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London, England, 1809-03-24 00:00:00

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

(Continsudfrom our last.)
N. is a letter from Lord Castlereagh to Ge-
neral Leith, dated September 26, 1308, informing
Fro that the Marquis de Roman:Vs army in Spain,
w.is to he paki and subsidized, until further orders,
at the expellee of Great Britain.
rile remaining part of the correspDndence chiefly
relates to the operations of the British forces under
Sir John Moore and Sir D. Baird.]

INo. LVIJI.

Copy of a Letter from Viscount Castlereagh to Lieutenant Gene-

ral Sir John Moore.

Downing-strect, Sept. 26, I 808.
Sir—His Majesty having determined to employ a
corps of his troops, of not less than thirty thousand
infantry and five thousand cavalry, in the north of
Spin, to co-operate with the Spanish armies in the ex.
pulsion of the French from that kingdom, has been
graciously pleased to entrust to you the command in
chi,•f of this force.

The officer commanding his Majesty's forces in
Portii-a1 is directed to detach under your orders a
corps of twl thousand infantry, together with the
1 5g I; ,tn.i King's German regiment of light dragoons,
now at Lisbon, and a due proportion of artillery, to
be joined by a corps of above ten thousand men,
which is now assembling at Falmouth, the detail of
which ycu will receive herewith inclosed.
The czvalry will he sent from hence upon the re-
turn;of the horse transports from the Tagus, sometime
since ordered ; and it may be expected to arrive be-
fore the rest of the corps can be assembled and equip-
red to take the field.
It has been determined to assemble this force in
the north of Spain, as the quarter where they can be
most speedily brought together, and that to which
the exertions of the enemy appear at present to be
principally directed. As it will require considerable
arrangements before a force of this magnitude can be
enabled to take the field, and as it is not deemed ad-
visable that it should be partially committed against
the enemy before the whole cast be assembled, and
rendered completely movable, it has been thought
prudent to send that part of this army which is to
proceed from hence, to Corunna, rather than to dis-
embark any part of it, in the first instance, at any po-
sition more advanced towards the enemy.
. . .

It will be for you to consider, on what points in
Galicia or on the borders of Leon, the force can be
most advantageously assembled and equipped for
service, from whence they may move forward as early
ns cireum,tances shall permit ; and it is left to your
juignient to decide, whether the whole of the infan-
try aiiid artillery shall be transported from Lisbon by
sea to Corunna, or whether a proportion shall be
sent through Portugal to that destination. The.%-
valry you will of course direct to move by land; and
if the horses for the artillery can take the same route,
so as to admit of the whole of the horse transports
being returned to England, it will tend much to' ac-
celerate the arrival of the cavalry from hence.
It will be necessary to concert with the Commis-
sary General, Mr. Erskine, who will be attached to
the service of your army, the best means of assem-
bling an adequate supply of horses and mules for ren-
dering your army moveable ; and that this may be
effocted with more dispatch, it may be advisable to
draw your supplies from different parts of Spain, and
not altogether to depend upon Galicia, which has
been considerably drained of its resources, by the
eqgipment of general Blake's army.
A Deputy Commissary General, Mr. Azziotti, has
been dispatched with Colonel Hamilton, of the wag-
gon train, into the Asturias, to procure such horses and
mules :is that country can furnish ; kind he is direc-
ted to la port the progress of his purchases to you.—
W 'aen you have ascertained the numberof draft cattle
of ditTcreot doeicriptions that ) on will require for ren-
deriagveer nmy movable (which you will feel it
important to restrict within the narrowest compass
tonsii.tent with the efficiency of your corps)—
you wiil be enabled to regulate the purchases made
by the several agents ; and should you deem it ne-
cessary to procure the support of his Majesty's Mi-
nister. Mr. Frere, who is now proceeding to the Cen-
tral Government to facilitate these purchases, you
will address yourself to him on this subject, or to any
of his Majesty's civil Cr military agents, now employ-
ed it respective provinces in Spain.
inclose for your information a statement of the
various equipments which have proceeded with the
respective corps now on service in Portugal, which,
subject to the waste that has since taken place, will
enable you to judge of the means immediately within
your reach for the equipment of your army.
I also send a similar statement with respect to the
corps assembled at Falmouth, under the orders of
Lieutenant General Sir David Baird. Whatever
hupplies van may wish to receive, not therein includ-
ded, will be immediately forwarded from hence.
With respect. to provisions, the principle upon
which I have acted has been to send three months
proviiees in victuallers, with every corps that has
moved. ex itlesiye of the provisions in their trancports,
which 7' v I averaged at about ten weeks additional
ireatia This supply, aided by the cattle to be
j.r0n:,..1 for the troops when on shore, may be
e2ezr.rd as con,iderably exceeding a supply for six
srionths. And as provisions !,.; 20,000 men for three
months are ordered to be em!)...rked, and constaralv
'pt op as a depot here, there be no diiTanlty
se.l..l;ng you at the shortest notice, such suppli,.:,
s yo•! :Tv,/ think may be rlr:re conveniently iutro-
diucei tin ca, and for wincli yen may not think it ,
prudeLt to de end or. ur: r.l.!.,nrees of the country.
A late proTortion O I.::.cu:t.!las been sent in the
vic'caal.'2rs, that ).ott nee,: lie reaeved from the incon-
veniveo 2 of bal.ing w!.en tke tri,( ps are in motion.
resp..ct :o Life pl:In of operations, on which
u,•:y c:Tedit Ili to employ your c,,rps, when
ready for theic '.il be full
taoc, Leo c y‘lur equipmcirs arc c:in;?1,.:.,..‘d, for con.
ce,ti ties the Corranan&rs of the Spanish
form.

• no time in fc rwarciing to you from hence 1
such n:ittoil as I may have been enabled to col-
lect ; I ant to recommend, that you will take
the necessary measures for opening a communication
with the Spanish authorities, for the purpose of fram-
' z,.t. plan 01 the comp:4n, on which it may be
:••'v•••.ible that the respecuvi armies should.tict in
\concert.

His Majesty has been pleased to direct, that the
command in which you are employed, should be con-
sidered as distinct and separate from that of Portu-
gal ; but you will continue to communicate with the
officer in the chief command at Lisbon, and act in
concert with him, as may be most for the advantage
of his Majesty's service.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) CASTLEREAGH.
To Lieut. Gen. Sir John Moore, K. B. &c.

No. 59 informs Sir John Moore that Sir D. Baird
is about to join him with ten thousand men from this
country.
No. 60 contains instructions to Sir D. Baird to
proceed with his force, without loss of time, from
Falmouth to Corunna, thence to march forward into
Spain.
No. 64 informs Mr. Frere, at Madrid, of the in-
tended operations of the armies under Sir J. Moore
and Sir D. Baird.

No. 67 is a letter from Lord Castlereagh to Sir
John Stuart, in Sicily, suggesting out some means of
annoyance, by keeping a floating army huvering on
the coast of Catalonia.—To Le continued.

The Life of the Great Join, Duke of MAut.ho-
tiovott, which BONAPARTE has sent to the present
Duke, is perhaps the only remaining examplar of a
few copies printed upon vellum paper, and bound in
a most superb manner, by order of SARAH, Duchess
of MARLBOROUGH, in order to be presented to the
different Monarchs of Europe. One of the ornaments,
on which much expence and labour had been bestow-
ed, was transmitted by the Duchess to the KING of
France ; and as the original and splendid edition is
now extremely scarce, BONAPARTE has returned to the
family of Marlborough the copy which was deposited
in the French National Library. The work was
written by MALLET, the I'oet, who received 10001.
from the Duchess of MARLooßoticit, as a reward for
his labour.

A general Court Martial has lately been held, at
Chelmsford, on Michael and Thomas Cassidy, privates
of the 2d battalion of the 4th, (or King's own) re
giment of foot
" For having deserted from the said battalion, at Colchester-
Barracks, on the 14th August, 1808." _ .

The Court found the prisoners Guilty of the crime
alledged against them, and sentenced them to be
transported as felon:, for the term of seven years, and
afterwards to be at the disposal of his Majesty, for
service as soldiers in any of his Majesty's forces :
Which sentence his Majesty has been pleased to ap.
prove and confirm, and to command that the priso-
ners, Michael and Thomas Cassidy, shall be trans.
ported as felons, for seven years, to New South Wales;
and, at the expiration of such period, that they shall
serve as soldiers in the corps stationed in that colony.
Rachd Wright, who was lately condemned at Edin-
burgh for child stealing, has received his Majesty's
pardon, on condition of her being transported beyond
seas all the days of her life.
At Marlborough-street, on Wednesday, John Ward,
an oilman, who resided in John's-court, Golden-square,
was committed for trial, charged by his neighbours
with setting fire to his apartments in the above court
on the preceding Thursday.
At the above Office, on Wednesday, a publican,
who had gone there on business, beheld at the bar his
wife, who eloped sixteen months ago with a Seijeant
of the Guards, and had not since been heard of. She
appeared there to prefer a complaint against another
paramour, with whom she had eloped from the Ser-
jennt. She fell into a swoen on beholding her hus-
band, was put into a coach, and conveyed away by
her lawful owner.

Yesterday, James Higginbothom was committed
to Bridewell, for intruding himself into the service of
Mr. Preston, of the King's Road, by means cf a false
character.

At the Mansion-house on Wednesday, the printer
and publisher of a large posting bill, which had been
put up in different parts of the City, was brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor. This placard was in the form
of a play-bill with large lines at the top "By command
—Theatre of the Universe—only pit and gallery, &c. &c.
His Lordship desired the printer to let no more of
those bills be issued in the City, as whatever the in-
tention might be, it was a deception that few could
understand.

HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterday J. Locileader and a
younger brother, were fully committed, on three
charges of stealing a horse, cart, and carpenters' tools,
at Cudlam, in Kent.

A great crowd assembled at Willsden-green on
Tuesday, to see a pitched battle between a butcher
and a baker. Just previous to the set-to some con-
stables from Hatton-garden Office appeared and stop-
ped the proceedings. A bull was however baited on
the spot, and the match of fisty-cuffs was decided two
miles further on the road at dusk in the evening. It
was a hard battle, and won by the baker.
An Inquisition was taken on Tuesday, at the
Mount, in Mount-row, on the body of John Kearnes,
coachman to Lord Eardley, who met his death the
proceeding day by suffocation. It appeared that
Lord Eardlcy's stables had been white-washed, and
on Saturday night, on the coachman's going to bed
over the stables, he made a charcoal, fire to avoid the
&Imp, and in the morning he was found dead from
suffocation.—Accidental Death.

A mz)st daring robbery has been effected on the
hank of Messrs. Omar, Hall, and Co. Staffordshire.
Different bills, to the amount of near £2OOO were
stolen, part of which, between 3 and £4OO have been
since found, tied up in a handkerchief, and thrown
into a ditch on the Wolverhampton-road, along with
a small writing de4, which was likewise stolen from
the same bank.

The body of an elderly woman, named Masters, ryas
taken out of the Paddington Canal, on Wednesday.
It appears she had been nursing a lady at Uxbridge,
and she is supposed to have fallen into. the canal in
[returning to town.

The following rneisincholy accident happened lately
in the parish of Boharm :—Mrs. MITGINELL, who kept
a sewing school in Rothes, went out one evening to
draw water in a rivulet hard by, and in stooping
down, fell into it, and was drowned. Her cries had
been heard by the people in the. village, but stipeo-
sing them to proceed from the children at play;they
•
paid no attention to thorn.

SUSSEX ASSIZES.

HORSHAM, MAR CH 21.
TIIE KING v. JOHN CRIINOON.

The defendant was indicted for indecently expos-
ing himself on the beach at Brighton, on the 26th
of June and 2d of July last.
Mr. GURNEY having opened the indictment, Mr.
Seijeant SHEPHERD stated the circumstances of the
case. He observed, that it had long been the prac-
tice of various persons to undress and bathe so near
to the houses and within view of the inhabitants of
the town of Brighton, that at length many respecta-
ble persons had associated themselves into a Corn-
mittee to prevent such an indecent nuisance. They
had accordingly met and pointed out the limits with-
in which persons not using machines might bathe in
the sea, and in general most persons acquiesced in their
resolution. In order, however, that no person might
complain of any hardship, they resolved that all per-
sons who were invalids, and to whom k might be incon-1
venient to walk to the distance prescribe 1, should have
,tickets given them on appiieation to the Committee,
which would entitle them to the use of a machine gratis.
And still further, to preserve public decency, they had
built a hut on the beach, wherein any person might
undress himself under cover. Notwithstanding these
different accommodations, the defendant, who was a
taylor, at Brighton, refused to conform to these rea-
sonable regulations, but obstinately persisted in the
indecent practice of bathing within a few yards of
the houses. He had been frequently remonstrated
with, but his uniform answer was, the sea was free,
and. he would bathe when and where he pleased. Nor
was he merely content in doing this in his own person,
but he had induced many others to follow his exam-
ple, and he constantly came at the head of his com-
panions, by whom he was denominated the Captain,
and in defiance of all decency and remonstrance,
daily exposed himself naked on the beach. The
Learned Serjeant observed, it imported the character
of the town to prevent such practices, inasmuch as no
decent man could suffer the female part cf his family
to walk abroad if their eyes were to be offended with
such gross practices. The object of the present pro-
secution was not a vindictive one, it was only to teach
the defendant and others, that they would rot be per-
mitted to follow such practices with impunity.
Mr. Ellis, a Gentleman who resided in Bedford-
place, Brighton, proved that the defendant bathed on
the days stated in the indictment, and persisted that
he would continue to do it, as the sea was free. He
also stated the precautions taken by the Committee to
prevent such indecencies.
This testimony was confirmed by F. Gunn, one of
the bathers employed by the inhabitants of Brighton,
to warn persons against bathing in exposed situations.
He stated, that he had given to the defendant one of
the hand-bills, in which persons bathing without ma-
chines were desired to go eastward of the Crescent,
and westward as far as Hove. Upon which occasion
the defendant said he would bathe where he pleased.
Mr. MARRYATT addressed the Jury for the defen-
dant, stating that it had been the custom at all times
for persons to bathe where the defendant now bathed,
and contending that they ought not to be disturbed
because Mr. Ellis, the witness, had thought proper to
run up his houses within view.
The CHIEF BARON thought this a serious question,
and stated his opinion, that it was an offence against
decency and morality. If a town grew up, the inha-
bitants must not he annoyed with indecent spectacles,
and therefore it became the duty of the bather to re-
tire to remoter situations.—The Jury found the de-
fendant guilty.

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