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you way propole, tending tr> promote thou important objects. The rule of my con $u&, Is, to ijifcharge mv duty to mv Sovereign, bv a con fi ant at- tention to the iuterefts or hid government, and to the welfare oi his Cubje&s, which he has committed to my charge ; and thefe ob- ,ccts 1 fed to be befi promoted by a iliic-t adhcrei.ee tc the laws, and to the principles of the constitution, and by maintaining in their juit balance, the rights and privileges of every branch oi the leg filature. F OREIGN INTELLIGENCE. o---- Y\ ,an- am Rrmy was no more ; a p»uuuu which ed impregnable, entrenchments defend- ith the utmofl obtlinacv, nothing could DEFEAT OF THE TURKS. Official account of the Rrfian Army. "The General in Chief, Kamcufkcy, having left Lieutcnant-Cenerai Count geron before Rudfchuck, marched 09 the 5th September, againfi: the enemy % he arri¬ ved on the 61 h, in the evening, with the ar¬ my, forming five columns in the vicinity of the Turks, and ordered a general attack to be made on the following day. It began at fcen in ±c morning, and at 7 at night the Turkifli army was no more ; a pofition which ieeme ed \\ withdand the gallantry and perfeverance of the Ruii'an troops ; that memorable day covered them with frefh laurels. As loon as the attack began, Major General How- aiiki attacked and cart led three redoubts, and rendered himfelf mailer of the whole en- trenchments, which covered th; enemy's camp on bis left flank, near the Danube.— In the mean time Major G'-'neral KoutnofF arrived from the other fide alfo on the Dan- ube, and engaged another Tinkifli camp which had been formed there. In this man- ner the enemy faw his entrenchments fur- rounded by our troops, but notwith&anding hishopelefs Mtuation, and a very biiHc can¬ nonade kept up on our part, he continued to defend himfelf in a mod obftinatc man- - ner. An attempt made on his left flank having proved unfuccefsful, the General in Chief, in order to bring the matter to a clofe, adopted the rneafures of ordering Count JCarnenfkoy, General of infantry, to open a heavy cannonade, and detach immediately after twelve battalions to carry the entrench¬ ment by a (Fault, while he on his fide detach¬ ed Major General SrtbanajofF with ten battal¬ ions to take the enemy's camp in tb<" rear. This General (con after entered the Turkifh camp, and this unexpected attack, executed with the Uttnoil rapidity, decided the victo¬ ry. A great part of the enemy's horfc took to flight, and was puifucd by our cavalry, who killed a large number of them. The General in Chief without the lead lofs of time, ordered Major General Sabanaioff to lead on a part of h'n trdops agaiinl the laft and ftrongeft Tuikifh entrenchments, but observing that the darknefs of the evening prevented the troops to ail, hepoftponed the attack until the next morning, and ordered the troops to retreat. During that time Colonel Bclier attacked the enemy's flotilla, captured fome veflels, and funk a great num¬ ber, and difperfed the red. During the night, the Turks finding them- felves furrounded, fent an officer to capitu¬ late, and fopfl after fur rendered at difcruion. The whole camp, all the arms, baggage and artillery, 173 Rand of cojors, and upwards of 5000 prifoners, have fallen in our hands. Among the prifoners is Achmet, a Pacha of three tails, the commander of the flotilla, a Pacha of two tails, and a great number of contend with, was foon aftei Brack by a wave, which filled her, and flic i.dtantly went ro the bottom, three only oi her crew being warned on Ihore by clinging; ro fome ipare, and the two officers and fifteen men were drowned ! The furviv m% three declare, every appeal way made to the officers' hu¬ manity to let them flay till the gale abated, and they offered to furrender themfelves prif¬ oners of war—but all to no purpofe, for they actually drove them to their fate with the point of the bayonet !—Such an act of inhumanity, in a civilized country, is fcarce- ly to be credited- Captain Newman, upon hearing this, inllantly fent in a flag of truce, nth a letter to the Duke of Mtcklenburgh, to demand juftice on the heads of thofe un¬ feeling brute?, and to requell, that if the bodies were found, they/might be decently interred. — Mr, Wintenoom was j-oft enter¬ ing into his 21. ft yearj and was on the eve cf promotion, for bravely capturing, with an inferior force, a few days before, a Dan¬ ish privateer and her prize. • * * i 1 11 October 22.—We have late defpatches in four days from Lifbon. The Engliili army continued to occupy the (rrong linjs in font of Mafra. The French occupy pofilions from the Tag us to the fea, from 4c to 50 miles from Lifbon ; their lefc wing at Santa- re m ; our right is at Villa Fianca. In tak¬ ing this pofuion Lord Wellington was but faintly refilled ; and haa loft neither men, ^agKa£c nor artillery ! Colonel Trant has retaken Coimbra, with 5000 prifoners. The late alarm among the merchants and money lovers in Lifbon, had fubfnled. , The follow¬ ing BULLETIN has been iffued from the public offices :— " Defpatches have been received from Lord Wellington and Mr. Stuart," cf the date of the 13 th inflant, by which ft appears that the allied armies had readied within their hues; their right being at Caflanbero and Villa Franca, and their left at Tores Vendras, on the 7th and 8th in (bant. They had not been moleited in their retreat, but fome affairs had taken place between the cavalry of the two armies, in which the Brit- ifhand Portugueie cavalry diilinguilhcdthem- felves. " The rains had begun on the Sth. The Biivilh army is represented as being protect¬ ed from them in the villages and under huts. The Frenehartnyisfevercly expofedtothem." PRIVATE LETTERS. " Porto, October p.—We hive great pleafure to announce to you the arrival o; Major M'Croken, from Coimbra, with offi¬ cial iiformation that Colonel Trant entered that city laft Sunday, and after fome refifi¬ ance, took 5000 prifoner*. Of thefe 2200 are now on their march for this place. We nope this darning and brilliant affair at Co¬ imbra is the forerunner of others equally im¬ portant. " \Vc are at lea* }c,eco iirong ; bemiefi the Portugutfe, Spaniards, &c. The reinfovce- flpnts for the army will be landed at Comn- ,.:, Oporto, &c. to reinforce the patriots who are cutting off the fnp;dit«. At BaSkco*Genera) St. Simon was taken by the 43d regiment, not by the 5 2d, as re¬ ported. We have 84 pieces of artillery in tie field. French prifoners are eonflantiy gfciviog at Portfmouth and Plymouth.— There aie nearly 60,000 now in the king¬ dom.— Reinforcements are proceeding ior Bntugal, Spain, S:c. Lpfpatch from Marfial General Lord Wel¬ lington, $0 His Excellency Don M.P.Ftirja-z.. For I he F\i c**sra I ae er Cou- oficers of diflinclion. The Sarafki chand Hall Facha was killed. All the en- trenchments and their environs were covered with flain Turks, The enemy's lofs in kil- h'd exceeds 5000 ; our lofs is trifling. Thus was an army of 40,000 men difperfed and deftroyed in nine hours time !" Lokdom, October 5.—The Flero, Cap¬ tain Newman, having lately arrived at Portf¬ mouth from her Uation in the Baltic, brings with her the intelligence o..'1 the following diftrefTing event, which lately happened to a part of her crew :—Two boats of the a- bove mentioned ifhip were ordered to crttife againfi the Danifh privateers and row boats, o;i the 13th of Augufl. One, which was commanded by Lieutenant Jenks, uplet in a violent fquall, but by' the great exertions of Mr. Henry Whittcnoom, the officer in the other, Lieutenant Jenks and fives of his men were faved, and nine drowned. In this deplorable ftate, with a boat too deeply la¬ den in confequence of this tncreafe, they re- folved to attempt to lave their lives by run¬ ning their boat on more at iloftoek, in which they faccceded, though nearly exhaufled, 2nd landed ir. fafcty. At that awful period, tiie night coming on, and the ftorm increaf- ing, they were (horrible to relate, and scarce¬ ly ...Ml •• 1 • • il Colonel Trant had but 6000 men, all militia, when he attacked Coimbra. With the prifoners we have taken all the medicine chefls, furgeons, and about 30 officers ; but Colonel Pamriona, a Portuguefe traitor, ei- caped in the night* The French were com¬ pletely fmprifed. We loll about 20 men. The French had committed a moll horrid brigandage in Coimbra, the few days they were there ; and yet Maffena calls himfelf " ths deliverer of the country !" about 20,000 militia are marching for Coimbra. General Miller's divifion has crofifed the Mondego and advanced to Condexa, in purfuit of the enemy. ** *' Head-Quarters, Peroneo;ro, Oil. 27. " Jlfo/i illujlrious and excellent Sir, eiemy continue to occupy the fame pofnious, (ii front of the army) which I dated to y.ur Excellency in my former defpatch of tl« 20th iidlant, that they then occupied.— Ihave however detached fome tnons to- vajrds Santarem, General Loifon havmg on th 23d marched to that place with the tii- viion under his command ; and it appears by advices from the officer commanding at Airantes, dated on the 2^t}\ inflant, that anenemy's corps of infantry and cavalry en- teed Thomaf on that day. u The accounts which I liave received fnni the priioners and drierlers, who have ben brought to this army, all agree in con¬ firming the flatementsof the difficulties and mferies, which the enemy fulfer by veaibn 01 the great fcarcity of provisions of every ki,d. " They alfo (late that the enemy were eclecting and prepaiiug material-, to con- ft«a a bridge over the river Tagus, but th'ugh we have a good view of that river, o* the different points, of the pofition which* ths army occupies, and have officers and fev- ei;l individuals employed on the left bank ol ;I\e river, for the purpofe of obferving th motions of the ettemy, 1 have not hith- e^i been able to difcovtr the place where tny are at work, nor over what part of the J!lv*r tbey can place the bridge, mould they iutceed in conilruaing it. The enemy at the fame time appear £ey deiirous to obtain or collect boats, and f°' that purpofe they endeavored on the 24th ;*uit, to diflodae a party of militia from v ' amufca by firing on then with artillery in orfer to obtain poffelfion of fome boats which v,Le near that place, but the attempt did no! fucceed. Towards Romallad and Obi- hu me c< .,,,il3 0/ liie enemfs detach¬ ments are limited and confined to fuch a de¬ gree that m reality they are in pofTeffion of no more ground thau tiiaton which their ar¬ my is pofted. _"By the laft defpatches from General Silvena, dated on the i7tli inflant, it ao- pears that every thing remained quia on the northern frontier, nor had the Genera) then heard or received any intelligence of the march of troops in Caflile. " The partisans had become hiai* bold A NEW-YEAR's OFFERING, _ ., T0 MJSS C-----> KINGSTON ONE'dance, no m >re t\-c lair allovy'd * And bade me htr adieu ; A^ At ance I quit the dazzling crowd, ^^ But (till lier charms purlue. That fai:e fo mild, that graceful air^ That bloom of youth f> gay, Who could have fsen, and not defpair To fi-.dit fled away. Retired, I ftill indulge the dream, Which lat" fuch o'eafure gave, And milcirg dill the d-ince ray theme, Wcu'd fain that pleafuie fave. Not (o may C-------t's pafs away,t Like mine too quickly o'er, But each revolving year convey, Yet greater than befoie. Be heahh and beauty long her own And joys without decline, \ As lovtly a? ihe always (hone, And a* now, at the pre fent time. Sincerus In C0GNITU6* and enterpriziug than formerly, and had for¬ med a junction in the viciuity cf Valladolid ro the beginning of the month of Otfober to the number of 1500, for the purpofe of taking a convoy of money, arilkgfrom the contributions which the enemv had impofed upon the country ; but theh de%« failed "Ihave the honor to be with eft.ee ra and particular connderation, your Excellency's molt obedient fcrvant. ": WELLINGTON " For the Kingston Gazette* _______________ ME9SR3. EDITORS, ^Ha I 8ENJ> y(Hj herewith che firft of a fcries of Efljyg in- tmded to be given t> fhc public through the medium of your paper* Their nature and defign are fuffi- ciendy explained in the pre feu t fpecimen ; wid thtf author indulges the hope that they will contribute to the utility and entertainment afforded by your paper t^ the public ; whofe pleafuie and profit were the ioie inducements to the undertaking. ------ No. I. Won eadem eft at as, non mens.-^ HORACE. WHEN I had determined to prepare a weekly entertainment for my countrymen, I was fuddenly flopped by the difficulty <f finding a name by which to characterize my lucubrations, and make myfelf known to my readers and to poftcrity. The longer that I considered, the greater the difficulty appear¬ ed ; and finding it impoffible to decide on a matter of (o great importance, I had recourfe to the advice of my friends. In choofinor a- title, Lara one, you mult bewarr of provoking a cOmparifoi] with thofe bright Iuminarfes, , ^u,. 1----- . - • ' xample,' . _____, ^oumakc choice of a name that delights m jrentle oxt- iecTtions of character, in detailing family fe- crets, in fettling plans of love arnl marri^T and in furnifhing tea-parties vrilh j^offip'a tales ; what, your critics will exclaim, doc* this fellow pretcn'd to revive the Tatler ? To pitch upon a name of a fevcrer ton<if which direds, rather than advifes; and com- mands, rather than coneih'uU'5**Jihfn>t nr<>y more advantageous ; ior tney wuf cry, be- hold a new Guardian deftitute of trie mer- its cf the old. In aiTumin^r a f it Itr which can properly enter into every profeffion and fitu, atioti of life freely, ceufure what appears wrong in the economy, the bufi.nefs and di- verfions of the world ; and without b-ia-r yourfdf an aclor, lafh or praife the man¬ ners and cnilom-s of the age according to their defert, you bring yourfelf in contact, with the Spectator, and raife expectations hfch mitft be difappointcd. You roio-fif •comparucm.wit.ft thoie bn>lrtlun who have gone before you. U, for e; to raife the curiofity ->f the ladies, yc * ffaiWI ,illll«- V* <-udppoincca. You rrnVht have been pltafed with a name whicl ° 1 an- Ocloher 2 2 1 he Brtfeijj has raptured a French privateer. After Pm: furrendered, the French Captain, though wounded, run a man through, who died inltantly—for CHEAP STORE. WHITNEY, has juil recciv- • ed and is now offering for fale, a very extenfive aflortment of which he was thrown overboard by one of the Englifh failors, but was afterwards faved. . The Lifbon accounts fay, that on the ar- nyal of our army at Alcobaca, the Monks or the convent there opened their (tores to the troops, fent 85 pipes of wine to them FJL L k WINTER GOODS. ALSO Hardware, Welt India Goods and Groceries. nouncsdyour intention* f nubi? from fnbjecl to fabjea as fancy dite&ed, or'the topic, of the day iuggefted ; but what writer will ev¬ er dare to break a lance with the Rambler? The courage and gallantry of a knigfct errant are always agrcei.ble ; but we have already had an Adventurer which few will be dil pofed to encounter. It is no eafy matter, faid another friend to a.icover a good title which has not h<xn already afiumed by men of di.ltn^uifhcd ce- lebnty : yet one may furelv be found with, out h dding you up in lucklei's competition with the wit of the Connoisseur, the af- fcaing talcs of the Mj&ror, the learning of the Observer, or the carelefs wifdom oftlie ZfiTLsa. What do you think of the I»ro»- her ? It is your dntytotell us of oorfityft and to point out the methods of cure. Thh name is odious ; it is alfociated in the mind with all that is bale and deoradino-. A r . - . , , -................ A1 ofu;r;,ch b« *3I difpofe of (wholefak ^,rr,r is commonly the betrayer of inna- and fet ire to cpoQ bnihels of wheat to pre- a";J.r^'0 ^ as low a rate as can be purchaf- cence, a faithlels friend, a flatterer of tvrants vent itsi railing into the hands of the French 3?? M°.»trea1 or Quebec. He mod cw- and always a moll dimonorable man. ' To the Garnisher you will oblcft its rankfmell of the kitchen, and the ridicule which it might caft tipofi you. labors ; for brigands. The ground which the Britilh occupied the 14th Oclobe-, was the fame which was occupied by Junot, in 1808. The allied army reached their pofitions before the rain fet in ; to which the French troops were much expofed Our troops are eftimatcd at 36,000 effective Englifh a;)d Gtrmans, be- fides Forti'tTutfe and Spaniards. The French have at hall 50,000 infantry, and 13,000 cavalry. The fiek and wounded of tire al¬ lied army amount to 48,0. The medical ftaff is on a large and refpeclable eftabli/h- ment ; and the rneafures taken to embark the troops, ihould the chances of war be ; gain ft us, are ample and judicioufly taken. Lieutenant General Bereiford ia appoint¬ ed a Knight 0/ the Bath. We continue to receive official from our army in Portugal. r\ __...... .....^ undercover, and are plentifully topplied*—* dially invites thofe who are in the habit of purchahsg by wholefale, to call and exam¬ ine for themfelves. Kingston, ij Deccml s er. 1 o 1 o. Mtf TRayed into the premife.s, and now in the liable of the fubferi- ber, a BAY COLT, Aotti two year, old- whoever :t belongs to, will have it on a tion, and paying the exoenf.^. G. HAMILTON. •;s/on,Bec. 25, |8*0. ppbea- Kim t^3 4^4 a- SPAN FOR SALE, * f tof &HIM* BOMrn, riHncr X of ,c hand -. high, ftout built, one 6, tne Other 7 vrari i 1 1 »• r . die or I-/ ^a,sold-*««8ra! forthefad- u"- 01 ha litis • rtno •» U......^:r t M , roan, th one a beautiful account-, i*he troops arc ,",r^-'-^;V,;,rV,1f,-f,^in. qmZ^ SAMUEL aoivE your cnt.es might exclaim, we fee nothing to praile m thefe difhes, but that they are gamiftcd with the biaias of a calf. The Recluse is rather of confined R> po«. He ihat has retired or (hut himfelf up from the world, cannot be acquainted with the reigning modes, or the more fafhionabl* vce, and f>]iies < f the day—he may detail the refults of former experience, but hovy fhd! heconea the aberrations which havf grown op luce \it bctook him^ tQ mM I.o the RmivLsL, Dr. Biodum and Dr. Sol- omon, as well as the moll icduflrious a<J«rr- tiier of Fndian drugs, might offer manv 1W» ousobjeotio.e., as interfering with the talc of their iiivaiuable medicine. The piopoil'd names beinff all rciedrdi » mo f> J5 N aiarnung i/u1tIS followed, audi b< "O^fpajr ; ^hen my father, whoi*moi markable for .hi, good fcr.fc than for his lcarm