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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—Nov. 17.

Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD shewed cause against a
rule,vihtsined by Mr. Serjeaut Best, fur en habeas
corpus. to hring up the body of a person, named
George Foster, coachman in ordinary to His Maje—
ty, who had been arrested, in consequence of his
not having honoured a bill of exchange, accepted
by him. The rule had been granted by the Court,
upon the grounds, that he was in the service of His
Majesty ; and in eini:equence of his being oo situ-
ate. wits, by A et of Parliament, exempt ed from arrest.
—lt was grained by Mr. Serjeaut SHLPHERD, that
Foster was cosi:hums in ordinary to His Alajesty.;
but that he was also in partnership with w man
named Otway, who carried on business at, and
owned the One Bell lam in the Strand. The bill
had been addressed to Otway and Foster, and ac-
cepted •• George Foster and Co." By this it ap-
peared, that Foster had been d& nit with in the mer,
amide way, and it was bid just that lie should, as
any other trader, feel this cone qnence of insolvency.
Mr. Serjeatit BERT said, that lie had F'ester's of
as to his employment under His Majesty.
He observed. that it would be attended with very
disagreeable effects; and be productive of great in-
conventencier to His Majesty, if, upon his going to
the House of Lords, or elsewhere, his carriage
should he stopped by constables, for the purpose
of taking one of his servant* into custody.
The LORD CHIMP JUSTICE paid, that it was not
his province to inquire with what propriety a ser-
vant of His :Majesty might engage in any loisiisess,
the failure of which might be productive of injury
to others; it was incumbent on the Court to protect
every person in any privileges he had received by
act of Parliaineut, and as this privilege actually
existed, it was not possible to do it away without a
repeal of the act which created it.
The Court then adjourned to Guildhall, when
nothing material ocelot red.

Nothing of importance occurred, yesterday, in
the Conn of Chancery.
The East ludas Company, we midi rstaad, have
come to a determination to pay for their freight-
age. in future, by bills at three mouths.
The circumstances atteiniiiig the case of Robert
Norton, who was examined, on Thursday night, at
Bow-street, on a charge of stealing a horse, are as
follow :—On Monday morning last, between nine
and ten o'clock, he went to the Swan and Hope
Livery-stables, iu Moorgate, very genteelly dressed,
and hired a horse; saying he was going to Hamp-
stead, and sliould return inn few hours; bet 'there
WAS no doubt, from the time he arrived at TAT-
TILIISALL'. at Hyde.pArk..COMer, that he must have
rode it directly there; where, it appeared, he was
ignorant of the custom of Coat place; for he said
he wanted to put up the horse to bait. The
groom told him they did not take in horses
for that purpose ; but recommended the pri-
soner to Mimes Livery Stables, in Halcon-
street. Grosvenor-place, where the Prisoner rode
the horse. He, however, told the groom he waited
to sell the horse, and dim could procure him a pur-
chaser, he would give him half-a-guinea. The
groom, knowing a person who wanted to purchase
such a horse, took him to the Prisoner, at the
Livery Stables, in Halcon.street, when the Pri-
soner asked fifteen guineas, but took fourteen, and
gave a receipt for the money, by the name ofJohit
Thompson. of Lincolnshire ; but, while in town,
at the Greyhound Inn, in Smithfield. On Thurs-
day afternoon, as the groom belonging to the
Swan and Hope Livery-stables, in Moorgate,
who let the Prisoner the horse, wit% passing along
the Surrey side of Blackfriars'-bridge, he ob-
served the Priponer, and happening, at the time,
to recognise HunPlilllCS. the Messenger, belonging
to Bow-street Office, gave the Prisoner iii charge.
—The Prisons.; was committed for further exami-
nation.—lle is said to be of •a very respectable
family and conneetimi in Lincolnshire, and issue
posed to have her,. carrying on these species of tient?...
defiant for saute tints past ; also in hiring and sell-
ehaises and gigs in London and in different parts
of the country, to tt very considerable extent.

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• POLICE. •
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sow-sorisre, boy. t?s
env ENT-GARDEN 111101/.
W mane. a clerk a t a lottery-office on
Coruhill. was charged, by two periscope, of the names
of Powell and Smith, with making and creating a
riot in the pit of the Theatre, and with assaulting
them by striking them with a stick. Powell stated,
lie saw the defendant strike Smith several times
with a stick, on which he, Powell, went to his assist-
ance, :tad received the blow which was intruded for
Smith, on his hand, which cut it. He then laud hold
of the defendaut by the collar. and dragged Into out
of the pit, and Powell forced the stick from him,
which was produced.
Powell corroborated Smith's testimony.
Mr. Wynne. in his defence, denied that he had
either 11:11111C a riot or struck any person; that the
stick produced was not his property.
He was ordered to tied
Henry Cool way charged by Michael Bryan,
who stated, that he was assaulted in the pit. by the
Defendant, or another person, who was Mins com-
pany. The witness was struck by nue of them,
which he could not say ; lie tint tri'A-30 secnre the
Defendant's companioli, but be escaped ; he then
secured the Defendant.

Mr. GRA imr—" Can you identify the Defendant
as the person erne *intuited you ?"—" l moot ;" it
was either kits or his companion."
Mr. GRAHAM, to Lhe Defendant—" You are
discharged, Sir."

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Mr. Good—" I have really been grossly insulted
111 this person ; he made an assault on my person,
and dinged me out of the Theatre. I %%nth tu pre-
fer an assault against him." •
Mr. t)!RAltaM—" You will hear ire your recol-
lecti 1111 l that he swears that either you or your com-
panion assaulted ari,n, arid that he secured you, as
your friend made hisvcapt ; and, in my opinion,
he was justifiable ? but, if you thick otherwise, it
in your lamer to iudict him ; you C4ll Karel his
address."

Phnom of No. 59, Leadeollail-strett,
hatter, was charged with creating a riot, and com-
mitting an assitsalt.
Julio White stated, that he saw the Defendant,
in the pit of the theatre, knock a miss dawn ; on
which he laid hold of him .by the collar, and gave
him in charge or ass Deriver. lie Ilion wrest in
search of the person ass:united in the pit, but could
not tital him.

Mr. Plastoe, in liis defence, stated, that lie was
stahrling near the hack rail of the pit, and he was
obliged to push himself forward, to prevent his
canting in contact with the s:,ikrs, that lie did rot
strike any person, hut that White comm.:tied en
assault Oil his persor, by collaring him, and taking
him into custody.
Mr. (IRAN AM (deterred, there was not a sufficient
charge against Mr. Plastoe; be was therefore dis-
charged.
Mr. Charley Rolls, of Kingston, in Snrrey, gen-
tleman, was charged, by Nit-huh-4 Donally, with
creating a riot in the pit of the Theatre, and with
striking the %Vanes% on the head, with a stick.—
He was ordered to find hail.
limey Eyre. art arippretitice to a silversmith in the
neiglihoorh.:9:l of Finshury-square, was charged by
MrL M W
relidoti. %I crlea*Pet • oat. in the Theatre,'
bfladling from tis No. ju, iu the second tier, to
the pit, and Pausing them to hum, and receiving
a *emit dud heisting it ; utter which, with rolling
it up and throwing it up into the hose*, during the
time the Farce was performing, which created a
great riot in the Illeins. Mr. Brundon'revidenee
was corroborated by Mr. Johu Newman, of Cowley-
street, Westi :: i:: ger.
The Di:fend:nit was ordered to find

George Webb, Assistant-Siitg,ini on hoard Ills
Majesty's ship Ea;qc, lying at Chatham, was
charged with creating a riot, iii the pit, for the
two last nights.
Mr. Brandon deposed, that he observed the De-
fendant walking up and down the pit with his too-
form hat on, this night, whit a placard on the
part of it, which he wore in front, with thew i is
" victory or death, hum basso C' which crcated a
riet in the house daring the performance.
George Wilont, of Great Shire-latir, deposed,
that 11.4 night he perceived the Defendant io the
pit of the theatre. with', placard io the flit part of
his hat, and that he was one of the feremostiu the
riot of the nigh'.
Ordered to find boil.

CCILIMALL, N0V.17.
Jahn groaned!, a journeyman baker, was brought before
the Sittmg Ahknuala !Don* e i.t.a), chanted ants styling
four half•gnarteru loaves from a basket, belongiu; to *leather
journeyman baker, oruseed Eilingtem.
It appeared that Effitegtou bad left his basket ow the top
step of the WWI of a house. me Kt. Andrew's hill, whilst he
went down to take souk. bread into the lonise ; as he aAS Ie•
turning up the steps, be galo, the PrasallCe lake the hearts
out of the basket, and run off will► them; he aim immedi-
ately followed and atopl.
The ['rammer did nut attempt to deny honing taken the
loaves, and expressed a desire to serve 11• s Maj. sty. 4J.i lids
consenting to go to sea, the Prosecutor ne,•ed not to !verse
the prosecution ngainst him ; he was accordingly !skim oa
board the tender by the other.

C]tOt•ItALL, 110 V. 17.
FlizahriA was hronoht before the Pittiog tiagirttate,
charge,l on fospiewil Uf atealot4 Itmt, routaitom; a quakily
uf weariag apparel, the property of Ana Davie. It appeared
that the parties acre acqsainted, and the Prisoner had called
to pay Dario a visit ; when the latter, n-a an pecliog the Pei-
tomer, left her 'awe its the room dortoz Daeis's ah.e:ce,
however, the Prowler contr.ecti to Court:), away the bus
She caudally committed for trial._

All the journeymen etibinitt-makers of Mussing-
ham, who ware members of the Cabinet-makers'
Society, hare, in consequence of the combination
that lately subsisted amongst them, been discharged
by their toasters, end are now out of employ.
On Wednesday evening, about desk, ttr)
woman called at the shop of Mr.. Tau•T,
War-
dour-street, and barganed for some trivial art;cles,
whilst, at the satne time. a little girl, three years
old, was decoyed away Goo► the door by another
woman, and she was not heard of until tselve
o'clock at night, when she was brought home by a
watchman, chain a filthy rug, ber .uparel, which
wits not worth 'store than a few shillings, basing
been stolen. it was ascertained from the Odd,
that a woman, alto called herself her auto, had en-
ticed her away front her mother's door, under pre-
tence of buytug her some calico, and that two nt h re.
wotnea (supposed to be those in the shoo) jutted
her, and she was taken to a house in St. Giles's,
where she was stripped. The watchman foitud the
child in great diems at the end of Oaford-ort.a.

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SIR A. frELLESLEY'S
11S THE SPANISH I'ENINSUL...
CASTILLIM BRANCO, it
Castello Branco is a large town, eiimein
a strong castle, hough a 11:11h0P'a
vend other buildings of considerable
and splendour ; and tray peolaibly
less turbulent times, from littera to
.and souls: Sir Arthur Wellesley are+
day ; and, in the evening, reviewed
decision of the army, consisting of \
regiments : viz. Ist German li .ht dray
tachment of royal artillery ;
and 66111 infantry ; with five commodes
riflemen. Fro* Castello Branco. we
the Ist of July, ',boa three tenors,
of Ladoeiro ; most of it through a
country, though the immediate vicsility
abounded with corn. Ladoeiro itself is
place, and was, in a great measure, dose,
inhabitants ; from thence we marched
lowing day to Zebrisra, which is also
nide/nit village ; all these towns bore
testimony that the French had been there,
3d, we nestled thwro4h Salvisterre,
town; and, fording the river Elge (it not
than three teet deep), quitted the pr
tremiedura in Portugal, and entered the
of Joseph I. or rather the province of Ed,
to the kingdom of :even; ; the'botindury
aide ta defended by a large Nloolisli cast'e' ;
Portugal is chiefly a ruin ; ti a other, from the
tont view I had of et, sappeoriwd to beiwtrAembir
pair. We passed the dimwits town of
you, and halted in a wood about a leagt
here we rested oil due following day,
the opportunity of visiting the town, .
ver, guise sin recompense for my trouble
forded considerable supplies to the
was now daily augmenting.
On the: etli, we main advanced,
little short of Moe Alleaga, a distance
taileti M,w All. age is 11 very neat huh
its inhabitants mud houses formed la
to thioae of-Portugal, in point of cl
eaten' 1, that we heartily rejoiced in
the face of the country had also reol
from the lUotlltill we. crossed the Elge
was abundant, though no where to
Portugal; and. instead of the black,
-dirty bread, to which we had been
we were now treated with the whitest
ever ate.
It stands on the banks of the river
which there is a bridge with fourteen
Wen a regularly foriitied town, and
still remain; but the walls are in r
ditches lilted up. At a distance, to ti.
was a hill covered with si.or. On the
cesiled to Coria; this is a waged, hand(
populous town ; is Wowed upon the
and icruilaiut a meguilicent cathedral.
•the, large and ornamental buildings,
assd 'private. The Fret.li had not
conserinently bore an appearance of .
plenty. which we had been unaccustomed
nets; the shops were also numerous
some of them were tilled with comrnodie
liolevisanofncture ; whilst, from others.
a wine of vrry agreeable flavour. Her
ma. to sew steaks flying about the town,
ing upon the churches and houses,
timidity, and all unmolested. as pigeons
ns. The 'inhabitants hare, 1 Wise-fir
stitious ideas respecing them, and
hold them @erred. -
On the 7th, we halted and butte
about four leagues from Curia. and on
the beatitifulAtagon; which, on the a
and liming proceeded about two miles, /
the same river, by a handsome bridge,
sunder the• wall. of Gaiister, a mod,
town, and completely surrounded by . d
and lofty wall; which, added to the elevated situ*te
tion of the town itself, rale:natty secures it from
the incursion: of freebooters, or indeed of any othr r
enemy unprovided with cannon; from hence, we
prosecuted our march for about twe's.2 miles, and
then entered the town' or city of Plssencia, the
cariital of Estremainrs ; the Wish:mots welcomed
owe entrance, tor waving their handki ?chiefs, loud
linazas, and utter demonstrations of jo .
eia is a larae, beat n .1 a handsome, town, his old
Moorish wally, and Is situated on the river Xeito,
over which it has two bedges ; some of :he lons a
are extremely large, though l think note partienh, rly
handsome. • In one private mansion, v e had sevens.
'gradation (that is to say, room, for the furniture and
inhabitants were gone) far 2,1100 mei,. beside*, at. be
Lig for most of our horses. In this neighbourhoed,
must of the imuntaina are tipped with snow, which
is lir:light to the town iii considerable ouaotitiee,
for the purpose of cooling creams, lem made, &e.
Moen,: a is also famous for its ininilifactere of hoe
colitte ; end has, besides, a number of respectable.
shops, though their tenants were at first afraid of
opeimig 11; tens to as; their recent visitors, the
Fremet, tau being acctistomed to trouble them.
selves wit h accounts. A must seasonable supplr
of shoes was also procured here foe the solibeis ;
many of whom had Leon totally la. eforded si d
woefully foot-sort for neveril pre-vain g days. Cams
forts of other kinds might also lime been otteirod,
both for officers and men, but for the selfish and int..
politic condo, t ref our Common ef, or
sot 'eddy riving under his assiliori'y. Wi h tread'
and mew we were deeently, though not ••miteantiy.
Wine also, of • super or kind, Wall to
her hail; but when we went with money in our
hand., and ei.treated permission to t urchnse it, we
were repulsed by a cciitry at the th esho'd, and the
folio, lag advertisement on the due e, Wane stereo
fur head-quarters only." Can they emitter, tl at
mu . , deprived of comforts within tlie:r grasp, ex-
hausted, and wool:serf, should renal to tf'ef
Those who do wonder at it, know but little of het.
maim nature; at leant. bet tittle of the hardships

utit oiling • campaign. No instance of pinnder. *”.
!fosterer, I believe, riceerred in the awe ensiled .
to; I did •fter%anls hear, that this cruel and
etuliargiv wail taken nrf; bot this was not
duiiiig my stag in the too nor its witiiiitv.
f/u the bfb, we Irrt and hulled in
vanry else three Rules Qtr. waf
INith bcanatutul and beneficial, • delight:ol 'trivia'
of crystal irate/its our front, and. in ...ur rear, the
snow-clad titonutaioa 1 have before spokes) of.

f.t •
X 1.1: PAWN
ULA.
n, RAT 29: • 'a • t
..miatal..led by
ralac.;, w.tt v.-
inagr.,ttide
y anoint. in
o twenty theo- ;
rrised huge this
• the adrencid
tl,r folk:owl, g
drageous ; de- i
14, 45th, 197th.
tie, of the 69th
proverded, ou
to the vitt.,g%
a very lerren I
•
ity of the town
flea very i/flOr
dese!ted by it. • r
bed on tie fel- • .1
• a r;ry envie ,
T 111P1:111ChOly
:here. On the
v..ry tolerai.le •
tot being snore I
tt.tnce of pi. ; •
the dominions ¶'` •
E-trears.oluAi, A.(
nclary 011 (401
east'i ; that bf 1. t"
r. froru the des- t
irtteleyable Se.
pf Stints is Ma"
~,ue beyond it ; • Fi
, when I took
, which, how,- ,
ble ; bat it of-
army, which
and halted 'a ~r
.71
nee of sixteen
ale town ; and
Koch a concrete
clemilitiess and
in the change:
rutty .11141141Vrd 1
; here ;rail
be Giuttil ie
it, stem, end
ro.i.nritonted,
teat and beat I •
!
de Gate. otter
arches; it hes
It the gatewaie
and the
the eoliths ard.
he Gth we prd.
•
laildsanie, andl
riier AlegonV
el. with many I lj
I, both publiC ,
been here ; it 1 •
af comfort and
loomed to wit.
.1/.
114 and ivied ;
ndialtes of Ent- I[4
e
rs, we obtaind
is lere it cud.
en, and lodes lit: 4
With us littte
iggeons do with
inane serterl•
cutattrinesstl
ted in a wood,
on the bloke of
1. h, we folded •
again cross • d
te, and pa..se d
oderately-sized
y a very bren.d -
elevated situ*.
secures it front ' .
of any odor
On hence, wet
miles, and
Plssentia, the I .1
11,
ISLA WeiCollled ;
?chiefs, loud
jo • Pl..se t - •
to, n, his Pia
he e 1.... Xeito,
t of :he tons
,Le particith rly •
re had acc.,ni•
furniture sod •
r. beside. at,
eigtiblurhotd;
th snow, which
ible quantities,
tern matte, tee.
facture ho.
of respectable.
first afraid of
visitors, the
trouble them.
tonahle supply!
:r the solibei ;
efooted at d •
g days. Cos.
been obtain. d,
selfish and ins-.
ef, or
Wi h b-cad'
lot a.utit'antl.
or kind, well to t.
money in our
nrehrise it, we
•
mho's!, and the
,•• Wane stores
wonder, at at •
1;e;r grotr. ea- • .
~nut to ther
out little of hat.
the hardships
ice of plnnder,
r cave alluded
this cruel and
t this was not t
Wry.

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Ou the evening of the toth, we received as uses-
pected route; and, returning through Plasencia,
smirched two leagues to Mnlportida, a village con-
taining aleout four hundred inlisbitaisto„ and near-
ly tile saine number of uliserable hovels; a good
church, containing, inuangst other figures, one of
onr Saviour suppocted in the Virgin's arma,,ilud de-
corated with a laced cock hat, and a full arias eel-
vet suit. In the centre of the church was an
apeu sepulchre, with human hones exposed to,
view ; this i pirtmalarly mention, because I re.
member the At ttttt n 1 Reviewer, in his criticism
upon M. Fischer'i Picture:of .114drid, doubt the
veracity of that Author, for asserting a similar fact:
the bones I saw, continued to be exposed during
the three days which I remaineri in the village.—
Here the French hsd pillaged to sixtites; toil the
consequent tuisery of the inhabitants may he con-
ceived, hut cannot be described. I know nothing
of philosophy ; hut, in spite of my Natality to the
army, and seal in the *evince, t ~,,, mots sense, iiiid
nalviridahle observation, will sometimes obtrude


ili•ctimss by Inl rile,4ll; favourable to wir or its
y:.eisiiters; and. when I have heard the people of
t :iis country. snit of Porta:pi', censured, or, in our
41 1:t• Illierrelll4o4oll* lil4g4lige, damned," for not
lour -hiuK all the suiylies we require, 1 hare
caug'di myself asking the question, What is it to
the vottaxer, or farmer, what to the half-starred
iu-
hahitant, by whom his misery is occasioned ? Whe-
ther by friend or foe, his crops, and his' cattle,
are alike ciiiiNumeil.—", %Vhtre'er we inure in an-

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ger. desolation, ,nark- our prregrees; where'er we
pause in amity, abliction mourns nor friendship."
The seat of war is unavoidably the seat of woe.
Arid thuugh the English, in general, pay honestly
tor what they are obliged to take, what reconwerpne
is tins to a man wina is to ahatirine the place
be has cultivated, and the neresearies of life, winch
riot even money can procure? In the prevent ease,
hnwever, -we mast derive whatemnfort we can from
the reflection, that, compared to the French, we
eonstitete the less evil, and that our canoe, under
Heaven, is jest .1. 1:i that cause, I think, we shall
for the pre•eitt succeed ; but whether the Spaniards
will retain what we nay aid theta to acquire, whether
in Cite they are that loyal, brave, virtuous, and Chi-
widener people, which they are generally accumited.
Ido west seriously doubt. More of this, however,
will be seen and said hereafter ; when, should
Mare reuse to alter my opinion, I shall readily and
gladly du it.
04 the 15th, we quitted Malpartide ; and near
to Tarragona hutted on the banks, of a brook, being
a branch of the Colrones river, over which we were
Lusted on this, and the following day, in construct-
lag bridges: these bridges were crossed on the
evening attic 1711.; and,. nu the 18th, we proceeded.
Mew leriguelethroualt u very extensive Mrlbeeutiful
wood, and, passing tar Small town of 3lajirdas, hut.
ted at night. On the.l9th and gosh, we mangled
through Tullay elle, and Rehm, neither of them
"laces of any comities atom. On the gist,we'passed
the town of 'Oroaeses and halted in a villag*pliont
two miles Ireyoed it; Here we found ouseelvel in
the neighbourhood of the enemy ; wine Intiarcile
of their cavalry haveig quitted the town'hise s few
hours before we came into it ; and, as I conclude.
iu consequence_ of our approach. This csllage, "
whose name I knit not, offered nothing worth
writing about, except that my !auction!, one of its
priricipal inhabitants, condescended to yob ine.
,But the town of Oropinie, though now nearly de-
serted, appears to /rive been 'apiece of considerable
note, and certainly coutains many spacious and
handsome edifices, both public and private. Ou
the .24th, we were treated with *sight of theSpri-
Nish army, who watched thrOugh the village; head-
ed by Cuero*, and a respectablealooking iiriest ;
they comprised a very large force. both'of eliyalry
WO infantry, and were dressed in every Coheir the
vaisibow itself can West, forming, en masse, a most
irregular set, not to be compared, cern in appear-
%wee, to our rawest volunteers; but amonatiseg.it
was said, to between Cortland fifty thou land men.
On the i2d, we posed through a deserted vil-
lage, and soap afterwards heard report of mus-
ketry, occasioned by wine skirmishing between the
Spaniards and French ; the former were kept at
Dray till we came lip, when the British army pissed
their columns, and drew mafor uetion. We after-
wards proceeded near to the town of Talavera, and
butted in a wood a little to its left. Here our most
honourable conf.derates amused themselves, by
draggin.: through the streets the holy of a French.
man, whom they hail accidentally killed in the pre-
ceding skirmish I suppose, is chivalry !
The town of Talavera I dill not enter; hot it
has an external appearance of g.unileur, far sur-
passing nay other place 1 have seen in Spain : part
of it is. I fear, err this, in ashes ; as, when the
French retired froin it this afternoon, immense con-
flagraeons were seen iii the suburbs leading ta
Mad, id.
The French, it W 34 known, had taken op a posi-
tion on the opposite side of a small fordable river,
which, sham four lifllif4 from Talavera, intersects
the road Wallin to Madrid ; against this position
our army advanced ; uothieg doubting but that an
action would immediately take place, and fully
anticipating a glorious result—haring taken it for
granted, that the position and strength of the
enemy had been accurately ascertained ; after wait-
however, for an hour or more, in a wood, near
to the before-mentioned brook, our column was
*1+11(1,111y rotilitermanded, and the adviiticeil de.i-
aim. retreated *bunt two miles, to the iteiehlsour-
heud of a rinivesl couvent ; whilst the main Ism!)•
of our atiny retained to Talavera. For this tons e-
mend. so tantalising to the spirit and expectations
of our army, various reasons have been surmised ;
and, amongst others, the following :-1. That Sir
Arthur Welleelev, or the persons appointed by
him, hsd not sufficiently recommitred the enemy's
/I:416011. t. That the said enemy proved to he
iu greater force than was expected: and. 3dly,
'flint Curets, and hos army, were tint reedy •to
attack.
Stth.—The mountain that was in labour, has at
length brought fere% its mouse. Our leaders this
day sminnoned fresh resolleinn,. and again advanc-
ed but the bird was Ilawti. Victor knew our force
better than we did his ; had creesequenqy amused
us with a vast parade of troops, arid merit good a
retreat iu the Right. Ac Sterne they ter-
Lank.. manage 'these thing% better in Frances"—
Well, we not (lashed thru' the. river, •i ascended
the terrible height which was to hare hurled de-
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strnstion on us all ; hut the truth is, we ought. to
have attacked them on the preceding day, on each
flank, as well as in front; and, had we done an,
there can be little doubt but we hlimild 'nave taken,
or destroyed, at least two-thirds of Victor's fifteen
or eighteen thousand men ; and this with very in-
considerable loss to (motels vs.
Ott this small eosins-mai, the French bad built,
and left entire. a beautiful town of temporary huts,
the eompletest of the kind I ever beheld; and,
amongst other buildings, a near awl comtuodious
theatre. We continued our route ; and, a little be-
yond the village of Casselagos, found the bodies of
two Spanish peasants, who had not long been dead :
one of them was shot through the heart ; the other
had been burnt to death, and lay with his arias
lifted rip, Fos list clenched, and his face distorted iii
all the expressions of horror, which the poor wretch,
in the agonies of such a :death, most necessarily
have exhibited. On this day, a French Captain
of cavalry, and three or four private men, were
taken prisoners by our light dragoons ; about a
league beyond Caiisel4o4, we went n little out
of our direct road, and forded a riser for the con-
venience of a ialidtt ring wood, where we conm misted
our abodes, and where I learnt that the two Spa-
niards had ..een killed by the French, in the man-
ner I have described, in consequence of haviiig
liven met with arms in their hands. In this situ-
ation we contiiined two lave, suffering greatly from
tempestuous weather, and want of %very species
of food.

24th and 25th.—We remained these two days in
a state of inactivity, our main hotly at Talavera, and
the advaisce, under General *Kenzie, about 12
miles off, and at the position I have just described.
Whether this was in cousegaence of Sir Arthur's
threat to Cuesta, I do not knew ; but certain it is,
that we got no provisions, and we remained is slate
quo. Cueing, however, flushed Kith the idea, that
the French were retreating before loins, treated our
puny force with contempt, and resolutely advanced
to exterminate those bold invaders of his court-

try'r pracy."

NVe this night occupied some comfortable huts
which hail hero erected by the French, but were
under arena at two o'clock in the morning, and con-
tinued NO till seven, when ali apprared quiet, aqui
our miracles were dismissed ; scarcely, however,
were oar tirelachs piled, ere notice was given that
the enemy approached. :emend Nl.Kenzie order-
ed its to advance, rod we wet e on our march, a lien
an order for a retreat arrived. We accordlogly
fell back upon our main body, which *sus by this
limit in motion, awl the whale took up a position
about a mile and a half in front of the ford ; from
this, however, we again retired, before the ebeniy
had approached near enough to attack us ; we re-
crossed the river, hurl were halted and formed upon
our Old and injoilielims ground, in front of duo
ruined convent; alidtt Sir Arthur Wellesley, and
the body of the army, returned to Talavera. Here
we were speedily and vigorously attacked by an al-
most wiser,' foe ; for the enemy abounded in rifle-
melt, whilst we, in that species of force, were ex-
tremely defective.
We were, in consequence, obliged to retreat,
which we did in good order, though not without
consitkr.sble loss. [Live a mail of our commander's
experience could plat...! a body of men iii a wood
exposed to riflinen, without riflemen to protect and
resist, is a )prohletir in military science, %Inch it re-
quires a clearer bead Coin mine to solve.
Independeuly of this, the advance was near
being entirely cut off; for Sir Arthur, not dream-
ing shut the French would cross the ford, or ra-
ther, ['Oppose, dreaming of something else, had not
only taken all the army t t Talavera, but their
panicles were absolutely dismissed?. so that iwhen
the enemy began to land between them and us, as
well as to assail us in front and flank, there was but
just time to assemble and advance theta, and there-
by prevent our utter extermination.

A female (lint*, I believe, the mistress of Soult,
and captured at Oporto,) aesionipanies the army.
She has not a handsome face, hut a good figure, and
sits astride on horseback as knowingly and as neat-
ly as Mister Buckle himself. But to return: we con-
tinued retreating and lighting until we came upon
the remainder of onr army., in the plains opposite
to.the town of Talavera ; this was ■bout nine at
night. by which time we were greatly fatigued. and
were consequently marched to the rear. where we
formed a second line to our fresher troops ; the ene-
my pushing on All this time with astonishing cele-
rity, and keeping up a tremendous and destructive
fire from their numerous artillery. About, ten,
they made a most daring attecli upon the left of
our line, hut acre nobly repulsed by the 3il and
29th regiments. After this, there wits not much
done till day-light on the 28th, when the artillery
• from each army •pened with 'a rapid and destruc-
tive lire. The French again inedean attempt upon
our left, and were again repulsed. At length, the
action became general, but to describe it is impos-
sible : we charged and were repubied, and charged
again ; suffice it to a ty, that lit night the French
began to retreat, and the victory was consequently
oars.

The liberality of Licut.-Gener4l Harm, of
Belmont. was imposed upon, • few der since.
iii the following manner :—.l man, pretending to
b en itinerant dock-maker, called at tke
house, and asked for a job to put to rights any of
the clocks that might wait repairing; • large
clock over the stables tieing out of repair, the mail
was immediately set to work upon it, who mo-
tored to prolong the job (remaining is the cock-
loft, excepting at meal used bed-time%) for the
space of two days, making the clock strike st inter-
vals, as if he was hard at work. At the end of
two days lie pronounced his job completed, and
received for it a guinea, over and above his meet
and drink ; he had not left the house, however,
sunny hours, before it iota discovered that the clock
would neither act nor strike, and, on an inquiry
being set on foot respecting the clock-maker, it
proved that he was • tailor, 011 the tramp from Mar-
gate to London, who, at the village of °springs.. had
heard some penons praising the General's stable
clock, and saying it was a pity it was out of repair,
when the shrewd tailor applied for • job, for the
purpose or raising. the tried, which having done,
anableil him to fly his kits to London, where the
rogue. no doubt, arrived, highly pleased at having
out-untiseinvredibe gallant Goners!, who out•ma-
nmuvred Two° Scs.Tlt,, at Serino/mem
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RAW

IIII)Es,

Best Heifers. Mad %trees (per Ordinary os. —4. to ts. sd.
stone) as lid. to 311. cal. 1 Market Calf i4ll. ed. each.
Math:hags as. lid. SO L's. Bd. Las. Horse 145. 04.10 itio.
Sheep Skins - - as. 64. ID 45. ed.*

PRICK OF LEAIIIF.R.
Butts, so to AWL each - *id to gsd per H.
Ditto, 46 to (dills. each - red to *lid
Mel chants' Docks - None.
Dre...tioir !tides - led to
Fiue Holes - 191.1 to slid
( Was 43 to soli.* for etntiog i9id to Sad
Ditto 2u to 4u11.. Ind to 014
r Alf Slain 30 14 4038 - 1164 to 3tol
Dow Su to 7ulhs 344 to suet
bat° 70 to myths . 3311 to 3911
Small Seals (Greenland 1 as ad to at td
Large ditto tout to 1408 per down.,

COURSE Of EXCHANGE, FasiDAT, Nov. 17.
lonterdam.... Si • • U. Liabou 66
Ditto at Sight.. 30 7 Opoi•to:-
Rotterdam..." 9 14 •U. Hio Janeiro 75
Hamburgls..... ea • I;/. Malta
AILI.IN OS 9 oiU. GibrAltor mil
Pori* tday'odate 59 • 16 • Dublio rti
Ditto... ..... .. to —• U. tea
114111141eala ll O.— MULLION.
111a•4rid —in paper. Portugal Gold in Cola
Ditto.. -
PkICEIIIO —is p.tper. Foreign Geld in hors—
Ditto 4O 411.r.A. New Doubloons.. ——

ItitlHai
..... 4
Leghot n tiu

New Dollars 5 7
Sil•cr in Rare

Ge-isoa SJ

New Louis exch..

Venice 5l
1% spies 4l

Agio of the Bank of Holland,
per Cent.

MRETINGSOF CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL,

OS MONMAT NEXT. M. M.
ThOinnq Goldsmilbs Sbareditcb, dealer in wines - I 9
Thomas Weston, Camberwell, Surrey, post-master st 19
‘Villiam Smith, Port pool-laseAray's- laue, p u p-
maker -
Thomas Kurland, tiungerford, Iterkshire, draper .

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Batik Slurk 177 4 S
. .

I I

3 per Cent. Reduced
3 INT Cent. Cossets
4 per Crut.
5 prr Cent. Navy .. letti
.
Long Annuities
Imperial .3 pm Cent 671 6a
1/ittu Annuities . •• 7i
4 hitisiem Si prem.
.
India Stuck.. - lOll
India Bonds ' 99 28 prem.
Exchequer Mills . 8 I 4 prem.
rmelisti Lotter/1191mb.... ..... .. 921. 154.
Commis Mr pii
I'. BISH, Stork-Broker,
4 Cymbal. and 9, Cliaring•eross.

At the late linen-market in Dublin, tine linens
met NO extremely dull sale. Coarse goods, parti-
cularly half-bleached. yardlertdesornd 7-uth aides,
Which, in general. brought • good profit to the sel-
ler. Many of the coarse linens sold Mere for Spain.
and some fur the West Indies. Since the market,
coarse linens have risen grently in the brown markets,
About one o'clock on Friday morning last, three
men were apprehended in bed at the Black Lions
lien, Exeter, by Wtr.stsu Sancta., city constable,
charged with burglary and felony, in breaking
open. the counting-house of Messrs. Canstsr and
Werra, clothiers, IVe-itbury, %Vitt% and stealing
therefrom a quantity of importine blue cloth, of the
value of sonl. and upwards. Bills to a colluder-
able amount were found on the prisoners. and
a portmanteau, cont.:airing various keys, picklocks,
&e. of the roost currousiiivention, capable of open.
iug locks of every description ; also, phosphorous,
matches, dar k-lanterirs, and sun..y implements,
suited to effect their depredations. %While those
things were extimining below stairs, one of the men
contrived to make his escape from the chamber-
window, by the help of a sheet, with which he let
himself down into the street, with nothing but his
shirt on, in which mate he was met shortly after by
two soldiers, a mile from Exeter, on the Heavitree
rued, probably making Iris way for the c:irt in which
the property had been conveyed, supposed to he at
no great distance; bat though the most diligent
search has been made, and a handsome reward
advertised, neither the magi nor cent have yet been
discovered. •

,

NAVAL INTILUCEACE.

r‘wrintoulff; Nov, it
Art' red the Puri Mahon, to gulls. Capt. Ls,:
MI. trout the eastsrsrd ; Persian, la gone, Capt.
Colquitt, front a crui4r; Itedpole ',loop of %vie, from
the *seaward ; Burl Do/idatr, from Ply ruuntir, issr.l
tooled alptur for the Downs.
Sailed the Lkfeader gun-brig, Lieut. dope. ea
a cruise.

Caine into harbour. the Linnet, Livut. ,
to be refitted. ri vaiuvin. riov. 17.
Are .rd the Busy privateer, (rota hi Cf 14114:; end
the Murbe privateer, horn Philadelphia.
Soiled lets Majel.ty's ahip Quebec, to the Wes•t-
Nard; and the liurlequin armed ship, on a crone ;
Plecasaut *loop at war; and York man of tear, to
the Westward. VEAL, any. Kt.

Arrived the Mereerias sloop of war, with a con-
voy from the Baltic ; Podargus sloop of war, from
Yarnonth; Osprey sloop of war, from Portsmouth ;
Peggy schooner, and Ides cutter, from Fluslicsx.
DuVtit, ku%.
The wind having come round to the North, re-
vers' of the vessels which laded froth this pl.tet: rot
Momloy, hive returned. Lust night, alc ig called
the Iriirellerid, one which her: Leon captured front
the Swede*, but now under Papenburg colours, ar-
rived here with cargo of wheat from Dunkirk ; at
the mine time, a sloop, formerly a postegir-re.el
here, called tit that time the Duchess of Yktrk, b..t
now the ellearietta, arrived with wheat boot
Ostend. They were both bound to Ramsgate,
the hitter has been seized by the title-surveyors of
the customs, forhaving concealed on 'mord, in a
'place mark for the purpose, 30 half soaker* of gin,
several gallons more in stone bottles, end a beg
with saffron.—She hot, it hectic', been a constant
trader to Itarosgate for some time, having made 15
voyages.
This morning. a messenger. and too military
agents. landed hare, out of the Ides hired armed
cutter, front Flushing. Some of their baggage %vile
marked Captain Swinyard, of the Coldstream."
Last night. the beeptre truuspoit, marked M. 1..
came in, from Walcheren, with ti ck troops; and
this morning, some more, belonging to the 6th
and 91st foot, were brought ou shore, from the
Britannia transport, which is now in the roads.
She is a ship of between 5 and 690 tons, snountiu;
twelve Is-pounders. On 'rurality night, being on
the French coast, she was attacked by two priia-
teers, which. however, soon found their mistake.
We are told that, lard Sunday week. the French
made en attempt to cross front South Bevelaud, is
which attempt they ere said to have los.. 5000 men.
Arrived the brig Dligettre, of Suaiderlaud.
Swinhurn. with a cargo of cods. from Dover.
Several foreign vessels, bound to Loudon, are at
anchor in the Roads.

PANOUTFI, NOV. 15,

Arrir:d the Juhn, Parker, fray Cwsures, and Teat's Hill,
Citutui,a, from Liverpool, with cads ; Friendship, She sus,
from Loudon, with sundries —Sailed the nary Ann, Mt-
chins ; Sagittarius, Stade ; and Delight, Young, for Trign-
mouth, in ballast; Lloyd, Barrett, and Unity, Barrett, fur
Plymouth, with suudries.

coax. No►. 10.

Yesterday His Majesty's ship Emerald, Captain
Maitland. arrived in this harbour, with her prize
the Fanforatt French national brig, Captain Drs.
hunters, mpiinting 18 guns, and 135 men, from
Brest, bound to Gnadatoupe, laden with flour. &c.
captured on the sth instant.
The Enteral hes also detain •d the Luna, of
and from New-York, fur St. Selnuotian's. Wan sail
cotton and rive.

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