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tions received from his Royal Highness the Vicar- the preventing of all communication with individuals
General they set about the great work; and adopted "Aetna with this disorder, lied proved unavailing;
the British Constitution as the basis of the new Con- ' and plat the Physicians being of opinion that it was
stitution of Sicily. They next fixed the limits of the impossible to completely check the contagion, • the
Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary Powers—the troops had been encamped, the sick, in easy circnm-
first is lodged in Parliament, the second in the King„l stances permitted to get themselves attended in their
whose person is declared to be sacred and inviolable, I own houses, but without any communication with
but his Ministers are wponsible for their conduct to the rest of the inhabitants, and the poor been sent to
Parliament, which is empowered to try and pass sen- the King's Hospital. Since the I Ith, the day on
tence upon them, whenever they are found guilty in which the lazaret had been formed, ten persons had
the exercise of their ftmctions. The Judges are de- ' died in tt of the yellow fever ; and on the 23d, there
dared independent of any other authority ; but if a were ten sick, one whose case was doubtful, and
Judge commit an offence, he is to be impeached by three convalescents.
the House of Commons, and tried by the House of . SEPT. 19.—Malta Journals have been received by
Lords, The Parliament will no longer be composed the packet to the 26th of last month. The Number
of three branches, bnt of two Houses, viz, the House of the fifth illentions the report of a body of British
of Commons, consisting of the Representatives of the troops having arrived, or even landed, a; the mouth
Cities and Baronies : and the House of Lords, formed of Cotter° ; but nothing fiirthet is said upon. the sub-
by the union of the Baronial and Ecclesiastical ject in the following Numbers to the latest date.
Branches. The Peers cannot be tried but by the
House of Lords. No individual can be arrested, ba-
nished, transported, or condemned, but by the Judges
of the land, according to the la4s. In the enacting
of the laws the two Houses must agree ; but they are
not to be enforced as such, until they have been sane.
tioned 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 ge-
nerously 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 given up those
numerous feudal rights which could not be abolished
in any of the countries where they were established
but by force of arms ; nor be extinguished but in tor-
rents of blood. The Barons of the kingdom have, of
their own accord, waived those many privileges which
gave them a decided preeminence above the other
classes, and rest satisfied with those rights which they
enjoy in common with their fellow-citizens: thus
making of the whole kingdom of Sicily but one fa-
mily, under one head, which is governed by those just
and liberal laws which she herself has made.
MESSINA, AUGUST 8.
The following sentences have been published, in
an Order of the Day issued to the British army at
Palermo :

" Head-Quarters, Palermo, July 23.

“ At a Council of War held in the city of Messina,
in the island of Sicily, on the 4th of January, 181(2,
and thence continued at different times, to the 31st
of the same month, the following indivisluals having
been tried, the Council sentenced them as follows,
which sentences have been approved by his Royal
Highness the Hereditary Prince : Don Pietro Versau
to be imprisoned in the castle of one of the adjacent
isles, during the term of his natural life. Doti F.
Santore to pay a fine of 20,000 ounces, which sum is
to remain at the disposition of Lord William Ben-
tinck, to be distributed to the poor of Sicily, to be
imprisoned for seven years in the Castle of Pantilliaa,
or some other of the adjacent isles, and then to be
banished from Sicily for life ; or, in case the above
fine should not be paid, to be imprisoned another
seven years in the said castle. The Abate Penucio
to be degraded from his sacred functions, and im-
prisoned in one of the castles of the adjacent islands
for seven years. The Abate Menasi to be degraded
from his sacred functions, and banished for life to
one of the adjacent isles. Lieu ten an t-Colonel Infante
to be dismissed the service, and banished during the
war to one of the adjacent isles. Captain Shadra
Pandolfe to be ignominiously cashiered and impri-
soned 15 years in a castle of one of the adjacent
islands. Gaetano Lotoro to be sent to the pities
for 25 years. Gavanne Capasso to be imprisoned in
a Castle of the adjacent islands during life. Pietro
Soraw to be banished to one of the adjacent isles for
five years, or during the war. Colonel Constantino
de Filippes to be publicly cashiered, and banished to
one of the adjaceut isles during the war.
(Signed) a P. HEIION, M. G. President.
a By order of his Excellency the Commander of
the Forces, _ _ _

" CAMPBELL, M.G. and Adj. of the Forces."
FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE, SEP 12.
EXTRACTS OF PRIVATE LETTERS FROM OFFICERS UPON

TIM EXPEDITION.
ALICANT, AUGUST 26.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, SEPTEMBER £9.

The following extracts and letter have been re-
ceived at the East India House, from the Governor
General in Council at FortWilliatn, in Bengal:
Extract of a Dispatch from the Governor-General ii Council,
dated 6th March, 1812.

We deem it proper to transmit a circumstantial
detail of the assault upon the celebrated fortress of
Caßinger, and the insuperable obstacles which acca-
sionei its failure. This detail is contained in a dis-
patch from Colonel Martindell, commanding the
troops, dated the 4th ult. We have the honour to
transmit a copy of that dispatch, together with the
copy of a letter from the Adjutant-General, in which
the former has been communicated to Government.

We participate most cordially in the applause
bestowed by his Excellency the Commander in Chief'
and by Colonel Martindell, on the exemplary gal.
lantry and persevcring intrepidity manifested by the
officers and men tngaged in the assault; an assault
which, although it tailed in the immediate attain-
ment of its object, can scarcely be cLemed unsuc-
cessful ; since to the terror inspired by it must be
ascribed the subsequent surrender of this almost im-
pregnable fortress, on terms and in a manner which,
have maintained the credit of our arms, without any
sacrifice of dignity, or any concessions 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, in conducting the arrangements
and operations of the late service in Bundiecund.
We deeply lament the loss in killed and wounded,
which, by the return accompanying Colonel MArtin-
dell's dispatch, your Honourable Court will find has
attended this enterprise, but we have the sAtistaction
to learn, that, with very few exceptions, the wounded
are in a state of recovery, and that the total number
of those who have been killed, or who have died of
their wounds, including Officers, does not exceed
nineteen or twenty.
To N. B. Edmonstone, Esq.... Chief Secretary 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 enclosed copy
of a dispatch, dated the 4th ult. but only received
this morning, from Colonel Martindell, commanding
in Bundlecund, detailing the particulars of the as-,
sault on Callinger, on the morning of the second of
February,.and transmitting a return of the killed and
wounded in that most gallant enterprise.
Although the Commander in Chief deeply laments
the loss sustained by the British troops in the attempt
to carry Callinger by storm, his Excellency considers
the early surrender of that celebrated fortress to the
British power, as the immediate consequence of the
impression made on the mind of the enemy, by the
determined spirit thewn in the assault of the breach,
and by the severity of the loss he experienced on that
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 acted under him on this arduous service,
were not crowned by the immediate success which
they deserved, owing to the formidable natural ob-
stacles which opposed them, their zeal and gallantry
will not be viewed the less entitled to the distinguish-
ed approbation of his Lordship in Council.
Reverting to the arrangements made for assembling
the force beforeCallinger, and for investing the place,
as well as to the progress of the siege, the Come
mander-in-Chief finds just occasion for bringing to'
the favourable notice of Government, the conduct or
Colonel Martindell in the general direction of the
important service confided to his experience and abi-
lity ; and the persevering zeal and exertions mani-
fested by all descriptions of the troops, the detach-,
mrnts of the European cavalry, artillery, and in.
fantry, the native infantry and pioneers, in the labo-
rious operations of the siege prior to the assault on
the 2d February.
The Right Honour able the Governor-General in
Council will have noticed with peculiar satisfaction,
in Colonel Martindell's former dispatches, the tees;-1
mony borne to the services rendered by the artillery
and engineer departments throughout the siege, and
to the exemplary valour displayed by Captain Smyth,
the directing engineer, on the morning of the 2d
February.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. W. FAGAN, Adj.-General.
Adjutant-General's Office, Fort William, March 5, 1812.
TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PAGAN, ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Stn—With reference to my letter to your address
of the 2d inst. reporting the failure on the morning
of that day, 1 have now the honour to transmit a
return of the killed and wounded, and to state, for
the information of his Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief, that the storming party consisted of five com-
panies of his Majesty's 53d regiment, 12 companies
of grenadiers, and nine companies of light infantry
of the line, divided into three columns of eight cow.
panies each, exclusive of the grenadiers and light in-
fantry of his Majesty's 53d, under Captain Fraser of
that corps ; and the following is the disposition that
was made on the day previous to the attack.
The forlorn hope, consisting of a serjeant and
12 privates of his Majesty's 55d rsgitnent, were to
lead, followed by the grenadiers and light infantry
of that corps. The Ist, or leading column, consist-1
ing of the remaining three companies of his Ma- ;
jetty's 53d, and five companies of grenadiers ; the
2d cquoin, coznpsed of eight coniganie; of gran-
.

I wrote you a shoat leiter from Malton, to tell
you of our motions. Since that we have been to
Palamos, where we made two feints to land ; shewing
ourselvss off Valencia • and lastly, landed here on
the 10th. On the 15th we marched to Montforte,
remained there the next day, and on the 17th moved
to Elda. Suchet having retired to Alcira, our ca-
valry were pushed on to Villena and Alcoy ; but
upon bearing that Joseph was at El Tokiso, and
that Soult was advancing from the westward, the
troops marched back on the 19th to Montforte,
and on the 23d retired into cantonments in the
villages round this city. Our cavalry still continues
at Villena and Alcoy. General Donkin, with a few
horse, advanced 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. There is a general report, that a division of
the allied army has entered Saragossa. General
boss's corps, which had joined us, has returned to
Carthagena. The fever still continues at Orehuela
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 I shall soon join Lord Wel-
lington. The affairs in Sicily are going on well, and
the new constitution is formed.

Auo. 27.—Joseph and Suchet have effected a junc-1
Lion in the neighbourhood of Almanza and Fuente
de la Higuera. Joseph has about 17,000 infantry
and 2000 horse. I do not think they are strong
enough to attack us here, but will most likely wait ,
for Souk.

APOUST 29.—Joseph is iq Valencia. Suchet covers
Xucar : his bead-quarters are in S. Filipe, and his
cavalry in advance. Wp are about 16,000 strong.
GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 12.

General Maitland is to be reinforced by 2000 men
from MAcrca, and General Ross's division, which
is coming back from Carthagena. The last-mentioned
officer having, in an official communication to the
Governor of Carthagena, expressed a wish to be made
acquainted with the real state of the public health in
.nat city, the Board of Health made a report on the
254:1 of August, in which they stated, that the yellow
fever had lately broken out within the walls —that
the most active measures taken by titclioard, and