Star.
London, England, 1803-10-19 00:00:00

COUNTY AND CITY OF [DIN/UlOll.

Whereas, in the event of the enemy making good a landing in
the neighbourhood of this city, it may be neeeffary to break up
the roads around it, and thereby, and by the of carts and
borfes for the ufe of his Majefty's army, and by driving the re:"
anaindrrintothe interior, toprewent them from falling into the hands
of the enemy, to flop the ordinary (opt:lles of the markets of Baia-
burgh. 'I herefore, we do earneftly reanomeod as (Wows :
a. That the Corporation of Bakers, and Bakers of the Suburb.,
do forthwith provide a (apply of at lea* lipoo balk of dour, or
if that is not pelEble, epon of door, and 4'.003 of Whom. Two
thirds at lean of the Sour to be kept in their Men hada, or with-
in dais city, and immediate fuburba
a. The. the Farmers of the neighbourhood be earneftly Invited
to fend in, to the amount of 2,oce boils of oatmeal, for the ufe of
the city, for which the Magill:atm will provide a proper granary
for receiving sod iloring it : from whence It ray be Sid out to the
inhabitants by a Aare-keeper. to be appointed by More farmers
who kali to d in the drit 1,000 bolls to the granary.
3. That kris families as can afford it. do keep In their own
books, at Ina ten days ronfompdon of Sour, meal. I Ikuit, and
potatoes, for the ofe of their own families. And farther, they
comedy recommend to all the farmers within the county, to threlk
out their rot ns immediately, as, la the event of emergency, they
can the more readily be removed. aweet.looll.
Edinburgh. 0d.14. iso3. NUL at•evicaa.

If the enemy invade Scotland, It will in all probe.
bility be on the call coed. The retired fituation of
the weft, and its natural (*flacks, efpecially where
not mafked by Ireland, are Inch as to take away any
ferions apprehenfion from this fide of the idand.
The call coaft of Scotland poreffes no good harbour
tooth of the Murray Frith, and the only roadltead in
the fouth is oppofite to Leith. We take it for granted
that the mouth of the Tay is fufficiently defended, it
being narrow ; and that accefs to the Upper Forth is
(hut by the points about Q2eensferry ; confequently
the remaining points, to which chief attention ap-
pears due, are both fides of the Forth lower down,
particularly the fouthern fide.
Let ns, however, fuppofe that the enemy has made
good a landing; if north of the Forth, it behoves us
to ihut up the paffige to the mouth fouth of the
Forth, it would alto be our duty to debar him aced's
to the north; and in both cafes a pofition near to
Stirling ferves the purpofe. Stirling is the main key
of Scotland. We than fuppofe, for example, that the
enemy has landed near Predonpans, and that lie has
gained fuch a viBory over us as to leave his oper.z•
tieing free ; our troops would, it is prefumed, retreat
behind the Carron, where another defeat would con-
do& them behind the Forth, and leave the enemy
free courfe towards Glafgow. The forces in the weft,
too few to defend this city. will join with rapidity on
the heights towards Peaky, and in this pofition will
cover Ayr(hire. and prevent the enemy from detach-
ing down Clyde. The forces further fouth and in the
call, will take immediate polreffion cf the pat es lead-
log to England. and pulls held' of columns down the
Clyde, and on the roads leading from the borders to
Edinburgh, where the enemy would leave part nf his
forte. Would the enemy in this fnuation, with his
attention and his force divided. and hused night
and day by furprifes and fkirmithes. croft the Clyde
to attack the force nn the heights towards Aribire I
He &nit not pulls them, for the corps retired to Stir.
ling would now have advanced to the Carrots, rein-
forced from the north, and would either fall on his
rear, or by a rapid march overwhelm his detachment
at Edinburgh.
There obfervistione are given in an Edinburgh
Paper, to (hew the country at this crisis, that ev.ii
without the Englilb reinto. cemeats, which woo! I
quickly evolve. and with whom our ti.raanunication
moil be kept open, there would be little difficulty in
jig ,d+ng the eneeny.reducing him fpeedily to a igen- •
Gee, sad {meterau, c..da by cos own ereorb•