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London, England, 1808-10-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

*** We shall to-morrow resume our Account of BuoN'
P ART E'S Campaign's in Italy, an article highly interest-
ing, though referring to a former period, as the inforrnaticin
it contains is indisputable, and develop:ls the military cll3-
radter and conduct of that man who has tricked, rather
conquered, so many Continental States out of their inde-
pendence.
We have received the Letter from our Friend at Chipping
Norton; and he will see that we have availed ourselves of
its its contend.
The Letters from Bit ITANNICUs, respelling Sir Il aw
RYMPLE and- Sir HARRY BURRARD, we must decline in°
serting, as they are contrary to our determination not t°
prejudge men who are to-answer to their Country for the
measures they have adopted. •

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1808.

The French Troops from Portugal are, we under-
stand, to be landed at L'lAle de Rhe, near Rochelle,
as jt was not thought quite prudent to trust ot.'
Ships in a French Port, where BUOINTAPARTE misfit
detain them.

Sir ART4UR WELLESLEY arrived in Town yester-
day afternoon, and dined with his brother the Hon'
PULE, at the Admiralty. The gallant 06:°6
we are happy to say, is in pod health, and inayi'.
fests that cheerfulnesi which naturally arises Kuril
the consciousness of having deserved the esteem 04
gratitUde of his country.

Sir HE~v DALRYMPLE is expected home in afeW.
days. He has issued a Proclamation, calling up°l
the. persons whotn the PRINC'E REGENT left in lb°
Government of the. Country, to resume their ft:loc'
Lions. This Proclamation is %veil drawn up, and we
should think would produce a very good effect iu
Portugal. Sir Jos MOORE is to take,the Coal-
mand of the Troops that are to march from Portugal
.
to Spain. It is supposed that he wilt direct 1"4
v bilc;
much towards the Northern part of Spaio,
be
the force under Sir DAVID BAIRD will prot'3l"l/
employed in the South.

WE have this day continued our Extra6is from `1132
Spanish Papers : they will be found interesting an'
satisfaaory. The Commanders of the different
Spanish Armies have advanced with equal skill and
caution, and by the capture of Bilboa, have placed the
French in a situation in which they must either re'
treat, or fight at a great disadvantage. It does net
appear' that the French have received many Nil'.
foicements, and we are convinced that a very 101.
time indeed will elapse 'before even one half °
the 200,600 veterans, that ,the Aloniteur speaks °
will reach the Frontiers of Spain. If 80N44-
PARTE does not make an impression upon SPirl

during the present month, it will be utterly ►[III
possible, for him to carry on offensive operations
until next spring, and long before that time a militari
force will be organized that will set. his utinos
efforts at defiance. s ,

By an article, dated Konigsburgh, the Ifth Lll{`
brought by the Gottenburgh Mail which arrived'
yesterday, we find that the Emperor Ar.ax.AND4tc
has not taken warning from the fate of the • 1.1421
Family of Spain, but was actually expected at IC-P'
nigsburgh on his way to Erfurt!), in order to nie6r
BUONAPARTE. HO is to be accompanied oy CALI-
Liz:collar, the known murderer of the Duke D'Es:
GREIN, and a proper instrument for the French
Tyrant to employ iu the design of ensnaring t4.'
Emperor of Russia into his power. But what, 1
more extraordinary, the Archduke CorriTAN'W.l"6:

1

is to be of the pat?, fl:nth, as Le is sus-
eCted of being in favour *Pt France, and theugh,
as the Gallic -faCtion at St. Petersburgh is said to
be declining, it might hence be conceived that B'UO•
NAPARTt 'vould have thotight it more for his interest
to let CONSTANTINE, remain in the Russian capital;
in order to keep up the influence of his emissaries
in that place. ,To render the matter still more ex-
traordinary,:the Archduke, it is said, relu&antly at-
tends his brother on this very hazardous expedition. It
13 in vain to speculate upon the'objeEts of this myste-
rious meeting, and ;t seems to be equally vain to
"Peat any change in the mind of the* Emperor,
of- Russia, advantageous to the great cause of
Europe ; for if he can be insensible of his danger,
or can suppose that, after the treachery of the French
Tyrant, any confidence can be safely placed in such
a man, the Emperor ALEXANDER may be expe&ed
to fall an easy prey to Corsican artifice. It is evi-
dent that the purpose of the interview is not ex-
peeted to be hastily effected, as a Company of
French Comedians are ordered to Erfurth, for the
purpose of entertaining the credulous ALEXANDER
during his residence ia that place ; sand thus he will
be amused with a Farce, while it is probable that a
very serious tragedy is preparing for him.

The Streatham, outward-bound, arrived at Rio
Janeiro 17th ;July last, having sprung her foremast
so badly, that it could not be fished at sea. Captain
DALE hoped he should be able to proceed to sea by'
the 25th July.

The Strewl4ain left his Majesty's Ship Leopard,
with the ollowing Ships, ca the loth July, viz,
Earl St. Vincent; 13engal ; ane, Ductless of Gordon;
riarriet ; and Huddart.

Toe Lady Jane Dur.das parted company on the
tst June, and the .Indus on the -and.

7esterday his MAJESTY, Princesses SOPHIA, Au-
-I'usTA, and ANIELIA, accompanied by Lady
~
a,"Nt, General FtrzioY, and Colonel TAYLOR,
'6" in Windsor Park, and at noon returned to the
Palace.
le QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH took an,
airing to Frogmore Lodge, and walked in those
beautiful gardens.
Wednesday the QUEEN and PRINCESSES paid a
visit to Mr. PENN, of Stoke, and after taking some.
refreshment, returned to Windsor Palace at two
O'clock,

l ins
Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, ac-
cootiipanied by his Ho) al Highness the Duke of
Tuesday
arrived at Stowe about eleven o'clock on
kuesday 'night last, having been detained to !hat
late hour by the heavy rains, which had rendered
the, roads extremely heavy ; and at half past efeven
:Me Company sat down to supper in the great din-
mg-rooin.
Among the -knetts were the Marchioness of.
L
E, and the Marquis, her son, Lord' and
ENI ady CARLETON, the Hon.
-Admiral and Lady
IL Y BER KEL EV,
the' Right Hon. Mr.:.GREN-
VILLE, Sir W. W.! w YNNE, Mr. HENRY WlL-
tiAusi Captain and Mrs. FREEMANTLE, exclusive
pf the
.Noble Hosts and their immediate Family,
Earl T_EmpLE, Lady MARY and Lord GEORGE
GRENVILLE.
; Royal Highness the Prince retired about one
rthe magnificent State Apartment of that noble
Grandfather,
which had been occupied by hi§ Royal
1..../randfather, Fit. 'ED ERIC IC Prince of Wales, in"-1739,
and by the Prince himself when he was at Stogi,
;(11,1,864, and which last year received Louts the
0c%1,111b, when the Royal Personages of the House
ercl ene
ziotritlioN were assembled at this Princely :• •
round their illustrious and unfortunate

Hi t/
411 s °i'al Highness has condescended to waive
Ceretllol .'
I.y due to his exalted rank ; and on Wed-
knesd'aY morning employed himself in visiting the
2.P„afirtnients of the house, and the justly-celebrated
rt--.:;etu's* His Royal Highness appears in the highest
..altn, and ver
tie's o.f Stbwe y much delighted with the hospitali-
Ou their
1"ort there
1"orion Itn.yal Highnesses arrival at Chipping
Prince alighted at the White Hart Inn,
." .e D ,,
night before, , e of sussex dined. _and. slep_st the.
Broth 1. and waited the. arrival of his Royal
, arld at vii,ich place they partook of a plain
and neat dinner, and left the town highly pleased,
amidst the shouts and acclamations of the greatest
Part of the inhabitants, ringing of bells, ticc;
Yestei day a Cabinet Connell was held at the Fo-
reign Office, at which were present his Grace the
butte of PORTLANti, Earls CAMDE:4 and BATHURST,
lords HtWF.E•BURY, Mt/I-GRAVE, and CASTLE-
2it,G,H, Mr. Secretary CANNING,• and Mr. PER-
C4VAI...

A new ship of 74 guns, called the Victorious, will
ue shortly launched from Messrs. ADAMS'S Yard, at
ucklees Hard, near Portsinouth.
isiolne exertions making by the French to send pro-
of t° the West Indies continue to skew thedis-
ttt,,_citipttlitii.r. Colonies' there. The Eclair Sloop has
one of their Vessels- bound thither, and
to v,„incrua Friqate has destroyed another; the lat-
(ls a C'„,.'7;t.,
As .
in tae for
Journals are constantly employed
c4.eci'litli; the people, respecting the situation of
re Crrepresenting the loyal and patriotic bands 'of
tat c"ntr
the y as merely a handful of insurgents, and
several Juntas as having contrary views; feelings,
anti jealousies towards each other, it is to be. hoped
that a's-wvernrnent iA ill adopt all possible means of
apprizing Frenchmen at home of the formidable
dangers which they must encounter, and the dread-
fi rate writch they will probably experience, if in
slavish chedience to the ambition of their tyrant,
they oppose the aroused vengeance of a gallant
nation, determined to maintain its independence.
The Sr.James's
at one V m
olunteers ustered 50ctstrong,
o'clock yesterday, in Burlington House
_CourtLyard„, and after being by Colonel
a 8 lad ntid - inspeeled
jEr,tcrssoN they proceeded to Hyde Park,* amid bud
day.

K.A'%-i.A•L.,i,..1-.: '‘;i7-'.

PLym'ourtt, Oct. s.—Arrived Rostock GaMot,
Hovrsuitc, frolii Oporto, with'end cork, for
orders.'

•Sailed thoLecla and two other "r6nspOits, With
the 2d Battalion of the 60th Regiment of Foot on
board, to join the Expedition fitting at Falmouth:

The Middlesex Militia.marched hence this morn-
ing for Liverpool.

The Russian Squadron from the Tagus appeared
in sight from Maker Tower this morning, beating to
the Eastward, but the wind having been at K and
S. E. all day, they have made but little way'; should
it continue from that quarter there is reason to ex-
pest that they may be obliged to put in here.
Sailed two Transports with part of the 26th Regi-
ment on board, for Falmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 6.—Arrived his Majesty's
Ship kiolet from Guernsey.

This day dropt down to St. Helen'ii his Majestys
Ship Egeira, with about 30 Sail of Transports.
Went out of Harbour his Majesty's Ship Solelay.

DEAL, OCT. 6.—Arrived the Princess Caroline,
from the Westward; the Clyde Frigate, Commo-
dore OwEN ; Rolla Sloop of War, and Indignant
Gun Brig, from a cruize.

Sailed the Bustard, Peruvian, Oluckstadt, and
Challenger Sloops of War to the Westward ; the
Kangaroo to Sheerness.

Sailei through the Downs, for. London, the Por-
tuguese Ship Grande. Carette, and Packet De Bahia,
from St. Salvador; and the Ccesar and Peter Ham-
burgh Ship, from Lima.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 6.—Sailed His Majestys Ship
Exertion with convoy for Heligoland.

The Ceres, MESSERING, 'iS arrived at Liverpool
from New Providence in 4.2 days. On the 6th of
September, in lat. 35. 14. N. long. 68. 38. IV:
spoke his Majesty's Ship Mq
ampia, from ,Halifax,
\oho informedtier that the Jamaica Fleet, consist-
'hg-of ‘aboht 30 Sail, •was then about '2,00 miles
a-he 44, so that they may be expeded to arrive in a
few days.

SHIPWRECKED MiuttNl ns.-:-On Tuesday last a
most interesting and highly important experiment
was made. at. Woolwich, by
,Captain MANBY, of
Yarmouth, on a Vessel at anchor in the Thames,
upwards of too yard:4 from the shore, before a Com-
mittee of General Officers of Artillery, Comthis-
sioner CUNNINGHAM, -Admiral LOSACIr., and several
Of of the Royal Navy, for the purpose of effect-
in; a communication with a Ship stranded on'a lee.;
stie, and to bring the crew in perfed safety from
the wreck. A rope was projected from a Royal
Mortar across the Ship supposed to be stranded, by
which was hauled on board bytha crew a large rope,
to be made fast to the mast-head, and kept at a pro-
per degree of tension for a cot to . travel on it, by
a tackle purchase, that likewise admitted of the
Vessel's rolling : at the same time was sent to the
Ship a tailed block, with a small rope rove through
it; each end of the .small rope was made fast to the
ends of the cot, that conveyed it to the Ship, and
brought a person in perfed safety to the shore. The
whuie service was performed in a quarter of an hour,
to the utmost gratification and highest approbation
of every one present, particularly several eminent
.Naval characters, who were heard to congratulate
,and express their warmest encoeniums to the inven-
tor for his very.ingenious and laudable contrivance.
In the list of Patriotic Subscriptions, published in
the Madrid Gazette, we find a donation of 30,000
reals and 14 mules from the Minister Don PEDRO
CEVALLOs.

Mr. MURPHY, of the house of Gordon and Mur-
phy, made application to the Spanish Government
to raise three native battalions. Permission was ac-
cordingly given, and that Gentleman was appointed
Colonel of the regiment.

BUONAPARTE'S barbarian threats against the Spa'
niards are quite in character, but let us hope that
he has not calculated all the difficulties to be
surmounted. The Spanish Patriotic ArMy may
amount to seventy, or perhaps one hundred thou-
sand men. It is not this number only he has to
contend with. The spirit that raised such a force,
and has enabled them to perform such 'wonders,
will not be destroyed by the loss of a battle, or
the massacre of an army. It is new in the history
of Europe, and we hope its effeas will likewise be
such as the insatiable tyrant has not foreseen.

The Opera of two Acts, written by the late Mr.
Toßliq, and which by his express desire was, to be
set to Music by Mr. SHIRLD, according to report was
lost in the ruins of Covent Garden Theatre. A
work of such a vigorous writer; with Music from such
an admirable Composer, would indeed have been a
treat to the Public; in the present dearth of Dramatic

0 otnim.

A 1.01.:v evenings since MILLER, Of the Circus, re-
ceived a severe wound on the hand from a broad-
sword; while engaged in a stage combat, and his arm
is atpreient in a useless state.

Mrs. GLovElt is performing at Liverpool. This
-Aetres should be always attached to the. LondOn
boards, as her equal, as a Comic Attress; is not to
be found in the !Metropolis.

One of the Lancaster coaches was overturned in
Dale-street, Liverpool, 6n Tuesday se'nnight, by
the breaking of one of the wheels. Several of the
passengers were niuch bruised,• but none of them
.
sustained any serious injury.

Last week a melancholy accident happened at
Wample, near Bootle, to Mr. Walters, the owner of
a limo kiln, that had been burning for some days ;
whilst attempting to walk across it the chalk gave
way beneath, when he instantly sunk down, and,
notwithstanding one of his sons, who accompanied
him, ran and alarmed some of the wbrkmen, before
they.were able to reach the place to render him any
assistat4ce,lu was burnt tt death, ,

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GOTT.ENNHIGN 111.1.21 L.

SToclutotm, SrtrT. 22.—0 n the 19th_ inst. his
Itoyal Majesty received a Report .from Vice-Admi,
Baron RaYalin, whereby it appears, 'that on the
.18th a sharp aEtion took place between the Russian
and Swedish Flotillas of Galleys in Paliva Sound : •
the- farther particulars of whiCh shall be communica-
ted to the Public as soon as the expe&ed clrcuttistan7
tial Reports are received. Notwithstanding the ene-
my's superiority in numbers, he met with a very
vigorous resistance, and sustained a.seirerploss, two
Russian gun-boats and one armed cutter having been
Sunk -during the battle. On the Swedish' side, two
gun-boats were lost,
,one of which foUndered, and
the other was blown up; but the rest of the vessels,
although the aetion lasted four hours; havp received
Very little damage.
His Majesty has : received the following_ Report
from Major-General Count Lantingshausen
" Saltatiity,' the !'.7111 of Sept.
"At half past five o'clock in the morning, the
Fleet of Transports weighed anchor from Loperto,':
and the van reached Lokalax and "Waranpci Point at
nine o'clock. The chasseurs of the brigades were
immediately landed, and formed the chain of ad,
vanced posts. • .At half past nine o'clock, they pushed
forward against the village of Waraupe;and nothing
was to be seen of the enemy but a few Cos Sacks, who
immediately dis4peareil. At hOlf -Past ten o'clock,
the first brigade was also disegibarked, and' the se
cond brigade is now staqing into port.
" On board the Commodore's ship' at anchor off
Lokala and Waranpo Point, the 17th Septem-
ber, 1808.

r‘ A. LANTINGSHAUSEIN,
CC Commander in Chief of the Southern. Finnish
Army."—(Stockholin Gazette, Sept. 22.)
Head-Quarters, Grals by, .Sept. 17.
" Rear-Admiral Nankhoffhas reported to his Ma-
jesty, under date of the i t)th instant, that; on the
6th instant, the Frigate Saraman, which
.was cruiz-
ing with the Frigate Chapman, betweenDac,erort and
Hango, arrived with the merchant vessel Johannes
Baptist, bound from Petersburgh to Rotterdam, and
laden with hemp, iron, tallow, and sail-cloth. Slre
sailed from Cronstadt on the 3d inst. The launch
of the English ship Centaur, captured on the . t oth
instant, a Russian Galeasi, Gast from Riga, With•-ai.
cargo of grain and flour,- for account of the Russian
fleet. •

"A Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Brant, date'd
the 13th instant, stales, that after the repair of all
the Armed Vessels attached to the brigade had
been accomplished, be left Fisko on the wilt in-
stant, proceeded to Loperto, and arrived !he toWow-
ing .day in 'Grom wick Sound. The Lieuten
Colonel has succeeded in saving from on board the
foundered Russian ship, four .1.)4-poundt rs, two 4-,
pou4lders, a quantity of balls, some cordage aiid-
sail-cloth."

Head-Quarters, Gralsby, Sept. 16th.
His Royal Majesty has received a Report - from
Field -marshal' Count Klingspor, bearing date, Head-
quarters, Ylistaro, the .7th inst. by which it appears,
that the Northern Finnish Army occupies at present
the following position
" Major-General Vegesack, with the division
lately arrived from Sweden, is in Lappfj;nd, and has
an advanced corps in Ketturi, towards Kauhajocki.
Two battalions of the 2d bt igade, and Captain Gyi-
lenhogel's de:a-chment,- liave receWed-brders toqnsuch-
to Lilikyro. The 4th brigade, and the Southern bat-
talion of the regiment of West Bothnia, are in the
vicinity of Yhita w s,and one battalion of the second
brigade, under the orders of Lientenant-Colonel Mt"-
ron Otten, occupies Umola. • The 3d brigade re-
mains still in Lappo, in order, to observe the enemy's
movements., Three battalions, commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Tteusterskold, are posted near
Kenhawa, to cover the road -to New , Carleby ; and
the detachment of Lieutenant-Colonel Fieandt,re-
inforced to the number of ipoo men, are• to guard
the road .to Old Carleby." - - .