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London, England, 1811-12-28 00:00:00

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FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 25.
Arrived the RAPID schooner from Portsmouth ; his
Majesty's ship PHEASANT from a cruize. Sailed the
Lapwitco, witiT mails for Surinam ; and his Majesty's
ship PHEASANT on a critize.—Wind E. S. E. •
PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 26.
Arrived the Sturt, COOLING ; Hawke, PERCY ;
Wil-
liam, FAULKNER, and Doire, FOOT, London traders
also, the ARNILDE frigate, from a cruize. Sailed the
DIANA frigate, Capt. FERRIS, for Basque Roads—she
has a number of live oien on board, fur the fleet on
that station.-4,Wind N. E.
DEAL, DECEMBER 27.
Sailed the CYGNET sloop of war on a crtiizee
GRAVESEND, DECEMBER 27.
Arrived the Sir George Prevost, Ginsow, from
Quebec ; the Rassen; ALLEN, from New:To: k ; the
Francis, HAYES, from Antigua i and the Carnarvon,
ROBINSON, frOITI Quebec. Sailed the favourite, NUN b,
fur the Cape of Good Hope; the Esther, CLIFTON, for
Senegambia the Cornet, BRADY, for Lisbon ; the
London, LE CEN. rEurt, for Oporto and th; Wiiliain,
MITCHELL, for Jersey.
'ARMOUTH. DECEMBER ef.
Arrived the &Ors, Lieutenant CrrastProx, from
the Baltic.: during her passage home she encountered
a severe gale, and for her safety, she was compelled to
throw her guris overboard. The following ships Left
the Baltic with the SNIPE, and are hourly expected to
pass this port, YiX. VICTORY, Sir JAMES SAIAIRREZ ;
ORION, 74., Sir A. DiescsAN ; Vito, 74, Rear-Admiral
DIXON ; DEFENCE, 7-1., CRESSY, 74, with the Sr.
GEORGE under jury mast, in tow. The HERO, '3,
put back into Wingo Sound, with her convoy, bound
to England, on the 17th inst. Remaining ships are.
the ARDENT and DICTATOR, 64 guns each, C. lIRSCEN T
Ind Fiscano frigates, and URGENT gun-brig, Arrived
the LEViRET sloop of war, and a convoy ft oni
Remain in the Roads Solehay, Portia, and
three cutters.—Wind W.

t'STRACT OF A LETTER FROM A PHYSICIAN SERVING
IN THE ARMY UNDER LORD WELLINGTON, DATED
AL FA LIES, NOVt 28.
44 You must know 1' have again got back to my
Old division, the gth, which was stationed at Guarda,
horn whence I wrote you some 18 or 20 months since,
where I rejoined k on the 18th, and on the 24th
marched off for the frontiers at an hour's notice, and
arrived here the second day, where we have been
since expecting minutely the orders for advaheing, as
all the army is on the move, end a vast quantity of
our artillery is assembled at Fuentes de Guinaldo. It
appears the enemy want to form a large depot in'
Ciudad Rodrigo, and. are now approaching with an
Immense convoy of provisions, ammunition, &c. es-
corted by le,ooo Men, and his Lordship being deter-
Mined that no supply shall be sent into that garrison
without Marmont's whole army being drawn together
Vanier met only females his men, but gives the
‘Spaniards an opportunity of attacking and annoying
their out-posts), we are brought up here to act as cite
cumstances require.
e The enemy, in consequence of our forward
movements, have halted near Salamanca, till Man-
Won. can • bring up a sufficient number of men to
overpower us, and accomplish his object ; and if he is
not in a state to do so, the convoy must Or course
eall back to Selamanca, where it will be consumed
by the garrison, in which case our end is answered.
However, I shall not close _this letter for some days.
in order that I may give you an account of any thing
that happens. From the irregularity of the army post
in this country, I hardly ever get a letter, and have
only received twelve papers during the last 4 months.
I never suffered so much from cold before. We have
ice every where, and the floor for a bed. The sky is
to be seen through the roof, and there are neither
*lass or shutters to the window of my miserable bile'
let ; added to this, my pocket quite empty, our pay
being between three and four months in arrear, nor
do we know when a dollar will be paid. Should the'
weather contieue eqteally hard a fortnight longer, I do
-net think I shall be able to keep in the field with the
army,but be obliged to se back to Cie mbra or Lisbea."
=reeler OF ANOTHER LETTER, DATED GUA RDA,
NOVEMBER 30.
4.4 On the evening I wrote the former part of my let •
ice', we received a route to fall beck in the rear, and
it: consequence marched yesterday tittoring, halting
last night at Marmaloira. a miserable small village,
hearty stripped of its inhabitaate. In the eveninge as
some of the men were reeling. they by accident set
fire to the house, whit:: beitsg covered with strew,
occasioned the destruction ofae whole range, seven
in number. Two were burnt in out advance, five
days before. The situation of this place is so bleak,l
and the frost so intense, that hue of the guards over
the live stock in the field *as killed by the cold, and
found dead this morning on his post, In my billet, the
poor family (husband, wife, and 5 children) had only
one old blanket to cover them. We march on Monday,
Dec 2, totrards Galexes, where we shall arrive ani
Wednesday, and are to take up our winter quarters in
the village round it. What diversion may come here
Is not known, but all are retirine• back on our re-
sources for the winter, it being found to be absolutely
impossible to maintain the army so far advanced,
particularly as the frontier of Spain is already drained,l
Med we have little or no money to pay for what tittle
articles the CoMmissary could obtain from the intl.+.
tietanure and the bread which was bought cost one
sbilNng per pound. I understand that the large guns!
are got into Almeida, and that a strong garrison
will be kept there with the light division stationed
about Peniel, and probably the 4th division here,
and the first at Vieseti ; however,,this latter is only
report. It appears now, that our advance was only
a feint to deceive the enemy, previous to the army
Miring lo better quarters. I gave you no account of
Hugs bUsiness, knowing it only from hearsay, and
that but little sooner than you could sec it in the pa-
His Lordship eidelighted with it, as being the
Peking done during thewar.'

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