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- , CITY OF LONDON TAYS&N, Doc. 23, 2108,
THE COMMITTEE appointed au the 9th of De-
etiour, by the MEACHAM'S and INHABITANTS of
LONDON, to attend to the Affiliation of a General Subscrip-
tion to old of the bravo SPANISH PATRIOTS, now straggling
In the Field to defend their Couplet from a &rep and cruel In-
vader, cannot discharge that deny without making an earnest
Appeal to the attention el their geaeewtl Countrymen, of all
Tanks, in behalf of a Natiewand a use so interesting to all the
spnipathies of Britons.
A people contending for their Independence, liberties, and se-
softy, kora foreign tyranny and oppression—a nation, friendly
ha its dispoddons--.honoumble in all its national condudt Ind
thamoter--fitted, by political and commercial interests and.rein".
titans, to be closely connected in alliance and friendship with
Great Brittle, and now struggling, with heroic fortitude, In it]
common cause, against a °outman and moat formidable foe ; suf-
fering in the arduous conflict the greatest hardships, and endur-
ing the severest privations, has—surely, strong claims of every
kind On every inhabitant of these Islands ; and though the greatest
exertions have, with the general approbation of this nation, been
made by Government to afford the moat extensive, speedy, and
effectual aids of treasure, arms, ammunition, military stores,
equipments, and clothing, for the maintenance and support pf the
Spanish troops, together with the succour of large bodkin( Bri-
tish soldiers, it is still felt, that the generous maulfestadoti of the
popular sentiment, and such further aids, of various kinds, ati
general and liberal Subscription may supply, cannot but have Sr.
of animating and consoling to the Spanish soldier, and con-
vincing to the Spanish Governmtle and people, of the perfect
union in opinion and sentinient which on this subject subsists
usioughout mese wands.,

The Connnittee rely, with confidence, that the good example
of the public Corporations and Companies, and of the Inhabitants
of the Metropolis, will be followed by the prindpal Cities, Towns;
and Districts of the United Kingdom, in order to form together
on offering worthy of the great cause for which it is tnade-.4f the
high character and affluence of the Empire which presents It, and
* to be accepted by the gallant, disinterested, and high-spirited
nation,
nation, to whose brave d -ef it is offered.
The Right Hors the P. Free R. H. Martin
Lord Mayor J. Gerdes A. Mundell
Lord Eardley W. Gordon, M. P. N. Newnharn, Aid.
A. Anderson A. Goldsmid E. Parry
3. Ansley, Alderman J. L. Goldsmid J. Pierce
J. J. Angerstein H. Goodwin Sir C. Price, Batt.
I. Atkins, Alderman A. Glennie • M. P.
.1. Bainbridip Sir R.C.Glynn,Bart. Sir J. Perring, But.
A. Baring, M. P. R. Hockey E. Quin • 1
3, Blackburn, M. P. J. Hadmaa T. Rowcroft
R. Barclay T. Harrington J. M.Raikes
W. Bonbons, M. P. Harrison J. Russell
J. Bosanques Q. Harris G. Sandeman
C. Bulk: C. Hanbury C. Scott
C. Bosanquet J. Inglis J. Shaw, Ald. M. P.
L. Bolden' J. Jacob ''• R. Slade_
D. Bayky J. Jackson Lieut. Scott
C. Brooke J. Ines • C. Smith Aldm.
Sir W. Curtis, Bart. W. Knatohbull E. Shaw
M. P. P. Kensington R. 'Thornton.
H. Comb; M.P. B. Long J. Tunno
Alderman , Sir J. Lubbock, , C. Turner
J. Cohen But. M. P. Sirß.Wigram,Bart.
A. Chatfield W.Mellish, M.P. G. Ward
I. Dennison 3.Marryatt, M.P. J. Wilmot,inn.
C. Enderley J.Maidand, M.P. B. Waters
Z. Forster M. M'Donnell
Amount of Subscriptions Advertised
_ ADDITIONAL SIT"

4111,41P1 O.
TIONS. _

Carrick and Maclean 50 0
Glynn, Mills, Halifax,
and Co. - 305 •
Alderman Scholey 52 10
Daniel Fosaick - 10 10
T. Bed, Swithin's.lane r.O 0
Randall Jackson 10 10
ADDITIONAL SUESCR
S'llithX, Marten, and

_
fieschell, Brot,den, Pith
chef and Schreiber 105 0
John Strover - 10 0
Mrs. Strover - 5 0
Their Grand-daughter 1 0
. Stratton, Gibson, ani 1
Fuller - 105 0

PTIONS AT LLOYD'S.
Lefevre,Cuniei,& Ce. 104 0
T. Rice, of Breekbin d 0
D. Stephenson - 50 0
S. Doneldran - SS 10
Turnbull and Co. of Gt.

St. Barbs - 101 0
William Cardale 10 10
Rev. E. Ward, ios. 6d.
Hammerskys and Co. 105 0
65 4
ITPfigato37,44lerisple 103 0
Jenner, Bush, & Joiner 105 0
James Dunlop 52 10
_ .

brakv, and J. Rosa
and co. or *aka, pet
Join Taunbull 105 0

Subscriptions are received at the Mandan House, Lloyd's
Coffee-house, and all the Bankers in London and Westminster.
The Bankers and others, who have received subscriptions, are
respectfully requested to send the particulars to the Committee,
at the City of London Tavern.

COURT OF INQUIRY', CNELSRA COLLEG.&

TENTH DAY,-.CONCLUDED.
EXAMINATION OF SIR A. Wi.j.LESLEY SY SIR MARRY
SURRARD.
Q. Did the French cavalry patrole round the Bri-
tish camp on'the night of the I9th of August. How
near, and when e—A. I don't recollect that the

French cavalry patroled very near the British camp,
on the night of the 19th of August. They certainly did
very early in the morning of the 20th. A division had
been dispatched at an early hour that morning, under
General Spencer, on the road towards Lourinha to
facilitate the junction of General Anstruther's bri-
gade, which had landed in a bay to the southward
of Peniche. That division was posted on the height
between Lourinhau and Vimiera, and the. French ca-
valry patroled very closee• to it.
Q. Do you think it was possible for an army con-
sisting of 16 or 17,000 men, to march nine miles after
part of another army greatly superior in cavalry with-
out the movement being speedily made known to the
train body of the retreating army ?—A. I think under
the circumstances of the country, and of position? it
was possible for the army to march* at nine..vorles
distance, without that march coming to the knowledge
of the other army in less than two or three hours. -.
Q. What distance was it from the British army to
Tones Ve Iras ?—.A. It was nine miles from Vimiera
$o Tones Vedras, and the British army was always
on its march an hoar before day-light. r
Q. Is Torres Vedras less distant fromVimiera than
hi.dm Is, and how much ?—A. I imagine Torres Ve.
dram is 12 miles distant from Mafra—Vimiera is from
17 to 19 miles.
Q. If the French at Tones Vedras had kittriiicor,
the march of the British army, could not they have
reached Matra first, and have gained reinforcements.
teem St. Julien and Cascayes ? -
I
sital conceive not—the British would have been at
first, as they would have marched an hour
before day-light; The enemy's line ot tetreat would I
probably have been by Cabesa and Montelaver.
always estimated the French force in Lisbon, St.. .In-1
lien, Cascayes and the batteries, to be about 5000
They were troops in whom much confidence could
not be planed for operations in the field, being
principally Hanoverian, Italians, and people from
Dalmatia j and as ate British Admiral Vas anchored
off Cascayes with the fleet, and had with hint the
Royal Veteran Battalion for the purpose of alarming
the the enemy upon those points, and as was settled
with him, that as we.advanced, he Abould'illsOnbarh
and the Rarities of the fhietin the
of the Rod of Lisben, I ontelve the
clot have ventured to treebeit the soe
forts on thy Tagus to reinfbree
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been nangswy to aufick Cascayes and