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fennel... after.ihe usual private and publie examination,
the degree of 7Dpetor. in Medicine on Mr. WILLI*,
delilli; sergeOnib the SBth reginientof 'foot. !
. Colonel flairetSer, brother' of the- able and gallant
.I..:ltutenarit:Gerietal Sir GEORGE Pezvosr, _is .ap.
pointed Atsiettut trquarter-Master-Getieral in theYqk
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Lieutinifst Lori edARLES SPEI4GER, of the 52. d
- regiment, and Aide-de-Camp to General Sir W.
STEWART, who was severely wounded in the action
of the 13th December, is second son of the Marquis
of BLANDHoIt.D.
' The Ist battalion of-lhat distinguished old corps,
the • 65d Regiment, now in Martinique, are under
orders Hi jots the ,loops in North America, under the
- -tommand of Sir Gk:ORGE PRFVOST; Whom they had.
• • the. honour of serving with at the reduction of several
' Of the West' India Islands. • This fine regiment is
: no* 1090 srong, and, were particularly noticed 'far
their gallantry.at the.battle of Bunker's Hill.—The
2d battalion of the 63(1,
.Reginicet is likewise under
orders, for Holl4nd; .• ' •
About',ooo recruits hairataaribed through Ports-
mouth; for the Isle bf Wight; preparatory to their
being embarked In 'the neEt :fleet, to join different
• Corps in Judie- They are Most'? young men, ' '
T4' i-17.0ttri ridge ke4iment, eigar.teFe4. at.,l;iff9ra.,
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have givkit 400- vokuitteeri tote Laic. , ,
' The Royal Wiganrep/rent orLOca
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Avardi of 700 men') commanded' sy' Lliutenane-Co.
• lone' CLAVOiITDN, hive volontitred. their •servicee to.•
.-,tariy part 4 the linked Kingdom.
,The-Officers, non-commissionect officers,arid drum-
mers, of the Trafford and litilme.Local Militia, corn-
, ananded by Lieutenapt-Colonel WA* have..volon,,
teered their serylcestp any part of 'Coat Ilritain.,... .
Oologeltiiiin, of the,Nettingliam, Local Militi,
. in ansvier to all offer of extended services, has been
officially lammed, that it-is not expected 'that 'the
- Local Militia eorpi,willhe called out anti, the time
appointed fOr the_ yearly exercise.
The privates of the North Hants Militia, since the
. arrival elf the regimental liana, have very spiritedly
'volunteered Tinto the line., forlimited service.
' Assistent.Surgeon C. DYMOKE, of the Royal Ar-
tillery, for ungentlernarrlike and insulting' language
to two Officers of the same corps, and Ensign CAftz-
JIODY, for intoxication and insubordination, have beep.
cashiered. •• . , : . , ---,T -. -"' i:,
• -.Ließtesant: Keocts, .. of the Sidt regimeregi metro-= Ns
been dismissed the. service, pursuant to the sentence
of 'it
.Coutt, Martial, :held at Halifax, for '• being
'drunk' wheii 04cer.rit the guard, in charge of pu-
7eitineri efstai atAelville IsTarid." ' • ' • •-' .-
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.74onsas Bockvon, whose trill by &Art-martial, fot`
- Alt serting.from -the 45th vegimerat,•and lacerating the.
...tendons of his heel,,we noticed some-weeks ago, was
•,. jeopeet! fropt_t be county , gaol, on Tuesday, to the,
-"bart.Los, and on: Wednesday was brought out to hear-
-;;lsii'seetenCe, sehiCh was, that he should receive nisi
;.rithattaaii &ales tor maiming-himself, he beingacqu'tt 4
of; -tV cbarge of desertion. Five htindred mu I fift4i
-11.4asite144 ieeiitti wittiotit totteting a word, when the
Burgeoq ,napped in, aild Jimmied thbtfliction.
• 2'' . • PRObLWINLATION
.., i .•• • ISSUED BY LORD WELLINGTOND•MCPRAPICIL ' . 4
F.'''. ' . • ' • • Read-quarters, Dec. 18, Hill. •
Raving taken iota sorkeration the necessity of fixing that:
bates upon which trode is to be carried on in the Ports of French
Mayotte, lying to the South of tie Adout, the Commander-in-
c./WV the•Allied,Army makes known : •
1. That these Forts shall be.considered free Ind open to indi-
viduals of ilt•Nations (with tbp exception of those that may be
`.e! war with any of the AlliotiEnwero) and to produce of evert
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~t. There sluff hi levied on all goods-imported by into
. '!fete ports, a duty of S per Cent. advalorem;esettiPthig front
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auch duty the following Articles : - t
• Wheat, Indian Corn and Flour, Bailey, 'Oats, Bran, Bisceit,
Brea.!, Beans, Peas, Salt. . .
3. Goods and Prnvisions imported by sea for -the AlliedAradist
'libel be exempted from paying the duty fixed by Art. 2.
4. The Municipalities are charged with the organization of the
Establishments requisite for raisiol the duties ; and, they are to
• submit to the Commander-in-Chief regulations for the execution
.- of the sqvice vikth which they are charged. • . ... .
5. The Municipaliles shall Make a report every !dor'
the Commander-in-Chit f, of the Iniporrs during tile k
Week, and specifying -the amotint of -the duties levied ;
will give them orders for the application thereof.
' • (Signed) - Wfaz!liatele•
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EXTRACT OW A LETTER FROM A. oinela IN OUR.
, ARMY, DATED BRITISH CAMP NEAR ARBAW, SOUTH.
Op PRANGE, 'DECEMBER 1.4 1613. ,
. We are allow placed so mach in the immediatel
presence of the enemy, that -duty is beconie so severe
as to make us strangers to what a good night's rest
consists of.N. However 'we are r.ll cheerful, in high
spirits, and bear all with alacrity for the honour of
one eountry. From the 9th to the 13th inst. we have
1.14 very sever* 4g4l)g. SOVLT feeling himself cod-
' fined within a„spiallajtam, and, having the prospect'
kefore bis riyeC of being - started, has for five:days,
struggled tb rid himself
.pf us, his-unwelcome and
troublesome neighboura, From his concentrated po.
,- • sition,le had much at command, and a very reason-1
able prospect that his atocks would have been at.
tended with some success. He alternately assailed
Us on the' left Ted on the righi,• each point with nearly
the whole of his force, whichis not Mitch inferior to
our aggregate, We advanced on-the 9th merely to
make ourselves a little more comfortable, and to see
what might be done. The left column of the left „
wing qt beyond the village of 4.uglef, about one
mile mad a half frOm- Bayonne i the right column
also adzinced, and established itself on the right bank
of the Nive. On the 10th the main force oi-the left
e; lured haying retired to its former position, part of
lhe .sth division alone remained on the ground vihich
'm the preceding day was occupied by the whole
.kody. The,enemy perceiving this, salted forth with
four disrisioosl• Iroye in'the out-posts, and succeeded
inf./taking a few men of die piqiiets prisoners. The
- action, which..took place in conseqeence' was very
sharp, arid- the Stbdivision 'sustained considerable
1055...9, bet 11th during the itigUt,'the 2d battalion
of the 'regiment of Nassau, with a detachment of an
other battalion, amounting to 1200 strong, came over
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.kept up sach ..narp and Weil-directed fire that the
.ground could not be touched 'while dal:light conti-
nued, for if an individual only appearaii Mart fire
was-directed on him. ' • - •
" When night came on, the .6111kerii•iiiiked out
the ground within less than 150 yardi of the French
sentinels, observing the most profound silence. About
twelve o'clock this night, we observed the enemy's
fires going out, which gave us suspicion that they
were withdrawing their troops in order to make an
unexpected attack on Sir- ROWLAND HILL on the
right. His Lordship immediately rode off full speed,
and arrived in time to see the enemy get a complete
threshing. --On the 13th they attacked Sir R. HILL
with three divisions, supported by four more, but the
gallant General forced them at all points, and firmly
established himself on the left bank of the Adour.,
vrhere he is enabled to intercept all supplies going to
'Bayonne by that river, and it is thought that m con-
sequence of this, SOULT must retire, as this was the
'chief sonree of his supplies, the main roads being im-
passable for heavy articles at this rainy -season.. •.
. OfTrajlCe much:resembles tbe:mos,
parts of England—the small lanes andrOads.
ale 11p to the knee in mud, anti we all look as if 'lle
had twin draggecrtfirough'it f 'We must have gay-
pone this winter, and then, in the spring, we shall
open the carnp4ign in some style..., There are many
American vessels in the harbour, and the prospect of
being-able to handle the Yanketis a little, is not in the
least displeasing."(
4xTnAct of A. LETTSIt 111024 A. SERJEANT 08 THE 924

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REGIMENTI DATED CAMP, RANKS OF THE NIEVE,
13TH DECABI3, TO HIS FATHER IN GLASGOW : •
gi I joined the regiment on the Bth of October, and
we have been marching every d-iy since after the
enemy, but never came up with them till the 10th inst.
when the whole army was engaged. We drove them
off a large hill in France. which we occupieTall that
night. Next day we marched after them, but did
not come up with them till the 12th, when we drojie
them out of their intrenched-Works on the banks of the
Adour. We are still lying close to the banks of that
,fiver, and, cannot cross it till a .bridge be repaired
valiCh the French blew up in'their retreat. Our divt-
don (the light infantry) suffered little; we had tuit
Above four killed and wounded. In short, asofast
':Are advance upon them, so fast do they retreat.;
they left their provisions behind without fighti
, for them, which a Briton would never have dorii.
The river, which is about 200 yards broad, is muc
,swollen- by the great rains and falls of snow ; the.
French are lying on the opposite side, and we scarcely
fire a shot at one another. We have advanced about
sixteen leagues into France. We were lately eni
'":camped at Ronsevalles, in the Pyrenean mountains,
where the snow was 14 feet 'deep, and sometimes, in
the morning, when wesot up, the'snow v.totpld have
been foil. foot deep on..pur tents, which- we had tu
taint astray trefere we'could get out."
enitt FOLL'OFING IS TIM SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THZ
GAGEMENTS OF TIIE 9TH, 10111, 11TII, 12TH, AlkD
'I3TH .DECKSINIIII• AS CCNIAINED IN THd VITTOZI4,
PAPER OF THE 18TH DECEMBER :-
41 The Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, wishing to im-
.pede dkocommunicatiow.which the enemy had with
San Juan Pie de -Port.-from Bayonne, by the high
road which proceeds fl-pm the latter place to Ronces-
valles, and oblige him at the same time, if he wished
to preserve the said comm.uniCation, to make a p.iin-
ful
compass by the right of the Adour, which, whilst
it increased the journey, should likewise render it
more difficult and precarious ; wishing, on the other
side, to give more extension to his cantonment's, and
also influenced by a number of political reasons, he
determined upon making, a general movement with
71he Allied Army, for the purpose of obtaining these
objects.
- " _Far this purpose, he made dispositions that Ge.
rneral Hill,'with the second division, that of Morilla,
and Hamilton's Portuguese division, should pass the
river Nive by the bridge or fords of Cambo, proceed
immediately to occupy the said high road,' and fcr.;
,piing a junction with the 'sixth and third -divisions
under Beresford's command, which was to execute a
rsirnilar operation by Ustaritz, immediately march
iagainst the enemy. General Hope, with the first
and fifth English divisions, and two Portuguese bri-
gades, was to threaten by the coach-road froth Bay-.
onne the entrenched camp which the enemy had
before that 'city, forming, with this corps, the leftfof.
the Allied Army ; sor that by this operation . all the
communication from Bayonne .by this side of the
Adour was interrupted, by forming a kind of semi-
circle from the 'left of this river to the sea.
" The Allied Army remained on both sides Of
the river Nive, over which it had formed two bridges
of boats to facilitate its ccrmmunicAtions between the
corps which passed the Nive and the right of Gene-
ral Hopes were conveniently placed, the light, the
fourth, and seventh. divisions, in readiness to assist
wherever it might be requisite, and forming, at the
same time, the centre of the army. • • •
" The Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo baying given the
necessary orders, set out from San Juan de Luz at
three o'clock on the morning of the 9th, taking the
direction of Ustaritz, where he arrived at break of
day; and. at the time when the sixth division had
tsvint..passed the Nive without firing a single shot,
g surprised and taken the enemy's picquets
whirl were placed on the other side. The third di-
ion immediately followed the sixth, and at Cambo
a similar operation was executed by the troops com-
manded by General Hill ; both corps advanced to
meet the enemy, who occupied a strong position, a
league and a half from Bayonne, his right supported
by the town of Villafzanca, on the banks of the Nive,
and h* left protected by the Adm.
IN -The Pdke of gincrad Rodrigo, in order to be
able to attack die enemy on the following day to ad-
vantage in his position, and outflank his right by thq
heights of Vill'afeanea, ordered the sixth division to
attack the said taint and drive the enemy frogs it:
A. triode of it, with the 9th regim4t. of Portuguese,
.oacattores, performed this with the utmost prowl*?
tude ; but. the enemy having been very conarrthrhWy
ise4nforced; returned against our troop? and again pby
tamed possession of that important point, atter an
obstinate resistance. however, the Duke, who wished

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