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winter-quarters my ,
months past„ extremely sickly, An.' ten days of con-
stant marching and field..luoes, without any slicker,
might require some addi:i alai comforts to restore the
troops to their.streng h and vigiiiir.
" Lord Welli ag on, by threateni gCi dad Rodrigo,
obliged the enemy to assembse a large torte, sail to
be from 50 to 60,000 men, to relieve the place; whale
his Lordship easel Portugal for the time by drawing
his supplies from • Spain, and reduced the enemy's
resources by living up :n their country. • M irmont
assembled this great a-my to relieve Ciudid. and.
having effected that object, advanced upon as, proba-
bly from a mere motive of engin .tte, to retahate our
menaces ag tinst the pl ace, an I t4l shew the inhabi-
tants on the Spanish frontier, that when collected and
drawn nut in ham we could not stand before them.
Those impressions, I am sorry to say, ate likely to
follow, and to p-ove disadvawageous to OW. cau,e,
and to the spirit which we are endeavouring to keep np.
" I have been at Almeida, to see if any progress
had been made in restorfig the 1. rtificati'ms deli I (led
by Brennier previous to his retreat. A regiment of
Porttigtiese militia has been for came time qitartered
in the place, with a vie* to this work ; but as v-ry
man has a wife, perhapw-children, baggage, and one
or two asses, their time is chiefly takeu up with do-
mestic occupations, and they have arp.rdingly made
little progress in the repairs. 1 saw a few of them in
a ditch removing. stotbes and clearing away rubbish ;
but no pallisading has been fixed, nor any apParcnt
effective repairs .performed.
" I understand, from the best information I could
collect, that the effective force of the British army in.
the late actions did not exceed 15,000 men, including
General Campbell's, the tith division, which-acted un-
der General Graham on the left flank. Some venture
to say, that the Officers, commanding some of our
cavalry regiments, lost some fine opportunities.
" A particular occurrence in cue of the enemy's
charges has excited a great steal of conversation. A
squadron of their lauceiros Lengaged the light coma.
panics of the llth and Gist. The Officer who com-
manded the squadron having his horie killed untie,
him, and his people being repulsed, was surrounded;
but, nn being called upon to surrender, he
.put himself
in an attitude of defence, and refused to yield, not-
withstanding every instance, cutting at those who ap-
proached to seise and disarm hint. The men were
ender the necessity at length of firing to ;;sable him ;
but he was mortally wounded, and died on the spot.
While he was in the act of (wiring, it was discovered
that he was an I.isliman of the name of O' Flynt, who
hid been conspicuous in the rebellion. Ile said, he
had de:ermined never to be taken alive, and that he
died as he wished.
" Letters have be lately ietercepted, which sheve
that the french are greatly hampered by the giserillt3
and by the Sp armies ; hlt more particularly
:he diligulty of I,mcing provisions ; for they are :ilk
to pay for very little. This is, 1 beli:•ve, their ittelt
want and our's—nurhbers. Oar sick. sent to 64
rear are 'beyond all credible propirti an ; but the r. is
reasons to hope they will come round with the cold
season."

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Extract of a communication made froth Hano Bar,
tinder date of the llth instant, relative to the fleets in
the Baltic, etc.:—". A large fleet sailed from Hano
Bay for England on the sth instarit. The Danish
gim•boats afe very troubles•sme in the Belt. A Let
which sailed from Wingo Sound on the 15th tilt. fire
the Baltic, was regularly attacked ever:. night by a
large force of grin.boats ; but, by the judicious ar.
rangements of Captain Sir A. DicKsam, of the Outo,t,
the enemy's attempts were completely frustrated, and
the whole convoy arrived sale in the Baltic on the lst
inst. The boats of the Defence, which ship was iss
company, had one man killed, and another wounded.
Much blowing weather was experienced at Wingo on
the llth inst. All the ships of war would leave the
Baltic by the end of this. month. The MRRCURIUS
sloop of war, with fifty-nine sail from the Nore, an&
the Rirtestaar, with a convoy from Leith, arrivtd off
G-atenburgh on the 12th inst. The PRINCE WILLIAPI.
with a fleet from the Humber, arrived on the 6th."
The BRUISER gun-brig arrived in Yarmouth Rnads•
an Sundry : she sailed from Winger on the 3d, with
32 vessels under convoy ; the whole of which separates
in gales, between the sd; and 14th instant.
The following seizure of conteaband goods was
made on Sunday se'nnight, on the beach in the parish
of Bexhill, Sussex : viz. 326 casks of brandy and ge-
neva, 594 pair of women's kid gloves, 25 pair of
men's silk ditto, 2b coloured silk shawls, 113 yards
black and coloured silks, 12-pair of women's white
silk. stockings, 16 pair of women's coloured silk shoes.
114 yards of white crape, and two boxes of playing
cards ; also, a lugger, in which the ablve goods were
tranre,rted, and her materials, all which were deli•
ferell into the care of the Collector of the Customs at
Histings.
The Session of the Society instituted for the En-
couragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce,
commenced at their house in the Adelphi, last night.
Dr. RICHARD POWELL, one of their Vice Presidents,
was in the Chair. His Grace the DIALK of Noaroi.E.
the President, honoured the Society with his presence,
but, arriving after the business commenced, declined
taking the Chair. Dr. CHARLES TAYLOR, the princi.
pal Secretary, Mr. WOODFALL. the assistant Secretary.
and the other Officers of the Society attended. The
meeting of the Society was numerous, and from the
great Improvements lately made in the House and
Model Room, and the variety of Information laid
before the Society "at the opening .of this Session.
it appears probable that the Public will be highly
gratified this Season with the Productions and Exhi-
bitions of this patriotic and highly useful Society.
Thursday se'nnight, four young men of Bristol
sailed on a cruize, in an open boat, in and about King-
road, andremained at Cleveden and the adjacent pla.
ces till Sunday, when they prepared to return home ;
but, on passing the wreck of the Rebecca, they agreed
to go on board, and fasten their boat to the wreck.—
They had not been-long on the wreck when the waves
swamped their boat, and she went to pieces; and in an
instartt a wave precipitated them into the ocean, when
two of them-sunk to, rise no more ! The other two.
:heih,g exiellent swimmers, buffeted the waves for near
an hour, when they were taken up by a boat passing
tbatWay.


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