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London, England, 1809-10-20 00:00:00

tressing to the :French,- and in which the Spaniards
from their local knowledge, must always ha%e the

NAVAL NEWS.

advantage.

It has been rumoured, but• we believe without
any. foundation in fa& 'that Parliament is to meet
for the dispatch-of business before Christmas.

We are at a loss "to discover to what motive we
ought to ascribe the daily attacks which are made
upon Lord WELLINGTON we really, cannot ac-
count for such inveterate hostility. An Officer ab-
sent, fighting the battles of his country, is entitled,
:we think, to a more candid treatment from his
countrymen. •We are told that Lord WELLINGTON
is seriously indisposed with an ague and fever; bui
neither absence nor illness can soften the rancour of,
his enemies, and the libels in ,the Moniteur are
made use of to blast the chara6ter of a British Ge-
neral, who has gained so many viaories, and
who has rendered so many important services
to his Country. Lord WELLINGTON defeated a
'French army twice as numerous as his own, arid
therefore it is easy to'accoutit for the virulence with
which BtIONAI!ARTE speaks of him in the Moniteur;
but how has he merited the attacks which•arodaily
made upon him in this" Country ! .

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock; a Cabinet
Council was held'at the Foreign OfEce, which was
attended' by' the following • Meenhers the LORD.
CHAtICELLOR,, Earls, BATHURST, HARROWDY,
.LI-
VERPOOL, CAMORN,WESTICALAND, and CHATHAM,
Lord MULGRAVF; and the CHANCELLOR'OI the Ex-
CHEQUER;

One of the principal obstacles to the progress of
the Negociation 'between France and Austria; is said
to have related.to the possession of Sppalatro by the
Austrians;. but it appears that they have now as-
sented to the total cession of Dalmatia.

.We are. happy
,to have it in our power to state,
that when 'Captain PELLY, Aid-de-Camp to General
wino was the hearer of the .dispatches receiv.,
ed on Wednesday by the Duke of Marlborough
13acket, left the army, 'Lord WELLINGTONwai in
good health, and •the army had snared no extraor-
dinary 'degree of indisposition. This account is
corroborated by private letters, from o,te of Which
we have Made' the following extracts

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Endeavour
hired armed brig, with 11 colliers from Wales ; the

Squirm, SQUIRE, from Cork ; the Requin,
TUCKER ; and Thomas, SWAPPIN, from Meath.
The French brig sent in here yesterday by the
Minerva frigate, is the Emulation, from Nantz,
laden with salt.

Well, on the 30th of August. Experienced a dread-
ful gale for seven successive:days off Ireland. Ma-
' jor MAXWELL, of the Royal African Corps, had the
Government of the place. The Tigress gun brig,
and Tickler, cutter, were left cruizing off the Bar of
1 that place. On the 7th inst. 10 leagues west of

Scilly, fell in with two Freud' schooner privateers ;

when they beat to quarters, they came near enough
Ito observe the number of men on board, and soon
hauled their wind.

Arrived the 'Enierald, WILLIAMS, from Salo,
bound to .this port for orders, sailed the 13th Au-
gust for Gibraltarj. she is in ayery leak); state ; the
brig Dolphin, EDWARD *SIMI, from 'Gibraltar and
Cadiz, laden with wine and brandy,. bcund to this
port for orders,: sailed from Cadiz the.l4th SepteM-
ber, in company with a fleet consisting' of 25 sail,
under convoy of his Ma sty's ship Spar of 74
guns,. Captain-Sir FRANCIS LAFoavr—parted Com-
pany with the convoy some days since; cite:British
brig Claremont,-of-Guernsey, BENJAMIN PUSSMERE-2-'
Master, from Gibraltar, laden with wine, barilla,
and cork, bound to. London, put into '►his 'port

Several of the discharged transports are'going out
of harbour to Spithead, bound to the Northward,

at present waiting convoy.

FALMOUTH, OCT. 17..."—Arrii?ecl the Queen Char-
lotte packet, Capt. MUDGE,,with mails flint) the Me=
iliterranean ; Express packet, Capt. BULLOCK, With
mails, 18 days imp Cadiz. She had' an'. engage-
ment with 'a Frerich schOoner-privateer; which she

LEITH? OCT. 17.,-..r-On! :the. 15th inst. the fleets
for Goitentliarh at 4 from= the
„ • , ,
,noaus; miner' cun oy Of the Cho stoop ~f:star zed
Arche, gull- .thlit he 1601;the, (214(4i1 .4)-0441.4.t•
as.CODvOy lo the Nore;:with the Archabgel

distress, the vessel making two feet water in ti,e
hold an hour, and her foremost is also sprung—sailed
the 2.9,d' September, in company with a fleet con-
sisting of 26. Sail," under convoy, at , his Majesty'
ship' Frederickstadt,- parted company with the con-
voy yesterday rhor,,ing;_otfFalmouth ; the Merman"
pulacre.ship Sophia, GURGIS 441/4eAswicx, Master, .
from Malaga and Salo; laded with' 'Wine, cork, and
lemons, bound.to this,port for orrders ; the Aineri-.
can schooner Resolution, CALEB BATES, Master,
from Malaga, laden with wine,:'&c bound'lo this
port for. orders; the Jane, SLATER, from Cape
Francois, laden with coffee and tobacco, hound:, to
this.port ; the brig Drake, SKINNER, from Oporto,
laden with wine, bound to: this port for orders.
Sailed the Har/equin hired armed shiP, with
convoy to the Eastward ; also sailed the, West In.
diamen , Trio, Hero, and Henry, which put into
this port in distress, for the river ; the, Steny, KEN-
MEE ; Rodan, NEWPORT ; the AmeriCan schooner
Eunice, TuossAs WALLACE, Master; .the Good In-
tent,
CROSS ; Hawke;. PERCY ; Pomona, LAWSON ;
Mariner,, HENNA ; Stert, COATH ; Brothers, WOLo.
TEN ; and William., FAWKNEE; the" Downs::
A blind seaman,' who recently- arrived here in a
, •
cartel from France, and who has for some time past
beeti•confined at Verdian, previous to his departure
horn thence, procured a:book, and as..mauy of the
English prisoners who were there, as be could send
it to, signed their, names in it, and :signified theyl
were well on the 4Cli September, i sog ; which bc;,ok
he succeeded in bringing- sate hither. -1,130
. .
ing are some of the manes ; the remainder we shall
insert to-morrow

. ,
SHEERNESS, OCTOBER i B.—Sailed up the Rivet:
. . .
'Thames his M2.jes:y's ship .Devastation.

.. .
"LISBON, IST OCT. 1809.—We are all here in
a perfe6t state of:tranquility. Our accounts from the
British arm! are of the 28th, at which time it. was
well proviSioned, and in health ; Lord WELLING-
TON had not then commenced any further opera-
tionsrand we are' unacquainted with his future in-
tentions."
The Princess 'Charlotte packet, arrived here
yesterday, with the. Mails from England of, the
6th ult."
“, A ' Packet is also arrived here from Rio de
Janeiro ; it is reported that. the dispatches by her
announce some important changes in the Portuguese
Regency at home; Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, (Lord
WEI.LINGTON) is said to be nominated to ' the
Presidency of the Regency. A day or two will
shew us whether there is any truth in this report,
which is considered very favourable, standing as we
do in such need of improvement."

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Yesterday Mr. MoERIER arrived with dispatches
from Sir HAAI.OIID JONES,
,wli6i4iLri:,4, on an im
portant mission to the Persian Government.
this conveyance we have received 'a letter from a
.
Gentleman attaChed,to the
,etui?g-sy,i to tbtlol,low'
ing effect !I,
_ TE'ruArt, .MAY 7k,, 1899.7-Since our arrival,
here every thing haq:lOhe.on is'cOula be wished,
and the -FrenchthavtAreen turner csit, in spite of,a4
their endeavours to the contrary. However, a lettii
arrived the other day from thd Governor-General,
saying, as the'Persian poverinpent had refesed ad•
mittance to his own Ambassador, General MO.'
comv, any advances ought to come from them, and
orders his 4celletiey Sir FIAILIORD -JONES to leave
the country instantly, and annuls hiS POWers. The
King,daowever, has detained Sir li.trotto until be
hears from England.. We of, course look out for ler•
' Mottutaa's return with great *patience::
•

i

• We have been favoured with the following Ex-
tra& of a private Letter yesterday from ConstantiT
nople, which, though of an old date, throws some
light on the state of Ottoman politics : .
`g CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 6.—The Messenger.
BASILIC()
,arrive 4 here yesterday with the ratification
of the Turkish Treaty. The French still maintain a
considerable influence in the Divan. The very
name of BUONAPARTi makes them tremble, and no-
thing but decisive viaories of the Archdt..ke CH ARLES
over the common enemy of Europe can, I• believe,.
save thii distracted Empire from inevitable destruc-
lion. The Turkish Ministers appear to be infatuat-
ed, and to have lost not only the power of fairly dis-
tinguishing between friends and enemie,, 'but even
of providing toe their own preservation. The Grand
Vizier Marches this day from the capital, at the-
head of 40,000 Janissaries. His army .on the,Da-
nube, when assembled, will amount to nearly one
hundred and fifty thousand men, a-force fully equal
to repel the Russians; but • the result lof this cam-
: paign, like that of 'every other in Europe, depends
on the fate of the ArchdUke. Our communication
with the Continent-is wholly cut off-by the Russians
on the Danube, and the serviaus and Bosnians in
league with them against the Porte. Our last ac-
counts from Vienna are to the 29th of May, -when
the Austriim army had been triumphant. No busi7
ness can be done here with certainty, until we know
. more of what is passing.on the Danube. A Persian
-Envoy is daily expected here on his way: to var
Court. -Sir H. JONES has succeeded in his mission,-
but the activity and address of the French in the
Oriental Courts is Almost incredible."

Thecharge made by the Ist Battalion 48th-ftegi'
ment, ot. the:right of the hill, in the battle of 1.3'
lavera, :drove the enemy's advricing column with
;great slaughter into their ow.n lines=this closed
business of the 28th. OtA returning from the charge/
the Commander in Chiet sent a Staff Officer to (lest!! .
that Major MIDDLEMoItE. (Colonel UnN.21,4t4 NO!.
previoctsly-wounued) would return his thatsks. to 10
regiment fur their steady and gallant conduct.
men recessed the thanks Of Ueir Commander vo`.l),
three cleers, and exclaimed, that,' on , t he, St TiOgs
of it, tiey wnuld gist them anotkeroharg---htot uD
'fortunately they 0., 1101. an9ther oi4ortunity, the
ci
Frenett having retre-iteth
After the memorable 'battle of Talavera, the
French standard, taken by the 2gth re semi dtl"
-ng the-heat of anion,_ was presented to Sir An'
'THUR WELLESLEY. Nest day it . was
,renirtjea,'
'with the futiowing handsome letter troth. the Ad'
utan t-General, addressed- to the Commanding Of'.
fiver

John Hobcock, of Sunderland ; John Lawes, ditto Alex- 1
ander haqeston, auto ; Israel :Allison, or Kooin liay,
Yurksture;- Alexanuer smith, or bunderiatia ;•-lti..;nard
Lo-
rington, unto ; King. Greenweit, ditto; . loan riamilton,
London ; kiant;lS Suns, Sunderland ; lames Hadley; ditto,; 1
Michael Swhitiourne, • Sunni b James bwinboiarne,
ditto ; lona Richardson, 01 ivi.iourn-pla‘e, Noah Sliteltis ;
Win. M' CAW, or Sunderland; Henry • liarrison, ditto; Ro..
bert Hogartti, of Stephen-Strect, Nvllll 'SI-nerds.
101.11 Geor4,e Smarr, Andrew Cittubertion, Ralph
Adaillavii, and Robert Nevey, of Sunderland. • • 1
Rupert torrent, Titania. Atkinson, Wll ham Atkinson,
watiatin 'Young,: loin, Moosnian, Ueurge VAL.:two, 'Win
Villersun, George onlignusbaini,;and 1 nutrias t aw‘ett, of
South ,melds. •
'Kuoat l'ivett, Sunderiand ; Francis Watson, North
. Shields; Thomas Swan, • Little 'Hampton, Sussex ; John
to melt, ditto ; lusepti ceacticit, Sunderland ; Tit,inas Wit-
son, Lancaster ; Malachi Davis, 'f eihninoutit ; iohn
ditto ; DerrisOil, Law.aster ; Liavi‘r ::lair, Liverpool.;
William Way, Jattrnoutlii" luliti Way, ditto ; Daseict
Suntlei land ; Kobert Booth, ditto ; Taunus Merchant,
Whitby.
Pannack, Maranon, Cornwall; John TrenethiCk,
Newlyn, unto; losian siocock, St. Ives, ditto ; lona
Fain-lack, Maranon, ditto; ttliain • Walker, Lean .• •
John 'frelutictu, Maranon, captured tile September,-
{
off t.i.lllllollth, now at AlOrlillX, about 10 111e14.11 lu
- Francis Allenian, of Sunderland; Anutty Regard ; John
Sluggs, • of the brig Mary Onitram ; George Albery, or
iolarrt,gt
LiNeie!ssoonn.;ohlothhny
Sunderland
.;- George brainsby, , (into, belonging to the brig
Expedition ; John Robson Unto, ditto; lona liountson,
Sunderland ; • Thomas I'AM,
45;
tßheic-
: bWiiitg"Hir°Pettrec;;; tttV itillilirnurulgun''sietiitu,l.toYt;the brig Newlands; John
; . Ntclielson, of the brig ThomasExpedition;l3iytli; theSittircaltgrlacat,dodtiiig.
brig lleadvVell; George Bulliter, of
too of Sunderland, ; John Santini, ditto ;' Richard Sadden,
ditto ; "clionias Laws, ditto ; Edward bell, ditto; loh
Halhilitto; William Grundy', shields;
,George Carr,
•i ditto.

(To bt- continued.)

" Talavera, luly 3c, 18.09%
Srit—l have presented' we Frcnch '_stanciara
taken by the 29th regiment,, on the :instant, 1°
the Commander of the Forces, and l lain directed Of
his Excellency ,to return, it to you, that, it may re"
main in possession of the gOth regiment, as a test?
monial of their, gallant condutt.'.
" I have the honour to ,be, Sir, - - -
YoUr'ohedient Servaril,-
".CHARLES STEWART, Adj.-Gen."

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THE Juan.Eg.—We nientioned a few days Ofl.0
the prepar :lions which were making to celebrate the '
happy event of the fiftieth anniversary of tits MA"
~
JESTY's Accession to the Throne, at the British 10'
stitution in Pail-Mall. Tie allegorical painting winch .:
is to be exhinited on this occasion is, as we helot°
stated,•the production of Mr. Pococtc-, jun:. an artist ,
justly esteemed for his pretessioriafeeitetke ; ~11c1
this new •speciinen of his abilities is woriiiy of 1.05
reputation. The subject is as tollows :
Britannia is seated on a rock, surrounded by the se, stiP:
&c. .. '
ported by the,Liwi, the Tritioit rests ,it her feet, it)' •
-,
ship of war is seen in the hor zon. Petite, With ne. trretwo.
in one hand, extends tsith the other Li gariand over d Niewlii4ll
of the King. which Time is presenting to Blitaiiiiia fr'°
superintending of Providence is denot.d by rays at give)! 44#:
--- scencting from above, .. - .
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. i9.--This .evening came into 1, ,-The Proprietors of:'Covent,•etr4ep, Theaire atlj
the Lyceum have both come forward-in the inD.
the Mother Bank, and was put under quarantine, 1
: liberal manner to contribute to the. celebration.
0"
his Majesty's Ship Fre4erickstein, and several vessels the Jubilee. At both houses- an eoterta,ntn •nt -iv
• . of her convoy from Gibraltar, viz. klindra, STUCK- der that name is to be presented,. and the pros °I
The Gibraltar Papers contain AbstraEts of the De- :night are to be dev t- t o ti'Ll
next Wednesday . , o t..,, 3
trees of JOSEPH NAPOLEON, abolishingthe-monastic "I- G'
N Gibraltar 4, Alice, 'Loy au., Malta; Sisters,
, i relief and discharge of persons imprisoned for 013
institutions, and other nests of vermin, which have debts. • • N
SMITH, 5a10,3 Fitz- IPilliam,' WILSON, Gallipoli ; , I
for so many centuries fastened on the industry of an The vestrymen. of St. James's parish determine'.4
Margareitu, BRUCE i and Martha, BELcacii, Beim- 1
1 yesterday that no illuminations• shall, be, in the
oppressed population. ., •
call°. parish on the 25th instant • but that the mood):,
The' diSpatcheS from the Mediterranean 'bring in- •
. .
necessary for that purPoe should. be distnbuted. t-
telligence that the British Expedition under Sir JOHN The BamPler and Eagle transports, and two or
STUART is returned to Sicily. three others were in sight. 4 . .
the deserving poor, who are likewise to be Or::
-
There will, now' that his MA'Jzsine has deferred Arrived, the Arethusa; of 38 guns, Capt. R.. plied, out of the fund colluded.
molt thatposPcot,
receiving the City's,Address until Wednesday, thewith coals, at a cheapn rate, dltg. the ensuil'er
Mediterranean• Thomas I. ,
Ist of November, bei no particular .C.,orporation en- . MENDS, front the , also,
tertainment on the 25th •instant, the day on which and John, from Sunderland ; Mary Ann, BOND, ', *inter.
LIVERPOOL MEETING:4I4U condequenCe'of4 i.e.
Ill'
our beloved Soverein will enter. on the both year ,from Ca. rditY ; Mfderva, ALEXANDER i and It/chard, quisition to the Mayor 'of Liverpool,' a GO° .1 ••
tial
of his reign • but ' about fifty of the Members have , . Meeting was to have been held, in the Town-.-0
' - FISHER, from Chepstow. .
agreed td, together.on their return from St. .
' . on Tuesday last, in
.order, as it was said, "tot 4,
James's, on Wednesday, the Ist of November, and
and ~ 'The Vulture of
,18 guns, takes convoy to into consideration the most proper mode of eipr'" 0
at whose "request Alderman„, 5c nor, Ele,
. .
WILLIAM 11,twurrs very prilitely.• have undertaken ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. .. "but as the concourse of loyal inhabitants viiio 4,;:
, . .
the direction of the entertainment, which, we can-he • setubled on this interesting occasion was too o.in:hts.
, . The ilrethuscc is arrived,l49to Lisbon , also t
derstatid, will be at the City of LondOnjavern. . i• 1 ous to be accommodated in the Court- k.,t ittiv c 4.
.
. 130 i.., 'Fair- cliiiing,We past. week, has been attend- .Agiilcul(rt, armed trai.spoiti, Ca t.. Roar. SAND- 1 Meeting adjourned to the area of the New
, 4;01
'change Buildings. The ' ' b
se o
.ed: by uearly all,the distinguished 'families in ,Suffolk,
..-vv,tLi..; from' Sunegal; with duplicate Dispatches; •
besides.numerous others from more distant par•,.'— •ret ton Sty voted, exprsse the warmest .40, 504
Lieutenant WtoDltiFFE, and 80 Officers and we'll,
Idyalty and. affection to -our just and 'benevolo3" toi
The Asserribly on Friday ,'evening; has by ii rarely -. RNs - • -••. ' -, - .
excelled,in brilliancy or nambers, thee-been nearly
• •of .Majesty.'s.ship.,Sulebay, came borne in her, 43 :•
vereign; and was unanimously approve and adoe
370 persons resent. ; did also 50 French prisoners ; left the Settlement all i on this occasion. la.
p