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SATURDAY, .FP,BRU.ARY 20, 1808.

Out( Readers will find in the fiarther extra
which we have this day given from the last GOten-
burgh Mails, a very important article dated, Copen -
hageh which affords the most tleOlsive evidence.Of

the hostile disposition of Donmaik towards thi6

Country long before our attack upon that Capital.
The article to which we-allude states, that es early
as Jay last it: was sapposed in the of France,
that a War Getween England and Dennzqrh was an-
auoidalle, and therefore an Embargo was laid upon all
Danish Ships lying there. This Embargo must
have been laid in cJnseqUence .of inforMation sent
out in the early, part of. last year, and it affords not
only
.the most unquestionable evidence of• theinti,
mate:connexion-subsisting between France and Den-
mark, but it proves, beyond all Possibility of a
doubt, that, early in the last year, several months
'before our Expedition to Copenhagen, even before.
the late Administration went out of Of&e, Denmark
had determined upon a war with England. If there be
any rational unprejudiced man in the Kingdom that
eniertainsa doubt respeaing the wisAoriiand policy of
the Expedition tp Copenhagen, that doubt must now
beremovcd, because it is now confessed by the Danes
themselves, that many months before that event
they had determined upon a War with England; and
consequently, if we had not taken possession of the
Danish Fleet, it would have been employed, in con-
junction with those of France and Russia, against'
us. The question of the Expedition to Copenhagen
is therefore now laid at rest for ever, and the Oppo-
sition must, if they possess the slightest particle of
caudour, retract all the censures which they have
so liberally bestowed upon Admiuistration, and ac-
knbwledge the wisdom of that measure which they
have so loudly Condemned. We did indeed think,
►hat,,after,the peoduCtien of Lord Howlett's Note
to Mr. ROT, the Opposition Speakers and Writers.
Would out again have ventured to talk of the desire
of Denmark' to preserve stria, Neutrality, be-
cause his Lordship charges the Danes, in the
most 'unequivocal language, and upon the most
unquestionable evidence, with gross partiality • for
France. How, after
,inch a Document, the Fricods
of the late Ministers could declaim about the viola-
tion of the neutrality or Denmark, it is not easy to
conceive; but now, in addition to as solemn re-
corded testimony of the late Administration, of the
gross partiality which the Danish Government had
maunested towards France, we have the open on-
fassion orate Danes themselves, that they had so fully
determined, early in the last year; upon joining
France in the War. against us, that orders were
sent out to the Isle of France. to lay an Em.
barge upon the: 11111611 VesSels lying there, to
,prevent their falling into our !lauds. We cannot
quit this subjeet without observing, that the French
and Danish Papers have; manifested a most cruel (i.
regard for the feelings of the Opposition Writer.; in
this Country. All the eloquent, deciannitiOn, all
the positiye assertiens which filled the Opposition
Papers upon the subject of the Emigration of the
Court of Portugal, were at once completely
. .
over-
turned by hp unlucky paralraph in the 4floni-
tear,' and now all the whining lamentations
about our attack upon life • innocent; unoffendieg
Danes, who were only anxious to, preserve their
neutiality; is answered bey a*atik acknowledgment,
ofthe Danes themselveS—that t hey did not mean to
preserve their neutrality. ) on the contrary, that they
had determined upon a War with this Country,
months before our Expedition to Copenhagen took
place, or Was even thought of!
The liarnbargh CorrespandentenContains an sett,.
'de stating, that the Letter which was published in
that. Paper some; t ago, purporting to be a Letter
from BUONAPARTE to the Prince of ASTURIAS, ap-
minting him Generalissimo of the forces destined
for the invasion of Portugal, was iklitiolls) no such
Letter having been sent.

The Cams Frigate has arrived at Plymouth. Our
Readers will rccolledt.-that this was the Frigate which
was.chaced en the 24th ult. by a Ship of the Line
and a Frigate, and very shortly afterwards fell in
with Sir JOus DOCKNk;ORTII, to wham she gave in»
formation of the track which the French Squadron
was steering. . .

Yesterday morning Fl is M 80. Y, Princesses Snpn
and AMELIA,
.accompailied by the lion. Miss Eoen-
Teta, General FITOOY, aid COlOnel TA tot*
an airin, en horseback in the Great Park, and re-
turned at twehie.

Her MAJESTY and Sipcess ~ELIZABETII took an
airing to Froginore.
Thursday, the puke of CLArtuNcs paid a visit to
their MAJESTIES and PlllNcissEs, and in the after-.
ndou returned to Bushy Park.

CoPCNII4GEN, JAN. 1 g.—lt appears that as early

as the month of July. last, it was supposed in the
Isle of Fran-ce, that a war must at last be unavoida-

We between England and Denmark,--on which ac.
couia an embargo was laid on all the Danish Ships
lying there ; a hope is therefore entertained, that,
by this measure of the Fteuch Government there,
many of the Ships of our merchants and trading
companies will escape being captured.
By the fitting out of the Danish Fleet, orders for
which havobeett sent down to Portsmouth, it is
very manifest what was the real motive for the rob-
bery committed there,, could any doubt remain
concerning it. The' English at first boasted that
they had ships enough, and only wanted to detain
outs,', that they might not be employed against
them,

TO encourage cur manufaaures, and annoy the.
Enemy; the, following three measures have been pro!.
pose 4 as the'rnost efficient :-1. The prohibition of
the use and importation of any English manufac-
tures ; 'he introdnaion of a national dress ;
3. The establishment of a great privateering com-
pany, he privateers of whibli should keep at no
great distance from each other, so as to be able to
come to each other's aid on the first gutt's ring,' by
Which means they might be enabled to capture
the convoying Ship and • all the Vessels under
its convoy. This, it is stated in the plan, might
easily be effe&ecl, if the ship of war be attack:-
ed at the same time at the head, the stern, and
on both sides, by the above number of Privateers,
each having from go to 30 guns. The Coast of
Norway and the West Indian Seas are the must pro-
per places for such Privateers le cruize. This plan
comes from a Marine Officer. •

The heavy storms which raged last week occasioned
great anxiety fur the, safety of the Royal Yacht
which carried Governor .110131 MED to Bornholm, bni
this fear is row removed, since we have learned
that, during the ;storms, he lay at anchor in the Bay
of Kioge.

The Ship of War Prince Christian Frederick
likewise, after a speedy and safe passage, has ar7
rived in Norway with the Transports under its

convoy.
•
BERLIN, JAN. 23.--The number of Officers killed
'and wounded in twelve Prussian Regiments in, the,
battle of Auerstadt amounted to 225. The whole
number of Officers in these Regiments at the time
of the battle amounted to 480, therefore 255 're-
main unhurt Generals were Wed or wounded
at Auerstndt and Jena, and seven Officers of the
Statf.
fiAItBURGII, JAN. 25.—1 n No. 195, of this Ga-
zette of last year, we inserted a letter, purporting to
be a letter from his Majesty the Emperor of the
French to his Rbyal Highness the Prince of Astu.
rias, and notifying to the latter the.rpresent 'of a
sword and his appointment to be Generalissimo of
the army then on its march for the conquest; of Por-tugal.. We are*now informed; in an authentic than
that th© same was tiaitious, and we hotel]
hereby to corral otir error.—(llamPurgl arres!
pondenien, Jan, 26).
IVILINIcH; ,Jiltl..6.—The Bavarian Army has
.re-
turned from the field in an excellent concliti6ll, the
RegiMents of Cavalry in particular are extremely
well mounted; the greater part of the men have
already received furloughs. • The organizing of the
National Militia is carried on with great aaivity
through the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the • greater
part of the towns and distrias it is already com-
plete; and the men arc as well disciplined as the
-troops of ,the line. .Every person capable of bear-.
ing arms, under the age' of 60, is obliged to serve,
at least there are but 'few exceptions. The esta-
blistiment •of this militia is conneaed with political
objeas of importance. .

The following Letter has been communicated to.
us, which contains, wt believe, the latest intelligence
in town :

STOCKIIOLN, IIEU. R, 1808.,--Sweden' is on the
eve of difficulties. As lam inform:di:l Courier ,
rived from Baron STEDINCk, ou Thursdsy evening,
the importance of Whose Dispatches brought the
KING to lowa the following morning, The IluS,:•
sianS are rumoured to haVe attually passed the Pron.
tient. So far 1 know to a certainty; that :the Officers
attached to the Yinland teginients received ;orders
yesterday mourning to. join their Corps immediately.
General Kliitcosiott, Commander in Chief' in Fill-
laad,
.leaves ..town this afternoon with his Staff. It
is stated that Baron STeDINCIt had sent order's to
the Regiments on the Frontiers to coiled them-
selvei into a body, and that he would come and
.take the, command of them until kis Majesty's plea-
spri was known:"

It has been intimated to some of our leading Ame-
rico Meru;lntile Houses in rite City, that Ministers
40 ,not 'intunCl.to.propose to Varhament that any ad-
ditional Duties shall be laid ou the,Cargoes, ut such
Vess'els as may have been warned . into the British
Pqrfq, Such Cargoes will consequently he permit-
ted to bc landed and warehoused, •with liuerty to
re-ship the same,. .without any adnitional duty, to
Noy 4)ort ,or Waco tq which the Proprietors of such
Caitn,;:s may think proper to.cOnsi4notne satne.-."-
CLawl:4, however, are excepted. • '

PLYNtotrrir, FED. 113.—Arrived the Endeav our,
Armed Brig with a Convoy from Wales ; and the
Humber Sloop of War with a Convoy from the

Downs..
ArrivedA, new ,Sloop of War, under jury-masts,
from Bridport; and, a Fleet of Viduallers fugal

Torbay., It,
-*Attired the Comus Sloop of War from a cruize
to the Westward; she is said to have beet chased
by an Enemy's Ship of the Line and a Frigate, but
no particulars have transpired.
Arrived the Hound and Swallow Sloops of War
from Liverpool ; and Pluto Sloop of' War from

cruize.
Sailed the Emerald and La Seine Frigates on $

cruize.

Poßrsatourn, Fro. )9.—Arrived this day the
Ranger Sluop -of War with six Transports, from
Madeira ; and the Resolution, of 74 guns, from the
Downs ;,,,also the Cygnet, SMITH, from Demerara ;
Jac/.Tar, GRANT; kicissitude, GOODSIR ; Henry,
BATCHBLLOEI ; Portsmouth, WILLIAMS ; and .4c-
live Privateer, Capt. OATES, from the Downs. ,
Sailed the Sullen, of 74 guns, to the WCAlward;.
.Diomede Frigate for Guernsey, and the BPadiria
Frigate on a Cruize.

The Proserpine Frigate gives Convoy
Instruaions
to Vessels bound to the Mediterranean:
Lq Nachise Frigate*, Capt.' PASEIWOOD, takes
Convoy to the West Indies, and is ordered, to sail
immediately; and the Centurion, of 50 guns, - takes
Convey to Plymouth. , .

SitERANE4S, FEB. IB.—ArriveO the Vire?? Gun"
brig, Lieut. Watotrr, from the North Sea.
The Cruizer Sloop of War, Capt. 1144X4Nzta, 114
mode signal for a couvoy.to GettenOurgh.
• .Fga. Ig.—.A.rrived' the blazer Gun-brig, Lieut.
HINTobr, from the Downs'; and Basifish pun-twig?
Lieut. Hinos, from. the North Sea.

Arrived alio His Majesty'q Ship .1);(5?atora fratn
Chatham, at Blackstakes.

1.40. Ig.--Sailed the tugger illary
for tie prazilsi Furious am! Bold Gun•brig,s Ali 4

gruize.

F4Atou'rit, Fa% t7.,—Camo in the Peiler Gun!,
brig; wittli.a Fleet Of Tranvorts from Pertsmotitlt
to join the Expeditio9 lying here. Also a Fleet of
Caa4tera from the got ward,

lintam...t. ND, Fun. 15.;--During a heavy gnle of
wind, on the T th iust. the Mayfiower, of and for,
Newcastle, was Jot bece; the crew awl' ntweriali
are saved.

The convoy for the Brazils,, which was formerly
appointed to sail on the- oth of Much, has bees
postponed to the2td oi-;he same month.
On Thursd3y morning the Duke of Yonx arrived
At Windsor trots Hampton Court, and Was closeted
with Hi MAJESTY the must part of the day:
Highness stOppd and .dined with the Quar.N au4
Pat tqcassza, and in the evening returned to tiatpr.
ton Court. •

Yesterday the LORD MAYOR and Sheriffs went
state to Bvw Church, Cheapside, where they heard
the Annual Sertnon preached before the BishopS
for the Propaption of the Gospel in Foreign. Parts.
The Sermon was preached' •by the n.fiishop .of S.
DAViDti. The
..AtChbhibOpS' of CANTERBURY an 4
YORK, the "Bishops of DURHAM, BAIBTOL., Noli"
WICH, BATH and WELLS, CHESTER, ST. ASAOH!
EXETER, GLOUCESTER, &C. &c. were present.. They
afterwards partook of an elegant
.dtnner at the Mans
sign House.

ANCIENT MUSlC.—Thougll the seleaian WB4
very judicious, and though the talents of such great
'Performers as Mrs. 'BigLiNGTON, BARTLEMAN, Mrs.
YAUGHANt and 1-lAuarsoN, were exerted in support
of it, the company were by no nie:ms numerous, on
Thursday: The "applattite, however, WO:
velteMenr, and .was chiefly bestowed on Mrs.
LINGTON, who displayed a killiancy of execution,
With her other:great powers as a sihger, which has
neerr been eXceeded.

The Vocal Conceit, under' thedireaiOn of HA RRI•
SON ,atid BARTLEII AN, .commenced for :the season
last night at, the. Hanover-tiquare Rooms.,-This con-
cert has always been, 'ery attra6tive, and from the
very numerous company which attended ou this oc-
casion, it is.cvident that it retains its former reputa-
tion. There.is due mi t ore of instrumental triuslo,
though'vocal constitutes the chict katae. Mrs.
BILLINGTON secnwd allXibll3 to prove that .she is
not afraid of any competitors, and her performance
throughout was in the.hest,style. She was peculiar-
ly successful in 'the first Scetui from the opera of
Semirarnick HARRISON . arid BA UTI.F.M N were
powerful spourts to 011 t; Cbticerr, and the -.whole
Went off' with uuuost precision and brilliant
efti:a

A new Comic Ballet, entitled Poor Jack, or The
Benevolent Tars (11'01d England, wai-last night per-
formed at Covent Gsrden. it is a lively sketch in
,honour of our Naval Defenders. The. Misses
AnAras had good scope for their powers; and the
whole was very well. received.
• Lord CHARLEVILLB'S beaUtifkil 5t at, near Tollar
more, Qtteen'soouniy, has been consumed by fire.
A grand match of single-stick playing tool place
at Benson, Sotnerscistia., on Wc:di.o'•u.ty, , uetwecti
twelve competitor,, the £.'m (it ,everai coannes,
for three prizeS, viz. a silver cap; value ten guineas,
five' guineas in money, and Illy pidg blil4
ribbons. .A:fter 8 hours diversion, durhig'which the.re
was<constem play,. tile first prize -wio adjudged to
George Dunn, frOtll Devpushire second
Ram, of Gloucpstershire; unit the:third to Wcst,PD,..
uf Surrey. : • •
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IT is not always that heroic spirit has an °pp*.
titnity of displaying itself ; but when it has, and its
Possessor has laid down his life in the cause of Ms'
Country, the only melancholy consolation which,
his friends can receive is to retrace the efforts of
hii °vallantry, and to claim that applause and sytn,'
pithy" which the Nation is ever ready to'pay
to the memory of depaited

•
The late Capt. SHERRIFP, upon many occasions
during his long service under Capt. V4NTCOVVRIt and,
Lieut. f3ReuGIITUN, in their Voyage of Discovery in
the South Seas, evinced that he possessed a large
portion of that high and enterpriziug spirit which is
the present characteristic of the British Navy: Upon
a subsequent occasion lie gave a striking proof: of
this, which it is but justice to the memory of a.,
brave Officer to record, more particularly as its pub-
lic mention at the present u nent may serve the
interests of a widow and orphan; beqeeathed, by his'
fall in its service, to the justice and generosity of
the Nation.
Lieut. SHERRIPP, RS Agent of Transports in the
4% formerly an East Indiaman, was employed ID--
convey the Maroons that had been transported from.
Bt. Vincent's to Nova Scotia, from the latter nil-
genial climate, to the warmer one of Sierra LeOne.
This service he executed with great humanity and •
BU,ccess. While he still remained at Sierra Leone in
the 4Sia, a rebellion brOke out in the Colony,whieh
.was quelled ,chiefly by his, personal gallantry and
exertions, as will best appear from the following
Minute of Council

(COPY.)
Sierra Leone, Dec. 24, a.
VititAt—Ceerge nn
Luillam, Governer—l: Gray, Ist in Conti.'
eil—Richard Bright, zd Council.
Z. he Goveor and Council next proceeded to consider of
Mae,ac rnknowledgincia to Lieut. limn Shernif, of, his
Navy, he services this Government received
Upon
min, in his military capacity, daring the late Rebellion,
ron.wilich occasion it was unanimously •
4viselved,
the
That Lieutenant John Sherrill has manifested hit zeal
,f.Ot the welfare of this Colony, in a voluntary of of his
lifsj
alki health, by heading different detachments sent out
against the Rebels, especially that on the ad of 0 &Ault last;
0 l'l, That in accepting and supporting the character of
f.,ident of the Court of Inquiry, which, at the instance
!nil desire of this Government, sat for many successive days
wn the Rebels that were taken nr surrendered, the Governor
'Pa Council have to acknowledge to his ainremitted and ps-
ilen't investi
Lied gation, and, in conjunction with his Colleagues,
,
r•enants Smith and Tully, judicious adaptation of the
ounishments recommended to be inflicted upon the Pri.
the present safety of the Colony, and the means of
xecost
-.en with which the Governthent was at that fits pro.
that in receiving the said and other Prisoners on board
Atia for a considerable period of time, and thereby alto.
4". rating this Government trout the risk, anxiety, and charge,
securing their persons at the. Government House, as ...ell
'thV detaining the Asia, in compliance with their reqUest,
ekpress service, , luhn Sherrilfmaterially'
7,ll4thentxl We hands of the Governor anti Council, and af.
plkled them leisure anti security to dein:craw on many points
ot great and urgent importance.
stll, That the.pordic Thanks of this Board, together with
~.ony of the present Minute, be conunun'cated to Lieut.
lierrilf in a Letter from the pen of their Secretary.
Bxtradtti from the MinUtes of Council, Jan. z, tSot.
(Signed) A. SMITH, Sec.'

(COPY.)
Pro/To~vul)itn.„ r,
stir,
t 011,direacd by Ma Governor and Council to transmit-to
roti theincloscd Mi:,ute, and to testify on their part the high
ins* they shall ever retain of your important services outing
Lite late Kebellion ; they beg you% to accept of this public' no.
catton of their sentiments, and they shall be happy to
Bear that yOur eminent services have not passed unnyttced by
the Co..rt of Di rezior:.
1 have the Honour to be,
Your obedient humble Servant-,
(Signed) SMI Ste:
cplCii SherrilE •

tido •
1.1, " 1113 return to England :he .received the.
r nOf the Court of
.Direaors of the Sierraug .
Coniputi any, which *ere conveyed 14 the
wing Resolon

1
Ata pi
of DI RE croßs, on the ;tit March, 180 I t
Tkesoltied,
c 1149.1 the Thanks of this Court be ';nirmunica.tpl the,
"1":411 to Lieut. ('din Sherriti, of theltoYal Nitq.
of Trail
ezert. .sports on board the Asia, fur his aide anwspir.teta. •
%Intl ln suppressing the late Insurmaion at Sierra Leone, -
The thy't mist
Chairman ha also reqoestdd to cotnntunicate to,
te".:"ls of the Admiralty the senSe..iihicli the Court en-
' elll6 of Leta. Sherriff's scrvkes ott that OCCAS;011.
terra Leone Unice, NI aiLli 6, 181/.
(Examinedi ctIA RY M.ICAU LAY, SO.

t :I'his Resolution was cotive'yed in the following
,tter frotri their worthy and highly respectable
Otitirtnan
tit*
, , London, March 9, I flo t.
'vet4e honour of commonicatlng yuu the enclusecl
co'Tletion of the court of Diri:zturs n the 'Sierra Leone
54411.1°47, ahel l beg item also to state, th:it I have this nay-
tvs esse a Letter to the Seeret.try. or the Board AdnliraltYi
vigessing the sunse Whic:l 1.11;1-Court We:falls of yo.ur ser.
to contbrinity to the I nitritction which you will pct..'
"ve o havebeeu given me 14th Court. •
I ant, Sit,
1. Sherrill; LSq. Your obalietit humble Semitt.
HEJ,I Y THORNTON.

ti
.it i 3 01+.
Y lieetiSary to add that this recommenda7
." was unfortunately of no avail to Mr. Stu k-
, ;t". It vv4s not till 1605, that he we's tnatie a
it"'llatiticr, and appointed to-the Curieur
Cony's, evnt. t hist year to the West Indies with a
,and d°4lll,:v`lere hu too s°°" lost his life in a gallant
perior rorce, tits sa ---rk-wrate eGallia with an Enemy's Sitip• tit very
krded • circumstances of which ureic,
in the ng fellowi -•ttn; ' •
Ms-Naps/0. slap Curitur, Burluct7l.!;
Doctember 5, 1807. •
sr n
tc 24th Nov'. we sailed from Barbadoes on
hi: -17" to noPes' of falling in with the Supe.rieure,
that,le,. wag to be under our command. On the ad
li we saw a strange Sail standing towards us ;.filte
2sseti alnloit within
Altnad gun-shot to leeward. of us, and
e several signals, Which were not answered.
eher,
utlt t 2 at nOOll we tacked and stood after allthe tune from our bow gun. At One she
bh,• 41 a shot and hoisted French co'sours, at the same
could 4 making all sail from tts. When found she
not escape us, she shortened sail. About two
Icieck we were abreast of her, and brought herte
voit a •
to &ton, which lasted an hour,
.when our tiller
AP", bow-lines, and braces being unfortunately
away, the Curieux became wholly tunnanage-,
which the Enemy perceiving, took advantageand. ran us on board on the starboard quarter,
47° ,sadeavoured to throw a vast number of men
Ileo4''s. In bravely repulsing this attempt, at'the
of Our boarders. . Capt. Sur .ntulT amid sent-ratrs were killedatt wounded, and 'the mdit)--
4Q°44 W4s at the same ut3taitt shot away by an 18

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WILICLI bUC- 114 A tall tict aUJO,
castle. One of our men hove the grappling of the
Enemy overboard, and in the attempt received a
shot which has occasioned the loss of his arm. She
was no sooner clear of us, 'which was about three
o'clock, than she made sail close.to the wind, and
we., from our crippled state, :could not follow her,
with any prove& of
_bringing 4er again, to atlion,
notwithstanding the most zealous efforts of every
man in the Ship to repair our damages. We had the
serjeant and a private Marines killed, and 3 Seamen
killed, and 14 others'were disabled. , The loss of the
enemy must have been very great; her decks were co-
vered.wi th dead, and the blood run out of her like water
when washing deck. She proved to be the British
.Tar, of 36 guns, and 200 men, double the force of
our little Brig, which was htlt poorly manned; owing
to smile of our flier) being away in a Priie. She was
but just out of Guadaloupe, and we have heard from
an American that she boasted all she wished fOr was
to fall in with an English Frigate. It remarkable
that the. Commander of her had been an:intimate
friend of Capt. SHERRMVS, his name was Le MARE ;
he used frequently to mention his name. We
buried Capt. SITERRIFF at sea the morning after
theietion—in.him we have lost a valuable friend-.
he Was a father to all his Ship's Company, and belov-
ed by every one."

PORTUGAL.

- OFFICIAL. PAVERS.
He4d-Quarters, in Lisbon, Dec. g, 0107.

Fresh complaints have reached his ENcelleney the General
InChlef,that severalOificers,notwithstanding the General Or-
ders, have still taken upon themselves to (lemaral to be found
in provisions in the houseswhere they lodge; his Excellency is
Cxtremely displeased with their disobedience, and hopes that
it will not be repeated. Ile calls to the recollection of
Officers, that .they ought to consider themselves in Lisbon,,
as.well as in all other towns of Portugal, as being in gar.
rison, and have no right to ask at their quarters for any thing
more than lodging fire, and candles.

His Excellency lastly reminds them, that his Majesty the
Emperor and King having ordered that the Officers of the
'Army of Portugal shall be treated like those of the Grand
Army, they will receive extraordinary pay, which' shall be
pundually paid to them, and which will fully enable them
to defray the expettee of their board.
By Or.ter of his Excellency the General in Chief,
Till EBA UO, Chief of the Staff.