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front Papers received at the office of the j
Publick Ledger by the Ship (Seorgiana, j
Captain Chamberlain, in 28 days from ;
Bristol, (England,) with London dates i
to 24(h Oct. <
L London, October 34.—The expected in- i
^ telligence from Lord Wellington is not yet i
f arrived, and the public anxiety is wound *
up to the utmost possible pitch; for never, i
*)h!
never perhaps did armies, at least Bo ;
napane's army, play for so large a s ake.—
To us it seems as if no less depended upon
it than the shaking, possibly the destroying i
his power, should his army experience a i
total defeat. Such an event. at once rescues i
Portugal: and Spain feeling its vast and be
neficial effect, will see the French retiring
precipitately from before Cadiz, too happy
to be able to measure buck tbeir steps in
safety to their own frontier.
The battle will be fought with certainly
much equality in point cf numbers as pos
sible. Of the positions occupied by our
troops our readers are already informed.—
They have a triple line of redoubts, and
Massena, with no decisive superiority in
numerical strength, must penetrate them
-*** UCIUI» lie c«m ivavu uiavwii, Oil iiic
left of our position, the whole coast from Vi
miera to the mouth of the Tagus is studded
■with forts, which have been mounted with
heavy artillery. On our right, the banks of
the Tagus are flanked by our armed boats ;
evrn sloops have been sent up the viver._!
We trust the measure of landing our sea- ,
ineti und marines from the fleet will be u»
dopted, even if our army be equal to the e-j
neniy ; a fortiori it they are not. The sea- j
men would man the batteries and work the :
cannon; the marines would s«rve in line
■with our troops We would tnafe “ assu- !
ranee doubly sure”-for so vast is the
prize, that every expedient should be, ■
and, with the confidence we have in Lord
Wellington’s talents, we have no doubt has
been adopted.
The battle of Busnco has been an excel
lent preparative to this mightier conflict._
It has given us, not a conviction of our own
discipline and superiority, for that we did
not want, but a reliance upon the steadiness !
of the Portuguese troops Ami if we may
judge from the Gazette account of the bat_
tit, the French soldiers want that ardor and
animation, when brought against us, which
they had against Austrians, and Prussians,
and Russians. For among the prisoners ta„
Tken at Buzacowe observe onl) 250 privates,
and about 40officers. The great proporti.
on of the latter shews that the French
troops were intimidated, and that the officers
■were i bliged to risk themselves in order to
lead them on.
Surely as the wind has been invariably
fair, many houvs will not elapse before we
receive the expected despatches.
PORTUGAL.
Oflir:al dispatch from Lord Wellington,
to ids Excellency Don Miguel Pereira For_
■jaz.
“ Head-Quarters, Alcabaca, Oct. J.
" Mott lixcellent Segnior,
The enemy having mo.
vcd forward in force, his advanced guard
in front of Coimbra, on the afternoon erf the
30th nit. and morning of the 1st inst. I con.,
ceived it time to withdraw the advanced
guard of the allied army to this side of the
river Mondcgo, on the 4 h instant, and
to continue to withdraw the main body of
the Rimv.
•* In the retreat of the British cavalry
from Fornos, captain Kraukenberg of the
first regiment of hussars, and captain
Cocks of the 16th, light dragoons, attacked
and charged the enemy. In this skirmish
captain Kraukenberg was wounded, but I
am happy to say but slightly.
“ I continued to withdraw this part of the
army by the roads of Scute and Pombal,
for Leiria, near which town it all arrived
on the 3d, and halted during yesterday, the
advanced posts being at Pombal. General
Hill retired with his cofps, by the road of
Espinhal, upon Tliomar, where he at rived
.yesterday.
“ The advanced guard of the enemy ar
rived yesterday at Bedinha, causing our
picquets to retire from Pompai towards the
evening. I have received information
that their 8th corps was at Condeixa, and
their other troops on this side of the Mon -
tit go.
* “I have, in consequence, continued to
withdraw, and ©ur advanced guard will to_
clay be on this aide of L.eiria,
“ With tew exceptions the troops have
continued to conduct themselves with great
regularity, and have not suffered fatigue.
••The army is now at no great distance
from the position where I proprfse to receive
the enemy ; and continues animated with
the best dispositions.
“ lty all the information I have received,
the enemy suffers the greatest distress
The inhabitants of the towns and villages
iiave universally abandoned their homes;
carrying with them all they could transport,
and that might be useful to the enemy; and
by this means, in spile of the habits and 1
practice of plundering, by which the ar
enies of the enemy have at all times been
animated, they have been prevented from
deriving any advantage from the few resour
ces which the inhabitants of the country
may have left, inconsequence of the impos
sibility of bringing tlvem off
p “Nothing of importance has occurred in
the north, or in the provinces of th** South of
Spain, since my last dispatch. My last let
ters from Cadiz, are dated the 22d of Sep.—
I have the honor to be. See.
“ WELLINGTON.”
“1*. S. I have learnt that Generals Grain
bridge und Foix, both belonging to the 2d
corps, were wounded in the action of the
27in ulc. It is added that tlie former is
Bince dead of his wounds.”
Lisbon, Oct. 12.
The following proclamation has been issu
ed :
“Don Antonio Snares dc Noronna, lieut.
gen. of the royal armies, &c.
“ In pursuance ot oidcrs from marshal
lleresford commander in chief of the army, 1
g’vc notice to all militiamen, who may be
absent, instantly toj »in their regiment ; a*d
that every one who refuses vo defend Ins
countiy at the present juncture, by failing to
join, shad be considered a traitor, his pro
petty sequestered,-and himself bani&hetl to
Africa lor litf.
“ JJrad quarters at Junrllat Verdas,
“ OctUer 12, IblO.”
Fiiom Private Letters.
•• Lisbon. Ocr. 14,
“As our army is now so very near, we i
have almost hourly communication «her"_ i
from. Vo-s esmot form to j ctirself *"y
King more like war than the general up- i
learance of this city. Soldiers and officers i
it every step ; processions of cans of 40.50, i
md 60. at a time, with provisions. Com- |
nissariat waggons in dozens, mules loaded
vith biscuits, 8tc. in immense numbers ; ar
illery moving along the streets towards the
irmy ; prisoners and deserters arriving, 3
ir 400 at a time. Fugitives from the was.
eil countries in multitudes, and police horse
guards patroling the streets in every direc
ion.
•• Friday, Oct. 12.—Massena has reach
ed our lines and 60or 70,000 Frcnchmen are
tow within 20 or 25 niilos of us ; but confi
lence is at its height, and no long faces are
;o be seen.
“ The city artillery, militia, and sharp,
(hooters are gone to join the army, which is
now said to be 100.000 strong. The defence
will be most desperate ; the attack such as
may be expected from 70,000 Frenchmen.
No ship can at this moment get over the
bar ; and should Massena be aware of this,
it will accelerate his attack."
*’ Oct-13.—Nothing particular has occur*
red since tnv last, we are still in suspence.
Humana has come down through the Alente
'ippOiiK giiic ut iiic TuguS, tTuu a
bout 10.000 Spaniards ; his troop&are at this
moment embarking to come over. It is said
Morier has joined Massena with about the
same number of troops. Our troops are in
the Mafra lines, the enemy all along our
Iront, continual rencontres of parties, but
nothing great. It will be the battle of gi
auts 1”
Norfolk, Nov. 28 I
This morning we were favored with files of
London papers to the 26th ult. received by the
fine, fast sailing ship Georgians, capt. Chamber
lane, in 28 days from Bristol, arrived in Hampton
Roads last evening, with a full cargo ; having
made a passage to and from Bristol in 92 days
Herald.
London, October 25.
Caft up.e of the Isle of BourFon. I
At a late hour last night, Lieut. Broughton, of
the Navy, arrived at the Admiralty, and Captain
Parkinson at the Earl of Liverpool’s office, with
dispatches, announcing the surrender of the
whole of the Isle of Bourbon to his Majesty's !
arms !
This grateful information was in the course of
the night announced to the Lord Mayor, in a let
ter, ol which the following is a copy :
Downing Street, October 24, 1810 ** My
Lord— Captain Parkinson, Deputy-Adjutant
General to the detachment acting under the coin
m ind of Lieut Colonel Keating, has arrived this
evening at my Office, with the intelligence that
the Isle of Bourbon, since designated the Isle of
Bonaparte, had surrendered, by Capitulation,
to his Miijesty’sjarmson the 8th of July last.
“ 1 ;*m happy in being able to add, that the
loss sustained in the operation which has led to
ti<is event, amounts only to 1 Subaltern, 1 Ser
jeant, and 16 rank and file killed; 1 Major, 7
Subalterns, 2 Serjeants, and 78 rank and file,
wounded.
1 nave the houor to be &c.
“LlVBRjOOi,.”
t o the Right Hon Lord Mayor.
Jeffery the seaman was .in town on Monday
last, when the Lords of the Admiralty gave him
his free discharge from the service ; and the
friends of Captain Lake mad# him a liberal com
pensation for the haidships he had sustained._
He is a good looking young fellow, and he con
fesses he made the x for his name, though he
can write ; but he says that it is common among
.sailors to use the cross for shortness He says
lie was eight days on the island of Sombrero, du
ring all which time lie had nothing but rain wa
ter to subsist on, which lie drank out of the cre
vices of the rock*—that several vessels passed
within sight, but he was too weak to hail them ;
and that he was in the very lust stage of starva
tion when the American vessel touched at the
island. He left town yesterday in high spirits,
with his money, to see his mother. Some peo
ple were after him, to make him exhibit himself
for money : but he got his discharge from the
service expressly on the condition that be should
immediately quit London.
Ifre extract the following from a letter to a res
pectable Commercial House in this place, dated
Liverpool, October 16, 181U. *« The ex
pecutiona which we entertained at the date oi
our last general communication, 23J August, as
to the re establishment of public credit, have not
yet'been realized : speculation by means of which
a large fictitious capital had been raised, having
been effectually checked, most of those whose
tranuctions bad been thus rendered extensive,
have been again obliged to bring them within
the limits of their own property. To accomplish
this, great sacrifices have been made ; but, in
many instances even these have been found ina
dequate to the exigencies of the parties, and ma
ny extensive failures have in consequence very
recently taken place. Each considerable town
in the kingdom seems 10 feel in its turn the ef
feet of this syytem, and we conceive that it may
yet be some time ere confidence is completely
restored ; during that interval, we shall most
probably have but a very limited demand for pro
duce, and that at low prices, tor the slock on
band, generally speaking, is pretty considerable
The recent commercial Decrees of France,
which apparently had for their object the en
couraging of the importation of colonial and o
tber produce, have not yet bad any beneficial ef
feet in lliis country ; for until the duties paya
ble in France undergo a reduction, Oo advantage
can be expected to arise from shipments.
“ The Dutch, as well as the Danes, retain
(heir inveteracy towards tbit country; and, on
the shores of tbs Baltic, the influence of France
is making rapid strides : it seems however pret
ty certain, that the Emperor of Uussia is resol v
td on opposing the encroachment of France, and
not at all improbable that hostilities may be re
commenced between the two countries.—Since
HfinudoiteliAiihet.il appointed ruler of Sweden,
French principles will no doubt very shortly be
come prevalent there, though for the present the
communication between that country and this is
kept upas heretofore.——
'• Viewing the state of our commerce gene
rally, and taking into consideration the low pitch
to which public confidence and credit have been
driven by recent events, we do not expect to
find our market resume its accustomed bnsk
iii ss until towards the end of the present year ;
for tiie severe losses winch toe manulacturing
towns have sustained, must necessarily curtail
materially the consumption of man descriptions
if American produce, inspecting wotcli wo may
jbserve generally, that the scarcity of money
ims lattci ly occasioned the prices to be very un
it uady.
[ From Haris papers received at Boston]
F a i’ll, October 3‘—Brices, this day, Caraccas
cocoa, 10 to 11 francs per killogrumme ; Hour
>oiic-jfl «■, 9 fiaiii a If) centimes to 9 20 ; St. Do
oiingo, 8 20 to 8 .It) j fine cinnamon, 46 ; r.ocb
tiial* ll2to 116; t'ernambncu cotton, 19 75 to
20 ; doves, 18 to 18 50 ; best indigo, 56 to 58 ;
1 of Trance, 23 to 26 ; hyson te*., 23—Amen
.an potashes, 172 to 174, per It)0 kdlograints ;
Due nos Ayres lodes, in hair, 280 to 29o.
October 4.—By s decree of September 18, the
bity on COllon is fixed at 8 francs per killogiom
no
MssEmif, September 27.-Oji the 19th,
4
18th, 223, ami 65th, October, will be 1
iold the cargoes of 5 confiscated vessels, con i
listing of cotton, potashes, campeaehy wood.su
J»r, coffee,tooacco,flee
Bordeaux, Sept 27.—15 hales Georgia cot
ion, long staple, sold this day, for 5 francs par
pound.
October 8 — Arrived the Eugene from the I,
Df France, in 75 days, with a rich cargo. Ad
vertised, tor sale at auction, ship Y arico.
Late From The Meditehhanean.
[Communicated for the Philadelphia Gazette]
The schr. Eclipse, sailed from Smyrna the
16th of September and the Castle the 17lh, in
co. with the brig Expectation, captain Kilts, with
whom we parted on the night of the 20th, off Se
rigo. On the morning of the 24lh, about a de
gree to the westward of Malta, experienced u
hurricane, wnich blew with great violence for
an hour. 28th, fell in with the armed ship Lewis,
Laurence, of Boston, from Smyrna for Liverpool,
with whom we kept company 10 days. Capt.
Laurence informed us that on the 20th Septem
ber he spoke a brig 4 days from Malta, the cap
tain of which informed him, that, by the most re
cent accounts from Sicily, the French hau not at
tempted to land on that island, but sure wait
ing for a favorable opportunity with a large force
on the Calabrian shore, say /e.uuu men un
the morning of the 8th of Oct. the Rock of Gi
braltar being in sight, made sail Si left said ship ;
at the same time discovered several vessels a*
head, standing up the Mediterranean, which ap
heated to be a convoy ; at meridian, one of the
ships, a frigate, gave chase to us, and at four
miles distance, or upwards, fired several shot,
but observing she did not near us, we stood on,
and she hauled on a wind for the convoy. On
the morning of the 10th of October, off Cape
Spartcl, fell in with a British frigate, who after
coming within half a mile of us, she bore away
without speaking, apparently for Cadiz.
About the 1st August 4000 Janesaries with
the Governor of Smyrna, at their head, left that
city and neighborhood to join the army of the
Grand Seignor which had previously inarched
from Constantinople to oppose the Russians, said
then to be within 200 miles of that city. News
was sometime afterwards received at Smyrna,
that the two armies had met, and that the Uus
sians received a check. Nothing further respec
ing the campaign when I left Smyrna.
Left at Smyrna, the armed ship Roxana, capt
N. W. Skillings, of Boston, to sail in 4 days for
Malta, and from thence to a port in England_
Also the Brig Jane and Maria, Moore, loaded
principally with wine for Boston, to sail with
Roxana, and a ship under American colours, cal
led the Cincinuatus, loaded with wine for the
North of Europe
The Expectation and Eclipse, were the only
vessels when we left Smyrna, which had sailed
from thence this season for the United Stales—
aud we left none there then bound home, except
the brig Jane and Maria above mentioned.
A shoal of about 500 whales ! were lately
driven on the island of Ronsay, in Orkney, by
the boats belonging to the place ; many of these
whales measured from 25 to 30 feet.
“ Paris, Sept 20.—In my last I enclosed
you a copy of a French license saying that
I would forward you an original by the first
safe conveyance, but I have now to observe
to you that such are the conditions of the
bonds which the. Government require on de
livering the licences, that no respectable
house will sign them, as the least deviation
in the contents of the cargo en arrival here,
will not only condemn the ship and cargo
but expose the bondsmen, to a penalty
which the Emperor alone is to pronounce
■ —Our friend the Banker would not sign
one for half his fortune.
“ If the present enormous duties continue,
a loss may be with much more certainty
calculated on than a profit, even admitting
the vessel escapes British capture.
Salem Register.
Boston, Nov 23.
The ship Alfred, captain Patch arrived
at Gloucester yesterday morning in 31 days
from Lisbon. Mr. Jno. Rice, a passenger,
has arrived in town, and obligingly favored
us with Lisbon papers to the 19th of Oci. 8c
a list of vessels left.
Lisbon, Oci. 12 —The movement of Ro
mana, and every thing indicates that the
march| of the allied army to the west of
the Peninsula, is the result of a plan which
has been well calculated.
Oct. 15 —A despatch is arrived from Lord
Wellington, dated at head quarters, Ajuda,
Oct. 13. He mentions the inarch of Roma,
na to join his army ; that detachments of
troops under colonel Wilson and colonel
Trant, with the inhabitants of the country
who had risen, were annoying the rear of
the French army ; that they had already
entered Busaco and Coimbra ; and that all
th« north of Portugal was tranquil.
Oct. 19 —The Anglo Portuguese army has
been considerably reinforced since the bat
tie of Busaco. It has concentrated i: for
ces and formed entrenchments. It ha _
joined by the Spanish forces of Esqueida.—
On the|contrary, the army of Massena is
diminishing every day, and his troops are
discontented in consequence of ihe privati.
ons they are obliged to endure. Every day
renders his situation more critical, and will
soon reduce him to the necessity of fighting
under great disadvantages, or of retreat
ing.
Ajuda, Oct. 15.—Despatches have been
received from General Miller at Coimbra.
That city was taken possession of on the 8th.
The garrison of the French, and the wound
ed, amounted to 4000. The prisoners wens
sent to Oporto, and dispositions are made
for thedefence of the city. Colonel Wilson,
with an advanced guard of cavalry, arrived
on the 10th at Condeixa. Massena is at
the foot of the Sobral, extending his line to
Alenquer.
Madrid, Sep. 18.—It hns hern ordered
that in future no Spanish officer or Soldier
shall be received into the service of king
Joseph. This has been always the opinion
of Napoleon.
Ten thousand French troops, intended for
Massena have arrived here, it is believed
their destination is altered, and that they
will now he incorporated with the garrison
of Madrid.
Sardinia, Sep. 4.—When Lucien Bona
parte arrived here, lie called himself Lo_
renzo Fabricio, a Roman merchant; but he
was soon known. The Russian minister
wished him to land, but the British minister
succeeded and he was sent to Malta.
*' There was verv little doing among the
shipping for want of lighters, all of which
were taken possession of, some for the pur
pose of carrying troops, fresh provisions,
Bcc. up to the army ; others in taking off
Use baggage of those who would wish to leave
the country in case the French should gain
possession of Lisbon.
Extract of a letter from a verxj resfircta
hie American at Lisbon, dated Qcto~
ber 21.
•• It is clear they (the French) have not
'dvaaced any these ten day* past, from the
>est information I can procure, they might
hink themselves fortunate in making a much
less advantageous convention than that of
Sintra. Their forces are daily diminishing
by desertioh and sickness, and their resour
ces are cut off for provision and recruits by
the retaking of Coimbra. Notwithstanding
the French are within five leagues of Lis
bon, I do not think they will euter it as con.
qucrors
Boston. Nov. 21.
This morning arrived brig Constellation,
captain Leeds, 29 days from Lisbon, having
on board William Jarvis, Esq. American
consul & family. Mr. J has politely han.
dedus the following :
That an embargo took place on the 8th
October, on all shipping which were requir.
ed to take a fourth of their cargo and one
fourth of the whole number of passengers
on account ot government, receiving a com.
pensation. That the position cf the armies
remained nearly as it did on the 7th Oct.
excepting that the English had called in all
their out posts, which brought the French
within about 5 leagues of Lisbon, (*'. r. to
Villa Franca) on the margin of the Tagus.
7 leagues on the side of the ocean, mar
Mape, a line between which was drawn by
each army.
It was understood, that the French were
fortifying their position The English had
received about the 18th October, a reinforce
ment of 5000 troops from England, Ireland,
and besides about the same number a few
days before from Cadiz and Sicily. The
French army was computed at about 70 000
effective men ; the English at about 35,000,
and the Portuguese at 25.000. besides a bol
dy of about the latter number of militia._
The English had been joined about the 18th
Oct. by a body of Spaniards of 10.000 men,
under General O’Donnell and the Marquis
of Romana ; the same which had by those
Generals been employed in Spanish Estra.
madura. Nearly 20,000 peasantry had re
tired with the British army in consequence
°f a Proclamation of Lord Wellington prior
to his retreat, which (although provided for
by the Government) caused much distress
to those poor people.
It was the opinion of a Gentleman high in
office at Lisbon, that no hope could be en_
I tertained respecting the eventual success of
j *^e h rench, and nothing but their being short
of provisions would prevent their entering
Lisbon, in a short time ; that the Frencli
army was said to be better supplied in many
respects than the British, though it was
understood they were short of bread_that
the inhabitants of Lisbon, hoping for the
best, were however preparing for the worst
—that all the heavy baggage of the English
Officers were daily embarking and the Bri
tish factory at Lisbon were about moving all
i their effects.
New-Y^rk, November 26.
LATEST FROM CADIZ.
Captain Wilson, of the ship Charles and Har
riet, informs us, that on the 18th of October, at
midnight, a Colonel of the British forces arrived
at Lisbon express, with dispatches from Lord
Wellington to Lord Wellesley, giving an account
of the deteat of Msssena’s army in Portugal a
boutthe 9th ; in consequence of whica Cadiz
was all alive, and on the 19tli a general salute
took place, beginning at Isla, which is head
quarters, and where the grand cortes is held
and so to Punthal and the city of Cadiz.
The Spaniards and French exchange a few
shot and shells daily, but without doing any in.
.jury- The former have lately been successful
in Catalonia.
Admiral Keats, in the Milford of 74 guns
commands at Cadiz Bay : and General Graham
ia at the head of the British Land forces.
Captain Johnson of Philadelphia and Captain
Smith ol New-York, had just arrived at Cadiz
trom San Lucar, where their vessels and car
goes had been condemned by the French.-**—
Mer. Auv.
ZjT The above contradicted by Mr Jarvis
who Left Lisbon on the 20lli. Oct.
November 27.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
The fast sailing ship Canton, Brown, arrived at
this ptwt yesterday from Lisbon, which port she
lelt on the 2d of November The verbal intelii
gence received by her, is, that Mr Jarvis had ap
pointed Mr. Greene to be his successor as Ame
rican consul at Lisbon ; that twelve sail of line of
battle ships, several frigates, and sloops of war,
were left at Lisbon, and five more were daily
expected ; that sevcrul gun boats and gun brigs
were lying about 20 miles up the Tagus, opposite
the town of \ ilia frranca, which was in possess
ion of the French ; that skirmishes were daily
fiking place between the French and a party of
^English sailors, who, when on shore, occupy the
town of Alcandra, about a mile from Villa Fran
ca ; that the ? rench general Marsenic, was kil
led about the 25th of October by a shot from one
of the gun boats ; that the French and English
picquets were within hail of each other ■ that
General llom.ina has joined the Earl of Bosaceo
(utelord Wellington) with an army of lO.liOO
men ; that col Trant has re-taken Coimbra Hnd
made 5000 french prisoners, many ofcvhcm were
wounded in the (ale battle at Bosacco, and some
or them had arrived at Lisbon, and were to he
sent to England. 500 British transports were ly
ing in Lisbon Roads.
Capt Brown informs us that on the day he sail
ed, it was reported that the french were relrea*
ting, and that all was quiet at Lisbon_lb.
Translaied for the Evening Post.
Lisbon, Oct. 29
Extract of a dt*/iatch from Marshal Gen.
lord Writing ton, to Ins excellency Hon
Miguel Pereira Eorjaz.
Most illustrious and excellent Sir,
The enemy continued to
occupy the same positions (in front of this
army) which 1 stated to your excellency in
my former dispatch of the 20th inst. that
they then occupied. I have however de
tached some troops towards Sautarem, gen"
Loison having on the 23d marched to that
place with the division under his command
—and it appears by advices from the officer
commanding at Abrantes dated on the 24<h
inst. that an enemy s corps of infantry and
cavalry entered i'homar on that day.
The accounts which I received from the
prisotiei s and deserters, who have been
brought to this army, all agree in confirm
ing the statements of the difficulties and
miseries, which tho enemy suffer by reason
of the great searchy of provisions of every
kind. 7
I hey also state that the enemy were col
lecting and preparing materials to construct
a bridge over the river Tagus; but though
wr have a good view ot that river, of the
dilforent points, of the position which the
army occupies, and have officers and seve
ml individuals employed on the left bank of
the river for the purpose of observing the
motions of the enemy, 1 have not hitherto
>een able to di-cover the place where they
.re at woik, nor over what part of the river
hey can place the bridge, should they sue
:«cu m constructing it.
The enemy at the same time appear vert
lesirous to obtain or collect boats, and far
[hat purpose they endeavored on the 24tt\
mst. to dislodge a party of militia from Cha
musca, by firing on them with artillery in
order to obtain possession of some boats
which were near that place; but the at
tempt did not succeed. Towards Ramal
hal and Obidos the excursions of the ene
my’s detachments are limited and confined,
to such a degree, that in reality they aye in
possession of no more ground than that on
which their army is posted.
By the last dispatches from General Si!
veira, dated on the 17th inst. ii appears that
every thing remained quiet on the northern
frontier, nor had that gen’l then heard or
received any intelligence of the march of
troops in Castile.
I he partiz ins had become more bold ard
enterprizing than formerly, and had formed
a junction in the vicinity of Valladolid in
the beginning of the month of October, to
the number of 1500, for the purpose of taking
a convoy of money, arising from the con -
tributions which the enemy had imposed
upon that country ; nut their design failed
—my la*t news from Cadiz is to ihe4th
liisi.
I have the honor to be, with esteem and
particular consideration, your excellency's
most obedient servant,
WELLINGTON.
//. Quarters, at Pero negro, 27th October'
1810.
His Excellency
Don Miguel Pereira Forjas.
Boston, November 24— We have been faro-’
red with a Gibraltar paper of the 14th October.
The Di.ko of Orleans had p assed Gibraltar on
his return to Sicily The Spanish part or the crew
of one of King Jo’s Malaga gun boats had rhen
on the rest and carried h.-r into Algcziras. All
communications by sea and land between Gibra%
tar and Spain had been intercepted by proclama
tion, in consequence of the prevalence of an a
larming fever at Carthageua. Tlte Dey of Al
giers had declared the ports of Tunis to be ip in
state of blockade.
RELIEF OF SHIPWRECKED
MARINERS.
A few days ago were exhibited at Yarmouth,
belore Rear- Admiral Lord Gardner, for liis re
port thereon (ordered by the Lords Commissio
ners of the Admiralty,) two boats, with a prompt
method of getting them from a beach in a gal-;
ot wind, previous to their being sent to the island
o Anliolt, with a complete set of apparatus fo?
saving shipwrecked mariners. The first boat
was a small one, of 15 ft keel 7 1 2 ft. beam,
and weighed 14:wt. It. had two extended bil
. £e board*, of equal depth with the keel, to keep
it in an upright position, for the advantages of
launching beaching, and to resist upsetting,
with a broad fender of cork surrounding the up
perworlt to prevent the possibility of in ing stove*
it was filled with water, but the buoyant pro
perties o» the air (sein e-l in boxes,) kept it
so much above the water’s edge, that the men
rowed it about with the most apparent ease
and declared it was in that state able to per
iorm any service that could be required. The
next was a man of war’s jolly boat, fitted ur»
with empty oil casks lashed within it to give bu
oyancy ; the billagc boards, as before described
to keep it in an upright position, with a stout
projecting eope going round its gun wale, serv
ed as fenuer to prevent its being stove • the
whole expcnce of fitting it updid not exceed 3£
and it coold be put together in a few mi
uutes.
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Bonaparte by a late decree, has been di
minishing the relative value of the old coins
,.®nce w'th ihe new decimal* money,
which was at first declared tube in this pro
portion,viz : 100 fraucs equal to 101 I_4 1 ivies
tournois, & consequently the coins turned out
to be worth, as follows, viz :
I he double Louisd’orof 43 livres^47 4l«
i iie Louisdo’r of 24 do. 23 70
lhe silver Crown of 6 do. 5 92
Ihe half do. 2 do. 2 96
But by the late decree, the value is fix.
ed as follows:
The double Louisd’or ^47 *20*
The single do. 23 55
Ihe 6 livre silver Crown 5 fin
T he half Crown 2 75
Making an average loss to the holder of»
the gold com of about 12 per cent, and up
wards of 5 percent, to the holder of the sil
ver com. And making the average differ
ence between the franc and the livre about
3 per cent, in favor of the franc.—Charles
ton Strength of the People.
* The franc turns out now to be about W
cents oj our money.
New York, Nov. 22.
theatrical.
Last evening the inimitable Mr. Cooke
made his first appearance on our boards m
tlie chat actor of Ricliord HI. Such was
the anxiety of our citizens to see this cele
brated peiformer, that the stree in front of
the Theatre at an unusually early hour,
was crowded to a degree beyond any thine
we ever witnessed upon such an occasion.
As soon as the welcome moment arrived,
when the doors were thrown open, the press
for admittance was so great, that it requir
t'O the strength of a dozen Samfiaona to keep
the populace from carrying with them the
doors, and even the sturdy doorkeepers.
I he pit, boxes and gallery, in a few mo
ments were crowded almost to stiff >ca ion.
We never saw so numerous, and at the same
time so respectable an audience. At the
usual hour diecurtnin arose,but nobody saw or
heard any thing, until Mr. Cooke made his
debut. The reception which this gentleman
deservedly received wait the warmest we
ever witnessed. We have heretofore seen
Mr. Cooper in the part of Richard with dc
tight, but with respect to Mr Cooke we
may say, we saw him with rafiturr. Our ^
expectations were indeed highly excited, an44$
in no respect were we disappointed. Such
an acquisition as Mr Cooke, is of no com
mon importance; and to the honor of our
citizens we have satisfactory assurance from
what we have already seen, that his visit
to our shores will be profitable beyond all
precedent, both to him and to our mana
gers,
Mrs. AJaaon discovered powers of acting
n Lady Anne, which will give a more in
Jelible stamp to her theatrical excellence
ban she was before distinguished for. — ■■ -
1 his amiable and able actress is rising
rapidiy, in the estimation of a discerning pub
lie.
I he performers, generally, acquitted!
hemselves to the satisfaction of a biiliiun
ind a very numerous audience. We ,
hat our envied city will ere long I. ci. - «