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London, England, 1813-10-28 00:00:00

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'his inierptiaing Partisan cOntinnes his *tackle:6s
.canei has now, it is said, entered Oldenburg►
and wall no doubt push down.the coast in the same
din:aims i the navigation of the EMS and Weser is'
thaa likely to be once More opened to our oommerce.
The following are all the details of this gratifyibg
neat with which we are as yet acquainted :

44 HARWICH, OCT. W.
gi By the Simnel and Mary fishing vessel, which ar.
rued last night from Heligoland, we hive received the'
pleas?ng intelligence of the capture of Oldenburg, by
the enterprising Max=Boau—day not mentioned;
this veseel.sailed on Sunday, at which time there was
nothing new front the armies near Leipsic.' A large
fleet froin'Gottenburgh has been passing all day, and
several transports have put into this harbour ; in
them the Spanish troops, which deserted some time
since from the French Army, have arrived. The
Lord Duncan packets hourly expected from Got.
tenburgh. The several outward.bound packeti, with
three sets of mails, are yet detained by contrary
wind."

Government, however, have received no intelli-
gence whatever as yet on the above subject.

Letters from Heligoland of the 24th instant have
been received at Hull. The accounts from the
,Allied Arn3y, in the neighbourhood of Leipsic,
mention, that no engagement had as yet taken
place between the hostile armies up to the 18th, but
add, that their respective positions, and the prepara-
tions that had been made on both sides, .rendered it
extremely probable, that before the lapse of !many
hours, a great battle would be fought.
A letter from Altona, dated October 17, says, the
French Mails of the Sth, 9th, and 10th, have not yet
arrived.

Wranson, f7.—Yesterday morning her Ma-
nny, accompanied by the Princesses JELIZAISTiI
.End MARY, honoured Mr. and Mrs. VySit with a visit
at their. seat at Stoke green.--The Princess Auourra
is lot sufficiently recovered to leave the Castle.—The
Princess CHaatorrr., as usual, rides on horseback.in
the morning, and in the ahernoon in her phaton,
when the weather permits.
ROYALHotrr.—Monday. a numerous assemblage
of sportsmen met at the Blackbirds, near Waltham
Common, when, soon after ten o'clock, a deer was
turned out, which, taking to the left of Broad Com-
mon, went through the woods by the Bill and Bear,
taking to the right, towards Hare Hatch, and went
through the lnclosures, where he .was taken, near the
Seven Stars, on the Reading Road, after a very ex-
cellent run of upwards of two hours and a half.
WHITECHAPEL SOCIETY TOE THE EDUCATION or
THE Poott.—The ceremony of laying the first stone of
a building designed for the Instruction of 1000 poor
Children of this and some surrounding Parishes, took
place yesterday. At eleven o'clock all the boys and
girls from the different schools, to the amount of
about 800, 'attended prayers at Whitechapel Church.
The fluke of CLARENCE, the Loan MAYOR, several
of the Aldermen, &c. &c. were present. Prayers
were read by the Rev. D. MATIIIAs, the Rector, and
an eloquent sermon preached by the. Bishop of Low-
DoN. At three o'clock the procession from the church
to the ground, in the rear of the workhouse, took
place, when his ROYAL HIGHNESs laid the first stone
with the usual ceremonies. The Company afterwards
repaired to the City of London Tavern, where they
partook of a sumptuous dinner.

Saturdaynight being very tempestuous, four French
prisoners endeavoured to effect their escape from Por-
chester prison, by cutting through the ward they
were confined in, and afterwards scaling the walls.
The thunder was so loud, and the rain poured down
in such torrents, that three of them succeeded before
the sentry posted on the-wall discovered them. When
he did, he seized the fourth, mad gave the alarm, and
another was taken ik the barrack-yard. The other
two ran off, but were immediately pursued, and soon
retaken, one on Portsdown-hill, near the monument
of Lord Nelson, the other near llorndean.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
been pleased to inform the Committee at LLo'n's, in
reply to an inquiry respecting the sailing tromWingo
Sound of the fleet expected from the Baltic, that, by
a letter received from Captain Rye, dated in Wingo
Sound, the 21st instant, the convoy was to sail from
thence the following day, but he does not mention under
what farce; and that Admiral YOUNG, the Comman-
der ir. Chief in the North Seas, has been appused of
the intelligence received respecting the two French
frigates which were seen on the Coast of Scotland on
the 22d instant.

The following is a copy of a letter from Capt. W.
CLARK, of the ship Friends. to his Agents in London :
" WINOO SOUND, OCTOBILIL O.
44 This will inform you of my sate arrival at this
place yesterday, after having had a most disagreeable
passage from leaving the Nore, with almost a con-
stant rain, and several strong-gales, particularly the
one on the 14th, from W. to S.W.—such a gale I
have not felt since the 3d and 21st of November,
1801, when so many ships were lost in the Baltic and
on the coast of Holland. We kept company with
.the convoy the very last ship, and parted at the
beginning of the gale, off Robsnout, at four in the
morning, when we hove-to, under a close-reefed try-
sail, that soon gave way ; we then set a little off the
peak of the main-sail, about eight feet from the boom,
and, in heaving, some of the roving* of that gave
way also, and, at five in the evening, were drifted up
abreast of the Scaw, and in sight of it y and about
seven the pie ceased, and it fell-little wind and.veered
round tothe northward with gentle breezes, which
run us down to Wingo ; and at daylight we came in
here. In the course of the gale; we shipped several
heavy seas, stove-in the waste and spatter-boards,
and set every thing adrift uptin deck, and stove-in
one of the dead-lights and cabin-windows. All this
is but a trifle to many of our convoy—some on shore
—.some lost masts, boats, &c. Yesterday I counted
403 sail on shore, between the castle and the town ;
and to day I have been down to Wingo, or Hawk
Roads, and saw several on shore them".

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PAIRAS§tii.

WIRIPTIN AT MILPRI IN WringMlß, 1810, BY 1 &WI
Parnassus, to the awful Powers
That haunt the fam'd CasaMs opting,
•
And Delphi's steep that hoary lowers,
The tribute eta Bard I bring.
Tito' on thy menogilt brow sublime
The fabled Nina be known no seer.
Nor hard the •Pytkia's dreaded rybme,
*has pilgrims tremble and adore:
Stupmdeus Nature, wild and lone,
Maintains her inducts= e'er the breast
Unfelt before, before unknown,
bier energy Is here contest!
The fu.come stranger still declare!
High miracles at Delphi wrought;
The soul, inert, here quickening, shams
The Poet sad the Prophet's thought!

THE ARMY.

The Saint Militia arrived at Brighton on Wed-
nesday and Thursday last, from Berkshire to take the
duty of the South Cork, removed to Lewes.

The Northumberland Militia, who had remained
in Gloucester ten days, for the purpose of giving an
opportunity for the quota of men volunteering wh•
ire due to-the line, have received their route for New-
castle-upon-Tyne.

The Northampton and Antrim Regiments of Mi‘
litia hey* unmpieted their quotas of -Voltulteers for
the line. The Norfolk Regiment had none to
this time, having turned out their quota last Vohin-
teering.
Major General MnaaaT, of the 96th Rigituent.
has resigned his appointment of Adjutant Gwei4l tb
the Forces in the West Indies.
All articles delivered from the Ordnance to Regi:
menu of Cavalry and Infantry, such as firelocks,.
bayonets, pikes. Ike. are required, by the regulatiotia,
to last twelve years, and, when deemed unserviceable,
are to be specially reported for examination.

A detachment pf the sth regiment embarked, on
Monday, at Plymouth for Span. The band of the
Monaghan regiment played theris to the beach, at
Mutton Cove, where_ they embarked with cheers, and
went on board No. 311. In the evening the women
were sent on shore, preparatory to their sailing. More
troops are expected, who Witl embark on board the
tran►ports Nos. 5, 603, 388, 638, and 349.
On the 23d instant the Oxford Militia sailed from
Bristol for Cork.

The 2d battalion of the 15th Font, being nearly
complete, expect to be ordered on service forthwith.

The 56th, or Pompadours, are to have a Sd batta-
lion, the two battalions are at present in India.
Monday se'anight, the 3d, or Old Buffs, marched
into Lewes from Horsham, on their route to Battle
and adjacents. The 45th left Lewes on Wednes-
day, for Bletchington. They are succeeded in Lewes
Barracks by the South Cork Militia, who marched
in on Friday from Brighton.
The following statement was received from an
Officer of rank, who was an eye witness of the fact 2
If About a week before Marshal Soms made his last
attack on our position in the Pyrenees, in which be
was completely repulsed, we observed coascripu
daily arriving by hundreds, in coloured clothes ;
these men were taken to the river between the two
armies, washed, and then &mei in regimentals ;
they immediately proceeded to be drilled, and prat-
tised in firing. With these raw, soldiers, after the'
short period mentioned, the assault on the lines was
made, and the Marshal was distinctly seen, in person,
repeatedly rallying them, and leading them on, until
they plainly refused to advance. The retreat ram-
=need arindingly. It is to be observed, that it
was in this attack the Spaniards alone repulsed the
assailants."

MURDEPL—Last Friday se'nnight, the body of
Thomas Deady was found murdered, apparently with
a pitchfork, which was found near him, outside of
C;trrick•on-Suir, on the Clonmel road. He had sold
pigs on Thursday at the fair of Carrick, and towards
evening, on his way home, took some refreshment at
a public-house; which he left at seven in the evening,
and sear which his body was found. He was a quiet,
industrious man, and is supposed to have been mur-
'dered for the sake of the money which he had received
at the fair.

Sunday sennight, a number of men armed, went
to the house of John Hartigan, of Cratloe mountain,
near Limerick, into which they broke, and forcibly
carried away Catherine Beery, daughter of Laurence
Scary, of Knockshanaway, County of Clare.—The
party were stopped near Ralahine, the young woman
taken from them, and Patrick Fahy, one of the
gang, taken into custody.

The sailors may well complain of flinty biscuits,
If the kind contractors for that article make them of
plaister of Paris. -
An old rogue having been sentenced to die, and
having been actually hanged, a stickler for justice,
who heard that he had been pardoned, observed, that
there was a loop-hole for every villain to creep through.
4‘ So there is," said a bye-stander, 14 but unfortunately
for this man, ke could only get his through it !"
EFFECTS OF HYDROPHOBIA.-9 mad dog having
made his appearance in the neighbourhood of Finch-
ley some days ago, and bitten some animals there,
was killed. A pig that had for a long time been
the playfellow of some children, was one of the
unfortunate creatures that came in the way, and
the instinct of the dog, which appears to be a root-
ed enmity to the pig upon all occasions, did not
desert him, even in madness. The pig was dreadfully
bitten, but did not shew the effects till yesterday.
The owner confined the pig immediately after the
bite, to a stye, which was palisadoed very strongly,
and, on the morning of Tuesday, he heard a strange
noise, as if the whole litter of pigs was attacked by
dogs. This proceeded from the animal that was, by
an extraordinary power of the hydrophobia, enabled
to imitate the ravings, not only of ha own kind, but
of the kind by which it was so much persecuted. But
the mania did not act merely in noise, for the poor
pig tore to pieces all the wood-work about het, and
then. applied her tusks to the stones and iron which
'surrounded her, until every tooth was rasped to the
' stomp She was %boo shot by the owner.