The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-01-23 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE.

The ( :overnur of Lirgo has reported, tinder date
of the 7th instant, that on the 6th instant, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, at a league distance from
thia town, the English troops were rtig;lgt.ll with
the advanced parties of the enemy, hut the latter
ere reptilbefl, owl the Pontier shrv.e4l 110 ititentien
to maintain theifM•lvca ill that porition.
These exertions on the pa‘rt of our allies ought
to iiiiiinnte the natives of this kingdom, awl the in-
habitants of Corunua, to contribute, as far as their
circumstances will permit, to the speedy completion
of the works which have been planned by the Of-
ficer< charged with the d• fence of the place.
The Supreme Council of tile Kingdom, which
has received so many proofs of the loyalty and
valour of the inhabitants of this town, cannot
cdtertaiu a doubt but that, uuder circam-

stances. critical as the present, they "till make
the utoost efforts in its defence, end be con-
vinced that without the strictest order and obedi-
euce to their ►awful authorities, every thing must
Iwo confusion, and the ino.d vigorous measures of
defence prove useless. Under this impression they
will, therefore, punctually execute ever• measure
which the prudence. zeal, and patriotism of those
who command them, shall suggest.

The staff equipage of the English arrived here
ou the 7th ; but the head-quarters of that army
are still at Lugo. On the afternoon of the 6th,
the enemy made a partial attack on the Ei;6lish
po4ition, but were repulsed with the loss of about
30., toter, that of the English being but tritlimi.
The sea batteries here hare been dismantled, in
order that they might not furnish the eiii my with
metros of annoyance.
The enemy have two columns on their march to
Portugal ; one for Lisbon, br I: __sirens:Aura and
Elvas ; the other had reached Zatilor.i on the 15th,
oil its way to Oporto.

JAN. 13.

The whole of the English airmy effected a retreat
to this place and its vicinity on the 11th, in the
evening. (leis. Iterestortl, however, occupies the
heights near Bisrs.;o.., with a corps of about Luoo
men, who are busily employed in fortiting that
position.
Whilst at Lugo. Sir J. Moore drew tip his wrmy
in order of battle, inviting the enemy to attack,
which was, however, declined by him.

IADIz. JAN. 4.
Bonaparte left Madrid on the z•_'d December,
with 30,000 men, in two divisions.

The 51argiiis de hi Motions had &dodged the
French from Palencia. When the la 4 accounts
were avespived from him, his heinbspiailers were at
Carrion de lot Comics : his army amounted to
32,000.
The Duke of Infantarlo's army consisted of
31,00*) infantry and 30u0 cavalry, the van of which
occupied Turancon, 40 miles from 31adritl. It
*Minims to 12,000 men, mind had been recently re-
nforeed lby 4000 picket! troops.
We have very good news from Catalonia.
Three officers. belonging to the Doke of Infants-
do's army, have berm shot, fur tittering exprrs.ioos
calculated siel designed to aisle-mien the soldiers.
This is one of the perfidious artifices which
the French employ to excite insubordination, Mill
to avail themselves of the confusion thus intro-
duced unioug the troops.

FROM THE PORTUGUE.Sr.TAPF.IIS.

Lissom, JAW. 9.

Yesterday, the following important intelligence
was received by rt 14.mtlenutii, from his Corres-
pondent et Elva., who receivi..! it frniii oi,e of the
Aims', et Rutlmjliz„ Although no onicial account
or !wen rode it seem:- to gain
credit, nod several letters front Elv.is and Bailajoz,
(and it is said front Madriil), give similar at:eon:as :

" BADAJOA, JAN. V.

We hove just received an express from Ma-
drid, with the pleasing intelligence that the French
army has been defeated by the English end Spanish
tiocera. General ?dottier is killed, and Marshal
bloomy severely wounded. The French lost in the
action .15,000 men, and 5000, who were at Madrid,
were afterwards matte prisoner* by the Duke del
Llamado. Alonzo blazon°, • Spanish Courier,
arrived here on the Bth instant, with dispatches
from the Junta of Seville, to their Minister, in
Loudon, and proceeds to England iu the Duke of
Marlborough packet. lle reports. that a battle
hail been fought in the neighbonrhood f Volta-
stolid, in which the French troops, under Geocrul
Ensues, were defeated with the lo.ts of several
pieces of artillery, by Generul Muute's army, in
espojsmetion Kith the Spaniards.
Mr. It ti.i.e, ■u English Messenger, alto sailed
from Ply ))))) alb in the Intelligent gun-brig. with
dispatches for Sir J. Moore, arrived at Co ttttt no on
the 210, aid sailed from thence for this port, in
the ,arse veseel, with dispatches for Mr. Frere, who
is at prevent at Seville. Ile arrived here on the 7th,
and proceeded land em the esth.'•

Don Pacqu..l Teunr:a y Lord of the Bed-
clunasher of HiE Royal Ferdinand VII. and Spaniel,
Charge D'AtlaireA in l'us tonal.

SeAsitattus--Your country demand, great sa-
critices ; 'it calls fur our usUrtuovr ; it bur uo other
defenders than its children. and we should be want-
ing in duty to our country and ourrelves. did we
not employ our arms and property to wave it.
Our brethren awl our countrymen are deter-
mined rather to sacrifice their lives than to submit
to the disgraceful yoke of the Tyrant. The niii-
vers4l enthusiasm of all towns and provinces is well
known ; and all have resprectis•:ly concurred in the
performance of that .arreti duty, eat riticing their
all to the salvation of the country. Such citicens
as rvride at a ilimince from it, have hastened to eon-
trilmte to the maintenance of the outneroub armies

are destined to revenge their wrongs,. Ile
respectable merchants who are established and re-
side in their capital, have not Leon backward in
enterill their names in the long list of the Spa-
niards ; on the contrary, they have divided with
the State the earnings of their industry. At a time
when all the individuals of our nation are disputing
with each other the glory of having rendered the

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most important services, shall not the natives of the
most noble and most high end Inyal kingdom of
Callicia, who reside in Lisbon, trudertake the
honour of ce-frocrating in the r. storm' of the
throne of their ill-fated Alamos-eh, us far as cir-
cumstances will allow ? Shall it be said, • that they
look with inditference on the dreadful cala-
mities which have befallen so many nidurtnnate
towns, that are still groaning under the yoke of
our tyrants,. while their brethren are constantly
braving death in the acid of battle? Shall the dis-
graceful singularity be theirs, that they alone do
not arford ail tunable assistance? And history
records the wonders performed by our gallant na-
tion, tibial it add, that they alone did not
love their country ?—No, 1 ente.tain of them a
higher opinion ; they all sigh for liberty. they are
all ready to make the utmost evations to o:.tinis
it, on an occasion when it must he obvious to ,try
man, that his private property depends tiro tt.e
getieral nuriare. lam pvTrectly satisfied, ti:.? not
one of you will k from the performance of that
sacred duty, and it therefore only remains for ant to
declare to you, that as soon as the money, arms,
and other effects, for our armies, which 1 e'lnct
from your generosity, small be collected, it hill
give Inc satisfaction to transmit the sea aunt to our
king and Lord, radinand VII., and, in his royal
name, to the Supreme Junta of l tovernment of
Spain and India, in order that your contrioutions,
your tidelity, and your lure of your country, may
not remain unknown ; the good you do for it will
administer comfort and consolation to your bre-
thren, and desysve the admiration of the allied
nation, which takes such an active share in the de-
fence and support of our just cause.
llrons the pressure mate my important occupation,

I hive couuni w. owed Dnu Andres Letinal,'.a
nes to receive the patriotic gifts, uliieh lileAt lie
voluntarily °Gm!, in Lib ilwelling-hou,e, No. ti,

tondaluzer-tune.

PAIQUAL TLN 01%10 M4MCONO.

Lisbon, Jan. 6, !no.

DADAJO7. DI:C. 2i.
This city has the appimance et a military
school; all its inhabitants are al re tidy soldiers ; every
one has his place and his ulscel, and b 1 couu•s ac-
ant omed t.. saboJtuation, at.icll is tl:e FULA (1
011e!0t111:1, and Virithillit which the laxly of the
state would dezeherate into a monster with a
thonsiihrl heads, the enemy of itself, and must soon
cause its own destruction.• From the beginning of
the present month, all persons, without distinction
of age, or sex, or rook, are dully employed iu the
repair of the fortifications. The Most Exeell. ;it
Seniors. the Archbishop, the Bishop, and Captain-
General, zealously concur in the said w orks, uud .
by their example, contribute to maintain the com-
mon ardour and patriotism. The most urgeht
orders have been bent to the people in the pro-
vinces, to place themselves in a 1111)la'r State Of
derelict.. n ec. 46.
By order of the Supreme Junta of this pro-
vince, It is aintouticial, in The Diary, that the
troops commanded by the I%lajor-General Don
Francisco de Tiias, hail attacked the tacitly nu the
Archbishops Bridge, on the morning of the 42d.
Our light troops put to Wight the advanced guaßl,
hot as they could not tunic the enemy's eritrehch-
merits, they returned to their position, hating. loss
only ciAlit men skilled utal It► wounded, while the
loss of the enemy was much greater, as they w etre
seen to throw a great number of dead !unlit s Coca
the bri4e into the river. General Trios highly
praises the valour of our soldiers. The Earglith
have had several successful encounters with
the enemy. The Al:Artois of Arbentos, Colesiel
of the volunteers of Seville, with tire hundred
horse and 1,000 light troops, attacked 2,0110 dra-
goons, which were pillaging in Manzanares, killed
:15.5, and pursued tile rest with every prospect of
overtaking them.
An English frigate has arrived at Cadiz wills two
mill 111115 and a half of hard dollars ; and the Mar-
gais of Real Thesouro, who cornmauds the Swi
Josiu, is every hour expected with another million.
It is said on the 20th of December there at re em-
ployed ■t;uiust Saragossa 27,000 men, but this
number has been diminished by Goo() ; the inhabit-
ants continued to defend themselves bravely.

Notices transmitted from Tralos Monter, as
state the army of the. Marquis de Romano,
colisisting of 30.,000 men, is still in Lion, but has
not with it itioreithen 2110 cavalry.
General Moure, with his army, enmisting of
33,1100 men, was at Sahagun, and there were also
7 or 9,000 Engli,h ut Asturga und liciievente% so
that the whole of the British army con,ibt., of 40,04.*
men. The General was at Leon, emiliiring with
the Marquis Romana on the plan of attack: and de.
fence.

The Genitrul-in-Chief of the French troops is
Spain, is Manilla Ney ; the other tleneralt, Beg.
siereq, 11fortier, Sault, Victor, Moucey, St. Cyr,
Duhesine. Left-here, and Hellion,.

At Sahlatihn there has been an en:regiment be-
tween the• h:nglish and French: the latter•ffed pre-
cif itn:ely, leaving 700 killed, nod many prisoners,
iu the Imo& or the English; it is said, to the
atitetint ist utio, and 100 horses.
'flee 'Nlar.plis de Vale! ores arrived a ith 2,000

tut.n. at Pen Ltd, on the . UrcAlrolx•r, owl %%nit&
there farther 011111,1 (rota the Niurtiuis
/.i4mon Gazette, Jara.;.;

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.40, Minimum is to:eluded by the pressure of temporary
leaver.
the portierthirs of the Fire at St. James's Falser,
69 account of which was gives is TOE Damon PRZIII of
Sat oirilvt!, ate the at pop.

TI BRITISH PR

SS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, JANUARY 13.

SIR JOHN MOORE KILI.EI).—SIR DAVID BAIRD
MORTALLY WOUNDED.—EmBAIthATIoN 111
TIIE BRITISH ARMY AT comCNNA

Lord PAGET arrived lo,t M.,411t. from C•rroona.

lie has brought an ai!count of the einbarkaion
our artn at that place. It way con.taidly attacked
during this operation, and behaved most nobly.—

Neter was British valour pot to a severer trial—
to!ver Jiu it more gallantly maintain its character,
anti answer the expectation of it: country. It
of.en repolse.l the enemy, whose miniber, I, ere eon-
stwntly Our loss is estiinnteil at -too
uille4 and *ituited. Sir JuliN illouac is KILLED.
Sir DAVID BAIRD is MORTALLY WOUNDED.-.-ilis

arm w:t.4 ittJt off at the socket. Ahoo.t the whole of
our baggage aml .Horses hnve been destroyed.

taken, or left behind.—The French were led on
by • Juso.c.--This was nIl that nay . oantiag to
sharpen the poignancy of our feehiigs, and aggra-
satt our di4ster. To this l'r;mitier, Ida:rated at
Lis;mni, was assigned, by UONAPARIE, the task,
touse his own words, "of throwing the Fog-
lish into the seis" at Corunua: And how wrist
he there transports, with previsions,
intended for British cohliers, conveyed 1.. y Fres:cli
(Ulcers, with cich a British frigate for hi.
accoutniodatioa, curried and his cap-
tive troops to the theatre or war. Strnnge it

but true.—The military history of England tlor,
nut furnish au inst.tnce aim einharkatiom of British
troops ell'eettol with so much celerity and finch Imo-
fect acconiniodatiou, as that afforded at Lisbon by
virtue of the eftrovention of Clitoris, for the con-
veyance of tali, eery Jester, and his army, to
Fraser. ou their way to Coruna*. The ahore
iu-
telliw•nee will be read with mingled sensations of
joy unit sorrow ; joy for those thut are preserved,
and sorrow for thost who liaise fallru ; but

shut skit; we t,ay or the who p' • d

exibctLtioil, Yll e7tpcditieni iu which British valuur,
conducted by British sktil, could not posmibly coin-

woad arcewwl Sir Amity's MiLt.t.sist.zr is to
be thanked this day for this fiat atep that led to
dna fatal catastrophe. We receiver! the above im-
portant intelligence after sine fulloaitig °Werra-
tions were written, anti when it was too late to
tancel :odic parts wiiielt it litlperiedcs.

Brigadier-General STCWA UT, brother of N
CoUlit CASTLEktEAGII, arrived at the War-Off we,
on Saturday, with Dispatches frota Sir JOHN
Aloown, dateil the 13th ; and, irnroeJiah ly after,
the folluwint; Notes were circulated in the Minis-
terial circles, and at the Public Oiiees

" Brig.-Gen. Ferswitter, who arrive.' in town this
wsoriiing,lrani Sir Jon a Moults, left Commie on
Friday se'tiiiight. At the time of his departure,
the entire of the British army had arrived in Co-
swm, or were quartered within its iu late vi-
cinage—our most Ally:weed guard was :atoned at
Burin, where Gen. Bearseoeo, with a corps of
auuo men, oti% itetniped in constructing .. hs to
defend the passage of the river.—The ein my were
in force au the opposite Bunk, atel at Ciisiiio ; and
the Duke of DA I.MATIA Was understood tu have es-
tablished his hoes-quarters at Iletauin;.
" The ;army reached the neighbourhood of Co-
mina on the 11th ; but, in consequence of un-
favourable winds, the transports did not get round
till the evening of the 13th. Every thing was pre-
pared to begin the embarkation on the morning
following. It was apprehended that a sacrifice of
seine horses, baggage, and stores, would be un-
avoidable ; but there was ieo doubt but nearly the
whole of the troops would be got off.
" The rear-guard of our Army hail, durilig its
retreat, fetsquent ski 111 l 'shies with the enemy, Lut maim
every occasion the superior gallantry cud conduct
of our troops were conspicuous. In passing the
riser Neyra, they were attacked by a considerably
more numerous body of the viseiny, led on, it is
said, by the Duke of (STRIA its person, but with-
out the least interruption to that movement—in
the neighbourhaod of Hospital de Cliesnosco the
enemy again cisme in contact with our troop., amid
was again repulsed. A short distance (ruin Lugo,
Sir .1. MOORE found that the enemy had acelllllll-
- to such a degree, es to endanger the safety or
his covering column, and lie resolved to gite them
battle--for that purpose lie formed hi, army, who
were eager to advance, but he contented himself
with that demonstration, and busing sent Witold
his 11:ek, baggage, Sc. continued his march without
further interruption.
" rue French Ins.l • corps at Pueutedeurne, on
its route to Ferrol.

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•" The Spiuisli army, under the Attryuii Ue Is
ituttaa a, sustained several attacks frotn the enemy.
in his retreat to Astoro. The troops behoved well,
hut they sulliii•ed greatly from the superior num-
hers opposed to them. A body of about 3000 men.
constituting the left wiwg, maintained its position
on the Elsa, during the izi.th and 70th, against the
greatest part of Marshal Sou ur's division."
The other Nulletiii ran thus:—
" Brigadier-General STLwAILT arrived this morn.,
it at Lord CAsTLERBAGIee Office, in Driaming-
st,eet, with, dispatches fmut Sir J. XlOOlll.. ilut,d
Comilla, the Idtli inst. upon which place he had
directed his march, instead of N'i4o, as he had ori-
inally Sir J. Mount: hail eff;cteil his
retreat, with the loss of only rut of his hagv-ig.e.
There h nl been repeated sktrunsites with the tear-
:ollrd, in which we hail uniformly relnilsed the
nod, at Lugo, Sir J. Moon": (Meted the
eitsloy Imtac, w luck they 'declined. The enemy,
lieu Brigailit..-Umieral STEWART
were in force in the neighbourhood ; lint, it was.
trusted. that Si: J. MMIUK would effect his r.-
endnirkl.ition without h loss, as the transport::
which he had sent fur from Vigo svt.re cowling the
bar at Cormina when General ..-*TinvAter sailed.

" Major PAGET and CUADOT
pained Brigadier-General STr.W•IT to town ; .they
all arrived at Falmouth iii the Ann brig, and, we
understand, did inn leave Corinna, till the 14th.-.—'
General A NlTlttAilLa had died, iii coomaittence of
lati.oc. Upward, of 200 sick and wt-iantiril were
lel! Inlnird at Logo, &v. Moat of the artillery
I,ln,t•A, and about Cu° of the dragcun liormpa, had
the state of affairs not allowing time for
th. tr alturkutivat. The 7th drawrous had .in-
bst fsed previous to the departure of General SyLw-
A ay. Ow troop, were in excellent health awl vitas.
" A dibisioii of the army, tinder the orti.-rs or
licit ~durr-Uruerul CotAwnau, comprising alaout
4000 DIVII, had proc,eded to Vigo, where they
caubatkcd without difficulty."

Such is the stilktunce of the Bulletins issued on
Saturday. Tile term Bulletin implies, at least, a
dami•olficial authority; but, under the present Mi.
Eist‘rs, we ;hal that it is nothing but theaccoutit al-
lowed tube glees by the Clerks in the Public Oftie•es
of aay important dispatches received by
C:o-
-yerunre•ut, uuuuthentuvtt•d by nay signature, situ
resting al iio specific authority. Holding it, as
se do, our brat duty to the public, neither to tulle
with, nor to (leerier them, we cannot n►uceal, that,
not ts itl►.tairdiu,4 the assuntuces given in the Bulletins
of Saturday, the greatest apprehension► err enter-
tained by 31inisters, relative to tleelicte of our army Id
Cortmaa. The French completely surround us, atid
their numbers hourly augmetit. Nut more tiara 4,5ei0
troops had embarked on the utth of January, trial
hie apprehended, that if we can effect our embark-
ation with the loss of .iunct troops, we shard hate
cause to be most horny ; a 11111411 greater uamlo•r
may be sacrificed. Admitting that the truant body
of our army On embark, tmdur a covering carps,
what is to protect this covering corps when it comes
to its turn to embark ? Who is to cover the em-
barkation of General Etat:scow, and die SOOO
tat ii at Burge ? When the whole garrison rinharks
in sillily, fruits even the strongest fortifications, iti
pi csence of an enemy, it can only be brought off en-
tire by stealth; as in the evacuatio►► or Stralmitid
by the Swedes. General E ? wee disgraced,
;aid, it is said, put to death, for suffering this es-
cape ; and will ....74.1rATAIME commit that oversight
at Corunna, which he punished so severely in the
case of General BRUNE. Similar calamities are
anticipated us probable at Lisbon, where, we may
I►e assured, the French Commanders will not
ivake with us a Convention of Cintra. la the
first inometts of alarm, the caution on the works
of Cortinua were thrown into the sea, lest they
might be used by the French against to. ; but it
was afterwards feared that this measure was preci-
pitate, as it reduced our means of defetiditl the
place.
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Such is the result of the incapacity of a Cabinet
constitoted like mils, which, from the moment
of the application made to them by the tivailiards,
has manifested ardour without judgment, and has
displayed zeal destitute of information. To the
selection of their commanders, to the consequent
errors committed by those Generals, and to the
final necessity of vur troops inarchisig across all
Portugal and Spain to the theatre of war, instead
of having been transported thither in our ow n
transpoi is by sea ; to these successive mistakes and
acts of culpability, we necessarily trace, and ob-
viously impute, the result which we now all deplore.
If utter inuptitudeaud reeognistsl ignorance are po-
litical crimes, never have any Ministers committed
more palpable riles, nor more justly merited par-
liamentary, as well as natio:ial condetnuatiou.—
We are not in possession of a sufficient number
of facts relative to Sir JOHN Mooaes actual
situation, his supplies of provisions, the number
of transports ready to ret•eive his troops, the works
which are to be defended' by General Beaaseoao,
the spiriterinced by the inhabitants of Coruumt,
and many other particular's, to enable us to form
a decided (Onion era the loss which we may, or
must sustain, in re-embarking our army. We
fear it will prove considerable, particularly in the
articles of horses, wounded, sick, baggage, and am-
munition. Amy of the wen, it is much to be ap-
es.

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preliended, must be left behind, t4a.thoanergy.or
Box srsetr. Not that we believe, the neconnts
asserted in the Cannon. Papers of the 12th fassLint,
which (lei:lure, that "at .Iknavetite, and tit .Aisa.
torga, the English pnscitiers hare been murdered
by Nsnot.i.os, previous to.s.the assembly of. the.
English at Ingo." The fact might not to he ',el,:
lieved on Such authority: Whatever ittros•ities the
Corsican Emperor may
iu Asia, we believe he will not repeat them in
Europe. The massacre of some hunched Turks at
Jaffa, he might hope would elude inquiry or proof;
but to put to death English prisoners, taken in war,
might revolt the feelings even of his omen soldiery.
Ile is nevertheless composed of ferocious materials,
we cannot count on his humanitv. Nor is it
to Ice forgotten that in the Ifith Bulletin, dated
.‘ Madrid, the Bth of December," he expressly
states that the division of LASALLa bus fallen
di Nice* ErtgleNlimen, whom they hare put to
the sword. Trey were stragglers, or Melt who
had lost their %my." !fere we have a fact, given on
1:I4 on n official authority, which is of the most ex-
tr.:A..auary said Pagitions description. It is not to
be exceeded in cruelty by any of the Jacobin
satires. For *hut defence could fifteen mem who
bad ithwlltettii or )ost their way, flaorteiii;uinst the
divisors ot.Lasst.tat ?. Vett uo cum slwkistiooooo nor
even ceionre, is expressed against that Mneral
-
ver, for so Mbomou and lune a proceeding. The
fact merits attention, and awakens apprehension,
when we consider that the preset war is carrying on
against a man, who, in the fiery attack of Spain.
and seizure of FERDINAND the Seventh, reflec-
tively trampled on and spurned all rights, all
treaties, all the laws of nati..n., the obligations of
civil society, end the primes al .lictatt•s of natural
amorality. Ile will nut he delican., or scrupu!ous,
in his treatinelit of our retreating fumes. line
may Iseptite implicitly the assertions positively
mode lithe Government Bulk tins, Our trans-
ports were getting round into the harbour of Co-
runt% ou the evening of the I:ith, and were enter-
ing the Buy when General STEWART sailed." We
I rut that there is neither error nor deception in
this statement fur, during the last eight slays,
we know that the winds have been almost con-
stantly to the north and cast, which are points op-
posed to our escape out of the port of Cornana, and
to the ppsa.lge of transports from Vigo to that port.
We would rusk likewise, have our Alinisters
Tided subsistence for te.ooo or Su,uoo :nand' they
should be detained fur any considerable time, be-
fore they can make sail for Lisbon or Cadiz, or
their destination, where ver it may be ? Are Ce-
rement or F-riot themselves properly provision< d
Awl ale the garrisons tatmaile and disposed to pe-
rish, rather than open their gates to the enemy ?
We fuse that neither will resist BON APARTE.—
fie is not male of the ware sluff es nor

present Se,:retary at War, who eomidered Fer-
rol to he impregnabie, a oil withdrew his fortis
from before it. If the magnitude and imminent
nature of the danger in which Get:. I‘luov.z is invol-
ved, wotild allow us to look to other quarters, we
should say that Sir J. Cr..lDorK, and his troops,
at Lisbon, will probably be somi in u similar, or its
a worse pretlasumer t, them our :wry at Corunna.
Nor is Oporto at ail more secure from attack.—
Wherever we extend our view, the vtloeity,capacity,
and resources of the enemy, appal and astonish, no
less than the vaccination, delays, and want of all
sr:tem in our Ministers, excite fear and indignation.
It is not known to what port or place our army,
when r.:-einbarked at Vigo and Corwitia, will direct
its course; but Cadiz is generally considered likely.
To this complexion have the present Cabinet
brought matters. Their stay m office is regarded
as itypoasible, though many permns, and tome
very lihistrions Personages, will not either vote
against, or oppose them, from a desire to give every
possible aid, even to a weak and inefficient admi-
Migration, at this perilous and novel juneto.e.

Tae Clurinde frigate, Capt. Britccs. sailed, on
Saturday, fivoi Portsmouth, for the East Indies,
with the folloviiisg Fist loldißmen muter convoy :
The Henry ilgailogion, Neptune, C'ensberiand,
Seakby Castle, and free Briton, for Bombay and
China ; the Warren Hastings, for Bengal and
China; the Lord Melville, for Madras and Bengal:
and the Cilia/Is, fur St. Helena, Bengal, and
China.

CODHDI.B4OIIIa SHIELD, for the Cape of Good
Hope; Commissioner Ism AN, for Madras ; and
Captain ‘.Vii.urtsuAst. Royal Navy, went piseelb.
gers in the Chris/de. Four of the ships, however,
not getting under weigh in time, they were obliged
to ancor at St. Helen's. from whence they were.to
rail early this morning.
We have received Cnrunna Papers to the 14th
instant. It appears from them that the retreat of
the British army was conducted anti great ability.
Such was the rage of Boaspsam, he burned Be-
nevente, and threatened Asturga with a like fate.
At both places he is said to have murdered the Bri-
tish prisoners. The Comma Papers add, that the
French are marching against Portugal in two co-
lumns, one upon Lisbon, and the other upon
Oporto. Nothing, however, to this effect was
known at Lisbon on the 10th.
We have merited some Dutch Papers; they
contain nothing of any interest, except some de-
tails of the late insurrection and massacre at Con-
stantinople.
A Lisbon Mail arrived yesterday with letters and
papers front that city, to the 1 ith instant. They
phew that the public mind is Eibu4A by OINK
tu-
moors of French disasters and defeats.

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aIIESSIX• trIL3II AND rztsprts commusla.v.
Oa Sattuday, as adjourned outfits was held at Gal
s Web was expected to halm beau a hash mortis& beat, ohm
a short explanatory argentine between Messrs. Cent? and
1110:tra GUIC, Ott the use site, and Messrs. If • and
irsav ma the other; Ile M0n7•014, on MAHN of
113 t::ients, proposed ameber adjonatment,' this as maestri
be made, in ILL mean time, to eirect an amiatelde ad-
rtiatinent, •
Mr. hrisanTA.TT, is the name of ATesara. 17aish and
Nisbet, said, it was their with that the fullest iuvestigati`oe
should be made, sad it was with that view, that at the Last
Meeting they had agreed to the adjournment, sad to the
prom:Nation that Messrs. Capel sod Jackiain„ us behalf of the
Stott Exchange, should be at liberty to examine lb. lac-
cenuts, and make Mich inquiries as they might thick proper.
Thom Gm.tleateo, he understood, had proceeded is their
(dike, and were attending to deliver their reports mid if they
would state that it would be beaeficial to the different in
cate, end that soy thing would arise, as Mr. Mootazoc had
Meted, mit of the adjournment, be was sure Messrs. Walsh
and farthest would have no objection ; at the sane lima, he
hqxrd it mightffite clearly underetood that they Weie per-
&telly prelim ed 'lad anions to peat awe accusals, sad that
in amentiag to dielaytthey did so sassek to compliance with
the a isles of the puttee who bad proyaised it.
11. hies requested parstiedue to salt Mown. Carel arril
Jackson • thw qamilost—Titeas Gentlemen came flaunt
and aimed, that Shop had exassisod flea accounts, and had
invariably nut ostesaceired satisfactory answen front Meows.
'Walsh alid Nisbet, bat that tlit.m gamilleasen bad at all
times courted inquiry, sad given them miry assistance. Ip
answer to the question, whether an) gam! was likely to arise ,
from the adjournment ? they-stated, that they woul*raccida- iko
mend it moat strutivly, as they coocerred au
might take place, a kick would reCtPlielk nod he sati
to all parties. The pummisamset um. antordisely -apt
Co; and the meeting was adjunread to Saturday next.
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ROPBERIES.
On Thursday nivht, shout haffprAt eleven, u Mr. Traloot,
leather-droner, of Bermondsey, was returning hewq betras
stooped Icy a footpad at the wan or the Altylum, in St Georges
I .his. who, we contented with ribh,sig him of hie watch
sod ssoi. ii, ',fibbed Lim in the shoulder and leg, anii
olio-who. &treated him.

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f,“ Friday e.ght, almost Rohn u'elork, as Mr. Perna►, of
chisselL.treet, was paosing along Hackney-road, he was
rubbed of tiol. aids several Hilts of Lads:tn.-, to • rocsi-
derrli:e alo..uiot, by a Mali, who preseuted a dagger to bat
brr.tst.
tLe same algid, • listen-draper's shop in IVar•ar-atrret,
Cold Bath Fields, was broLeseope.i, and robbed of lists-dra-
pery, to tb: amount of Cool.

POLICE.

sow-rnitarr.
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On Saturday nowniny, r the sr of an eminent wholesale
jeweller, uu Chi kens. ell-greets was pride thrinigh Don-
sheet, recoeniesd a earn also I.nd absconded since his
father's Was. had been broken orn, and rubbed of jean fiery
pork, to • very considerable amount he, irt conenstiel:ce,
tan into the Oublir-OtTice, flow.strret, and prise urn& the
assistance of one of the patrols, who rat. arter the fellow ;
utt apnrcbetwiiog bin, be tinsie a denterete rentst,..re.
Ile underwent AO AXMlSilialio4ll felon M.. • ie•n, art
was coramitt,ll for fainter exatoinatiou.
Jena Brsi:on, a well hairs,. character, was 'apprehended on
rridny night, in Newton-street, Dewy-lane on ettspiciou of fj
being one of the robhens careened re hr.:show open the
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hou,s of Crater Morton ; but the principal witere ortir
forret- trials was not able i• identify his pe411011.-.4lie •
GiSTRATE however ousimitual blot for trial.
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PRII'.,fII:: Collie E.SI,()NDENCE. .

EXTRACT TROM A PRIVATE LETTER. DATED:' Bt-

FORD, RIO JASEIIIO, BRAM LN, stow. 44, 14014 t
" We are just returned here flow a titres
months' abeence, one of which we passed at Monts
Video; where thee tailialeitauta have proclaim's.%) Feita
dinned the NIL and declared wax against Boissio
parte; and Live pia into close conlitiement our of
the principal clerks of Talleyrates office, w ,
came out tire Consolation French corvette (whit/g
was destroyed by the At'ar/bormigh and Foutirsgesill
with dispatches of importance from Boniipintea
at Bayonne, ju General Liuiers, the • icero,—
There has been touch difference of opinion he.
tit -co Om Viceroy and C:overitor Ellin, the 'Gov. r-
-1101. of :11o.te Video; Win), must readily-, in th» first
isittemc, declared tin. FettLinvild, and udsitived ua
to ''.'souse, on the most friendly terms. Nothing
could exceed line hospitality of the inhabitants, sad
we liaised some pleneant days *wontd thou'. The
ports are nut yet completely ores fur tr.ide; se-
veral English vessels ore now iu the harot.ur, but
whether they will be allowed to sell, reinuios yet a
doubt. We left the Monarch and 44aniemoson
cruising off LAOS Island, otc,:.ionally going i..to
Maldonado for water. You will scarcely credit me
when I tell you of the cheapness of things at
Monte Video.—A fine bullock, or a sheep, for 0114
dollar.—horses may he had from fire dollars to
forty ; but a very wood one inny be had fur tselvt
dollars, I have now one on board, taking up to
Rio, which cost me only that tutu; a capital hoe e,
of great speed.—Bre.:d is also vet) theap.—Tite
country produces all the European fruits aril vl.
wtablett, in great abundance ; and their staple
commodities', hides and tallow, are now to be
bought very cheap.—l know one house there whit Ii
has at this time 300,000 hides. A Spanish frigate
arrived here yesterday, from Plymouth, nit tier
way to Monte Vidto, with a urw tinveniur Ott
board.—This market (Rio Janeiro) is getting com-
pletely over.tocked.-7Many things are now selling
under the price they cost in England.

Yesterday morning Ills M•rgsvtiv,Princetnes Au-
ot SUPIIIA. and As:au t„ accompnied by Lady
ELY. and Gallen& CAnT•iIIGIST and Ell ZROY.
Mae to 4t. George's Chapel, and heard nu sermon
preached by the Rev. Mr. RW6I4 from Paul's
Epistle to the ROMalla, chap. s.ii. verse 20—" If
thine enemy hanger, feed hist ; st he thirst, ,ire
hint drink ; fur in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of
fire 'epos his head."
A letter front Exeter, dated Jan. 19, says—it (:,.
nt.ral Stewart and other officers are )uat passed
through this city for London ; arrived yesterday'.
at Falmouth, in the brig Ann, kit Corium* the
14th. The British army, under Generals Moore
and Baird, were arrived there, and embarking : the
cavalry had had many skirmishes, the infantry
none ; they were shooting the horses as fart ns pos.
Bible, the enemy bring only three !cagily, off
The trait/world were nut enough, but they tact
• than, in the buy.
• most important change in the disposal of onr.
Militia is about to be effected. All the EngliN:y
Militia !ailments are to be scut to Ireland, and the
Irish Militia will do duty in this country.
From the ram., in coast of Spain Ministers are'
without accounts. We hear, however, that the
fall of Roses was known at. Gibraltar en the 3d of
J ant:sty.


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fnus Ar ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

Varioos reports have :bee,' circulated respecting
this unfortunate accident, as is genetelly the ease
where the cause is sot clearly known. We
have been itt coneideratile paint moil trouble to
ascertain the origin, matt so far as information from
the best 'sources eau be relied on, se believe the
followime Indy be depended upon us facts
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge); apart.
menu are under the Queen's private apartments in
St. James's pokier. Hia /loyal Highness spent the
evening at Lady Haggerstoo's, of Friday, end re-
' turned home to his apartuieuts about two o'clock ;
the porter, who was sitting up for him, huts for
some time previous to the Duke's return, perceiv-
ed a strong swell of tire, and, not being aide to dis-
cover from whence it proceeded, ahem the Duke
came home, he cominuiticated to him his sus-
eicions that some part of the Palau e near his apart-
tends was on tiro. The Duke agreeing with the
eiorter, from the sulphtivetitie smell, proceeded to
:examine his apartnients, but could not perceive
e4v:l;iing that hurl the least aßpearitnee of fire. Ile
th4eiiire stela out into the Pal:tee-yard, and from
thimee into the Yeomen's guitrd-elnienber, a Inch
eomonnisted a fall view of the premise* over his
etinirtmente, end hr discovered the flames arisiiiie
teraiteh a wiaduw ; his Royal Highness in
coasenisenee glee notice to the gamete and or-
dered the drummers to beat an alarm to anus.—
This notice roused all those in and about the Pa-.
leer. It has twee reported, that the tire broke
out in the bed-room of as servant of Miss Rice,
one of the assistalteelressere to tier Majeety ; but
there is every reason to believe it is without any
foundution. The young woman alluded to, it
appears, was to have gone to IVindeor on Friday,
' but ini ace-emit of the Royal Family removing to
Windec. oii that day, she COlllll WA procure a
-„. piece iu any of the coasiee ; she, therefore. took
a place to go by one of the Saturday's roaches.—
Although sour doubts were entertained, on Sider-
day nearing, respecting the safety of this young
womao, we betkve untie mimeo sloe, as it is as-
certained that she was burnt to her lied, in a room
its the Queeo's private apartmeots. Its-ports never
lose by circulating, and AIM; Rice'e etevatit le mg
bode, wee et/everted iittn Miss Rice; thi3 erro-
neous, though distressing account, reiteheii her
father, Mr. Rice, who is one of the Clerks of
His Muyeety's kitchen. et %Indio; ; he Liebe-
shanty set uhf to Louden, in flue greetest
agi-
tation of I insiteimilite, but, on his arrival, to
his great CC:ltatittlfel taittlrvet, he found his
daughter perirefily- ',life, she having spent the even-
ing, awl slept at the apartments of Mr. %%atria,
in St. James's. Palace. No tidings could be
learned of the servant ; the only' Itemised that
could be obtained of her was from Mrs. Ellis,
a servant to Mrs. Kruairlenbargh, the necessary wo.
man to the Kite's ;mei entails, who said she drank
tea with her, and, elsoyit ten o'clisek, it brine her
intention to get ue tarty, she went to bed, and
took a piece or candle with her, about three ice his
long, to lielit her to Lei). Mrs. Ellis slrot to a
room near her's, they were both near the Kitig's
beck stairs, and a hell the was awaked w nth the alarm
bf fire, she went the Toting women's bed-teen
to alarm her, the Atter of` which was unfortunately
locked, and else, could make no impression upon
her to awake her; she haring two children with
her, was tearful of then; and her being sediseated
with the smoke ; and seeing the flames coming up
the stair-case, she, with the childrele amide lam
escape out of a window 1111011 some leads, so that
we fear there is no doubt but the young woman pe-
rished. The cause, or Ly what accident the fise
remains a matter of' doubt; but it is
eertsin, that it broke out on or near the Kiug's
back stairs.
There are several excellent engines kept in the
aid in very good crate, Cute upon this, as
well as all billed:a occasions, great r.otifusion
in getting them to work, which wits coo-
siderahly heightened bt- the testa or water. although
some excelleia repd./nous have been adopted lay
order or tin' Lord Chamberlain, and executed by
the Heard of Works, by sinking a till- large well,
to guard monist tire, which would have afforded
en spriest iisexheustible supply of aster ; hut un-
fortunately the water plies "telltale to it could not
be found its die gerden, the eroded being covered
with snow, cud the Mats who was the lehourer io
116,4 of the tirlie the works were executer' having
been sinee dismissed from his saliatimi. The man,
however, on hesri.ig of the fire, area is. the l'alsee,
but the soldiers ;timid nut for s :me t yet hint
o in, tell the Duke of Ceialeidee was ittfortiit:ll of
his being in the Perk hetet .•u, ee et s tied eight
Wt.:leek ; hie Royal I hail semi
whey a plentiful ineptly of water was r.-inured for
a great dumber of t lasuraertrollicee' clime
to work. Tin this time water was !asented trim
the Canal, by means of several engines being ete-
tioned within a short distance of eireb ether. The
soldiers on defy, as well as the firemen, as they
twelves', were eninloyed in 'Saving the furniture in
Cie Palace, I other property. Toe whole of the
Duke of Cambridge's property, with the exceptive)
of some wine ausl liquors, was saved ; it wil► taken
into the gimlet; adjoining the Pie:, where it re-
mained till about dole., o'clock on Saturday, when,
the Are being considered as got wrier. it was
titteoved into the Ball-room gad brood Council
t 'b:.mber.
'lts Hoye' Highness and his household have re-
moved into the Quectie Palace. The glasses, ta-
retry, mini ether furniture, were oleo removed from
the Garthei hack to the Palace ; in doing whirh,
we ere envy to say, one of the plumes, slatted at
1501. was, by aceideut, brnken to pieces. The
Kilmer meld Queen's footinee's rooms are buret;
one of the King's and one of the Queen's beer lost
considerable property, which will be felt as a great
loSs to them.
The Armoury was is-inners! from the Armoury-
room to the Palmer-yard, amp is all safe. The
whole of the Queen's private apartitsrets; the [hake
Cam"iridge'l, laid the apartments of two ot 'lie
Majoity's pages,w vroust4invit very considerable
Imre *ire emeenned. Miss B. Planta% an d other apart-
mente :are elan destroyed... The DuteliCimpel, nearly
under the Arsurity-room, has sustaiued coeiseler-
able injury. Time fire r7cte;leoled u tiir King's Clo-
set. which is eitthely .cousumed, as is an adjoiulug
remise where it cvseed. Jima Maj.:dyer stave bed-
eturuber is not injured by the lira, nor is the state

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bed. The ettetit of the fire on the Queen's side of
the Palace,is to the Queen's Presence-c hamber,and
adjoining to the Yeomen's Cmard-chamber, so that
we are extremely hippy to say, all that matchless
suite of rooms Mr holding it Court, is not injured,
except the King's Closet.
A man servant of Miss R. Planta WWI nearly suf-
focated; he is now recovering. Mrs. Theicicle, her
Majesty's wardrobe woman, who resides in the
Queen's Palace, was knocked up, and she, with the
assistance of her husband, was so fortunate as to
SaVI! all Her Majesty's Court Wardrobe.
The Dukes of •Vork, Cumberland, and Cam-
bridge,were about the Palace the whole time of the
lire, and the Duchess of York was nearly out all
the tune with them, leaning upon the Duke of
Cambridge's arm, walking in the Park and about
the Palace ; the Royal Duke frequently urged her
Royal Highness to retire to her house, but she dr-
ain-1i d, saying she should he miserable if she were
in the house. We are happy to say her Royal
Highness sustained no materiel injury, as she was
well enough to go to Oatlands yesterday to dinner.
About seven o'clock the Duke of York sent oft
an express to His Majesty, at Windsor, informing.
him of the catastrophe. Ilia Majesty, in conse-
quence, sent Colonel Taylor to London, to ascer-
tain the particulars. The Colonel, after his arrival,
nod learning every particular, returned to Wi:Asor
in the eve g, to satisfy the minds of their Majes-
ties and thu Princesses.