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• MAT.AGA, OCT. 31.
A nentlenten yesterday united from Vinare.,
Mates, that, on the frith, a Conner pawed
through that place, on his Way to Valentin, with
the pleasing intelligence, that GP 1.011:1 brim re-
duced to the utinost extremity for wart of provi-
sions, 3000 men of this garri,on eet-olved to lea%e
the place, with the Cm determination to atTai-la
the wormy, and, being joiiied be eOOO ottn of Ge-
neral Blake's army, they ohtained the most On-
itutts trinini,h, and tit feated and iht,persed the
enemy in such a mauler, that tl.e reiliabo. of the
besieging army were con :wiled in take refuge in
St. Fernando, in consequence of which, abuoilstit
supplies were thrown into the tow n. •
The army of La Mancha is stated tit amount in
the *lsola to 50,0nn foot and A,OOO horse. On the
lath, at night, General Coupigni joined that army,
isad, it is said, that he is to taatine the Command
in Chief. From the movements and dispositions

which are observed in both armies, it would all,
pear, that a general attack will soon take place.
The enemy, however, may put perhaps ..xpectdtn
engagemeut, and hi's numerous marches, counter-
marches, and evolutions, may not perhaps have any
other object, than to cloak and cover a general re-
treat.—/Lisbon Diary, !Vila:. 17.1

cnenovA, Nov. 3.
Oar army of La Mancha is acirwiri lig ageinbt the
enemy, without meeting' with ally opposition. The
advanced parties are already in Dami-I. Extra.
orlinary movements are olsr ohgervvil in the French
army. and eery thing seems to announce, that we
are at the ere of important events.
Tananr.o, NOV. 9.

11. courier. who yesterday pawed through this
place, from La 11lineilu, brougiskiotellignore that
the head-quarter of the army of that•prorince lure
been trAusferred to Daniel, where they were still
on the above day.--,lSaese Paper, Nov: 18.1
sretwts:tror. 6.

The great utility of our flying parties becomes
every sky more conspicuous, by their intercepting
couriers, or supplies of ammunition unit provisions,
or retaking valuable articles, of v his h the rapacity
of the modern Vandals had robbed the country.
On the 3d instant, a Castilian party, comma:A(7d
by a Clergyman, entered this place, with seven
mules richly laden, and tive rreggons, ith
and gun-powder, taken between flnrros
; seventy French horiemen, who pscoard the
shove mules and waggons, were either killed or
taken prisoners.—(The same Paper.)
c Aron, B':y. 7.
The lateat accounts from Madrid mance us to he-
here, that it is the enemy's intention to t oltrt:t
considmilde force in Valladolid, iia order to reilitt.r
thy exertions of the army of the Duke del l'ariie
*lel elf

The:. write from EstrennadoraMoit Martier Wow it it
six thousand men, in Talavern; and Soolt in On).
1.e83 ; from whose division, four thousetvlinnt 'have.
lately been detached to Castile. with eiiht-picces of
onluarice.—/ The Ja,lit Paper.J
FNVIRONS or (Aeons, ocir:t2.
We are fighting at all points ; Intht!rtik umplete
success has attended our drool", and, we 1101)P, it
w,ll continue. The French have Iwo% completely
defea.ed, and a great number of Poles and Neap°.
lit:tns have deierte I over to our banner..
In all the churches in our neighboorlmod, the
Sacrament has been exhitoted to public adoration,
on account of the favourable result of our
Mir same Pepei
OCTOS
Itie:day before yesterday erred dna city

Q 4.

THE BRITISH PRE SS.

LONDON.
MONDAY, l!vcEmacit 4.

We are assured, that en interview took place, yes-
terday, betwen NIAINUIS Wit.I.tSUIT and Mr.
CANNING, at the house of the former, et de-
Park-Corner. It is supposed, that endeavours are
making, by Lord Witt.russior, to bring again into
office, his friend. Two modes of effsettng it are
suggeStvil. One, that of placing Mr. CAN NINO At
the head of the Admiralty. The other, that of his
I.ring again rvins!ateil in the Foreign Office, and
Lord NVELLEst.sies traiisfer to the place of First
Lord of the Treasury. \lr. Miscr.v.o., it is as-
serted, will, if absolutely necessary, usake this
surrender and sacrifice, for the litisG's service,
hims.elf with the Chaneeilorship of the
Exchequer. There is, we believe, no precedent
for such a renunciation hi our Ministerial History.

,•
We have rsceived a Fereig:i Intelligence,
consisting of Dutch Papers to the ; I,m ate•
letters from flolhoid to the 22. th ; Portuguese
Papers to the 41st ; Spanish to the 16th, and Paris
Papers to the Inst last. It appears, that about the
25th of October, the day of Jubilee, on which the
squadvoa and convoy from Toulon sustained a
complete defeat, the garrison or Gerona, the rival
of Saragossa in valour and patiiotion, made a sue.
s•fal sortie.—lt is possible that some of the stores
landed from the convoy may have reached Gerona,
but the news of the disaster of the enemy must
li tic spread along the Spanish coast, and excited
simmers! dismay among the enemy. •
loiN APAiTE remained at-PailY on the 2001.—He
is employed in receiving hisocn, u;iel foreign
iii.ters, and, accordiii4 to the. privite accounts, in
preparing new honour; fur himself. Ile considers
himself as the relwesetitative of the greatest of the
Cv.as as, and the Poea as merely his domestic
Chaplain.—lle evidently meditates a new title, em-
bracing Italy and France ; but whether it is to be
that of Emperor of the WEST. or something of a
more novel fancy, we do not know.
According to the Spanish and Portuguese
per., Lord WELLIWGTOW had returned to Badajos
on the 12th last ; and King JOSEPH had left Ma-
drid, and proceeded to Valladolid. The Spanish
army of La Mancha was advancing to that capital,
and King dosarit would probably he induced, as
in the last campaign, to retire beyond the Ebro.

Saturday, the Recruit, Capt. MURRAY, and the
n'olecrette, Capt. Caaa, Tired at Portsmouth, from
Vera Crnz, having on board upwards of three mil-
lions of dollars, on Government and private account.
They left Vera Cruz 30 days since. The Spanish
line-of-battle ships San Ander and San Dramas,
had sailed with 13,000,000 of dollars fur Cadiz ;
the latter ship was arcompauied by the Undaunted,
Copt. MALING, she not being deemed sea-worthy;
and a few days after she sailed, she sprang a leak,
which obliged her to put into Perto Rico.—The
specie, it was thought, would be put on Inlaid
the Undarusted. for her to take it to Cadiz.—The
Franchise, Capt. DASHWOOD, had left Vera Cruz
fur Jamaica; and the Elludisn, Capt. COCHRANE, for
Barbados... Col. COCHRAVL Jons sTo NE ret u rued
•
to England ia the Rwtsit.

We are informed by private acronnts from our
army in Portugal, dated the Bth ult. that Lord
Wet.t.tvGcutt was expected to return from Se ville
to the head-roarters of the British army, at Bade-
jos, about the 15th. The Spanish General of .the
central army, and of the army of Valenti*, were
also at Scvilte.—The Generals find no difficulty
in obtaining the ',minims& of the Junta, but it is
not so easy to mate it's activity into n fulfilment
of them. 'l'hey were expected to. leave Seville, as
that the Government would supped them
zealously in the excention of their plan of ope-
, rations. These *ls:et/visits Pay, there cannot he
a doubt but that the army will adrartee ; Ow want
of &applies and the means of transport, which were
the causes of the retreat, en the 3d of August,
ferias Talavera, cannot be supposed still to exist in
that country. The British Commander can move
tffi,ftori mein.—The army is so cantuned as to be
able to colleti in four-and-twenty hours.—Loril
We, tr !mews can meet the 'French with full as
'airiest a force as he had at Talavera. The enemy
hid' suffered ousel by ; the reputatioo of
their armsis shaken, and they are scattered on every
side b) insurrection* and armies& •
We bisee read; with deep attention, not unmixed

with sentiments of the warmest disfaction, the
Poseinitiation sigited by eke Margins of As f 0 UOA•
ai% • President of the Supreme Junta, dated from the
Royal Alcaznr of Seville, on. the '!9th of October,
convoking the as« in!ily of the Cortes, for the Ist
of January next. Afo-r siihducting from this State
Paper, ••fittio, inflated expressions, a..d some pas-
Ages, at .whivh, the bobtr, correct, and, perhaps,
more advanced state of society among us, may
revolt, or reptign ; we must, nevertheless, admit,

tlftt it is a composition. noble, affect itig, energetic,
■nd ma, in certain parts, sublime. The very de-

feet, or imperfections, that our more dia=teued ear,
and mode of addressing the British nation, from
the throne, whether vaent:t or filled, -impels tis to

rrjeet. or to avoid, render ,t prohattly more calcu-
lated to stimulate a people of ardent imagination,
the uatives of a warmer soil. That it will produce

a prompt, general, and moat betiefieivi effect,
throughout every part or the Spanish Monarchy,
even in those provisicei which bare hitherto been
considered ao completely reduced under the yoke
of France, we venture to entiLipitte with consider-

. _
ably confidence. Above all, it will be felt by
the Corsican EMPEROR. *ad by every man 'who
has enlisted under his standard. from Jost:rm.

down to the learnt soldier in the ranks. Th•

Spoulards Intve not beiitated or trembled, to de-

nominate these two Corsicans, tyrants. perfi-

(lima, and olc,:ects of unirereal reprobation or ab.
horrenee. Let iis compare the tame filanifestoes
of FREDERIC WILLIAM and ALEXANDER, in 1806,
or that issued by Fla Nets, only a few months ago.
in March last, when, at the head of three hundred
thousapd men, be ventured to take up arms against
NAPOLEON: with the addrem nuw Witted to the
. Spanish people. in the three former, terror, ill.
concealed, conscious infetiority, a desire to conci-
ciliate the Despot whom they opposed, and all
those managenieuts which we adopt towards those
whose resentment we deprecate, chunicte.ise every
.line. This ruffian, sullied with turpitude., and
covered wish acts of violence, treachery, and out-
age, is, in the diplomatic Jangnage of flatiowtTz,
of STADION, and of Rouitetow, an Emperor, a
King, a Sovereign. The Junta of Spain chum ;
`dare to denominate him as he is. They hint.']
as we venture to do, BoNAPARTE ; and they stilt=
inutile him as at tyrant, the enemy ol the human .
race. We may be mural, that this style and
mode of attack will penetrate erns to the inmost
apartments of the Thuilleries.; and Uo'donbe it will
accelerate all the military porparntions of Nat.°.
LEON, for crushing a spirit so untractable.
For. that attack the Junta appear to he folly
papered ; and io the contemplation of its im-
pending shock, they invoke the hereditary loyalty,
patriotism, and honour. of every trite Speniard.--.
Vain, however, we believe, end ineffectual, would
have been that appeal, if they had not likewise
added another, and a greater stimulus—the solemn
promise to the nation, of of ice Constitution. Here
is the only, and the read antidote, against the vietc-
rious arms, the flagitious arts, and the poisoned
weapons, of this Italian Usurper. Europe is not
yet lost, when one Government yet exists, wise,
virtuous, and enlightened enough, to call upon its
subjects to arm, and to bleed, not for a King, or
for a Monarchy, but for Freedom, and fcr a Coe-
stitution. Vilna does the Junto do, mad what is
the engagement that it solemnly contreets,with the
armies and people of Spain' Let us read it in
their own language—" We have catieed.". say they,
" to resound in your ears, the name of your (bah,
a name which will signify in S,raln, the indestenc-
tilde base of the Monarchy ; the most secure sup-
port of the Rights Of FI4NPIN AND VII. and his
Family ; a Bight fur the People, and, for the Go-
vernment, eta Übligatimc." Arne they assert, " A
people so inuguaiii.notis and generous, ou;ght only
to be governed by Laws whith are truly such, and
which shall bear the great character of public con.
seat, and C 011111,611 util l', ; u character which they
can only receive, by emanating from the august
Assembly which has been announced to you."—
Finally, they declare in words that cannot, admit of
two inanings, and of a double aceeptation--tt We
hare, lama tbe,tiose of our lustitution, promised
FA:RDINAND a Conntry. We knee decreed the Alpo
Wiwi of ArLitrary Power, from the time we an- '
notaveml the re-establishment O'er,. Corp's."
Here, than, is at last a nation, that has touched
the true chord, at the sound of which; the human
'aim', however torpid, 'may be electrified end im-
pelled to action. We cannot despair of 'a cause,
or of.a people, who are invoked in the mime of
Melly. It was this appeal, ahictq in 1689, ex-
pelled a weak and bib mot tyrant from Whitehall;
•which rendered vain all the attempts of foreign
force and despotism to restore him to the thnete ;
which delegated the Sovereign Authority to the
Prince Of ORANGE ; and which finally p!ncell
among us, the august I loose of IlaNtiv en !
BOIAPARTE will know how to appreciate, though
be will find it difficult to vanquish. such it mural
agent. We are mistaken, if lie does not experi-
ence, front its itillueuee, effects more insuper-
able than from the best ditcipliaed armies.
what shall we say to the besotted, narrow
minded, and imperious Prince,' of the Cuirtilient ;
to the still stuviving nominal Emperors and Kirigi;
who, though they tremble at the name of.
ferocious Corsican. yet have neither the magnotii•
catty nor the sense, to appeal from his tribunal,'

to their els pßople? iP6Feanta Ann IV. be r;r,t
inscesssildetro evtry. ea.)? ifikotAlectoial
afterTotilig Napleaditeifcies-Ot mean to lose Swilv
likewise, Ise `.yridi' afwillstitiOtot. the example ,;t,t
hint hp the.g'lnittitA :lama, iv. his nephew'', rsin«.
and „,14,,,.4chg1f.: He wi:l com.,ke the tortes cf
Sicily, who once existed under the Norman awl
Sashimi DYntisties, its we know from lii4tory,
from the writings ot,thaswotte.
.1k unll gl•,!
Skil," Constitativa, 'as 14.3trit satin VII. ,:,tire
give to Spain. Then, lie' may reign securely at
Palermo, without fear either of JuAu tri, or LI
NAPoL10111! Unless he adepts' this .altitary line
of action,- his sceptre, we fear, is most weelimns.
Iris this engine alone, which, in and in
Pro e, can serest the progress of the French arms,
led no by talents en ennsurrtnati., and tyi.inny s.'
encrgulic, as that of N A PART F. We eon %re n_
late our countrymen, and the s'itld, un tips
burst of light, from the Altaixar of Sevil:e,
lentil the flanks of the Guadalquivir ; *he: e, to
the wards of the Junt_-, "a fisolish sod feeblet3 ratt-
ily, in order to rirct the Spanish fetters, and mill.
rate their chains, prepared the way for Freindrt-64.
wotism." Those fetters, and those thorns. are now
broken. Freedom, " after N lapse of three
cewte-
ries," as the saute Junta justly rernarL, ng:tin tie 6,666
on the Pymutun Peuinsula. Let its hone that it
will *plead, and will tin:illy illuminate Europe

--

Letteis from our army its Spain, of the 13th ult.,
give a very gloomy picture of its situation. lewd
%. F. LEIN G•ropt had not, at their date, returned from
his visit to his brother. A state of inactivity, to
troops who delight in enterprise and service, would,
without other cause for complaint, he the ticeasuni
of discontent. We lament, linwever, th;t we can.
° palliate the report.' from the medical depart.
—the lin ber of deaths in October exceed,it
Itinia7teliedm
.e handrail men; it was feared that the inortalii v
bid increii-ed, and that the report for Novvisil.r
wou!,i be still more distressing.
It was rumoured at saris, at the date of the lat-
est et:counts, that orders were sent to King JuSEPit,
in arse he was ranch prrssed, to retire behind the
Ebro. This is said to be the advice of Mershal
Nat, who was elated from Spain fur the express •
purpose of-giving his opinion oo the state of the
Military operation, in that country. •
The Duke of ORLEANA 11114 arrived at Peleettin,
•Ind it &slink to marry the third daughter of the
King, of N.A P Lcb—the second son, Prince
-Le,oeuLu, is et the same tit:psts be married to the !
skitter of the Duke of Oaliseits.
' Air folloviingeve the fentf arrangements respect-
ins( the prieohips, as they will be adopted at
Pottsinirilth,r,* end are to take place at ell !lie
porti 'oinkthere are prisow-ships:—sAll the shit ,
except the .Issiblaure (which remain+ under the Ad-
miralty, with her former ',Ricers end men, and Ca; t.
Dowsu.sts's pendant). are to be paid off, and put
under the Transport Board. to be conlinaeded liv
lieutenants, as Agents for Transports, with it. Rid.
per dui?, subject to the usual deductions for :11 a.
per:y and widow's fund. They wilt he if tie Wel
from some I,hips it, commission clutter the Aso:-
r.ilty. The Lientenaiwi who've In them now to
retain their commaed if they ple MC. By this sir-
raegeineot slier are not subject to martial law :and
it will, effegieelly prevent every discontent on the
pert-of the militia, who are embarked on board all
the ships, except the Admiralty ship, and she has
Atwitter on heard.
The Nyaden frigate; Orpt. was In
sail yesterday for Martinique, with GII.II, B rtutis-
RICK. the Cum mender-hi-Chief of that
•• Saturday more:ng; Lieut. Hetiar gIIW ARM,
and the crew of Ilis M - late selinoacr
Haddaek, were tried at •Poftitinouth by a Cvate•
Menials for the capture of that vessel by the French
national brig Le Genie; when there appearing to
be no blame whatever attachable to Lieut. En-
waaps.or his crew they were acquitted. The
Court anerwartla Cried Mr. CHARLES Ler rev,
Master of the Myrtle. for having hehavi d with eta •
tempt to Capt. lanes, mid Lieut. Se Desysos
PUILPOT.—The charge W S in part • proved, snil
hr was setiteimed to be dismissal the Myrtle, and
admonished to be more eirciampeci fur tkefulstre.—
Sir FRANC!! 1.A.V0 REY.
Arcot liTMENTS.—Rear..lllluiral Sir Ed, ant Buller, Bart
to be Seeinnkin-Couniiand at Plytmouth Capt. Sayer, to the
Leda ; Cart. Suryd, to the Maria; Cart James (haat, to
he ThrOCHOI ; Capt. Anders',', to the Rinaldo; Capt. John
to the Hound; Capt. llonnoett, to the Raven;
Capt. C. Welsh, to the Gorton ; Capt. Chutalivriayoe, to tie
Temcraire, Use tiag.ship of Admiral Diann.
Captain Pi:Lies F.Y M A LC01.51 has resumed the
command of the Donega/.•
A Court-martial was held at Sheerness, nn the;
ult. totry Capt.KLIT it M A zwe Lt., of His Mdarsev's
shut Xymphen, for cmiteinpt and disraspect toVice-
Adin. Wet.e.‘,. as Pori-Adin.. at Sheerneess aid
for retooling the service.—lt appeared in evieltner,
that Contain MA IWELL was absent on Admiral-3r !
leave, and us he did not erturn to his duty accord-
ing to the time specified, Captain Goose' was ape
pointed acting-econmander of the Nympliem. Whes
'Copt. hi &Xwel L returned to Sheerness, which sew
two slut s -f er his leave had expired.he area pot went
au Otrebt, from which he n its releirsed by an order
Cam the Admiralty, and restored to hits commeiel.
Capt. M. ennsideied nimself hardly treated, mod in
severe) letters he wrote to Admiral W. complaisiel
Iris cruel end oppressive treatment to- hitt, rod
Corea tent to bring Admiral W. to it Court-Martial,
to in:count fir Ins conduct to hiui.--Oot of theme
• and some cell towel circumstances, the chines sow,:
in support of which the Court patiently beard e‘ie
deuce. thePrisourt's defence. and erideuee as to the
sanity of Copt. Msewei.t., when they deterta'nol
that. the charges were in part proved ; but. in ern.
sideration of circurastences. they odjudged Cart.
KHilt MA.X.Wta.I. to be reprunentled, *aid
teshed to be more circumspect in writing letters to
Ins 'interior officers its filture.--Capt. Btsitrft
President. •
NI. Ctlaraltta.T. te/to. so eoisapieweiis a
figure in the dricessionto both Houses of Pees".
ment, last Session, is Arrived in London. lie
ed at Plymouth on Saturday lest, sod 4s of
tm-
ndistely for togs+.


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COIENT-OARDEN THEATRE.

V. Effgruk This in 134 g. and the entertain-
tnent.,of Who Wing? were performed, on Saturday
evening, twit house respectably filled in every part,
ezeslpt the pit, from which the piddle are yet ban-
ished, from en apprehension of the renewal of the
0. P.'on'trages. Even this part, however, gradual-
ly tilled ; and, by the accession of those who en-
tertd nt second price, the house was at length
completely attended.
Two gentlemen, who quarrelled in the boxes, gave
rise to considerable confusion, and from this period
(near the end of the opera) to the, fiscal cnnclii‘ioil,
the ; oterrontions given to the business of the stage,
were more troublesome than they have been since
• . lay night. They were not, however, PO great
its se expected, from having been told in the morn-
-I,:z. that the 0. l'.'s were to have a rally thot nigh!.
It will certainly be some tiro". before we can b,nk
Let the perfect restoration of regularity a:1.1 oiler,
bust if the fallen party can muster no st:.oager
Ilion they did on Saturday night, we uciv
wifely expect, that our national charic.ter
• &graded by inure than two or three more exhi-
bitions of 0. brotality arid indecency, at Coy.-lA-
garden The ire. There were no placard,, or °toer
insignia; and, wlren the curtain (burped, the cm-1,-
11ml quietly di:pereed, with a few partial Oalt.C;itd
bout about it dozen of the pit-ices.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of VALES
. Nave t grand ilrnaer, yesterday, et her apartments.
Kensington Palace. to his Serene flOgness the
Duke of fiattriswicx, and several other persons of
di•►inctinn.

• ,Visenunt MEI,BOVIIKE has been indisposed for
this fortnight past, at his house, Whitehall, with a
violent cold.—His Lordslsi p was better yesterday.
Lao. week the Right Hon. Earl GnosveNort gave
his friends in the city and ueighbourhood of Chcs-
tei„ a titbit hospitable treat, tit his magnificent man-
'inn at Eaton ; every attention that politeness and
urbanity could suggest, was paid to the company,
. . .