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TORBAY, OCTOBER S. We yesterday received letters from Jersey and
Sailed, this morning, his Majesty's ship MARTIN, . Guernsey, where every preparation is making to re.
with the transports destined for Cork, except the ceive the enemy, under the very able Officers Gate.
Ariadne, N. 120, which will be ready for sea to ' rals Dots and Sir Joust DOYLE, Bart. General DON
morrow. i has under him General HATTON, and a fine garrison
PLYMOUTH, OCTOBEIk S. "in the island. Sir JOHN Dorte has under him Sit.
ArriVed, the SABRINA, is guns, from a cruize,
A. GLEDSTANIDI and Gen. CIiEsTER, with some tine
. Parliament was yesterday prorogued by Commis- last from Portsmouth : came iutO harbour, to refit, young battalions. Reinforcements are about to sail
aion, in the usual form, till Tuesday the 12th of No the SYBILLE frigate. Sailed, the Colossus, 74, to for these two islands ; and it is thought that a Bri.
*ember. The Commissioners were the LORD Cl- •
ulnae off Brest ; and the Sc.' vat's 'brig of 'war, to
gadier will be sent to each of theft At the present
cacton, the Earl of AYLESFORD, and Lord Muc-
cruize off the Black Rocks. A large armed transport
GRAVE. The Commons were represented by Mr. Dv- moment General Dox and Sir JOHN Dostc feel the
BON, Clerk Assistant, and the Officers of the House. brig went out of harbour and sailed last evening, with utmost security from any attack the enemy can make.
Lord WILLIANI BENTINCK transacted business yes- 1000 barrels of gunpowder on board, for the Mediter- The Militia force comprises every man who can bear
terday at the Foreign Office with Lord LIVERPOOL Taiwan fleet. We have not a single man of war now arms ; and certainly no corner of the British domi-
and Mr. PERCEVAL. in Cawsand Bay,, where our ships of the line always nions is more loyal, or breathes a more determined
This day Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK is to set off ford
rendezvous.—Wind S.S.E. squally.
Falmouth, where the MENELAUs frigate waits to carry . i hatred against France, and the disturber of the repose
him to Sicily. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 4. ' of Europe.
' his Majesty's ships THRACIAN, BERWICK, :
A skip has arrived from Dieppe, which sailed on Arrived In the event of a desperate attempt being suddenly
the 2d inst. Bonaparte was at that time at Antwerp PORCUPINE, MERMAID, and PODARGUS, with a convey made by the enemy, we understand that measures of
With Admiral De Winter, examining the fleet, which fiorn the Downs ; and the PORT MAHON from Lisbon. precaution have been taken regarding Portsmouth
mance
wouldfrom proceedce to Adatn.
Letters received in town from Teneriffe, of the
Lisbon, but it is supposed they have not got further lessen the prodigious accumulation of French priso-
than Cowes or Yarmouth Roads.
24th of August, communicate the unpleasant intelli-, ners at these our two principal Naval Stations and
Bence, that the fever of last year had again visited DARTMOUTH, OCTOBER I. arsenals ; and all the dispoacable King's ships- are
the inhabitants of the Canary Islands, and had proved Arrived, the Etaz I cartel, from Nforlaix, with an carrying the prisoners .to Scotland. The REGULUS,
extremely laud. American Messenger, from Paris.—The cartel also 44;, is now about to sail with a great number from
A late decree of theßegency at Lisbon, prohibiting brought over several English women and children. Portsmouth for Leith. •
the importation of American spirits into Portugal, is
DEAL, OCTOBER 4. I Sir WILLIAM CO.7.KBURN has been appointed a Ge-
nth country, by enlarging the consumption of Irish likely to prove beneficial to the agricuaural interests of .
Arrived his Majesty's ship NIOBE from off Bou. ' neral Officer on the Staff, in the West Indies.
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spirits of that market; and it has already caused the logne ; Lind the RESOLUTION cutter, with dispatches Yesterday the NAYADEN frigate sailed fur Lisbon ;
shipments of nearly 2,000 puncheons within the last and letters from off Flushing.—Wind' S. many Officers went by her.
fortnight from Dublin, Cork, and Belfast. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Detachments of the Quarter Master General's Re.
The Sophia, Martin, bound to Bri‘tol, received much damag
the late fire is estimated at near £20,000. e
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The damage occasioned to Greenwich Hospital by
by lightning, at Jamaica, the end of July. giment are embarked at Falmouth, and ready to sail
The Robust, Landell, arrived in the Clyde the 26th ult. from for Goree. -
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. A young Lady of the Jamaica, spoke on the 4th of August, off Cuba, the Jamaica Plan-
name of CHILL made a very promising debut last night
ter and .
L•rd
ire, Haley, sailed from Jamaica for London Wellington, from Jamaica to London. The Clare Militia, commanded by Major FITZGE-
in the part of Emily, in the Woodman, and was much
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the rat of Augutsit. BALD; the South Mayo, commanded by Major Baowx,
applauded ;as was also Mr. SINCLAIR, in the charac- The Carmen, —, from London to the Havannah, Is reported with the Tipperary Militia, have sated fur the Downs
ter of Wilford. ' to be arrived at Cecel, in Campeaehy.
from Ireland, having been driven back to Spithead.
Mr. B. (a well-known Miser) was extremely ava-
The Essex, Brooks, from London to Gibraltar, bag put into
Ramsgate, leaky. The Carlow have arrived at Spithead, and this fine
ricious. Not having given :441 entertainment timing a The John, —, from Oporto, is supposed to have arrived at - - --- • . the.regiment is to go to Latcnester for %sinter, an ex.
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'THE KING.

WINDSOR-CASltt, OCTOBER t.
44 The knio has passel the night without sleep,
and is not quite so well this morning.
(Signed) "H. HALFORD. W. HEBERDEN.
K. BAILLIE. R. WILLIS."

summer, and his ice-house remaining still quite full Hull, lettersltaving been received marked by her.
in the month of January, his steward asked him what The Mars, —, from Quebec to London, is supposed to his
he should do with all the ice ? " Why !" replied Mr. arrived oft-Shields.
; "The Rigby, —, from Jamaica to London, was lost early in
B. 'a' let it be given to the.poor!"
i August, on a smaa island near Cuba.
It is reported in the fashionable circles, that Lady
HOME POPHAM is to have another grand Masquerade Admiral STIaLING is appointed Naval Commander-
at Portsmouth, on a much larger scale than the last. in-Chief at Jamaica, in the room of Admiral ROWLEY.
When the Commodore LE COUPE'S praam was The statement, that Capt. BINGHAM, of the LITTLE
BELT, had been promoted to the rank of Ty-Captain,
coming into close action with the NAIAD, it is said
and to the command of the VOLAGE frigate, is withogt
the Dutch seamen on board her ran below, not, as the
Officers believed, through cowardice, but, according foundation. Capt. B. retains the command of the
to their declaration at the time to the French Corn- former ship, which is undergoing a repair at Deptford.
mandant, that they would net fight with the French, The la Hoot :F., of 71. guns, I flinched on Thursday,
ho had forced them into their service, if they possi. at Deptford, is to be coppered at Woolwich without
hip could avoid it, and now they saw an end of their delay, and will then proceed to Sheerness, to season
. . _ - for six months.

cellent quarter.
Lieutenant-Colonel NESBITT, A ssistant Quarter•
Master-General, at Plymouth, is appointed Deputy-
Quarter-Master-General at the Isle of France.
We may expect that the very first ships will bring
us accounts of the grand expedition which has sailed
under Sir SAMUEL. Ayala:ll3m
Some more Majar-Generals, it is said, will be sent
out to Portugal,, and some of our best and most ac-
tive Colonels have the rank of Brigadier in that coun.
try. Ministry, it is s.tid, have given the choice of all
these officers to Lord WELLINGTON.

Yesterday a party of fine recruits for the 96th re.
giment, and a party for the East-India Company's
service, were landed at Tilbury Fort. They came from
Leith on board of the London and Edinburgh Cam.
pany's smack Cornet, Captain CUMMINOS, which, be.
sides being the most elegant, is the fastest sailing ♦es-
sel in the trade between London and Leith.
Thursday, Abraham Walton, an inrolled man in
the Eastern Battalion of Oxfordshire Local Militia,
was convicted of having failed to join the regiment
during the last year's training and exercise, and paid
the penalty of £2O, rather than suffer six months im.
prisonment, which must otherwise have been the
punishment.

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A sloop of war is to be built in Deptford Dock-
yard, to he called the Bacchus.
The French praam, taken by the NAIAD, anchored
on Thursday, in the River, near Deptford.
The enemy's ships in the Texel are closely watched
by Admiral Dunham, in the HANNIBAL, of 74 guns,
and some line-of-battle ships. He is to be reinforced
by the Timm, of 80, Rear-Admiral HALLOWELL,
and Captain lIALLIDAY.
The following particulars relative to the Boulogne
flotilla were received yesterday :
" The flotilla consists of 16 ship praams, with 12 24-pounders
and 112 men etch; 28 brigs, with false ;eels, from six to eight
2 t younders, and frent 70 to SO men; eight schooners, of 13
gun., and 40 men each; and 300 gun-boats, with two 24-
pounders, and 26 men each; the sailors chiefly Flemish and
Dutch. Five hundred impressed men lately arrived from Hol-
land. Several win-boats out of repair. The crews are mustered
on shore every Sunday, and taught infantry movements.
" About 30,000 soldiers at Boulogne under Marshal Ney, all
French, except three Dutch battalions.
" Bonaparte made a tour to the different naval arsenals.—The
Empress having been wet by the tray in a bo.i.t, returned to
Pal is, or is gone to Brume's."
On the arrival of the transports with stores and am-
munition, destined for Russia, at Revel, they were
greeted by the Government Authorities, as well as
the populace, with the most cheering welcome. The
Officers of the Gras,hopper were invited on shore
to dine, and partook of tile. Russian hospitality pro-
vided for them. This occasion was, it is said, taken
to explain to the Commander of the Grasshopper,
that, under existing circumstances, the Government
of Russia would be under the necessity of refusing to
accept of the cargoes of the transports, of which Rus-
sia vond so much in need.
The American frigate Constitution, which it will
be remembered sailed a short time ago from this coun-
try to Holland, with a quantity of dollars on board,
for the payment of the Dutch creditors on the Ame-
rican funds, is arrived in the Downs ; and, by letters
received from on board, it appears that the Constitu-
tion could not get up the Texel for want of water,
and therefore stood off and on the port till informa-
tion was received from the'Dutch Government how
she was to proceed to deliver the dollars. At length,
orders were received to put them on board a vessel
at sea, which was sent out by the Government fur
that purpose.
The Resolute gun-brig will he soon released from
quarantine. Btfore she left Gibraltar, it having been
reported that the French were on their way to Mar-
bella, she was ordered to proceed thither, and to scour
the coast ; upou which service she proceeded, and was
soon under the walls of Matbella. It turned out to.
be a false alarm, the French having only shewn a
small marauding party, which the apprehension of the
Spaniards magnified into an army—and Lieutenant
KEENAN, with the Resolute, and the gun-boats under
his command, returned, after a vigilant inspection of
the coast, upon which no enemy was to be seen.—
There was no men of war at Gibraltar when the Re-
solute sailed.
On Tuesday se'nnight a vessel was wrecked near
the harbour of Dunleary. She Was a very fine brig,
from St. Übe's, laden with salt and cocoa. The crew
were all saved by having contrived to get on board a
Welch sloop, which having only ballast, drew so little
water, that the rode in safety, close to the place where
'their vessel was wrecked. The cargo, which belonged
to Mr. Roche, of Dublin, was entirely spoiled; and
the brig is lying on her beain-ends.

The following are the particulars of Major &mite's,
of the 49th regiment, intrepid mode of escape from
the prison of the Inquisition at Seville : •
64 On the evening of the 25th of July, an unknnwa
Spaniard, who had never been seen in the prisos
before, entered it, and said to Major Bitootze, 4 Sir,
I three days ago saw yen through the iron bars of '
those windows, since which time I have not been
able to rest night or day, in the hope of effecting your
escape, led by an impulse I cannot account for e he
then pulled from his shoulders a Spanish cloak, aid
from under that a hat, also an cld waistcoat from his
pocket, and a paper of paint ; saying,4 Sir, the mode -
is now yet dangerous, but we must be desperate, :Ind
if you date try, I will retura to you in the twilight of
the evening.' - He then departed, and returned ac-
cording to promise, when he found the Major ready
dressed, and disguised by the paint, and fully deter-
mined. The Spaniard then said, he would go about
20 yards in front, as, should they be detected, he
inevitably would be put t death ; and most probably
the Major, in the scuflla that would ensue, as they
arranged to sell life as dear as possible. Five British
•Officers, beside Major BROOKE—Captain ALLMAN,
Lieutenants SAME. ELLWOOD, and MARSUALL, of the
48th, and Ensign Lents, of the 57th regiment, were
confined and crowded into a small under-ground
j room, filled with vermin and filth, an old rotten bed
and coarse filthy sheet each, five sentinels over them,
one at each window, one at the first door, one in the
centre of the passage, one at the outward door, and
a strong Officer's guard in the passage, all of which
he passed, obliged occasionally to put his hand gently
against some of them, to get by. He concealed him-.
self in the house of the same Spaniard until the even-
ing of the 28th July, not having determined on what
route to pursue ; when, finding that a reward of 5000
reals, and a situation under the French Government
at Seville, was offered for his detection, and a protnise
of not punishing,an' person concerned, he deemed it
high time to get out of the place, and accordingly
succeeded in passing the guards of the city, and on
the bridge over the river Guadalquivir, getting safe
into the mountains, and performed a journey et near
400 miles, sleeping every night among the bushes,
wounded and exhausted as he was, with three cuts
bind fractures; and grazed by a ball, the wh',le in the
head. It is a justice due to say, the kindness of the ;
.Spaniards, wherever they dared shew it to him, and.
indeed to every English prisoner, was elzreme ; at:d
where the men darednot come, they sent their women
with all manner of felief to our priwners.."
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