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EXTRACTS OF PRIvATr. LETTERS FROM OFFItERSON'
SHE EXPEDITIO*.
" Alicatit, Aug. 26.
wrote you a short letter from Mahon, to tell
you of our motions. Since that, we haVe been to
Palamos, where we made two feints to land, :thew-
ing ourselves off Valencia, andJastly, landed here
on the.loth. .or“he 1E:1, we marched to
forte;remained there the next day, and on the 17th
moved to Elda, Sachet having retired to
Our cavalry were pushed on to Villena and Alcoy ;
but upon hearing that .Joseph was ^at El Toboso,
and that Souk was advancing from the westward,.
the troops marched back on the 19th tO Montforte,
and on the 23d retired into cantonments hi the vil-
lages round this city.-
" Our cavalry still continues at Villena and
Al'coy. General Dsnkin, with a few horse, ad,
vanced beyond the last-mentioned town, and took
a small convoy of mules with the. French mail.—
The only news their letters give is, that there is a
new Pope. Gen. Ross's corps, which had joined
us, has returned to Carthagena. • -
." The fever, still continues at Oribuela, .and in
the neighbourhood, but with no great violence.—
They do not seem the least afraid of it here ; the
army is well. I hope we shah soon join Lord Wel-
lington.
" Auo.-27.—Joseph and Sucliethave elliteted a
junction in the neighbourhood. of Almauia add
Fuente de la Heguera. Joseph has about 11,000
infantry, and 2,000 hdrse. Ido not think they are
strong enough to attack us here, but will most
likely wait for Sinilt.

"-Auo 29 —Joseph is in Valencia. Sachet co-
vers the Xucar ; his head-gnarters arc in . Felipe,
and his cavalry in advance. We are 16,000 strong."

GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 12.—General Maitland is
to be reinforced by 2000 men from. Majorca,
and General Ross's division, which is coining
back from Carthagetia.
_ _ _

The last-mentioned .officer having in an official,
communication to the Governor of Cartlaagena,
expressed a wish to be made acquainted with the
real state of the public health in that city,
the Board of Health made a report on the 23d of
August, in which they stated, that the yellow fe-
ver had lately broken but Within the walls; and
that. the most active measures were taken by the
Board. The preventing of all communication
with the individuals afilictod with this disorder,
had, howeyer, proved.imavailing ; and the phy-
sicians being of opinion, that it was impossible to
completely check the contagion, the troops had
been, encamped. The sick, in easy circumstances,
.were permitted to get themselves attended in their
own houseg, but wiht..;ut any communication with
the rest of the inhabitants ; and the poor were
sent to the. King's Hospital. Since the 11th, the
day. on Which the Lazaret had been formed, 10
persons had died in .it of the yellow fever ; and
on the 23d there were 10 sick.
SEPT. 22.—A letter front Ronda of the 19th
inst. states, General Ballesteros to continue at
Loxai and Soult in ' Granada, where he lately'
burned 2000; of his
,carts, The kingdom of Cor-
dova is completely free from enemies. Letters
from the capital have been received in the course
of the week..

We have nothinn. to add to last week's state-
:,
rnent of the positions of the different armies irt
the centre ul South of the Peninsula.

Malta journals have been received by the packet
to the 26th of last month: The number of the
sth mentions the report, (given iu our former
chronicle, upon the faith of private letters from
The 'Same island,) 'of a body of British troops
having :arrived, and even landed at the mouths
of , Cattaro, hut nothings further is said upon
the Subject. in the following numbers to the
latest date.

EPROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE OF SEPT. 191
PALERMO, JULY 21 Yesterday the three
branches of Parliament, the. EcclesiasticaL.Mili-
tary, and territorial, inet in the usual manner.
Pursuant to. the instructions received from his
Royal Highness the, Vicar-General, they set. about
• the great work, and adopted the British Consti;-,
.tution as the basis of the new Constitution of Si-
cily. They next fixed the limits of the legisla-
tive; executive, and. justiciary powers. The first
'is lodged in Parliament, the second in the King,
whose person' is declared to be sacred and invio-
lable; but his Ministers are responsible for their
conduct to Parliament, which is empowered to
, try and pass sentence upon them, whenever they
. are found guilty in the exercise of their func-
tions. The Judges are declared independent of
any other authority ; but if a Judge commit
an Offence, he is to be impeached by the Honse
of Commons, and tried by the House of Lords..
The Parliament will, nO longer be composed of
three branches, but two houses, viz. the House
of Commons, consisting of the Representatives of
the Cities and Baronies ; and the House of Lords,
formed by the Union of the Baronial and Eccle-
siastical branches. The Peers c mnot be tried but
by the House of Lords. No individual can be ar-
rested, banished, transported, or condemned, but
by the Judges of the land, according to the laws.
In the enacting of the laws, the two Houses must
agree; but they are not to be enforced as such,
until they have been sanctioned ,by the King,
who is at liberty to give or' refuse his sanction.—
Parliament alone has the right of raising taxes.
The Barons of the kingdom have. 'generously
given up those feudal privileges. which they had
enjoyed" for eight centuries, by the unquestionable
right of birth, and,by the fundamental laws of the
kingdom. They have generously giv.en up those
ntimerous feudal rights .which could not be abo,
fished in any of the countries where they were
established, but by force of arms;' tior be extin-
guished but in torrents .of blood. r•The Barons of
the kingdom have, of their own accord, •
waved,
those many prerogatives' which gave them a de-1:
Tided pre-eminence above the other clasSes,, and
rest satisfied with those rights which they enjoy
in common with all their fellow-citizens; thus
making of the' whole kingdom of Sicily but one
family under one head, which is governed by
, thosejust and liberal laws which she herself has
.utade. -

• MiiSINA, AVG. 'S.—The foll Owing sentences
have been published in an order of the day issued
to the British army at PalermL;_ • .

Head.4iiatters, Palermo, Jizty 28, 1812.

At a Council of War held in the city of Ales-
sina, in the Island of Sicily, on the Llth.of Jan.
1312, and thence 'continued at different tiMes to
the 31st of the same mouth, the 1(A-its-lug indi-
viduals having been:tried, the Council sentenced
them as follows, Ivhieh sentences. have been ap-
proved byb is Royal Highness thel lereditaryPrince:
Don Pietro ‘Tersaci, 'to• be •imprisoned in the
ensile of one of the adjacent isles, 'during the'
turn of his natural life;

, DonFranciseo Santoro, to pay 'a
fine of 20,000
ounces, which sum is to remain at the 'disposition.
of Lord Win. Bentinck, to be diStributed to the
poor -of Sicily : to be imprisouedifor seven yeall
in the castle of Pantelleria or.some other of the
adjacent isles ; and then to be banished frOm Si-
cily,for life ;:pr, in case the above fine should
not be paid, to he imprisoned another seven years
in the said castle.
The Abate Panucio, to be degraded from iris
sacred functions, and imprisoned. in one of the
castles of the adjacent Wands for seven years.

The Abate MinaSi, to be degraded from his sa-
cred functions, and banished for life to one of the
adjacent island 3.

Lieutenant-Colonel Infante to be dismissed the
service, and banished during the war to one of the
adjacent islands.
Captain Spadea Pandolfi, to be ignominiously
cashiered and imprisoned 15 years in the castle of
,one of the adjacent islands.
Gaetano Lo Foro, to be sent to the gallies for
25 years.

Giovanni Capasso, to he imprisoned in the cas-
tle of the adjacent islands during life.

Pietro Soraci, to be banished-to one of the ad-
jacent islands, for the space of Live years, or dur-
ing the war.

Colonel. C:mstantino de FilippiS, to be publicly
cashiered, and banished to one of. the adjacent
islands, during the war. .
- (Signed) P. HERoN,III6. Gen. (Pres.)
By order of bis Excellency the Commander of the Forces,
(Signed) CAM Pl3ll. L,Afai.GenikAdj.Gen.

PALERMO, AUG. 17.—The extreme heat of the
season having obliged the Members of . Parlia-
ment.to request permission of his Royal Highness
to rertiove their sittings from the Seminario de
Chieriei, Where they had hitherto been-held,their
request was granted., and on the 12th the Parlia-
ment met in tht above-mentioned College, when,
while the Members of the three branches were
employed in their duty, an explosion was heard
near the spot, which, logether.with the Smoke
that entered the window, and the strong smell of
powder which filled the room, gave.uspicion of
some treachery. Persons were immediately sent
to inquire and examine in the street, when it was
found, that-the explosion proceeded from a.hottle
of thick glass filled with powder, nails.,•and other
thins, and covered with tLx, that it might not break
in its fall, hilt have afull effect in ifs ex plosion,'whiCh
appears to have been intended against the chamber
of the Commons, the ‘tindows of which looked
into that street.- It however, did no injury, the
explosion taking place tob soon. • The Parliament
imtnediately hinnilly represented to The Thicine
the horrible attempt, and continued its labours
with the greatest tranquility.- his Royal High-
ness ordered a sentinel to be placed, and publish-
ed an- offer of a reward of 1000 pizie to-any per-
son' who should discover.ihe author of the intend-
ed Mischief.—:(GdMhz-Britannica, Aug. '22.)

PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Ocsf. 3,

Whitehall, Sept. 29, 1812.

the following coat acts and letter have been re-,
eeivecl at the 'East India House from the Go-
vernor General in. _Council at Fort William, in

Bengal.

Extract of a Dispaidi from the GorerriorGeneral in Council,
'dated Gth Match, 1812.

We deem, it proper to fransknit a circumstantial
detail 'of the assault uponlthe celebrated fortress of
Callinger,and the insuperable obstacles which oc-
casionetHts-failure.- This dettkil,is-coutained in a
disppteh, from Colonel Martindell, commanding
the troops, dated. 'the 4th ultimo. We have the
honour to transmit a copy of that dispatch, toge-
ther %vitlythe FopT of a-letter from the Adjutant-
.!General, in iyhich the former has been communi-
cated to Government.

We.partitipate most cordially in the applause
bestowed by his Excellency the Commander in
Chief and by Colonel Martinciell, on the exemplary
gallantry and persevering intredidity manifested by
the officers and men engaged in the assault ; an as- ,
.sault which, althOwali it failed in the immediate
attainment of its object, can scarcely be deemed
unsuccessful ; since to the terror inspired by it
must begscribed, the subsequent surrender of thii
almost impregnable fortress, on terms and in a
manner which have maintained the credit of our
arms, without any sacrifice of dignity, or any con-
cessions of material importance to our interests.—.
We concur also entirely in the praise bestowed by
the Commander in Chief on the distinguished zeal„
judgment, and exertions of Colonel Martindell,
conducting the arrangements and operations of the
late service in Bundftcund. •

We deeply lament -die loss, in killed and wound..
ed, which, by the return accompanying Colonel
2,:4arii,ndell's „dispatch, your Honourable Court
will find has attended this enterprise, but we have
tlie:Salisfactionto learn, that, with very few ex.
ception, the wounded are in a state of recovery,
and that the total number of. those who have been
killed, or whohave died of their wounds, including
officers, does not exceed 19 or 20.

To N. B. Edmonstone, Esq, Chief Secretory to Government,
Secret Department.

SIR,

I am directed -by the Commander' in Chief to
request you will lay before the Right Honourable
the Governor-General in Council, the inclosed
copy of a dispatch, dated the 4th ultimo, but only
received this morning, from Colonel Martindeil,
coinmandidg in Bundlecund, detailing the parti-
culars of theas_sault on Callingcr, on the morning
of the 2d of February, and transmitting a return
of thilkilled-afill wounded in that most gallant en•
terprise...
Althouglithe.Commander in Chief deeply la-
ments the loss sustained by the British trovs in
the attempt to carry_Cullinger by storm, his Ex-
cellency considers the early surrender of that cele-
brated fortress to the British power as the imme-
te consequence of the impression made ou the
mind of the enen v, bythe determined spirit shewu
in the assault of • the breach, and by the•severity
of the. loss lk experienced on the occasion.
The Commander in Chief trusts that, although
the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel' Mawbey, of
his Majesty's 53d foot, and of the brave officers
and men who acterl under him on this arduous ser-
vice, were not crowned by theimmediate success
which they .deserved, owing to the formidable
natural obstacles wlikh opposed them, their zeal
and gallantrw)ll not be viewed thu less entitled
to the distitigniShed approbation or his Lordship
in Condeil,.

Reverting to the arrangements made for assem-
bling.the force before Callinger, and for investing
the place; as well as to the progress of the siege,
-the Commander in Chief finds just occasion for
bringing tO the favourable notice of Government,
the; conduct of Colonel Martindell 'in the general
direotion of the important: service confided to his
experience and ability; and the persevering zeal
and exertions inanifested by all descriptions of the
troops, the detachments of the European cavalry,
artillery,. and inf..-.n:ry, the native infant-x
-5r and pi.-
oneers in the laborious operations of the siege prior
to the assault on the 2d February. The Right
Hon. the Governor-General in Council will have
noticed, will,peculiar satisfaction, in Colonel Mar-
tindell',s former dispatches, the testimony borne
to the•serikeS• rendered by the artillery and engi-
neer departments throughout the siege ; and to
the exemplary-valour displayed by Captain Smyth,
the directing engineer, on the -morning of the 2d
February. .

I hae the honour to be, &e.
G. W. PAGAN, Adj. Gen.
Adjutant-General's Oflict; Fort William,
March 5, 1612.

To Lieutenant-Coloael Fagan, Adjutant-General.

SIR,