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London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

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Patterns of the Articles may br viewed, upon application, at the
Principal Storekeeper's !.(lice in the Tower, and /urther par-
ticulars, togethe, with the Terms and Conditions of the Contract,
may be known at the' Secretary's Office, in Pall- Mall, afore-
said any day, between the hoar' of Ten and -Four o'Clock,
whore the Proposal, must be-delivered,' scaled up, and indorsed,
" Proposals for Copper Hoops ;' ,but no Proposal can he
admitted afteetbe said ilth day of September, at Twelve o'Clock.
at Newt of the sante day, nri her will any Tender be rmticed,
unless the Party making it, or nn Agent. in hit behalf, shall
attend.

By Order of tbe Board,
R. 11 CREW, Secretary.

ICTU ALL 11VG.0

July 11, isc.9;
THE COMMISSIONERS fur VICTUALLING
1 HIS MAIESTY's NAVY do hereby give Notice, That on
Friday, the 1:1 of September next, they will be'ready to receive
Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat_ for satch Qmansities 13/
PRIME IRISH 8E1!..F and PORK, to be creed in th. ensuing
Season,.as the. respective Merchants and Dealers therein may think
proper to (jer ; one-third Part th,reof -to be packed- in
puncheons, one-thin! Part in Tierces, and ane-thi, .1 Part in Bar-
rels; to be deliveted into his Majesty's fiitTugliirtg Stores at
Deptford, Portsmouth, Plrmouth, and cork, a, d into she Army
Villualling Stores at St. Cathal ine's, in regular Proportions of
each Description of Cacks, by the Periods :olio mentioned, viz,
One-fourth Part of the whole by the 28th Peh. Agit).
4 ' One-fourth Part more - 15:1, Anil, £BlO.
One-fourth Part more • • 31st May, 1810.
And the remaining fourth Part by the 45th 76., ;Bio.

4,,d foie paid for by taya,sle with interest, ninefy d‘tys

ape, dale.

The Conditions of the ContraLi may be "peen at the Secretary's
Office ; or byapplying to Mr. .y, IV. Dunstervil(e, "tent for
the Viavolling at Cork ; to the Colltelor of His Majesty's
°cur-
tomr at Limerick," Belfast, Newry, and Waterford ; and to the
Poitmaster-Generalat Dublin,-respeaively.
N. B. No Tender for a 'lea Quantity than Two Thousand
Tierces 'of Beef, and Two Thousand Tierces of Pork-will be ad-
mitted.

A'o regard will be bad to any 'Tender in which the Price shall
,not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered
to the Board, before Qne o'Clock on the seid ist of Septembers
*or unless the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on
his behalf, attends, to answer, when called /or.

This Day was published,
In Svo. price los. 6d. boards,

.
rrHE PHARMACOPCEIA of the ROYAL
A COLLEGE of PHYSICIANS of ,LONDON. 18(.9,
Translated into English, with Notes, ,Sze.
By RICHARD POWELL, M.D.

Fallow of the College, Physicia4t to St. Bartholomew's and
the Magdalen Hospitals.
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FrOM the LONDON GAZETTE;

Whitehall, Allgust 96,

Tile King has been pleased .to grant_ the:digniliei
of Baron and Viscount of the United kingdoms of
Great iltitain and, Ireland Unto the Right Hotioura.6
ble Sit Arthur Wellesley', Knig:it of tnemost Ho.
nourablebrder-o4"-the Bath,-zit : Lieutenant-General
of his INlAjehty's Forces, and to Inc_ heirs male of his
body, lawfully begotten; by the battles, styles, -and
titles of Baron Douro of Wellesley, in the counjy of
Somerset, and Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and
of Wellington, in the said count).

• • Downing-Street, Augmt 26, 1808.
A Dispatch, of which the-toliciikiliTrs- 2--c-c.734 has
been received Irotri Major MaivveLr, the itoyai
Aerican Corps, addressed to Lprd Viscount Cdste-
reagb," one of his Majesty'-s Pridcipal Secreates of
State. •
MY LORD, , Senegil, Tuly tB, tBo9.

When
.1 had last the, honour of: writing to you!'
Lordship, I communicated such intotcnation as '
had received,concerning the situation of the Fiench
colony of Sem gal; and my opto,tsn of the praetica-
bility of reducing it with a small force; 1 also men-
tioned the annoyance we had received at Gomel
and its vicinity, iroin their privateer, during the ita.
sense 01 ships of war trout thlt slat iotti _
Ott the 24th of June, Coinuodore ColiiMbine ttr-

rived at. Pored with-the Solebay frigate, and brig
Tigress, .having, 'he colonial schooner t.leorge, Agin7
court transport, and several merchant Ve;selS under
convoy, arid ,having cominunicaied la till!) what in-
telligence I had. iateiy obtained, we thought Ihe
re-
duCtlon: Senegal praCticable with the force
iloosessed, pratided 11Q obst,icie show& prevvnt
our being. able to pass the bars at the mouth of
the river.

To this attempt I was indueed by considerations
which I trust your Lordship .wilt- conceiVe to be
of weight.. I was of; opintoo that the colony of it-
sell would be an acquisition of importance to the
nation, from its commerce; that by the French
Government, as it had always been inuChsvalued,i4
loss would. be proportiouably felt; and that by
driving the enemy from their sole possession on the
coast, his Majesty's settlements, • and the Briiisll
commerce,' would be risme secure, and snore easily
proteEted. • •
Having therefore pr,lcured some light vesselS and
boats, the best adapted ‘-tot passing the Bar, a de-
tachment of the garlison.orGoree, consisting of siX
Officers, six serjeants, four drummers; and one
hundred and fifty rank and file, was embarked, on
board the Agincourt transport on the CI) of July,
when we sailed, 'and anchored at the Bar on the
evening of the 7th.
Next. morning Commodore Columbine was of
opluion the troops inight be passed over-the Bar,
which was accordingly effected through much diffi-
culty, by the exertions of the navy. We unfertu-
!lately, however, lost a schooner and sloop, contain-
ing much of our provisions and aminuoition; and
the schooner George went on shore inside the bar.
I landed the detachment-, and sixty royal Marines
from the ships of :war, on the left bank 'of the river,
where 1 took up a position, with a view to wait till
provisions could be passed from the shipping; and
the Schooner George could be got off. We then
learnt that the enemy had made a formidable line of
defence, at the post of Babague, twelvetuites -up the
river, where there is a battery, in front of which
, three cann oniers, and four other vessels were moor-
ed, and the whole proteCted by a strong boons drawn
across the river. On the 9th we were attacked; tivit
speedily repulsed the enemy, and drove them with...
hi their line at Babague; after which we rvturried
to.get off the schooner, which was effected on the
folloWing evening.
The 11th was employed in re-fitting the schooner,
and embarking provisions and water. The Solebay
frigate, and Derwent sloop of were ordered to
anchor,o.pposite to the post of Babague, and born=
bard it, which was executed ...lib much, effect.
During the nigat, in stinting het—birth, the Solebay •
unfortunately got aground, but:in a position Which
enabled het still to annoy the etiemy.• the
Morning of the 12th, the troops were embarked,
and the flotilla proceeded up the _River, nil just
without gun-stait of the enemy's line of defence,
and when every thing was in readiness for a nigh
attack, we received intortnation that it was the in-
tention of the French Commandant to capitulate.
Wiliing to spare an unnecessary effusion of hu- .
man blood, the attack .was postponed. On the
morning of the 13th we discovered that the boom
was broken, that the .enemy had abandoned -the
battery and vessels, leaving their colours flying, and
. shortly "afterwards a letter was received front Messrs.
Degrigny and Durecu in the name of the Con
maudaut of Senegal, offering to capitulate. Mr.
Heddle, Surgeon to the Forces; who had acted as
my aidr-de-camp during the campaign, was•sent
' ward to treat with these gentlemen; and 'soon re;--
tured with the Articles ot Capitulation, which I en-
close, and which we ratified. I -immediately took
possession the Battery of Isle. aux Anglois, and
in the course of the evening of the Battery of Gue-
lendai facing •the town.
Next morning the garrison laid down their artist,
and were embarked. We then found that the
force which had been employed against us antotinted
to 160 regular soldiers, and 240 militia and volun-
teers. We had no reason, hoWever, to count tau
much opposition from the latter part of the enemy's
force;

In accomplishing this service the officers and
soldiers of. the army Were anxious to equal their
truthers.-of: We navy, who 'on all occasions distill•
guish themselves. I feel ny.ith satisfaction in• hay,
ing enjoyed the confidence of Commodore
bine, .whoSe exertions and 'ability contributed so
etteau4l/ to our success. I beg to bear te,timony
to.the iiadefatigable and ;,eaions exertions of captain