE REGENTS COURT. • . , 'YrNLAair his Roy I Hightiei4 the Plitl4CE RE sevr appointed to hdld a Privi7,oouncil .oarltOn . hO,,se soon after ; vvo o'clock. lt was attended by The Lord Privy Seal; the First3l_Ord of the Treasury-and Chancellor of the Exchequer; the First Lord of the Admi. raUy, the ihrft.geilfri'aries of State; , the President of, the Board of Controhl; the LOrd Chaniberlain, and the Earl of Flairowby. . , Lord SIDMOtiTII attended. When the PRINCE was pleased to declare HENRY, ViScOunt Sib uou TR, to be President of his. Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. . His Lordship took his seat at the . Board accordingly,. Earl TALBOT was introduced .to the Council, and sworn in• Lord Lieutenant lot. the County of Stafford. ' . . . . Viscount CHETWYND attended a 6 Clerk of the council.' The Earl Of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE kissed hands on his being, appointed President of the .Bdard of Con troul. The Noble EA had a private audience of the PRINCE. Mr. PERCEVAL, Mr. RtiDER, Lord MELvir-tE, Lord' MULGRAVE, Lord CASTLEREAGH, and the Earl of LIVERP O OL had also audiences of his Royal Highness. The Marquis of HEADFORT and General STEVENS were the Lord and Grown in Waiting. WINDSOR, APRIL B.—Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of YOR& arrited at the Castle, where her Royal Highness dine] ; and at seven o'clock set off for Cbt)ands. This morning- the PUEEbt, PRIN CESSES, and the ..PRINCESS CHARLOTTE Of WALES,' took an airing to Rurnham, the seat of Lady G. MURRAY, and returned to the Castle at three.o'clock. Lord SID MOUTH, was yesterday sworn ill Presiden of his MAJESTY'S CollilCi I. The Earl of HART INGT9N gave a grand . dinner yesterday, at his house in the Stable-Yard, St. James's. , Tilt. Countess-of MOUNTNORRIS intends giving another splendid entertainment on Wednesday, April 29. . - The Earl OfAlritctfELsEA's,splendid ball, so long talked of iii the circles of the haul ton, takes place in South street, Park-lane, on the Ibth inst. On the Friday folldwing,. the Marchioness of HEADFORT will receive a numerous company, for the fir:4 time this season, at her beautiful mansion in Siarihope-street, May-fair. And, on the Sunday next succeeding, the Mbr chioness of SALISBURY will hold her first Conver zatione, at her house in Arlington -street, Picca dilly. They will be continued until the first. week in July. The BISHOP of LONDON gave a grand dinner yes terday, at his house in Si. James's-square. La‘!) , CATHEttiNn TiLNF,y Lol4G - enteriained Mr. and Mrs. LONG WELLESLEY, and a select cotripany, w ith a Sumptuous dinner; at tier Ladyship's house in Hamilton .place, Piccddilly; on Tuesdav Lady'GLENßetivrE will have a sPlendicl assembly' at her' house, at Whitehall, on Friday next. Five busndred cards are issued. Yesterday a Court ol,DireEtors was held, when the following Comman.drs took leave of t h e C ourt , pr e vious to depariing for their respeaive destina- Coils, viz. Captain 'l'• Price, of the Lord Du ncan , f or M a d ras and Bombay. Captain".. Pitcher, of the Broxborhebury ; and 1. Pearson, of the •Sir Godfrey Webster, tbr Bengal dired, Captain 1. Craig, of the 'Princess Charlotte of Wales, for Madras, Ceylon, and Bengal. Captain R. Raves, of the Juliana, tor Batavia. The Thanks of the_COurt were toted unanimously to JACOB BOSANQUET, Esq. and Sir 1 - 1../NGLIS O ,I32II t. .Chairman and Deputy Chairman, (or their zeal and attention to the Company's interests during the last, year. . • Yesterday a Ballot was held at the East India House, for the election of Six Directors, in she room , of— Charles Mills. Abraham R o b arts. Ri chard C. Plowden e John Huddleston, George A. Robinson, and John A. Ban . carman, Esqrs. who go. out by romion. .At six o'clock th glasses wereclosed, - • and delivered to the Scrutineers, who reported the election had fallen on— Charles Grant, Esq. - Sweeny Toone, Esq. Witham Astell, Esq. Campbell Matjoribanks, Esq. George•Swith, Esq. John Jackson, Esq. • MATTOEWS made hit appearance on the &lin ' burgh Stage on Saturday Last as Sir David Dander, in .COLMAN'S pleasant Comedy of Wags and Means, and buskin, in- the farce of Killing no Murder. He waS,very well received,, and afforded the audience much entertaintpent by his imitations of the several performers, as well as by his admirable representa , lion of the characters in the 'dramatic pieces. 'I4OLNIAN- and his daughter are .performing at Wisbech, and are going through. a round of pro-, vincial Theatre, front which they are likely to reap a 'plentiful hat vest.. INCLEDON has - been warbling at various places in his native county, Devon, where he still remains. The Furl cat ASHBURNDAM died yesterday morn ing, at a very advanced age. His L or d s hi p i s suc ceeded by his son Viscount ST. ASAPii, now Eirl of ASHBURNHAM.` FAWCETT, laSc night, in Timousi, the Tartar, ad dressing Mrs. H. JOHNSTON, exclaimed, " Lady I am come ;to assist you at the hazard of my At this moment one of the side scenes gave ‘‘ay, and threatened to give a fatal verity to his declara tion. At SoUthaMpton Wheat has fallen 55. per qr. DUBLIN, APRIL 4.--This morning, between three and lour o'clock, the Newry Fly Coach was s'opp'ed by a strong band'of robbers,, who, wi:hont any previous 'ntimation, fired into the coach, though fortunately without injuring any of 'the passengers, though the Fly was full. They then proceeded to hand out those in the coach,, one by one, and with the most dreadful imprecations made them deliver up all they possessed. There were two Ladies, Mrs, Hamilton and daughter, whom the robbers oblted to kneel down in the road, declaring they would shoot them instantly; one of .the gang, however, interfered to save them, and even declared he would not allow their baggage to be touched. However, the Captain of tile banditti ordered every thing to be:carded Off. Money, watches, 'trinkets, clothes, every particle was plundered. The Rev. Mr. Beres ford was in the coach,' and lost, we unders t a nd, 2ool.; another Gentleman lost Gook and it is thought the carried off with them, alto gether, more titan 20001, 'in cash and other pru perty. .1 • iAIP REPORT COURT Qt KING's lip, JC lr, AikiL It4GRANI V. DENYS. , • This was an action fir an UptiolSterer's bill ; but the . principal , part disputed was seven htindred pound: for a State bed.. Mr: GAttaow said the defendant Was a Gentle man of large fortune, and 'of exqui,ite moo people must not therefore tneAure the refs Deefnsi... -lies of such r efi ne d pers o ns b y their ,Wn coarse ideas. Ir was true that he; as a common coati, who ; went to bed only to sleep', was c4attented to tie on a common bedstead; but if a Gentleman of treat fortune Would indulge his luxury by snLodid Jutni ture, he must at least be content to pay his trades-; men: Nov this bed was ;4 most splendid article, ;4 lie would She‘ir by reading the description of was ornamented at the pilastres by doves repOsing--- the yellow draperies Of:superb satin held up by bronze eagles..--(His Lordship observed, it was not usual to find reposing doves so near the eagles). Mr. Garrow. replied, it might not be so in nature, but they reposed very quietly on the bedstead, even in the presence of the eagles. The,.canopy to re-. semble the heavens, with the sun in full splendour. This, he said, was again a Nile opt Of the common way. Most people, when they went to bed, wish ed to avoid the ra y s . o f t h e sun." But if a Gent 1e.,. man chose to lay awake, and gaze at a mock sun s in meridian splendour; h e must pay for the giWing of it. Next, at the feet, were the armorial bearing . si Supported by two flying dragons; and' the wliwe,_ of this was, executz-A in the .most exquisite work manship, as he should - prove by many able ani;ts. Having . concluded hi s d escr i pt i on; Mr. ATTOIINEY- GeNF.ttAL proposed":to refer this cause to a Gentle man of the Bar, which was at length acceded to. MEM 2). SWIFT. The plaintiff in this action -sought to recover from; the defendant, who is a Lottery-office -keeper in London, the one half' of the proceeds of a ticket in one-of the late Lotteries, No, 29, the half of- which ticket the defendant had undertaken to purchase fur the plaintiff. The ticket of thia'number was drawn .a prize of 26,0901.; the defeldant failed to ful- - fil his part of the contra6l; by delivering to the plaintiff the one-half of the ticket, which would have 'miffed him to I 0,0001. It appeared that the ' plaintiff having dreamt of the tort'unate issue of Nos. 29 and i I I, frd requested of the defendant to purchase them for him, which the defendant agreed to do, but atter paying the usual deposit of ss. for' such preference, and making frequent inquiries re speeting the said numbers, it happened that they were never procured, and No. 29 urned up a prize of 20,0001. To recover a compensation ..for this breach of contract the present action was brought. The - plaintiff had formerly filed a bill of discovery in the Court of Chancery, for the 'nu-pose. of ascer taining, from-the answer of the defendant himself, the-real nature of the undertaking by him in regard to the half of the ticket ill question. In his answer to this bill, the defendant admitted that he had un dertaken'to purchase for the plaintiff the half -of the ticket in question, and.that he had accordingly used every endeavour to procure it, but had been disap-' pointed in consequence of the occurrence of cif camitances over which he had no conttotil, and which of course he could not prevent; These circumstances were enumerated in the .defendant's answer. The Bill and Answer in Chancery were put in and read. Lord GLLENBOROUGH observed, that the defer,» dam having und e r ta k en to pnichase .for the plain tiff one-half of the ticket pointed out, was bound to fulfil that undertaking ; and it she plaintiff could spew that he had from culpable neglect, or even from inattention, failed to do so, the defendant must be 'liable. Here, however., it appeared, that the defendant had used all due diligence to procure the number in question. but had been disappointed of obtaining it, by circumstances' which he could not foresee or prevent. The plaintiff was accoHingly nunsnited. Sittings appointed' in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLE - NBORC'UGir, Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Easter Tqini, 1812 MIDDLESEX. Moyday - Saturddy Saturday Fridry IN TERM., April 20 1 Wednesday 25 Monday May 2 , Monday S Saturday AFTER TERM. May izj Wednesday LONDON. April 22 27 May 4 Tuesday May ij SiR JOSHUA •RuyNoLns:,---We mentioned some' time ago a plan that was in contemplation to do hO nour,to the memory of this distinguished Artist, ,by uniting the most capital of his' works in onelexhibi lion, as the great Founder of the British School of Palming. Sir GEORGE PEAyAIONT; and . seve►at ot 4, e i, we ll known AmareUrs, , exerted themselves with laudable zeal on the occasion; bUt,son'accoont of the difficulty of assembling: the works in ques, tion, the design is fbr c the present laid aside--a circumstance much to be tegretted by the admire's of genius. THOMAS FYDELL, Gentleman, who died on Friday last, in his 7lst year, was one of the Representatives in Parliament for Boston (his native place), and was highly and most deservedly re speded. He ser'ied the office of' Mayor 'of that Borough three limes, and fur 23 years discharged the duties of beputy Recorder. Sir ABRAIIAIkt HOME, Bart. has already began a canvass to sticceed him, and has so powerful a suppart in the Borough as, to leave little doubt of his Sue:Tess. The EAU METICINALE .CHUSSON has long been: established in the pob:ic opinion. 'Nothing - tot - we Qin add in praise of this valuable remedy'ran height.: •en that good opinion. But as the - constant supply of an article so necessary to the health and comfort of our countrymen is of the utmost importance, ,we congratulate our readers that' this .desirable obje& is insured by Mr. 1/...1cr0ik.-01 Poland street ; vthi) . , in addition to the liberal offer, of selling it considerably lower, for the benefit of those who have been pre cluded from purchasing it, oWing.,to has dune himself much credit in offering to relieve th e dis , resses of the p oor f ree of any e.l),:qice. PItICE cu iISTE, Rank Stock, 221 cx. div. Navy c per tee 9(0,1 4 per Cent. :73 per Cent. Red..sBi per Cent. Cons. 59 1 : liank 1. Ann. i s.l6ths Lana Stock, S f 0 CA:4 • Runic. 1 I lOW 130MiS, ToS 9S. ins. pr. old Ann. 58,4 i Exchey. Bills, ss. - 6s. pr. Omnium, I nipetiAl 3 per Cent. • Ditto Ann. C‘tris. lor loth April, 591 ?