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approached Capt. ?Aare%Vier, 'to whom I eommuai- itittei, tlitel, ?hit The t. tapeia Roosts, had airivtd
cated similar orders, I thought I perceived his main- there from Lisbon, having sailed on the 30th, and
topmast, sails, &c. were damaged. We tacked twice -
that the Captain Stated, that before he left the Tagus
to support the Nereide, which no longer had the wind.
The enemy, on his part, seemed to rally. The wind a strong rumour prevailed in Lisbon, founded on a
now blew from all quarters, and we found ourselves telegraphic cornniunication,that Lord Wectutorox
engaged by the enemy, who all at once opened his had had in encounter with the French, and that the
fire, nearer than we expected. Taking advantage of latter had retreated In conseqttence. A Gentleman
a momentary change in the wind, I sailed towards
alto, whotn we have seen, and who quitted that city
our frigate, for the purpose of disengaging and sup-
porting her. I did not again see the Nerade. on the 29th, informs us that this report was even
" We arrived at twenty minutes after eleven in the then circulated.
midst of the contending vessels, from which we were Another account say's that the attack was partial,
not more than two musket shots distance, at the corn-
and was confined to Brigadier General CAMPBELL'S
mencement of this new action. Then, although very
near each other, within half pistol shot at most, the Brigade. And there is a rumour that Lord WEL-
fire ceased on both sides, in the fear of the frightful LINGTON is on his retreat behind the Coa, which agrees
mistakes which might occur in a dark night. with the report brought by the RomuLus.
" At this moment a ship in the group shewed three
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Bengal lights in those parts of the vessel which were
the signal agreed upon between la Renommee and A Cadiz Mail arrived last night with Papers to the
the division for night engagements. I instantly re-1 Ist inst. They contain an official letter from General
plied by chewing my number, and manoeuvred to ap- i BALLASTEROS, stating the vietory gained by the troops
proach that frigate. The Nereide did not answer. i under his command, over a detachment of the French,
" Without doubt, the remains of the smoke, the
of the which we mentioned a few days since. The accounts
variety of the winds, joined to the obscurity
night, were the cause of my new uncertainty. I from Portugal through this channel are not of a date
found myself in the middle of four ships, within pis- sufficiently late to convey any information of value.
toLshot of two of them, and the Renommee was still The force under DROUET is stated to have marched
hidden from us. I again made the night signal with
back from Andalusia to join MARMONT.
Bengal lights. I received no reply but the fire of
the English, which soon gave me to understand that !
General Sir JOHN STUART, late Commander in
/ was no longer with friends. /
" The frigate nearest me fired two cannons, which `Chief at Sicily, his Lady, and suite, are arrived at
I did not answer. I sought the Renommee and Ne. ' Portsmouth, in the El)ice armed transport ; and
teide, but could neither by signals nor otherwise dis- General BOWES and Family in the Cormorant store-
cover their situation. I have already said, that a ship : the latter (from Gibraltar) was released from
frigate made signals I did not understand, the three ,
i quarantine on Saturday morning.
other vessels which surrounded me answered them.

Our frigates then were no longer near us, for they
chewed no lights. How, without wind, could they
get to a distance ? They must have had a breeze
which I did not experience; and this breeze must have i
driven them, in spite of themselves, far from me: for
both of these Captains would willingly have sacrifi-
ced their lives for the rower of saving mw I was
nearly inclosed, and without sails, which gave the
enemy an opportunity of molesting me With their.
bow.chasers. In the hope of discovering our frigates'
situation, I stood in towards the land, which we were
close upon.
" It now was impossible for me to do otherwise
without running into the enemy's divisions, which
would have directed ill its force against the Clorinde.
The enemy would then have cut me off. I was igno-
rant of the position of our frigates—where were they?
what winds had they experienced ?
48 I was constrained t,) rrocped along the coast,
which required the adoption of the m_asures I ~tcc-
essfully took, and, in proportion as I got my sails
hoisted, I found myself the less harassed by .he envrr.
Two of their frigates, whose bowsprits nearly touched
the Clorinde's stern, cannonaded me. The two re.


THE KING.
WINDSOR, OCTOBER 12.—Drs. J. WILLA, MONROE,
and SIMHCNDS, attended before the QUEEN'S Council,
this rlsy, about twelve o'clock, together with Drs.
Sir HENRY HALYORD, BAILLII4 HCBERDEN, and R.
Wails. The Members of the QUEEN'S Council as-
sembled to receive their report were the Archbishop
of CANTERBURY, the Duke of MONTROSE, Earls of
Amthspao and WINCHILSZA. The consultation con-
tinued a considerable time, after which they went to the
Castle and held a Council with her MAJESTY upon the
subject of the report. Dr. JOHN WILLIS, it is under-
stpod, strongly recommends the same treatment and
management of the KING as was pursued when he
was afflicted at Kew.

WINDSOR•CASTLE, OCTOBER 12.
" The KING continues in the same state."
'4 WINDSOR•CASTLE, OCTOBER 13.
" His MAJESTY Continues in the same state.
" W. HEBERDEN. 44 14. BAILLIE. " R. WILLIS."
The Bulletins will in future be exhibited on Sun-
days only.
Yesterday Lord WENTWORTH and General GOA-
no N came into waiting at St. James's Palace, as the
Lord and Groom of the King's Bedchamber.
The Spanish Ambassador was among the inquirers
yesterday at St. James's Palace, respecting the King's
health.
Yesterday, about one o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT,
accompanied by the Duke of CUMBERLAND, left town
for Windsor.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Saturday evening
Mrs. &moss displayed her inimitable powers in the
character of Eufthratia, in the Tragedy of The Greeian
Daughter. The part of Eve:miler was most ably sus-
tained by Mr. YOUNG. The House was crowded in
every part.
REVENVE.—Statement of the accounts of the Re-
venue for the quarter just expired :

rr.ornng ships dropped so far astern that I could not
any lonycr distinguish their lights. The two which
pursued me did not cease making signals. At a
quarter past four o'clock I perceiveil him for the last
time. In the battle one man was killed, one drowned,
and six badly wounded!'
The remainder of the report relates to events sub.
Sequent to the battle, which are of little consequence.
It appears that the Clorinde suffered mach from want
of provisions, and that among other Vessels captured
on her return, was an English packet (the Swallow),
the mail of which was sunk. No mention, however,
is made of her having been chaced by the Tonnant.

T 111.: EV PaN I N(i S'l'A R.

LONDON.

MONDAY, OCTOtER 14.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Ct. Cons. for money 63--Ditto for account 63{ 64
3 per Ct. Reduced 62 ez. div.-4 per Cent. 78* ex. div.
Navy 5 pvr Cent. 9534—80nds 14$. 15s. pre.—Omnitun it dls.
Exch. 13dIs (3d.) par to 2s. pre.—Ditto (3 *11) 4s. to is. pre.

The Income of the Consolidsted Fund hu
amounted to - - - 110,229,1135
The Charge is • - - 7,430,000
Leaving a Surplus of - - - 1,799,835

We have seen a letter from a Mr. Clements, who I
was taken prisoner some time ago by the enemy, and i
carried into a Dutch port. After being some time
confined, being a skilful shipwright, he was offered
his liberty,on condition that he should engage to work
on the French ships at Flushing. This he assented
to, with a determination of making his escape the first I
favourable opportunity that presented itself : this op- I
portunity occurred on the night of the 2cl inst. when
he got off in an open boat, attended by two Dutch 1
fishermen. After an imminent risk of their lives,
they got an board a British vessel, which landed them
at Yarmouth on the ea:, from whence Mr. C's letter
is dated. The information communicated by this
gentleman is highly important, and we doubt not
will receive due attention. He states, and his sources,
were it prudent to detail them, are unquestionable,
that ,d the whole of the Scheldt fleet (now completely
manned and equipped) is destined to the Baltic (Co-
penhagen) to form a junction with the fleets of Den-
mark, Sweden, and Russia; and that it was generally
known in Holland, that a descent, with this power.
ful fleet, on a large scale, was to be made on the
eastern shores of this kingdom."—We offer no sug-
gestions on this important information.. We have
done dur duty in publishing it.

The comparative account of the War Taxes for
the quarters ended the 10th of October, 1810, and
1811, is—

Customs - - -
Excise - - -
Property Tax -

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Little additional information has been received on
the subject of the reported !male in the vicinity of
Ciudad Rodrigo; but from a comparison of the vari-
ous accounts obtained, it is supposed that the force
0 the enemy consisted of a powerful escort, with
supplies for that fortress; that the French succeeded
in throwing in such supplies, when our blockading
army is said to have been repulsed ; and that the
subsequent advantage was nothing more than the
[\ re-occupation of the former ground by the Allies, on
lithe retreat of the escort, after it had accomplished
its purpose.
A letter, received on Saturday, from Liv.--

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THE ARMY.
The Pante! Ittoarr is ezpeeted to set off in a few
days on a tour of Military Inspection through the
County of Kent.
AU the horse transports at Portsmouth are ordered
to proceed immediately to Ireland, to take in 1230
cavalry for Portugal.
The 2d battalion of the 7th, 50th, and 81st regi-
ments are ordered to Portsmouth, to embark in tran-
sports for Guernsey and Jersey.
One hundred waggons, laden with ammunition,
were sent on Tuesday from Chelmsford, to be imme-
diately shipped for Jersey and Guernsey.
A transport has arrived at Plymouth, from Rams.
gate, with part of the East Norfolk Militia, on their
voyage to Cork.
The FOLKESTONE lugger has arrived at Harwich,
with the NINfROD, NESTOR, and CLARENDO:4, having
on board the Louth Militia.
Government has ordered a transport at Portsmouth
to take back such of the soldiers's wives of the Irish
Militia as with to .return to Ireland ; and on their
landing there, they will be allowed ten shillings each
to carry them home.
GENERAL ORDERS.
BY LiTITENANT.GINZICAL SIR JOAN STUART, K. B. and C.
COUNT OF MAID*.

Messina, August 13, 1811.
No. I.—Copy of a dispatch from the Right Hon. the Earl of
Liverpool to Lieutenant General Sir John Stuart, K. L and
C. dated Downing-street, February 18t d, 1811.

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Sts—Hie Royal Highness the Prince of Wales having entered
'upon the exercise of the Royal Functions oti behalf of his Ma-
jesty, as Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, I have been ena-
bled to lay before his Royal Highness your several dispatches,
which had been received sbbsequent to the commencement of
Ith Majesty's lamented indisposition.

" I have it now in.conunand from the Prince Regent to ac-
quaint you, that his Royal Highm•ss has been graciously pleased
to accept the resignation of your command over his Majesty's
land forces in the Mediterranean as tendered in your dispatch of
the 11th October.
" 1 am at the same time charged to express the sense which
his Royal kfigliness entertains of your distinguished services
since you have been Invested with this command, and more par-
cularly during the arduous and anxious period of the last sum-
mer when Sicily was threatened by a most formidable enemy,
and was only saved front the impending clinger by the vigilance
and firmness of his Majesty's forces, supported by the friendly
zeal of the Sicilians; nor are the cordiality and attachment which
the latter have manifested among the least convincing proofs of
the high discipline and exemplary conduct that have been maiti►
rained by the army under your immediate command in Sicily.
" His Royal Highness has been pleased to appoint Lord WU-
ham Bentinck to succeed to the command of the British land
forces in Sicily, and, at the same time, to replace Lad Amherst
as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Palermo..
" You will be pleased to retain the personal comnimia
Army until the arrival of Lord William Bentinci, when 1 am to
request you will communicate to him the fullest Information In
your power with regard to the actual state of affairs in the Me&
terranean. as well as what relates more particularly to the military
objects in Sicily. Have the honour, &c. (Signed)
" LIT 11l POOL."
No. SI.-1 Lieutenant General Lord William Bentinek belug
new arrived in Sicily, the command of the British Army serving
in the Mediterranean, in obedience to the command of bis Royal
Highness the Prince Regent (as above signified), is transferred to
his Lordship's bands.
4 However imperious the clicutitstanees that urged Sir John
Stuart to solicit his Majesty's Ministers to lay at the feet of his
Sovereign his own resignation of the high and important charge
with which he was entrusted, yet he has the satisfaction to re-
flect, that he forbore to express a wish to remove from hie post
until the respective duties which had been graciously confided to
to him, had been faithfully and strictly fulfilled
• Sir John Stuart has been too long connected by &aima:lces
with thii r nearly a witness of the loyal the
' a sensible

. country, too
generous courage, of its people, not to feel a s interest in
what can relate to their future welfare. He has been too lcSug a
companion in the services of this gallant Army, not to carry with
him, wherever his professional duties may chance hereafter to
call him, an ardent solicitude for its constant glory and success.
He feels a conscious pride in the high state of discipline in which
he resigns it from his own command, and he trusts, that the me-
rits which have hitherto so happily characterized this brave and
distinguished portion of the British force, will still invariably re-
main to it a pledge for those best rewards, the approbation of its
Prince, and the acknowledgement of its grateful country.
(Signed) 'S. CAMPBELL, Adj.-General.'

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The extent to which the Slave Trade is carried on
in the West Indies, notwithstaading it has ceased to
be a legal traffic, is scarcely credible. We announced

is Sc.. _....e. We armee._
Quarters ended October to. last week the capture of an American schooner, with
Me.
1811' 400 slaves on board, by the Myrtle, which carried
1188,017 895,532
2,170,921 2,289,814 Sierra Leone; but it is not accurately true that
4,381,343 her to
4,666,197 they were liberated there. They were delivered into
1,490,982 7,881,563
the hands of the English Superintendent, who is re-
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quirea by the Slave Abolition Act to provide for
The following is an extract of a letter from an offi. them for two years. The Myrtle brought with her
ter in' the Baltic fleet, Sept. 22 :--44 A gallant little to Portsmouth the Gerona, an English ship from Li-
brush with the Danes took place the other day. Two verpool (but under Spanish colours), laden with rum,
boats of the Victory, liommanded by Lieutenant ST. sugar, coffee, am. which was intended for the African
CLAiR, were sent after some row boats. It was dis- Slave Trade t she has been condemned as prize. The
'covered they had run in shore, landed their men, and schooner was the Casilda, bound to Cuba. She was
placed two guns on a height, making preparation for taken by the Myrtle, at the mouth of the river Gambia.
a defence. Our brave little party soon mounted the and condemned and sold at Sierra Leone as prize.
bill under a smart fire, and in about fifteen minutes The Myrtle learnt from the Casilda, that there were
dislodged the Danes, made some prisoners, and car- upwards of SO ships, which had been engaged in the
ried off the boats. The Danes had one man killed Slave Trade. fitting out at the Havannah. The Thais
and several wounded. We had only one man hurt." had met with one of them, and sent her into Sierra
The private letter from Gibraltar give some par- Leone, the day before the Myrtle sailed. Several
titulars of the late incursion of LACY and SARBFIELD other English vessels were fallen in with by the Myr-
into France. In the different villages in which civil tee, on board which were found slave irons; but as
authorities resided, they levied contributions to the this circumstance alone would not justify their being
amount of £95,000, besides 500 horses, and returned detained, they were suffered to continue their course,
safe with the whole of their booty. General LACY, though there was no doubt but this netariOlis and
previous to his entering the French territory, issued most diabolical trade was the sole object of their
orders to his men not to plunder or molest a single voyage. All hope of the safety of Mungo Park has
individual, and that for every Frenchman assassina- been entirely abandoned at Sierra Leone. h may be
ted, ten of the regiment of which the murderer be- remembered that he landed 500 miles up the Gambia,
longed, should be shot --Seetteet It also appears, and that he had then, as he supposed, to travel 500
has recently resorted to novel measures. He has miles more, ere he had accomplished his journey.--
called upon the Magistrates of the several towns The native African, who was sent into the interior,
within his district to give him a return of all Juiltas l with a view to discover his track, has never been
and deserters, which had so alarmed the Spaniards, heard ot. The traditionary account of the lasi
that they flock daily to the standards of the patriots in days of this celebrated and lamented Traveller will
be, that, in the prosecu6 in of his travels to Tumbucoo
great numbers ; and, in a short time it was expected,
that Catalonia would have to boast of as fine an ar-
he was I.st *Cell sick in a hovel, where, no doubt, he
,i
my as ever, with the additional advantage of being died; sue ib the prevailing opinion on the Coast.
well commanded. The French force in that pro- •
l'he Thais, 20, Capt. Scoszu. ; and the Tigris, Lieut.
vince consists of thirty thousand men. The Coin Bows, nail goue to cruize down the coast; the Pro-
vender had given notice that he would exac a pe-
tector, Lieut. Mircuemott, was lying at *terra Leone ;
t
ty of fifty livres froth every respectable inhabitant
ttit
rical
ormance at Rests, which ate spoken in the French whence the Myrtle sailed on the 4th of August. Six
omitted to be present any night at the thekt
lost twelve ot tier crew on leaving the latitude a that
ushealthy clime.
mar. The houses of coupe are well attended. • •