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1; niPossibilfty of longer continuing the fruitless at= tempts which h'elMd made to obt te3-ion of Burgos ) decided upon retreating; vl - hich he began to carry into execution on the night between the 21st and 22d. The Army immediately pursued him ; the right marched upon Vellalon; and the tame day entered Burgos. At Villa Toro We found twolB-pounders which the enemy had been oblig ed to abandon. ' On the 23d in the army . eon-, tinned its march upon the traces Of the English Army. The advanced guard which had the pre ceding evening pursued it to San_Mames, and 'taken an eight pounder from it, was not long in joining it. The light brigade of cavalry. under the orders of Colonel • SHEE, precipitated itself upon the enemy and completely routed him. In this brilliant affair, Colonel SItEE displayed much intrepidity and sang froid. - • ".A second charge, executed some time after wards, by the brigade of cavalry commanded by Colonel MumN, finished throwing the enemy's ranks into disorder. The English army pressed so briskly, then felt the necessity of supporting the retreat of one of its columns, which followed the road of Castroneriz, and which was nearly be lug reached: " Ills rear-guard had been reinforced by all his cavalry, and it had slackened' its movement, upon the height of Celuda. I immediately or dered the brigade of cavalry from the Army of s the North to advance and charge , the enemy,. who, notwithstanding his superiority, was over thrown as soon attacked, and abandoned the field of battle, which he left covered with his dead and wounded. On this day the cavalry of the army of the North covered itself with glory. Colonel BE _ TULLE, commanding the gens-d'armes legion, and Colonel FAVEROT, commanding the IZ-th cb as seurs, as well as the Commandant of the lancers, particularly distinguished themselves. The first 'was dangerously wounded. We continued to briskly pursue the enemy, of hom we made se -I:eral hundred prisoners. Night alone suspended ,°,,% our success. In the evening the army took position at Villa Drigo. On the.nexi day, at day, break, it re commenced its marches. The great number' of prisoners taken 'from the enemy, and that of his deserters, snfficiently prove that his retreat was made ivith so much precipitation as to occasion Absurder. Ile thus sought to retard our vietoriOn's march by throwing in our way all the obstacles -which the 'nature of the country affords. The bridge of Torquemada, defended fur ' a moment by his artillery, was soon in our power, notwith standing the disadVantages offered by the position. After a cannonade of short duration, the enemy was obliged to retire with precipitation on Due- Das our van-guard pursued him as far as Benos. The head-quarters have beets transferred to Ma gor, and the right wing of the army, under the command of M. General For, has, been , directed from. Torquemada towards Palencia. (To be continued.) We have seen a Gentleman who is just arrived In this 'country from Paris. He left that city on the 25th ult. ,He says, that since the breaking out of the conspiracy, and the arrest of the Ge nerals, the ,police has been so active in seiz ing persons for spreading false reports, as they are termed, respecting the Grand Army, that all conversation upon the subject, at least in mixed tompanies, has 'ceased... With respect to the late conspiracy, the same silence is observed, and all letters coming from and going to the country are opened, so that no man ventures to put any pub lic news in them. The report of BIIOI4APARTE'S death was generally circulated in 'Paris upon the breaking' out Of the conspiracy. The Govern- . Ment,fis it is well known, took the utmost pains to 'contradict it; but whether they succeeded in-coh 'vineing the public or not, our informant says it is impOssible to ascertain ; for, as we before stated, after the numerous arrests by the Poliee, no man ventured to express his opinion. The Gentle'-' man, from whom we received the above informa-. tion, also communicated to us the following mice-, date : about four or five days before the insnrrec.- tian broke out-in Paris, he called upon an ac-. tinaintance, who was an 011iCer in the Guard 'of the King of Rome (as he is called), and .Seeing him apparently very lunch fatigued, he .asked him the cause., The Oificer replied, • that for several preceding nights the whole of the young King's guard had -patroled all night, in Consequence; as 'be understood, of some suspi cion that was entertained that a plot 'had- been formed to carry off this heir apparent of the Throne of France. Whether this was a part of 'the plan formed by General ,MALLET and the others, we do not know ; our informant ,says, -that he did not think it prudent to push his cniries upon the subject. The Russian Fleet were all read; to sail from 'Wing° on the 25th, and may be daily expected, with a'fleet of meichantmen assembled there, amounting to nearly 300 The 4th regiment .of Dragoons, in. Portugal, has been furnished with entire new sets of saddlery • equipments, which were sent last week for ern larkation • The whole :army is hereafter to be furnished with knapsacks of the same description, according 4o a sealed pattern, approved of by the Clothing Board of General Officers. NAVAL NEWS PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.-=•Arrived thii'inorning the transport ship (No'. 355.) belonging to London, WAiinELL, master; .froni Alicant, Port Mahon,niid last from Lisbon, Where she reniain ed two Months, and haS brought froM thence about 100 sick arid Wounded soldiers, and invalids from different regiments, together with • five British Officers, six NVoinen, and two children. The Dawn was bound to this port,- and has been put under quarantine; she sailed horn Lis bon, in company with thd fleet under convoy of • his Majesty's ship Pontulus. Air. HICKS, Surgeon of the 02d, came passen gers in the Dawn, which ship, on the 23d ult. in lat. 42. 0. N. long: 10. 0 W. at night, .during a tremendous storm, passed very near a large ship, in great distress, which appeared to be settling. It being moonlight, she was distinctly seen, and a number of persons were observed on deck cry ing for assistance. The moment it was practica ble, the Dawn wore to near the distressed, but long ere this could be effected, she was lost sight of, and, it is feared, foundered.. The storm continued to rage with great violence, and rendered it almost impossible' to relieve the unfortunate 'from their miserable situation, which could only have been attempted by •running the Dawn alongside the wreck, and this might have been destructive to both. Her colours were not hoisted, consequetitly it was impossible ,to dis 'cover to what nation she belonged. The Rover sloop of war has detained and sent in here this (Tara very fine American brig, called the Address, belonging to and from New York, with a valuable cargo, consisting of cotton and other merchandize, hound to Bourdeaux. This brig sailed from New York twenty-four days since, and it is said, brings iuteliigence that the Frolic sloop of war, (which we stated' a few days since, had been captured by an American frigate, after an - obstinate resistance,) has been captured by an English man of war, which at the same time, took possession of her opponent, the American sloop of War Hornet, and carried them both into_ Halifax, in a very disabled state. ' Put in here this day tor orders ) the brig Tartar, belonging -to Guernsey, SEASON, master, from Gibraltar, with a cargo consisting of wine and fruit ; sailed an the 24th ult. came a running ship, and is under quarantine. The Hotspur frigate, that arrived here yester day from the,coast of France, it is said, came in • under a jury main-top-mast. Sailed the Barham man'of war to join the squa dron in Basque Iloads ; and the Amaranthe brig of war, with a fleet of merchantmen, to the Eastward. • , Arriyed the Unicorn frigate, Captain SALT, from Corinna; the Fanny:and Nancy; BousE, and the Unity, TAYLOR, from Penzance; the illaty, TEus_. COTT, and the Fortune, JOLLY, from Fowey ; the Thomas, LOVERING, from Wales ; and the Bfo th6rs, TEAGUE, from Truro. Part of the 2d battalion of the sth regiment of foot, consisting of about 150 men, together with those belonging to the band, disembarked yester day from the Fanny transport, which arrived here on Monday last from Lisbon, and have marched for Totness. ANOTHER LETTER OF THE SAME DATE. The American brig Express, Capt. MORAN, has arrived from New York ; : sailed 6th of November, bound to Bourdeaux ; was captured on the 30th ult. by the Rorer gun-brig. Accounts are stated to have been received at New York, that the Fro lic sloop of war was captured by the American frigate Hornet, after a most deperate action, in which both Were dismasted and complete wrecks, and were : soon after fallen in with by his Majes ty's , ship Foictiers, and both taken. The Pre sident's Message was expected at New. York' the day the Express sailed. It was generally believed that an order for a general embargo 'Would be one of the first acts of Congress, on account of the immense exportation of grain and flour from the United States. The British frigate Amon, with dispatches from Sir J. B. WAagEN, whiFh hag been at New York about .14 days, left it, with'an answer to the dispatches, about two clays before the departure of the aboVe vessel. Nothing was known of the nature of the said dispatches, or the reply giVen. The Sitiftsure packet was wait ing dispatches, and shortly expected to sail for 'England, The Castilian brig of war was left in chase of another Arnerican off Baurdeaux. Arrived his Majesty's ships Uni6rn and Sea lark front a cruize ; also arrived the transport Henry, BRUCE ) fro►n Lisbon, With the loss of her Main-yard, foretop-mst, and other damage : she spoke a packet from Guadaloupe, off Scilly, but could not learn her name, or any particulars. FALMOUTH, DEc. 2,—Arrived the LE LEWIS, ,frOih Lisbon, in nine days on Sunday METEOROLOGICAL JO BY R.' BANKS, URNAL. ILILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT M AKER, STRAND. Thermometer. Weat er. Ody. Du. lain Dd. Cldy. Hain Cldy. 4ore~bes ay ay mornil: :op- ..nd lost h'er,boafs the 7 ,-;athe evening, in lat. 47. tong. 8. 41.4115: brought ,to l y a French priva= teer, but froth the shttered• state she vas in" they snifered her to proceed. DEAL, DEC. 4.—Arried his" Majesty's sloop M•ake from Offthe Texel; and the Castilian sloop of ‘iTtir from Off Boulogne. His Majesty's ship Titistle lia.s - a signal fOr convoy to tile w6tll;aid. PORTSMOUTH; DEC. 3.--:—Arrived his Majesty's Ships CUniberland; Defiance, Arab; and Porcitpiiii; with several merchantmen from the Downs ; alsO arrived' the.ships Percival and Mountaineer from Honduras, tWo of the Frolic's convoy, having parted froin her on the Mb of October, While engaging the American frigate ; four Other ships patted at the same titne; viz. Hawker, and Star, for Liverpool, and the Mary, and Adventure, for .Loridon. On the 18th Noveuther, otithe Land's End, fell In with the latter ship.in distress, being leaky, and had lost all her sails, and the tew man she had on hnird, having no provisions,' quite ex hausted and:worn out. The Mountaineer supplied her-with some. The Mountaineer and Percival af terwards- went into Sicily. Sailed the Fantome for Lisbon, and the Superb on a cruise. His Majesty's ship Iphigenia, with a convoy for Gibraltar; the Tweed, with a convoy for Ma deira and Africa, still remain at Spithead. BRITISH NAVkL Foacs.—jrhe 'following is an abstracted statement from the official returns up to Tuesday :—At sea, 97 of the line, 11 fifties, 111. frigates, 70 sloops, 4 bombs, 167 - brigs,' 34 cutters, 46 schooners ; total 538. In Port, and fitting, 38 of the line, 8 fifties, 42 frigates, 20 `sloops, 3 bombs, 36 brigs, 7 Cutters, 16 schooners; total 1/0. Guard-ships 3 of the line, 1 fifty; 4 fri gateS, 5 sloops; total 13. Hospital-ships, &C. 21 of the line. In commission, 159 of the line, 20 fifties, 157 frigateS, 95 sloops, 17 bombs, 203 brigs, 41 cutters, •62 schooners ; total 742. In ordinary, 73 of the line, 12 fifties, 69 frigates, 41 sloops, 3 'bombs, 10 brigs, 4 schooners; total .212. Boilding, 28 of the line, 4 fifties, 15 fri gates, 6 sloops, 4 brigs ; total 57. Grand total 1014 vessels---260 of the line, 26 fifties; 241 fri gates, .142 sloops, 10- bombs,. 217 brigs, 41 . cut ters, and 66 schconers.—Of this force there are stationed in the Mediterranean, 110 vessels-32 of the tine ; in the English Channel, 80-46 of the line ; in the North Sea, 78-10 of the line ; off Spain, 78-24 of the line; at Halifax 44, and in the Downs 38. - NAVAL APpoiNTmErrrs.Rear . -Adamiral Cock-. burn, to be second in command in thetleet. under Sir John Warren , Rear-Admiral Linzee ' to the command at Cadiz; Rear-Admiral Bedford; to be Captain in the North Sca Fleet ; Capt,in Prevost, to the, Irresistible, the flag ship of . itear-Admiral Sir, ridge, at Chatham ; Captain J.W. Manley, • (son of Admiral Manley) is promoted to the rank of Post-Cap tain,ty,l appointed to the Hyacinth ; Captain J. 'Griffith, of -,he Volcano, to then•ank of Post-Captain ; Captain Carrol, to the Voleaco ; Captaia M'Cullock, to the Heron; Captain A. • Green, to the Shamrock; Capt.R. Gambier, to the Pelorits; Lientenrant W. Richardson (2), to the Revenge; Lieutenant Marshall, tb the Royal William ; Lieut. Groker, to the Iphi genia ;- Lieut. Broderick,. to the Loire ; .Lieut. J. Clitherow, to Argo frigate, at Spithead ; Lieut, W. F. Allen, to the Cygnet sloop ; Lieut. G. Bague, to the Iphigenia-frigate, at Portsmouth,.ordered to the Mediterranean ; Lieutenant H. Al.gernon Elliott, to the Cornwall, of 74 guns ; Lieute-. mint ThOmas Blake, to the Cadmus sloop ; Messrs. Nagle Lock (son of Copt. W. Lotk), H. Bigot, and C. Stirling, are promoted to the rank of Lieutenants; Mr. De COetlogen, to be Secretary to 'Admiral Surridge; ltr. W, Harris (of the Admiral's •Cflice, PortsmOuth), to. be. Sedretary to Admiral Foote ; Mr. M. Fogarty, of the Bahama, to be Purser of the Medway; Mr. It, H. Goddard, of the Hecate, to he Purser of the Doris; Mr. G. D. Dowell, to be Purser of the Cornelia; Mr. Austen, to be Purser of the Iphigenia; Mr. James Woes fold (of Portseo), Clerk of his Majesty's shipXictory,.to be Parser of the Woodlark; Mr. Win. Elliott., to be Purser of the Bucephalus, in the East Indies; Mr. E. Bell, - Purser of the Medway, r.f -74 guns, to be Purser of the Bahama prison ship; Mr. B. Nicholion, to be Purser of the Corriere ; Mr. J. Tackle, Purser of the Canada, to be Purser of the Sussex, receiving ship, at Sheerness. Government have ordered 16 new frigates to be immediately built of fir timber, for the Ameri can seas,' some to be ready for sea in 12 months, and named as ,follow :—/lebrus, Pact° Euri danus, ,Nici '' et, Tagus, Tiber, .&c.c. &c. Of these, five.are to be built at Blackwall, one at Deptford, one at Northfieet, one at the Isle of Wight, and two at Limehouse. The /phivnia frigate with a Spanish guard of honour, from Cadiz, intended for Bernadotte, has reached Falmouth, from whence she is to proceed to Gottenburgh. Six: troops of the 10th (the PRINCE'S regiment), the loth (the Duke of Cu MBERLAND'S), and of the 18th Dragoons, are under orders to proceed immediately to Portsmouth, to embark for Lisbon. The 55th regiment (concerning which serious apprehensions began to be entettained) arrived yesterdasy in the River, iu three transports, from North Shields. 4 . ' ' 30.14 -.05 .03 .01 .05 .10 .15 for d Cloudy Do. Du. Rain Cloudy Rain Cloudy ';",: • '? • - 7 4 • are in. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY; Dft.'4 P 'he Lonn CHANCELLOR took his sea' dt the WOolsack anunt halfL:ptist three o'{doek, when a few. Orders were made with respect to the i:trinti et tk pears; and touching the:judicial busifies the House. . A Bill to riaturalize Joel Henri read a fiat MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON. . . . Aftef 011ie ihteral; the Eurl of LIVERPOOL entered the floue, and:fires - eared a Ifes.4 - age i‘rOuf his Rora Highness the Prinet Regent, touch ing the MartitiiS, of to the folldwiog effect ,‘ G. 11..11: " His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting' in the name arid oii the behalf of Ins,Majesty, having taken into his consideration the momentous and signal services of General the Martinis of Wellington; uptin So many and various occa sions, and more particularly at the glorious battle of Sala, nuinea, iS desirous of bestowing such .further marks of na tiunal approbation thereof, as may enable him to support tha high honour and dignity y%'hieli his Royal Highness has" thought proper to cdrifer on bins. The Prince Regent there fore recommends it to the Hduse of Lords' to concur in such measures as may be necessary, to .enable his Royal High ness to carry into effect so desirable an object." The Roy - al Message being 'read ftorn the Wool- sac 4; The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved, that his Royal Highness's niost graciOns.illessage he taken' into cOnsideration on Monday next, and the Lorck summoned for that day; which was ordered accorditigly:., Adjournedtilllalonday:: HOUSE OP COMMONS; FRIDAY; DECEMBER 4. Lord O. BERESFORD inforMed the House, tnat the Prince Regent had received the Address of the house respecting the Monument to Lieutenant- General Le Marchant; and that his Royal DeSS had promised to give ne necessary Order about it. ELECTION PETITIONS. A Petition was presented frdin Valentine Blake' ESq: Complaining of the undue election of the Hon. Frederick POnsOnby for the County of . the Town of Galway ; On die grbund of unqualified voters having beeen suffered to poll for hint. STARCH, SUGAR., ANG GOLD COIN BILLS. Mr. LusniNGTOiv - brought in a Bill to renew an Act passed last Session, to allow the use of Sugar in 'l3,:ewing; -alio Bills to renew the Gold Coin and Starch Bills. LORD WELLINGTOIk. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a Message from the Prince Regent on the same subject with that preSented in the House of Lords (for wliich see Report ot the Lords), viz. a provision to enable him to support - the .honours conferred upon him. On the Motidn of his Lordship , a Committee was appointed to take the subject into consideration on Monday next. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented the Report of the Committee who had been appointed to inquire into the state of Lincoln Castle and Lancaster Gaol. - The Report was ordered to lie -on the table, and to be printed. . _ _ On the Motion of Mr. WHARToN, an account was ordered to. be laid before the . House, of all the Exchequer wills outstanding and not provided for. The mntion of Lord FOLKESTONE, respecting a Return of the number of German Officers in our service, was poStpOned' till Thursday next. The usual ordinary and extraordinary Navel, Military, Ordnance, and Transport Lists were, ordered to laid before the House. And an burn bk. Address was ordered to be presented to the Prince Regent, praying his Royal Highnes:,* to be pleased to order these Papers to be laid before the House by the proper Officers. 111 S MAJESTY'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved. for leave to bring in a Bill, to amend an Act passed last Session, authorising certain Commis- , sioners to.administer'bis Majesty's real and per sonal property. Some doubts having arisen, whe ther or no those Commissioners had a right, un der that Act, to manage the farms and forests of his Majesty ; the object of the Bill was to give them that power. Leave given to bring in a . Bill. The House then adjourned . till Monday. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 4. rTHE KING 'V. BARRY. This was an indientient against the defendant for obtaining the - stn of Gi. 12s. under , false pre tences, from the Earl Of Besborough. The defendant artfully came to the house of the Noble Earl with three trunks, which he pretended were the property of Colonel PonSonby, now in Portugal, which were expected from Waterford, in Ireland. • . The trunks were addressed to . the Earl, with a bill for carriage, wharfage, &c. subscribed by the name of Fisher. The stratagem succeeded, and the money was paid by the porter, but on opening the trunks, they were found filled wish stones and hay only.. . . The defendant attempted a like fraud at the Marquis of Waterford's, where he was appre hended. He was found guilty, and sentenced'to trans portation for seven years. On the 23a ult. a poor woman, reputed to be the wife Of a Mendicant calling himself Thomas Swain., drowned - herself in tho Ashby Canal, near OakthOrpe. She had a female child, aged about four years', upon her back when she went into the water, which was with difficulty saved, and it is thought that if assistance had not been at hand, the husband, a helpless old man, would have met the same fate in his attempts to rescue his wife and child. This poor-woman had lately bee,u ap prehended at Cromford as a vagrant, an 4 the dread that the of f icers were in pursuit of her, it is soilp.osed, caused her to coruulit suicide. N. !3, The