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welt .aut the enemy, not by fighting, but by fa-
mine. Every day's march brought them Wilier
from their resources, and farther into a country iro-
poverisbeffaud esiratieed in the extreme, where nrd
a 'blade of giro' is+ if as suffered to grow, aor a loaf of
biead permitted to remain for their use ; and this
system of privation was effectual. It is stated by
General Sr. SIMOI, taken prisoner on the
27th, that the French ..were driven to the at-
tack of that dityfrnen absolute want of provisions.
But by this retreierir the Allied Army across the
Mondego, this of starving the enemy is
brought to an end. The whole north of Portugal
is lelt open to them, including Oporto; and it i+
to little purpose that the inhabitants in the line of
the marsh from Almeida to the Sierra de Buzaco,
have heeu ordered to destroy every article and
means fit for the sustenance of man, now that the
enemy have so large, and some of it so rich a spare
from whence to draw provisions of every kind—if,
as she fact is, they have the plunder of Oporto, and
the produce of more than one third of all Portugal
for th.ir use and a. rriee.

Capt. BURGH, the b. 41er of the dispatches from
Lord Watumueotri came home iss the Cleaner,
Lirut. GRERIII. On Friday 'veiling she put lido
Falmouth, and landed Capt. Hu Rtill, to whom Lord
De Duaseativit.t.a immediately-sent his chariot
and four ; ha reached Truro about 1 t• o'clock,t and
proceeded immediately in ■ post chaise and four
fur

ur. I y seiniight a company of the Royal Ar-
iiliers einharkt•det Cork, for Barbadoes. The men
cheered to high spirits as the boats put off from the
shore.

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Saturday, a riot took place in the Prison at Por-
cliester .Castle, near Portsmouth. Ahem 10-0 m-
anners, consisting IS Gri alottig eel hies, volunteer-
ed into this Sicilian Rcgitn,iit; and when they were
sent into the prison to get their clothes. the French-
men Termed to let them nut again, and threatened
to kill them. 'f bedews, immediately brat to arms,
wheii the Worcest-r and part of the Nor-
thampton. directly inarched into the Castle; and,
with the assistance of the Artillery and Dragoons,
order was restored without any .hloodshed. The
prisoners inviount to above 6,000. The remaining
part of the No. thampton &Hula were to march to-
day for Portsmouth, and they will be relieved by
GOO of the Reit Miel.llemx.

The Hurapdr frigate, of 36 guns, was launched
no fiateadoo. at Parwon'r Yard, at Warnsh. she
aril be coombeitund by the liouourable Captain
PERCY.

A gentleman has arrived in London. who was
not only in Company with the King of Swint( its
Prussia. hut who was actually islet him when he
attempted to effect hie escape to the British fleet,
nadir *hi following interesting circumstance- :—Oe
thebetielt, alPillau, His `Majesty met with this
gentleman, and. %flee some conversation, Mein red
if be were an Englishman ? which goemion bring
answered in the affirmative, Oterrsvute after pay.
lug tome complimeuts to the 'Brio-h nation, said,
•• I will post you oithout further inquiry : I am
CU..; rAvus Aleoaroes, procure roe a boat. and I
will proceed with Tau to your ship." The Gentle-
inimiust not it mom. tit, he obtained a hem with
four wire; the King leaped into it, and they were
positing off, when the guard swideuly appeared,
and . declared, paiuting their fre-loi kr, that the
crew were dead melt if they moved an oar. The
King instantly relanderl, and the Co emending
Officee, with a trembling band, presented to His
M jesty the order nude, which he acted. The
King et first assumed a lofty tone, but was soon
soltened by the Modest deportment of the Office- ;
who added, 1. You may return to Germany, or you
may pass onward to Russia, gut oar instroettims
are, that you shall not go to Sweden, or cuter on
board the English fleet."
Orders. were iemed 111; Thunday, from the Adju-
tent-GedWers office, for the general leave of eb-
same for the officers and man df the Militia, to
commence from the 14th October, and to continue
till the lath March; the officers absent not to ex-
ceed oircebiril, and the privates not name than ten
front each company.
The nalpitiot store.ship was so to sail from Ports-
mouth on Saturday wits, Officers, Sec. for Lord
Wseettinworemarmy. A fleet of transports, with
provisoes. stores, &e. will follow in a few days.
Another fleet is colleetiog to take out reinforce.
metes for Lord Writ INGTON'S army. Detach-
ments of the Duke of Ileueswice's corps, as well
as of several other region les! have been embarked
from the army depie, Isle of Wight; and several
•fficers go out to j • the Royal Dragoon's, 424,
32(1, Rile corm,* imd most of the regiments in
Lord WR1.1.1140-TioDelg army. It- is expected, that
this fleet will sail moist the middle of the roaming
week. At the same time, a fleet will sail *lib rein-
forcements of turn aid officers, for the army snider
Sir JOUR STUART, and for the regiments at Gi-
braltar and Malta. Major Woun proceeds with
this fleet, with a reinforcement for the 14th, the
Adjutme-Orneral's
Six Freuch Alariire Officers lately escaped from
Chesterfield, end . reached the Kenii•li
CGast, seized a Folkstoue boat, and had nearly
reached the opposite shore when the Cordefie pick-
ed them up. They have been ordered by the
Transport Baud to be coufined in °tie of the prison
ships in the Medway.
Two French Officers, on their parole at Ash-
bourn, a few days -wee attempted to escape. but
were stopped at Clic,tertirld.und have been lodged
in prison at Norman Cross.
A print of Bo* AAAAA E, lately published in Paris,
has horn jest received in town, from which it up.
rars that he is grown extremely corpulent. He is
reprisentril n 10010.41 on his favourite charger; and
in the back ground are likekassi:s of JOsEVII Box
PARTE, who tholes aged tn. withered ; li. brothir
Louts, who has a homers anikegreralble comae-
nanee ; and a ftroeiiiiis resemblance of the winker.
ad King Joacntx ;Menai..
Last week, io diggine, the cnmnson'pewer at Exe-
ter, several pieces of brass Roman coin, of time
Emperor Need, were found, and some of them
very legible arid in emu! condition. 'Phose diet up
lately near the• Guildhall, were of the Emperor
Tuxes:

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LONDON.
TUESDAY, Otrfolliit 16.
The Di.patches from Lord Witurifirovolie., re.
dmt Sib ley, of which we last morning gave
were published yesterday, iii
trito"ratitory Gaulle, copy Of which will be
gi in our preceding colunms.—The more we
•der his Lordship's report of the tattle of the
k, the more reason we find to regret that we
ot alter the opinion which we entertained of it,
siauution to our Contemporaries, all of whom
IC hailed it as s Glorious Victory.—From the
vs of lltssv the Fifth to the battle of Maids,
to the 1„,...c0r hour, who ever doubted the
iecioriu• of littlish physical strength, of British
sod •
I 13itish valour, opposed to Frenchenen
the held of battle ? It wouid be idle to argue
point Augenerally acknowledged, and proved in a
oil instance.. That, therefore, Lord Was,.
;lTios, with the whole of his army posted, as
, • to sidle., upon the Sierra de Bianco.
very strong and advantageous position, would
able to repel way attack upon him, is only
hat we hasp a right to expect ; for it was chosen
powtton or purfect security. In ad-
that this has been accomplished, we state
'hole estent of the victory of the 27th. The
of the Allied Army was about 1,200
. olc.h, and plisotier., and was almost equally
valid between the Briush and Portuguese troops.
sat of the enemy was, as we stated yesterday.
000 killed, but the number of the wounded is
, 110( COUlti tillt be speCified. Lord Wettinw
us states it, on the authority of deserters, to haws
. and the Ministerial Prints, taking
hare set it down in round numbers at
• : tondos is inert conjecture. As the enemy,
• ever, a.tacked us under great disadvantage., we
presume, fauns the Potshot of killed. that the
molded could not be leas than 4or 5,000. This
.rqcslity in the amount of killed and wounded.
the repulse of the enemy from our position,
kith it appnrr they had pertly obtained, but
ere at leci;th diirto Iron it at the pciint of the
yonct, sod is a style thatidiscouraged them from
wing the attack, emendates the whole of the
wyof the Lord WaLLtirterox having re.
the enemy, did not follow them up. He
I not el ell remaid in his strong position on the
.de &zero. To prevent his retreat to Cohn.
and ti.nice to Lisbon, from being cut off, lie
flaked to retreat to the Mondego--nrid not
Sahli* ass obliged to creissalse Mondego.and
aphis pusitiow on the southern, 'bank, thus
•the enemy at liberty to march up to the very
• of Csinilini. This retreat wee accomplished,
.iliketh..t ant, the victory of Talavera, leaving the
• • and eoadeal to the mercy of the enemy ; but
ilium lois of .'ores, Without extraordinary fa-
, ;se, or si.y privation.. Neither wee it directly
rryluceAl I.t the battle of t:ie 27th, but by the uu..
1 armour inhitalte of Colonel TAANIS disisions
ipit the pass of S intro open t.l the enemy,
L era led Nisils:lit A to cress the inouutains with
shale force, and strike into the high road that
M,
k limo 0; ono to Coimbra ; thus exposing the
ii.4anity, if it continued on the Sierra deßuraco,
heoutflankell, mod have its retreat to Coimbra
thence to'Lislein completely cot off.—We have
the A I.ird Army posted ow the southern bank of
,o with Coimbra in its front ; and (ad-
, o,
in the battle of the 27th the tacitly lost
st,• tar one braids or Portuguese) with the
alive proportion of the two armies neiirly, the
me as before that action. lklassea• may
'". trwe Lost that he lies driven •us to the
t p,wition between us and Lisbon : end
ss e;io.' n, is the MOM CI164:11, because, if the
drip, n from it, they must retreat
c. ; road, and through an open coir.atry.
T 4
,A in the enemy are said to
was a ie.-valid superiority h nudtbere, may tact
i ilia .aye—in irlv.intage which they had no
',moiety of enjoying since the first commence-
ire ' of the retreat from Almeida. But this is
all that we have to apprehend from the
rot of the Allied Army be) ourl the Mondegn-
-1,8; is
and biome of Col. Ta so is We
64 when it reached Sari's° on the 2Sth,
1,, hand 'hat post occupied by the enemy, and the
tt. fr.“ch army ware pouring in that direction
into the high road that runs directly
• apl moth between Coimbra and Oporto.—
pnt informed what course Colonel Tarr
thus lord ma ?tient, and most certainly he
• 14 not hate joined the main may.
1' re thrown liiinsrlf in the rear of rise
wito.e CJintitiiiveditima with Almeida is
.lii in lis ea I I sip tie y cut off, as they only possess
it.:%..int the country as is occupied by the army
.a nuy here retreated to Oporto—in either
,of : e.is perilou.. If lie has retreat-
,. "Porto his destruction as venom,
hive. no doubt, occupied that city
r„,
t,. tone.--liut the most werimen coma:grimace
r'tri at rem nits to be mentioned. It is oli-
o "bit itideed,dtas been boasted in the Minis-
curies, that Lord W ettinutos hoped to