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Leighton, Richard Chapman, John Coffin, Richard Armstrong, John Murray, sir Charles Green, bart. William St. Leger, Richard Northey Hopkins, and Thomas Hart cup, to be lieutenant-generals in the army. Colonels, from John Hamilton to John Michel, to be major-generals in the army.-Lieutenant-colonels, from Harry Chester to Philip K. Skinner, to be colonels in the army.-Lieutenantcolonel Andrew Ross, to be aid-decamp to the king.--Majors, from John Potter Hamilton to Charles Darrah, to be lieutenant-colonels in the army.-Captains, from I. S. Ridge to Charles O'Gorman, to be majors in the army.

Admiralty-office, Oct. 25. This day, in pursuance of the king's pleasure, the following flag-officers of his majesty's fleet were promoted, viz. Admirals of the white, to be admirals of the red: William Peere Williams, esq. and sir John Colpoys, K.B. Admirals of the blue, to be admirals of the white: Isaac Prescot, esq. Thomas Spry, esq. and sir John Orde, bart.Vice-admirals of the red, to be admirals of the blue: John Thomas, esq. James Brine, esq. sir Erasmus Gower, knt. John Holloway, esq. and George Wilson, esq.-Vice-admirals of the white, to be vice-admirals of the red: Henry Savage, esq. Bartholomew Samuel Rowley, esq. sir Richard Bickerton, bart. and George Bowen, esq.-Vice-admirals of the blue, to be vice-admirals of the white: Samson Edwards, esq. George Campbell, esq. Henry Frankland, esq. Arthur Phillip, esq. sir William George Fairfax, knt.-Rear-admirals of the red, to be vice-admirals of the blue: John Child Purvis, esq. Theophilus Jones, esq. William Domett, esq. William Wolseley, esq. John Manley, esq. George Mur.

ray, esq. John Sutton, esq. Robert Murray, esq. hon. sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane, K.B. and John Markham, esq.-Rear-admirals of the white, to be rear-admirals of the red: John Wells, esq. Richard Grin dall, esq. George Martin, esq. sir Alexander John Ball, bart. sir Ri chard John Strachan, bart. K.B. sir William Sidney Smith, knt. Tho mas Sotheby, esq. Nathan Brunton, esq. William Hancock Kelly, esq. John Schank, esq. and the hon. Michael De Courcy.--Rear-admirals of the blue, to be rear-admirals of the white: Davidge Gould, esq. sir Richard Goodwin Keats, K.B. Robert Devereux Fancourt, esq. sir Edward Buller, bart. hon. Robert Stopford, Mark Robinson, esq. Tho mas Revell Shivers, esq. Charles Cobb, esq. Francis Pickmore, esq. John Stephens Hall, esq. John Dilkes, esq.-The undermentioned captains were also appointed flag officers of his majesty's fleet, to be rear-admirals of the blue, viz. Rowley Bulteel, esq. William Luke, esq. Isaac George Manley, esq. John Osborn, esq. Edmund Crawley, esq. Charles Boyles, esq. Sir Thomas Williams, knt. Thomas Hamilton, esq. sir T. B. Thompson, bart. and George Countess, esq.

Admiralty-office, Oct. 25. Sir Charles Hamilton, bart. and the hon. Henry Curzon, appointed colonels of his majesty's royal marine forces, vice Charles Boyles, esq. and sir Thomas Williams, knt. appointed flag-officers of his majesty's fleet.

Whitehall, Oct. 28. Right hon. Henry John viscount Palmerston, appointed his majesty's secretary at war, vice lord Granville Leveson Gower, resigned.

Whitehall, Oct. 31. Joseph Philli more, LL.D. appointed professor of civil law in the university of Ox ford, vice Laurence, dec.. Foreign

Foreign-office, Oct. 31. Appointment of don Antonio Fernandez de Urrutia, to be consul for his Catholic majesty at Gibraltar, approved by his majesty.

Queen's palace, Nov. 1. Right hon. Henry John viscount Palmerston, sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council.-Right. hon. Richard Ryder, sworn one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state.William Plomer, esq. alderman of the city of London; James Athol Wood, esq. captain in the royal ravy; Alexander Johnston, esq. on being appointed chief justice of the supreme court of judicature or the island of Ceylon; and Francis Macnaghten, esq. one of the judges of the supreme court of judicatare at Madras, knighted.

Whiteball, Nov. 4. Right hon. Charles Flower, of Lobb, co. Oxford, and of Woodford, co. Essex, esq. lord mayor of the city of London, created a baronct.

W biteball, Nov. 7. Right hon. Robert Dundas, appointed first commissioner for the management of affairs in India, vice lord Harrowby, resigned.

Queen's palace, Nov. 8. Right hon. Charles Manners Sutton, sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy

Council.

Wb teball, Nov. 14. William Lowther, esq. (commonly called viscount Lowther), appointed one of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, vice lord Palmerston, resigned. Robert Dundas, esq. writer to the signet, appointed conjunct clerk to the bills in the office of his majesty's registers and rolls in Scotland, vice Anstruther, dec. Queen's palace, Nov. 22. Jere Homfray, esq. of Llandaff-house, co. Glamorgan, knighted.

Whitebail, Dec. 2. Snowden Barne, esq. appointed one of the lords com

missioners of the treasury.-William Alexander, of the city of Dublin, esq. and right hon. William Stamer, esq. lord mayor of the city of Dublin, created baronets.

Queen's palace, Dec. 6. The most noble marquis Wellesley, K. B. sworn one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state.-Thomas Staines, esq. captain in the royal navy, knighted.

Foreign-office, Dec. 15. The hon. Henry Wellesley, appointed his majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his Catholie majesty Ferdinand the Seventh; and directed to reside in that character at the seat of the central or supreme junta in Spain.

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Queen's palace, Dec. 20. Right hon, John lord Sheffield and right hon. Henry Wellesley sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council.-Henry Pelham, duke of Newcastle, sworn lord lieutenant of the county of Nottingham, vice duke of Portland, dec.

War-office, Dec. 23. William Merry, esq. appointed, by the right hen, lord viscount Palmerston, his majesty's secretary at war, to be his deputy, vice Francis Moore, esq.

Downing-strect, Dec. 26. Rearadmiral si Richard Goodwin Keats, K.B. appointed his majesty's com. missioner for the civil affairs of Malta, vice admiral Ball, dec.

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Derbyshire, Charles Upton, of Derby, esq.

Devonshire, Sir Thomas Dyke. Ackland, of Kellerton, bart.

Dorsetshire, James John Farquharson, of Langton, esq. Essex, J. Rutherford Abdy, of Albyns, esq.

Gloucestershire, John Hodder Moggridge, of Dymock, esq. Herefordshire, W. Wall, of Leominster, esq.

Hertfordshire, Edmond Darby, of Ashton-house, esq.

Kent, Sir Brooke Wm. Bridges, of Goodneston, bart.

Lancashire, Samuel Clowes, of Boughton-hall, esq.

Leicestershire, Sir William Manners, of Buckminster, bart.

Lincolnshire, Sir R. Heron, of Stubton, bart.

Monmouthshire, John Kemys Gardner Kemys, of Pertholey, esq, Norfolk, James Coldham, of Anmer, esq.

Northamptonshire, R. Andrew, of Harleston, esq.

Northumberland, Wm. Sadlier Brewere, of Bewicke, esq. Nottinghamshire, Thomas Walker, of Bury-hill, esq.

Oxfordshire,J. Harrison, of Shelswell, esq.

Rutlandshire, Abel Walford Bellaers, of Bulmerthorpe, esq. Shropshire, Wm. Sparling, of Petton, esq.

Somersetshire, J. Nurton, of Milverton, esq.

Staffordshire, Theophilus Levett, of Whichner, esq.

County of Southampton, John Blackburne, of Preston Candover,

esq.

Suffolk, John Dresser, of Blyford,

esq.

Surry, Edward Bilke, of Southwark, esq.

Sussex, Thomas Tourle, of Landport, esq.

Warwickshire, Abraham Bracebridge, of Atherstone, esq.

Wiltshire, Sir Charles Warre Mallett, of Wilbury-house, bart. Worcestershire, Henry Bromley, of Abberley, esq.

Yorkshire, Sir G. Wombwell, of Wombwell, bart.

SOUTH WALES.

Brecon, Thomas Wood, of Gwernivett, esq.

Carmarthenshire, Richard Isaac Starke, of Laughame-castle, esq. Cardigan, William Skyrme, of Altgcock, esq.

Glamorgan, Sir Jer. Homfray, of

Llandaff.

Pembroke, C. Allen Phillips, of the Hill, esq.

Radnor, John Whittaker, of Cascob, esq.

NORTH WALES. Anglesey, Sir John Thomas Stanley, of Bodewyrd, bart.

Caernarvonshire, Thomas Parry Jones Parry, of Madryn, esq. Denbighshire, J. Ablet, of Llanbedb, esq.

Flintshire, Thomas Peate, of Bistree, esq.

Merioneth, William Davies, of Ty Ucha, esq.

Montgomeryshire, Thomas Edwards, of Trefuant, esq.

SHERIFF appointed by his royot highness the prince of Wales, in council, for the year 1809.

Cornwall, The hon. Charles Bagnal Agar.

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PUBLIC PAPERS,

Of the Year 1809.

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CHAPTER I.

Palafox's Proclamation to the Arragonese.

Dec. 3, 1808. HE country demauds great sacrifices. She calls us to her assistance; she sees no other defenders but her children; we are her only support. We should violate our duty to her, and to ourselves, did we not employ our arms and risk our lives and property, in order to save her. Noble Arragonese! brave soldiers! ever ready to shed your blood to defend her and your king, it is unnecessary for me to remind you of sacred duties which you have never forgotten; but the important charge which you have confided to me, and my anxious desire to fulfil my duty, and to make a just return to your attachment, do not permit me to leave unemployed any means that may contribute to deliver you from those perfidious wretches who, already setting themselves in opposition to our determinations, already indifferent to the grand cause which we are defending, give utterance to sentiments little conformable to our tried loyalty. I therefore ordain and command:-1. That all the inhabitants of this city, of every rank and condition, shall consider themselves bound to devote to its defence their persons, property, and lives: the

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rich and great lending a helping hand to the poor, fostering and assisting them, contributing to cover their nakedness, and to enable them to maintain their respective posts; thus performing a sacred duty, enjoined by natural affection, and recommended by the holy religion which we profess; and, at the same time, remunerating them for the zeal with which they defend their lives, their estates, and their common country. Should any man be so unnatural as to disown their obligation, he shall be fined in proportion to the magnitude of his offence, and the amount of the fine shall be appropriated to the subsistence of the army.-2. That such towns as do not contribute all in their power to the relief of our present necessities, shall be treated as enemies to our king, whose sovereign rights we defend, and their inhabitants of every rank shall be punished as traitors.-3. That every individual of the army of reserve, and the recruits of Arragon, already enrolled and regimented, who shall not join his corps within the space of six days thereof, shall be treated as a deserter in time of war, and as such shall suffer the pains of the law.-4. That the Alcaides shall scrupulously exa

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days shall be allowed for the departure of all the women, old men arrived at sixty, and all the boys not able to carry cartridges, with moderate equipages, for whose convenience orders have been issued to all the towns and villages, to receive them with kindness, to supply their wants.-10. That Frenchmen, who may happen to be within the city, shall be presented to the judge of the police, in order to be removed without the walls. All the women and children of the same nation shall be removed with their husbands and fathers; as also all the prisoners and deserters from the enemy's army, to places appointed for their reception.

inine the soldiers in their respective wards, who may not have so joined, and make a return of their names and the corps they belong to; and that the justices of the kingdom of Arragon do,' under the responsibility of person and property, transmit an exact list of all the individuals of their jurisdiction, who have served in the army, distinguishing the cavalry from the infantry, and remarking their state of health and personal vigour.-5. That all who profess want of confidence in the chicfs of the people or the army, who make pasquinades, excite riots or disturbances, shall be immediately apprehended, and carried before the newly-appointed judge of the police, Don 11. To prevent those persons, Santiago Penicela, who will pass judgment according to the times and critical circumstances in which the country is placed, and suitable to their crimes; imposing the punishment of death, he shall consult me.-6. That all the measures adopted shall be obeyed with religious respect, since they are all directed to the good of the country, which will recompence in happy times the sacrifices we make,

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whose virtue is respected by every catholic from being exposed to insult, I permit the nuns to proceed to occupy other convents, without the limits of the city and suburbs, where they may have an opportunity of devoting themselves, without interruption, to their holy exercises.

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and which are so pleasing to God Letter of the King to the Magistrates

and the celestial protectress who guards us.-7. That all the houses shall be well supplied with cisterns and vessels of water, in order to be ready to assist in extinguishing any fire which may occur and that the Alcaides de Barrio shall in particular superintend this important preparation.-8. That the entrance and departure of persons by the gates shall be watched with the greatest care, recollecting that the enemy even assume our dress, and resort to every artifice, because they do not trust entirely to their force, though greatly superior in numbers.-9. That precisely three

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24th Dec. 1808. Worthy, beloved, and faithful subjects; my provinces being evacuated 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 conclusion of peace. I have given orders that the constituted authorities shall leave this place for Berlin, as soon as the districts on the other side of the Vistula have begun to breathe a

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