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FALMOtiTH, OCTOBER 12.
flailed' kis Majesty's ship Owas GLawnout, Sir
SAMUEL HOOD, for India ; and the HERRING schooner,
with five transports, for Portsmouth. The outward-
bound packets before mentioned are still hers wind-
bound.--Wind W.
PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 22.
Arrivea, the RESOLUTE gun-brig, from Cork, and
anchored in the Sound, with several transports, sup-
posed to have Irish Militia regiments on board; and
a French brig, of 14 guns, prize to one of our cruizers.
We are in daily expectation of an attack from the Went out of harbour, to the Sound,. the FERVENT
Trench; it is uncertain what mad schemes they may ; gun-brig, Lieutenant HAMS.—Wind W.S.W.
Undertake, though our tides, rocks and shoals form The CLARENCE, a new ship of 74 guns, will be
strong barriers in oUr favour. Extensive camps are launched the first or second spring-tide itt the ensuing
visible on the French coasts from our heights, and a month, from Mr. BLACKBURN'S private yard, at
number of flat-bottianed boats, we are informed, are Turnchaple, near this place.
collected in the harbours nearest CO us; if their design Yesterday, the VANGUARD, of 74 guns, was paid
it against us, let them come when they will, they will off at this port, and the crew turned over to the BuL-
End that the spirit of our ancestors pervades the whole WARK, now fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
of our inhabitants, not a man but is prepared and J. S. YonKe.—The VANGUARD iS to be laid by for a
anxious to defend his right, so that should the French thorough repair at a convenient opportunity ; it be-
get the better of their hydroyagbia and reach this ing the determination of the Board of Admiralty to
shore, which is not probable, they would 'meet with repair every ship in which the immortal NetsoN has
a hot reception here. ever hoisted his flag, particularly the VANGUARD,
Genetal I:lox is ail activity—he is everywhere, and which was his at the ever-memorable Battle of the
Sees every thing—he might be supposed sleepless Nile—the most decisive that ever graced the annals of
nothing that can tend to the defence of the island Naval History.
escapes him—the security of the aged and infirm, PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 24.
depoti for the cattle, and places of rendezvous fbr The CYANE, Captain COLLIER, from Gibraltar and
every person capable of bearing fire-arms, or wea- Malta, was this morning released from 4uarantiae
pons of defence, are all appointedl so that if an at. she left the latter place the beginning of September,
tack be made upon us, either by day or night, every and the former the 6th of this month. The CVANE
person knows how to act with coolness, firmness, and spoke the Ann packet, from F.Jinouth for Malta, all
precision—we anxiously await, but are not afraid of well, on the .sth September. The CYANE has brought
the event. 'dispatches from Sir EDWARD PELLEW, at Gbraltar.

livrEzzroiNct.

Two !MIMI were received yesterdat it Yorn-
house from Windsor. The first stated, 4. that there
bad been but little change in his Mansrv's indispu-
skint% since the last express--he had a restless night.',
4.—The second (received late in the evening) stated,
is that a considerable alteration had taken place in his
MAJESTY'S health, for the better, since the morning ;
and he had walked for half an hour in the lobby ad-
joining his apartments."

JIRSEr, OCTOBER 21.

The CYANE parted with her convoy on the 18th inst.
This day being the Anniversary of his MAJESTY'S to the South and West of Ushant, in a fog, which
Coronation, the Park and Tower guns were fired at
`lasted three days—she has a great sum in silver and
one o'clock.
gold dust for the Merchants. Sailed the ESCORT gun
ROYAL HUNT.—On Tuesday morning the Knies
Bunt cow menced for the season, upon which occasion brig on a cruize. His Majesty's ships THRACIAN,
a very numerous field of sportsmen assembled at Dgx.rEitous and ZEPHYR, sailed yesterday on a cruize,
South-hill-park. About ten o'clock a very fine young and not for the Downs, as then stated.—Wind S.S.W.
deer was turned out of the cart for`the day's diversion.
Be took at first through the enclosures towards Wok-
DEAL, OCTOBER 24.
Ingham, taking to the right with great speed by Wick: Arrived the Wootvetuse gun-brig, with a convoy
barn Bush, into the Forest, where he ran over the hills, of coasters and colliers, from Portsmouth. His Ma-
}flaking foi Flaohot-park, where lie was taken by tl,e jesty's ships and the outward-bound remain.—Wind
Lounds, and killed. The chace continued about three S. W. with rain.
kluarters of an hour. To-morrow there will be another

hunt ; the deer will be turned out on Towerhill, near
Bwinlcy.
Major SUTHMAND is arrived in London, with two
young Persians of tank under his care, to be educated
in this country. They came in the Pomone.
From a vessel off Boulogne we hear that the flotilla
is gone into the harbour, as it into winter-quarters.
A conceited young fellow asked a friend what apo-
logy he Should make for not being one of a party,
int day befrire, to is h:cli he Lad a card of irivitition? !
" Why nothine," replied his iriehd, a, for .1 can ' American Papers to the 13th tilt. have been re.
entire you, 9.9 u were never missed." ceived in Town. They proceed with their tisual.vio-
The celebrated Malherbe having been asked by theto hear a sermon ti
exeressed in the same pure style. The inv e;-
ti,..;AL,ou of Captain Korioeas's conduct is not finished
Archbishop of Rouen to attend
which the latter %vat about to preach, went to dine yet : notwithstanding which, the Editor of one of the
with the Prelate, and after dinner fell asleep. On the papers describes this act then under enquiry, as
" chastising the violence of Captain BINGHAM." In
Archbishop waking him, to take him to hear the ser-
art article dated Irom New Providence, there are some
mon, Malherbe said, " I thank you, Monseigneur, j
lave slept well 'without it I" . falsehoods which are not worth the trouble of refu-
The Reverend Gentleman who took possession of the tation. .For the rest of the news, we must refer our
watchman's box, which he mistook for a pulpit, found !leaders to the papers themselves; observing; that
himself in the wrong box! the compiexion of it is generally favourable to Eng.
The inhuman creditor wh6 arrested the corpse of
land : but in the present irritated state of public feel-
bis debtor, and had it carried home to his cellar, finds ing in the United States, we cannot consider the state-
that he has made a " dead tale in" of it. wants even of our friends as entitled to implicit credit,
and therefore shall decline repeating them.
Cosrewr.GAßsors Tut/ma—The Cabinet was last
tight performed, for the purpose of bringing for- The Paris papers inform us, that the new French
ward Miss FattoN In the character of noketta. This coinage, upon the decimal system, goes on with great
youpg Lady is so well known to the town, from 4
ctivity. On the Ist of A ril last, it amounted to
baying perforined for some time at Vauxhall and the 709,498,539 francs ; oh which to the amount of
Surrey Theatre, that it is unnecessary to give a very 250,599,480 francs wis in gold. In the five months
minute description of her. She is gifted with a voice preceding the Ist of April, the recoinage was to the
clear and uncoihmonly powerful, but less remarkable amount of 86,628,979 francs. .
for its Melody than its strength. In many parts she; The Spanish General MENDIZARELL has set an ex.
displayed great skill in the management of it, but she ample of determined spirit that may check at least,
frequently sung injudiciously load. In the most dial. ifnot prevent, the cruelty which the French exercise
cult parts of her songs, and in those which required upon those Spaniards who may fall into their hands,
the greatest exertion, she 'generally acquitted herself whose only . ffence is the defence of their country
with uncommon felicity of execution, and to all ap- against a tyrannical invader. The Spanish General
pearance with the utmost ease. As an actress, Miss has issued a Proclamation, in which he declares, that
FERON calls for no particular observation ; her per- he will put to death six Frenchmen for every indi.
formance was not so good as to call for praise, nor victual of his army, or any of the Guerillas, whom
so bad as to deserve censure : in a singer, she is not the enemy shall destroy in the same manner.
so tame in her manner as many vocal performers, SMNOLING.—LateIy at Paris, a man named Daf-
but her vivacity has too much the air of self-confidence , ferting, calling himself Baron de Wacheter, and Am-
(not to use a haisher term), to afford muds pleasure. bassador from Denmark to the Court of Wirtemherg,
lier reception was most encouraging ; she was loudly I Was sentenced to three months imprisonment, and a
cheered, and repeatedly encored, and will doubtless, fine of 1000 francs, for having abused the credulity
prove an acquisition of importance.—The Opera was ! of several shopkeepers, by means of an imaginary cre-
throughout exceedingly well performed. SINCLAIR,! dit and fortune to which he made pretensions, and
in Orlando, gave more than common satisfaction.—, under pretext of the consideration attached to his rank,
Miss BoLTON, in Constantia, sung with much sweet,-; and the decoration which he wore. •
tress and effect ; and BLANCHARD, FAWCETT, and 1
The Estate of the late ANDREW ROEINSON BOWES,
EMERY, in the comic parts, performed with all their I
Esq. (commonly known by the name of STONEY
wonted spirit and success. -
Bowes,) at Benwell, was brought to the hammer at
LYCEUM.—The excellent Comedy of The Tripe to
Newcastle, on Saturday week. The farm-houses, and
Scarborough, was performed here last.night, in order
The other buildings, on the estate, with the first seven lots,
to introduce Mr. Lzwis in Lord Fomangton.
amounting to 506 acres 8 perches, brought £56,660,
figure of this Gentleman for this and parts of a simi-
which is a trifle short of sell 2 average per acre.—
lar cast, is by no means so well suited as for the cha- ~..
_ - - 1 1 The • - three lots, consisting of three houses,

YARMOt/TH, OCTOBER 24.
Sailed for Flushing the CLEOPATRA frigate, 32
guns; the Bawsza, with dispatches, for Sir JAMES
SAUMAREZ ; and the LIVELY cutter, on a cruize.--
Arrived the Levzstgr gun-brig, from a cruize ; and a
bye.boat, with mails, from Anholt. Remain in the
RoAd. the Chanticleer, Vice• Admiral MURRAY ; De-
siree and Mosquito.—Wind S. W. moderate-
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ratters he has before appeared in ; he however en:
tered fully into the spirit of the character ;—his de.
Eneation of the leading features of it were happily
tooched off, and he was in many parts much ap-
pl.,.uded.---.Mrs. ORGER and Miss Duw.:AN looked and
played iffeemie and Berinthia delightfully. Of Mrs.
EnwlN's Mire Hoyden we cannot speak too highly ;
the uneducated bold country girl, in haste to be mar-
ried, found in her a most charming representative.—
The play altogether was excellently performed.
COVISSIMIT DOLLAXS.—A considerable number
are now is circulation, of the date 1804: they are
well enatipardo but sound badly, and are likewise wry
in weight.

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THE AItMY.

The MCKIM/Mk rrigate, with Lord WattAM Bex.
UREIC, G:neral MACFARLABE, Colonel ADAM, &B.
still remains wind-bound in Cawsand Bay:
Major MORLAND waited upon hii Royal Highness
the Duke of CUMBERLAND, on Wednesday, in the
new uniform of the light dragoons. A private was
afterwards strewn, fully equipped, in the Riding-
house, Carlton-House; to the Pluses REGENT, and
their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK and CUM.
BERLAND, who were pleased to express their entire ap•
Probation of the dress.
LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMT.•
INTERESTIN• LETTER FROM AN OFFICER.
" Cazo de Moyrndo, Portugal, Sept. SO.
" On joining my regiment on the evening of the
24th, I found it not far from Ciudad Rodrigo, block-
ading that place, and I just joined in time, for the
next morning we took up a position on the hills above
the village at three o'clock, expecting the enemy, and
about eight, we saw them make their appearance in j
very great force, principally cavalry. Our brigade,
with the exception of the sth regiment, were posted
on a bill in advance. The enemy took a direction to
one left, where the sth regiment had been all night,
nod were then with a couple of guns of the Portu-
guese artillery. As we were, in this position, Lord
WELLINGTON came riding up, and immediately saw
the point the enemy meant to attack, where the sth
regiment an guns were posted, and directly ordered
us off to its support. Shortly after we got there, the
enemy charged our guns ; they had at the saute
time five field.pieces and u howitzer playing fr,m aA
opposite bill on us. The greater part of our regi.
ment had never seen a shot fired—they behaved
most nobly. We remained till theenemy came within
about twenty yards of us ; the front rank kneeling,
their bayonets pointed towards the cavalry ; we and
the sth in two squares ; when the rear ranks gave them
such a volley, that they tumbled down the hill in great
style. Two squadrons of the 11th Dragoons and one
of the German Hussars, charged after them, and cut
them up terribly. The Germans gave no quarter.—

The enemy charged us several titries. They had 20
regiments of cavalry, amounting to about 4000 men;
we had not more than 500 cavalry and 600 infantry,
to oppose them. As the enemy advanced, their num-
bers looked terrific, and we expected the two regi-
ments would have been cut to atoms, but their bra-
very overcame every peril. The enemy's artillery
kept constantly playing, and every shot tell amongst
us ; and so many narrow escapes of our Officers were
almost incredible. Colonel BROMIIMAD was very near
being shot twice. A shell tell under Colonel Dux-
air's horse, and covered him with dirt without hurt.
ing him or his horse. Onr Major had a portmanteau
knocked from the rear of his saddle by one of the
enemy's nine-pounders, with half a foot of his back;

he coolly tallied round, and said there was nearly
an end of poor JACK.' Our ATiiitant arid his horse
were knocked down by a shell, but neither were linrt,
though a number of our cavalry galloped over them.
We had not one Officer killed or wounded, which to
me was astonishing :we had twenty-sit men killed
and wounded, and the sth Regiment. I believe about
as many. Ido not exact:it know how many the
Dragoons lost, bui the whole behaved most gallantly;
the Dragoons we could see liBlitity, two and three at
a time of the enemy.
,4 To describe Lord WetriNcrroN is impossible :
his coolness, his detision in the midst of a hot fire
from the enemy, were eminently conspicuous : he has
the eye of a hawk ; he was close in our rear, and ex-
claimed, 4, well done the 77th," when lie saw our
men behave so well. After the action we were very
handsomely complimented by oi.: General of Divi.
sion ( neva.: ). Certainly the regiment did behave
uncommonly well. We were under arms all the next
I day, and marched all the night of the 26th, and all
the `27th. On the (47th, we made a stand, and and-1
ther part of the army were engaged with the enemy,
when they must have suffered severely. I have heard
they lost about one thousand men. Last night was
the first night of rest we hive had for four. We
were a good deal harassed; several of our men, after
they came to hal: on the evening of the 27th, fainted
away. We hati then been on our legs from nine
o'clock of the evening of the 26th, till about six in the
evening of the 27th, without having scarcely tasted
any thing; I ate nothing during that time but a little
biscuit. Lord. WELLINGTON exposed himself .1 good
deal on the 25th; and was nearly taken ; but he was
well mounted. MaastoNT, who commands the ene-
my, said he would rather take his Lordship than.lo,o3o
men. You will see from his Lordship's dispatches,
which went off last night, a much better account of
the general business than I can possibly give. The
enemy retired to Salamanca and Placentia, and we
are going to Castello Branco, as the rainy-season will
soon set in, and we must go into winter quarters.
Lord VirguaNcrroN's manoeuvres in this last affair have
been most masterly, .as he wished to draw the enemy
to follow him to the Coa, which if they had done,
their army would have been even today annihilated.
Our army is, I am sorry to say, very sickly, they say
19,000 sick ; but, the sickly season is now over, and
they will recover quite fist : and in the spring we
shall have a powerful army to meet the enemy.—ln
the late affair we went into action only about 300
men, out of 800 we brought into the country.
This country is a melancholy place ; the villages
either destroyed or deserted, and scarcely any thing
to be got. We sleep in places the most wretched you
can conceive, when we can get a place to sleep in, but
generally on the ground, in the open air, and the
nights now are very cold. We had some rain the
day before yesterday : I was completely soaked, as
it continued during the whole of our march. We are
as comfortable now as we can be in a village nearly

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and gardens adjoining, produced 12,230. ' deserted ; six of us mess together in one room ; we
help to cook our own dinners, and eat heartily. Our
Tuesday morning, Major SANDS, formerly of the
82d Regiment of Foot, was found dead in his bed at meat is generally in the pot an hour after it is killed ;
notwithstanding which, we manage to live well, but
the New Hummums Hotel, in Covent Garden. He very hie a let of pig:variety is charming we
came home on Monday night, about eleven o'clock, shall enjoy England the more when we return.
and having ate his supper with an apparent good als. "To describe the wretched state of this country is
petite, he went to bed, where, in the morning, on the completely out of my power. The miserable and
waiter going into his room to awaken him, he was truly deplorable state of the unfortunate inhabitants
discovered dead. A Coroner's Inquest was held at is painful to behold ; their villages all in ruins, them-
the above place on Wednesday, before A. Gell, Esq. selves nearly in a state of starvation, and constantly
Coroner for Westminster; and after a long delibera- obliged to fly to the mountains and abandon their now
tion, a Verdict was returned—" Died by the visite- ruinous and miserable dwellings at the approach of
tion of Goo.",
a Os French."

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