troops were so hard pressed in their retreat, that a great number are said to have died on the road from fatigue, as well as women and children that followed the army; and the French committed every excess in their march, even to the burning of Villa Franca, and every place they passed through. The French are in possession of Ferrol, and all the Spanish men of war, and will soon be in possession of Vigo. The British troops at that place will escape in the few transports left for their retreat.

Jan. 22.-Last evening nearly 300 sick soldiers from Coruna were landed from the Alfred and Sir C. Cotton, and conveyed in launches to Richmond Walk and Stonehouse Bridge, and from thence to the Royal Military Hospital, Stoke. They were attended by a captain's picquet of each regiment in garrison, as a duty of fatigue. These fine fellows looked like the ghosts of men, so much had they been exhausted by fatigue and hunger during their march through Spain. Came in this morning the Amazon, 36 guns, Captain Parker; Plover, 18 guns; and Scorpion, 18 guns, from Coruna, with several transports with part of the British army and artillery from Spain. They went up the harbour directly. Several more are in sight, working in through the haze.

Jan. 23.-Came in the Clarissa French lugger, of 16 guns and 58 men, prize to his Majesty's ship Indefatigable, and the French schooner General Junot, from St Maloes, with flour, &c., prize to his Majesty's ship Raleigh; also the Osborne transport from Lisbon, and his Majesty's ships Amazon, Raleigh, Scorpion, Parthian, and the Plover from a cruize; Ville de Paris, Victory, Barfleur, Resolution, Tonnant, Elizabeth, Impla

cable, Zealous, Norge, Mediator, Minerva, and Cossack, with a large fleet of transports, with troops from Spain.

At the time of the departure of the transports, shells from the French artillery were flying near them in all directions; four transports had been driven on shore; the troops and crews on board were taken out, and the vessels destroyed.

The following have this evening arrived:-The Prince of Wales, with 250 of the 20th regiment; Hannah, with part of the 10th dragoons; Elizabeth and Ann, with part of the 15th ditto; and Commerce, with part of the 1th ditto.

At the time the Gleaner left Coruna, the Spaniards were defending the town against the French.

Sir John Moore, with his friend General Anstruther, (who died of fatigue,) were buried in the citadel of Coruna.

PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 23.-This afternoon arrived the Nimrod transport, and Rostock hospital ship, from Coruna, with about thirty officers and 250 soldiers belonging to our army on board. These ships left Coruna on Tuesday morning last, when it was thick weather, and, not seeing the body of the transports, they thought it advisable to run for England, as our army had embarked, and left the country. The officers arrived give the most dismal accounts of the embarkation of our army. suppose we have lost about 4000 men, 1000 of whom were killed and wounded in an action on this day se'ennight, when the French army, consisting of 30,000 men, attacked our covering army. Fourteen transports were sunk from the heights of Coruna, which the enemy took possession of before all our transports

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Me could get out of Coruna harbour. The soldiers on board them were opmostly saved: several of the officers arrived were on board two of them. Most of the artillery was embarked Fa before the enemy made any attack; en but all the horses belonging to the had dragoons were killed, all the bagde gage taken, and all the ammunition and destroyed.

Sir David Baird was landed at Portsmouth. He was carried in the arms of several of the crew of the Ville de Paris to lodgings in the High street. A crowd of persons assembled, whose hearts seemed big with the sight. The huzzas which would have attended his landing were repressed by the affecting appearance of Sir David, whose fine manly figure and countenance seemed worn with fre fatigue, anxiety, and pain. We are, however, happy to hear that he is as well as can be expected. Soon afterwards Colonel Bradford, deputy adjutant-general to the army, was brought on shore in a cot from the same ship, borne by several of the crew. He has a bad wound in the small bone of his leg, by a musket ball. Several other officers landed who are sick, and were led up from the Sallyport to lodgings.

We regret to announce the loss of the Dispatch transport, and the Primrose sloop of war, the former from Coruna, and the latter outward bound. The Dispatch had on board a detachment of the 7th light dragoons, amounting in all, with the crew, to 100 people. Out of this number, only seven have been saved from a watery grave. These brave fellows, it is said, are the same who distinguished themselves so eminently unI der Lord Paget. The officers lost on this unhappy occasion are, Major Cavendish, Captain Dukenfield, and

Lieutenant Waldegrave. The loss of the Primrose, of 18 guns, is not less to be regretted than that of the Dispatch. She was driven by the tempestuous weather upon the Manacle rocks, about a mile from the spot where the transport foundered. On this occasion, every soul on board perished, except a little boy. The Dispatch belonged to Shields.

The greater part of the sick and wounded that have returned from Spain are doing well. We are sorry, however, to state, that Colonel Maxwell of the 26th, and Major M'Gregor of the 59th, with an officer of the 38th, and ten privates, have died of their wounds at Plymouth.

All the surgical lecturers in town have received letters from the medical transport board, requesting them to use their exertions to get their pupils to repair to Plymouth and Portsmouth, to assist, during the present emergency, in dressing the wounded. So much are they wanted, that they will be received without having passed the Hall, provided they can shew certificates of having attended the lectures.

The privations to which our brave army were exposed during its retreat were most distressing. For many days they had no other food than potatoes and water, and frequently an insufficient supply of the former. A French colonel was taken in the neighbourhood of Benevente, and sent under an escort to Coruna. On arriving at a town near Lugo, the party were unable to procure a breakfast, either by entreaty or money: the Frenchman laughed at the embarrassment of our officer, and observing that we had much yet to learn in the science of campaigning, begged to be allowed to cater for the party. He called the man of the house, and, on his ap

pearing, knocked him down with the hilt of his sword; he then commanded him to provide breakfast, adding, that if he delayed, he would help himself. The inhospitable host profited by the hint, and in a few minutes served up a profusion of every thing.

During the retreat to Coruna, the troops had to cross a piece of water which was breast high. The muchlamented late commander set his soldiers the example in wading across; and observing an ensign of one of the regiments preparing to be carried over by a grenadier, Sir John Moore desired him to get upon his legs, told him his brother soldier had burden enough in his knapsack, ammunition, and arms, and made the delicate officer wade through the water.

The military chest, on the retreat of our army towards Astorga, contained dollars to the amount of six hundred thousand pounds, and about fifteen hundred pounds in gold coin. To prevent this money falling into the hands of the enemy, it was thrown into rivers, caverns, &c.; and to this circumstance, we hear, a large portion of our loss of men on the march is imputable; many persons having dropped behind under various pretences, in the hope of recovering part of the specie so disposed of, who were afterwards unable to regain their respective corps.

As an instance of the great fatigue our army underwent in their retreat to Coruna, we are informed, that when the 1st regiment, or Royals, arrived, on the evening of the 10th, at Betanzos, near Coruna, they only mustered, with the colours, nine of ficers, three serjeants, and three privates; the rest had dropped on the roads, and did not all join for three days.

The number of the troops fr Spain, arrived at Portsmouth alo is estimated at 10,000. They beg to debark on Friday. According the present intended disposition them, they are to be distributed follows:-The 3d battalion of Scots Royals to Fort Moncton; 5th regiment to Steyning barrac the 26th and 32d to Horsham; 51st and 60th to the Isle of Wig! the 81st and 82d to Lewes; the W gon Train to Croydon; the 7 10th, 15th, and 18th dragoons their former quarters in Sussex, Guildford and Canterbury; the 1 regiment, (Buffs,) and several ot corps, to Hilsea; the 76th to F Cumberland; the 1st and 2d Gua to Chatham. About nine regime are to go round to Harwich in tra ports, to go into the Essex distric and about 16 regiments are to round to Ramsgate, for the Kent d trict.

The 82d regiment, which came shore at Portsmouth, embarked 4 men at Coruna: their loss in t campaign is 15 officers and 540 me

On the landing of our troops Portsmouth, from Spain, the inhal tants most generously took coach to convey them to the Town-ha where they were provided with good dinner, consisting of soup a roast beef. The inns of that pla are filled with sick officers.

Several Spaniards of distinctic have landed at Plymouth during th last week from Coruna and Vigo.

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The James transport arrived Portsmouth on Saturday, with pa of the German Legion which embarked at Vigo with th brigades under the command of G nerals Craufurd and Allen, and saile from thence under convoy of his Ma jesty's ship Alfred.

The British army left 200 sick at out Lugo, under the care of staff surgeon The Emery.

Ice It appears, by an abstract of a gesponeral return of the troops embarked strbat Coruna, our loss has been by no lot means so great as was supposed. It onet appears that, including the corps ungheder General Craufurd, that marched nato Vigo, which, on the authority of of Major Rainey, was rated at 3100 s;thmen, and which he stated to have embarked without molestation, the num. ber of our troops brought away, Seamounts to 28,000. The return is y; has follows:

Abstract of a general return of the 5th stroops embarked at Coruna for Enggland :

PRUSSIA. The King of Prussia tresent the following affecting letter, on hethe 24th of December, 1808, to the k magistrates of Berlin: TORS

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"Worthy, beloved, and faithful subjects, my provinces being evacua sed by the French, my attention is now directed to the accomplishment of my heartfelt wish of returning to my capital of Berlin, with the queen my spouse, and my family-an object which I have by all possible means endeavoured to attain since the conlusion of peace. I have given orders that the constituted authorities shall repair to Berlin, as soon as the districts on the other side of the Vistula have begun to breathe a little from the effect of the heavy burdens they

have sustained, in furnishing carriages and supplies, both before and during the evacuation of the country This short interval I shall employ in a journey to St Petersburgh, in conse quence of the repeated friendly and urgent invitations, both verbally and by letter, of his majesty the Emperor of Russia. I shall expedite my journey, and hope within a few weeks to revisit my provinces on the other side of the Vistula, to which I owe so many proofs of exemplary fidelity; and I shall in particular hasten my return to Berlin, to testify to my sub\jects of that city my gratitude for their firmness and good conduct, and to assure them of my attachment and satisfaction. I inform you hereof, and command you to notify the same to my loving and faithful citizens of that city; and I am your loving sovereign. FREDERIC WILLIAM."

It is difficult to conceive, and still more difficult to exaggerate, the means brought into action by Buonaparte, in his invasion of Spain. There is good reason for believing, however incredible it may appear, that, on the 29th of November last, he had 17,000 waggons, and 130,000 horses employed in his commissariat. All his biscuit was brought from the interior of France. The butchers and bakers, from Bourdeaux to Nismes, a space of 160 miles, were all conscribed, brigaded, and marched off into Spain, in the space of five days. Nine hundred were thus collected and put into effective requisition. These are facts known to the commander-in-chief of this country.

EARTHQUAKES.-A severe shock of an earthquake was felt the 18th current, about half past five in the morning, at Comrie, near Crieff. It was more violent than any felt there

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since September 7th, 1801. The noise attending it was loud and great ly prolonged. During the time of the shock, the air was calm and seThe moon, in her last quarter, shone bright, and the sky was afterwards covered with whitish clouds, moving rapidly from N. W. to S. E. CRIEFF, Jan. 20, 1809.-" The singular occurrence, that for twenty years has been frequent in this part of Scotland, of repeated shocks of earthquakes, affected us with very great alarm on the morning of the 18th, at half past one o'clock. The shock was loud and long, with a more violent tremor of the earth than had ever before been felt. The panic was very great; but we have much reason to be thankful that this awful proof of divine power has hitherto been perfectly harmless."

Another letter, dated Steelend, near Dunning, Perthshire, 23d January, says, "We had two great shocks of an earthquake here, on Wednesday morning last-the first about one o'clock, which lasted, I thought, about a minute, with a great noise, like that of thunder running along the ground, which made our very beds to shake, till I thought I was thrown a little off my bed.

The second was about half an hour after, much more tremendous, which made all the windows to rattle it was felt about Dunning and its vicinity, and much more about Blackford and all west."

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.EDINBURGH, Jan. 25.-The Court having advised the informations or dered in the case of Rachel Wright, convicted of child-stealing at the Glasgow circuit in September last,

delivered their opinions at gre length. All the judges agreed t child-stealing is a crime, according the law of Scotland, and one th so often as it had occurred, had b punished capitally. Sentence of de was therefore pronounced on the I soner, accompanied by a very e quent address from the Lord Just Clerk. She has since received a spite during his Majesty's pleasu: and it is understood that her puni ment will be exchanged for transp tation.*

The three following paragrap are from Clonmell, viz. January 7, and 11.

CLONMELL, Jan. 4.-On Mond as two young lads, sons of Mr Forl of Kingston mills, near Ballypore were coming to this town to scho in a chaise, they were stopped on t road, near Gormanstown, betwe Ardfinan and Clogheen, by Brenn and another man, each armed with blunderbuss and a case of pistols, a robbed of what cash they had, c sisting of about seven guineas. T robbers had, but a few minutes t fore, stopped a Mr Williams, on way from hence to Cork, from who they took about eight guineas.

Jan. 7.-On Wednesday nig last there was a great fall of snow and on Thursday almost incessa rain, which caused such a flood in t Suir, as has not been remembere here for many years. Boats we plying up and down the quays, an admittance into any of the stores w impossible. All the fields on th banks of the river were completel covered, and scarcely the vestige a ditch or a wall to be seen.

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