that parcel of land with the appurtenances upon which then lately stood a house abutting towards the cast upon the highway leading to the common of Weybridge by the town there, upon the orchard then or late of Amborne towards the north and west, and upon Fathers Grove towards the west, and upon the lands called Cobbetts towards the south and east, containing by estimation 3 roods, and also all that close of arable, called Nearer Hatchers, abutting upon the aforesaid way towards the north and east,. and upon the river of Weybridge aforesaid towards the west, and upon a close called Farther Hatchers towards the south, containing by estimation 6 acres; and also all that close or pasture commonly called Further Hatchers, abutting upon the aforesaid close called Nearer Hatchers towards the north and west, and upon the aforesaid river towards the west, upon certain lands then or late of wards the east, containing by estimation 12 acres, and also all that close or parcel of meadow called Sett's Meadow, abutting upon a meadow called the Great Meadow of Weybridge aforesaid towards the north and east and towards the south and east, upon the aforesaid close called Waller's Brook towards the south, and upon the aforesaid river of Weybridge towards the north and east, containing by estimation 10 acres, and also all that parcel of arable land then divided into two closes called Cobbetts, abutting upon the common of Weybridge towards the south, upon the close called Sand Lands aforesaid towards the west, upon Hatcher's Grove towards the north, and upon the aforesaid way leading from the common of Weybridge unto the river of Weybridge aforesaid towards the east, con taining by estimation 10 acres, and also all that parcel of meadow called Millett's Amborne towards the south Grove, upon a meadow called Great Millett and east, and upon Hatcher's Grove towards towards the west, upon the aforesaid river the south, containing by estimation 8 acres, towards the south, and upon a parcel of land and also all that wood called Hatcher's Grove, lying near the bridge of the aforesaid river abutting upon certain lands called Cobbetts towards the east, containing by estimation towards the south, upon the aforesaid close 3 acres and 2 roods, and also all that parcel called Further Hatchers, towards the north of meadow lying and being in Weybridge and west, and upon a close called the Three Great Mead (amongst other lands there) Acres towards the west, containing by esti- known by the name of Child's Part, then mation 3 acres, more or less; and also all or late in the Tenure of W. Porter or his that close of pasture called the Three Acres, assigns, containing by estimation 2 acres, abutting upon the aforesaid close called which said parcels of land contain in the Further Hatchers towards the north, upon whole by estimation 77 acres and 3 roods, the river aforesaid towards the west, upon a more or less, together with all ways, passaclose called the Sand Lands towards the south, ges, easements, commodities, and profits and upon Hatcher's Grove towards the east, whatsoever to the said closes or parcels of containing by estimation 3 acres, more or land in any manner belonging or appertain less; and also all that parcel of meadowing; all which said premises are situate at called Sand Lands, abutting upon the river aforesaid towards the west, and upon one part of a certain meadow called Great Millets towards the north, upon a close called the Three Acres aforesaid, and upon another piece of land called the Sand Lands towards the east, containing by estimation 5 acres, more or less; and also all that close of pasture called Sand Lands, abutting upon the aforesaid meadow towards the west, upon a close called Mallbrooke towards the south and west, upon certain lands called Cricketts towards the south and east, and upon the lands called Cobbetts towards the east,, containing by estimation 14 acres, more or less; and also all that close of pasture called Waller's Brook, abutting upon a certain piece of meadow belonging to a farm called Brooklands towards the east, upon Crickett's Hill towards the south, upon a certain meadow called Sert's Meadow towards the north, and upon the aforesaid close called Sand Lands, to Weybridge in the county of Surry; (excepting and always reserving thereout all great trees, woods, underwoods, mines, and quarries growing and being in and upon the premises, other than and besides the woods and underwoods therein-before mentioned), to hold the same (except as thereinbefore was excepted) unto the said Nich. Elcock, his executors, &c. from the 10th Oct. 1791 for the term of 23 years at the yearly rent of £7. 178.44d. And whereas H.R.H. Frederick duke of York and Albany bas purchased and is now possessed of or entitled to the whole of the leasehold manor or manors, park, messuages, mills, lands, tenements, and premises comprized in the said several recited letters patent, of the 11th June 1760, the 30th Oct. 1773, the 7th March 1770, and the 3d May 1755, and his said royal highness has also purchased and is now possessed of or entided to one undivided third part of the leasehold manor, acts and whereas his said royal highness has been put to a very great expence, and has laid out several considerable sums of money respecting the said inclosure acts, and in making the necessary inclosures and improvements in consequence thereof; and the commissioners acting under the said acts have, with a view to the convenience of occupation and improvement intermixed and laid together, or as contiguous as may be, the several allotments which have been made to his said royal highness, as well in respect of his aforesaid leasehold premises, as of his said freehold and copyhold hereditaments and estates: and inasmuch as on account of the situation and intermixture of the several allotments which have been made in respect of the said several leasehold premises, including the said premises whereof his said royal highness is tenant from messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and premises comprized in the said recited letters patent of the 7th August 1780, for all the residue now to come and unexpired of the said several existing terms of years granted or demised by the said letters patent respectively: And whereas his said royal highness is desirous to purchase and is now in treaty for the purchase of the said leasehold mes. suage, lands, tenements, and premises comprized in the said recited letters patent of the 8th April 1785 for all the residue now to come and unexpired of the term of 21 years granted or demised by the same letters patent: And whereas his said royal highness is in the possession of, and holds as tenant under the crown from year to year, two coney warrens in or near by fleet and Weybridge aforesaid with the appurtenances; and also a close or parcel of land now or heretofore called Millett Meadow in Wey-year to year, and in respect of his said bridge aforesaid, containing ten acres or thereabouts, be the same more or less; and also divers closes or parcels of land now or heretofore called Hones in the parish of Chertsey, in the said county of Surry, containing together 25 acres or thereabouts, be the same more or less, which said last men. tioned premises were heretofore held under lease from the crown, but the lease or leases whereof hath or have lately expired: And whereas his said royal highness has lately purchased and is seised or entitled in fee simple, of or to the freehold capital messuage or mansion house and park of Oatlands, and divers other freehold and copyhold messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, situate and being within the several manors or parishes of Byfleet and Weybridge, Walton-upon-Thames, Walton Leigh, and Chertsey, or some of them: And whereas under and by virtue of two several inclosure acts passed in the 40th year of his present majesty, divers separate and distinct parcels of land or ground within the parishes and places aforesaid have been allotted and awarded to his said royal highness and other persons respectively, as well in respect of the several leasehold premises herein-before mentioned, including the said premises whereof his said royal highness is tenant under the crown from year to year, as in respect of his said royal highness's said free. hold aud copyhold hereditaments and estates in the manors or parishes aforesaid; and his said royal highness has also purchased and contracted to purchase from different proprietors thereof several other lands or hereditaments in the same manors or parishes, which have been allotted and awarded to them in fee simple under the said inclosure royal highness's said freehold and copyhold hereditaments and estates, and from the situation and intermixture of the said allot. ments which he has so purchased aud contracted for in fee simple as aforesaid, the same several allotments cannot be occupied and improved to the advantage they are capable of, unless they are held and kept together and enjoyed as one estate; and i regard that at the expiration of the present leases or demises of the said leasehold premises, it would not only be difficut ascertain and distinguish the said lease allotments from the said freehold and copy. hold allotments, but would also be very prejudicial and injurious to his said royal highness's mansion-house, park, and estate at Oatlands aforesaid, if the said leasehold allotments were separated and taken awar from the said freehold and copyhold allot ments : : and inasmuch also as the said several leasehold manors and premises herein-before mentioned lie contiguous to, and are very desirable and convenient to be held and enjoyed with or by the proprietors of the said mansion house, park, and estate of Ost lands, H. R. H: the said Fred. duke of York and Albany, is desirous of purchasing the inheritance of the whole of the said lease. hold manors and premises respectively, including the said premises whereof H. R. H is tenant from year to year, with all the timber and other trees, woods, under. woods, mines, and quarries, growing or being on or in or about the same manors and premises; and his said royal highness has made his suit to his majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to give leave that a bill may be brought into parliament to enable his majesty to grant to his said royal highness such inheritance and whereas his majesty hath been graciously pleased to assent thereto; may it therefore please your majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that it shall and may be lawful for his majesty, his heirs or successors, at any time or times hereafter, by letters patent or indenture or indeatures under the great scal, to grant the fee simple and inheritance of and in all and singular the nanors, park, messuages, mills, warehouses, storehouses, lands, tenements, rents, hereditaments, and premises, comprized in and demised by the said herein-before recited leuers patent, 11th June 1700, or any of them respectively, with their and every of their rights, royalties, members, and appurtenances; and also of and in the two coney warrens, lands, and premises thereof H.R H. is tenant from year to year as aforesaid, with their and every of the appurtenances, and likewise of and in all and singular the lands, grounds, and hereditaments whatsoever, which by virtue of or under any inclosure act or acts of parliament, have been or shall or may be allotted or awarded to any person or persons whomsoever, for or in respect of the said leasehold manors, park, messuages, mills, &c. or any of them, including the said premises held from year to year; and also all and every the timber and other trees, woods, underwoods, royal and other mines and quarries, growing or being on or in or about the same leasehold manors, hereditaments, and premises respectively; and all rents, issues, and profits, of the premises so to be granted, and particularly the rents reserved by the said recited letters patent unto and to the use of H. R. H. his heirs and assigns, or unto such person or persons in trust for his said royal highness, his heirs and assigns, as he or they shall nominate or appoint for a full and adequate I consideration in money; to be valued and ascertained by the proper officers of the crown for the time being, who are hereby authorized to value and ascertain the same accordingly. II. And be it further enacted, that the price or consideration in money to be valued and ascertained as aforesaid shall be paid into the bank of England in the name of the lord high treasurer of England, and shall be forthwith laid out by the order of the surveyor-general of the land revenue for the time being in the purchase of £3. per cent. consolidated bank annuities, in the same manner and to and for the same uses and purposes as the monies arising or to arise by the sale of fee farm rents are directed to be laid out by an act, passed in the 34th of his majesty, intituled, An Act for the better manage ment of the land revenue of the crown, and for the sale of fee farm and other unimproveable rents;' and that all and singular the annuities to be purchased by virtue of this Act shall be and remain invested, and the interest or yearly dividends thereof shall be from time to time received, answered, accounted for, applied, and appropriated in such and the same manner as by the said last before-mentioned Act is directed and enacted in respect of the annuities to be purchased in pursuance of that Act.-III. And be it further enacted, that such grant of the said premises, or any part thereof, as shall be made by his said najesty, his heirs or successors, or any such letters patent, in denture or indentures as aforesaid in pursuance of this act, shall be and is and are hereby declared and enacted to be good, valid, and effectual in the law, according to the tenor and purport thereof in the said letters patent, indenture or indentures to be expressed, notwithstanding any restriction, matter, or thing contained in an act of parliament made in the 1st. of her late majesty queen Anne, intituled, An 6 Aa Act for the better support of her majesty's household, and of the honour and dignity of the crown,' or in an Act made in the 1st of his present majesty, intituled, Act for the support of his majesty's household, and of the honour and dignity of the crown of Great Britain;' or in an Act made in the 34th of his present majesty, intituled An Act for the better management of the land revenue of the crown, and for the sale of fee farm and other unimproveable rents,' or any other law or statute to the contrary, or any misrecital of non-recital, omission, or other defect in the said letters patent, indenture or indentures hereafter to be made in anywise notwithstanding.-IV. Saving always to all bodies politic and corporate, and all other persons whomsoever, and their, his, and her successors, heirs, executors, and administrators (other than and except his most excellent majesty and his heirs and successors), all such estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand, of, in, and to the premises to be granted in and by the said letters patent, indenture or indentures to be made in pursuance of this Act, as they, every, or any of them had before the passing of this Act, or might or could or would have had, held, or enjoyed, in case wie Act had not been made. OFFICIAL PAPERS. FRENCH EXPOSÉ.-(Concluded from p. 896.)-One hundred thousand of the grand army leave the Prussian states to occupy the camp at Boulogne, while Denmark, henceforth safe from any English invasion, is evacuated by our troops, which are concentrated and centralizing themselves. Before the end of January, the battalions withdrawn to Spain will be replaced on the banks of the Elbe and the Rhine.--Those which quelled Italy, last year, return to their former destination.-Such, Messieurs, is the external situation of France. In the interior, the greatest order in all parts of the administration, important ameliorations, a great number of new institutions, have excited the gratitude of the people.-The creation of titles of nobility have environed the throne with a new splendour. This system creates in all hearts a laudable emulation. It perpetuates the recollection of the most illustrious services paid by the most honourable reward.-The clergy have distinguished themselves by their patriotism, and by their attachment to their sovereign and their duties. Respect to the ministers of the altar, who honour religion by a devotion so pure, and virtues so disinterested!-The magistrates of all classes every where aid, with their utmost efforts, the views of the sovereign and the people, by their zeal facilitate the operation of their authority, and by the manifes tation of the most affecting sentiments, exalt the carriage and ardour of the troops. -Soldiers, magistrates, citizens, all have but one object, the service of the state; but one sentiment, that of admiration for the sovereign; but one desire, that of seeing heaven watch over his days, too just a recompense for a monorch who has no other thought, no other ambition, than those of the happiness and the glory of the French natiuo. SPANISH REVOLUTION.-First Bulletin of the French Army of Spain, dated Vittoria, Nov. 9, 1808. Position of the French army on the 25th Oct.-Head quarters at Vittoria.-The marshal duke of Cornegliano, with his left wing, along the banks of the Arragon and the Ebro. His head-quarters at Rafalla.-The marshal duke of Elchingen is with his head-quarters at Guardia. The marshal duke of Istria has his head-quarters at Miranda, with a garrison in Fort Pancorba. - The general of division Merlin occupies with one division the heights of Durango, and presses upon the enemy, who seem disposed to attack the heights of These Mondragon,-The marshal duke of Dantzic having arrived with the divisions of Sebastiani and Laval, the king was pleased to order the division of Merlin to return.-The enemy being in the mean time in force at Lerin, and having occupied Viana, and several posts on the left bank of the Ebro, the king ordered the duke of Cornegliano to advance against the enemy. General Waltier, commander of the cavalry, and the brigades of generals Habert, Brune, and Bazout, proceeded against the enemy's posts. On the 27th of October the enemy were defeated at all points. Twelve hundred men, who were surrounded in Lerin, at first shewed a disposition to defend themselves; but general Grandjean having made his arrangements, defeated them completely, making prisoners one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, 40 officers, and 1200 soldiers. troops formed part of the camp of St. Roque, before Gibraltar. At the same time, marshal the duke of Elchingen marched for Lo grono, passed the Ebro, took 300 of the enemy prisoners, pursued them several miles, and re-established the bridge of Logrono In consequence of this event, the Spanish general Pignatelli, who commanded the in surgents, was stoned by them.-The troop of the traitor Romana and the Spanish prison ers in England, landed by the English in Spain, with the division of Gallicia, making together a force of 30,000 men, threatened from Bilboa marshal the duke of Dantzie, who, led on by a noble ardour, advanced upon them on the 31st of October, and drore them, at the point of the bayonet, from all their positions. The troops of the Confede ration of the Rhine, and particularly the corps of Baden, distinguished themselves.The marshal duke of Dantzic closely followed up his pursuit of the enemy, the whol 1st of November, as far as Guenes, and entered Bilboa. In that city very considerable magazines were found. Several Englishmen were made prisoners. The enemy's loss, in killed and wounded, was considerable; but we took very few of them prisoners. Our loss consists of only 50 killed and 100 wounded. However praiseworthy this action was, it was to be wished that it had not taken place; the Spanish corps was in a situation to have been completely cut off.-The corps of marshal Victor having just arrived, was detached from Vittoria to Orduna. On the 7th of November, the enemy, reinforced by fresh troops from St. Andero, occupied the height of Guenes. (To be continued) Printed by Cox and Baylis, Great Queen Street; published by R. Bagshaw, Brydges Street, Covent Gaiden, where former Numbers may be had: sold also by J. Budd, Crown and Miue, Pall-Mall. VOL. XIV. No. 25.] LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1808. [PRICE 10D. of rascals, who gloss over their treasons to their country by high-sounding declarations; " raising one hand with energetic enthusiasm, vowing their eternal vengeance on the French tyrant; while "the other is actively employed in rummaging the Public Pocket."-POOR WATCHMAKER'S LETTER. 929] SUMMARY OF POLITICS. SPAIN.I have, for some time past, left off the title," Spanish Revolution," because I perceived, that nothing worthy of the name of revolution was intended. I do not say, that the reverses, which the Spaniards have experienced, have proceeded wholly from their new Junta having discovered no disposition to suffer any change to take place in the form or systen of the government, or to cause a radical reform of abuses; but, it cannot be denied, that it was, by many persons besides myself, feared, that, unless the people of Spain were let completely loose; unless they were convinced, that the war was for themselves, and not for any single person or single family, they would not make much exertion against the French. The example of other nations was added to the reason of the case, in order to convince the public, that such would be the effect of obstinately adhering to a war in the name of Ferd nand VII; but, the hirelings of the press vociferated; the London merchants and the king's ministers dined and toasted; and the fatal measure was resolved on, to make war for the king of Spain, I shall be told, perhaps, that it was the choice of the people of Spain to fight for Ferdinand. In answer to this I say; that, when the Spaniards first took up arms, their declarations against France were little less vehement than their declarations against their "late infamous government," and against the numerous "abuses," that it engendered and maintained. While the people were in this mind, Spanish deputies came to England, and, soon after, at a public feast given to them, the king's minister for foreign affairs gave, in the way of toast," His most Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII," which, as I remarked at the time, amounted, considering from whom it came, to a declaration, that, if we gave any aid to the Spanish cause, It would be upon the condition of that cause the king of Spain in particular. That this or something very much like this was the language of the Deputies, or whatever else they might be called, who were sent to Spain, with a view of offering the people assistance, there can be little [930 doubt; and, when our king came formally to appoint a representative of himself to go to Spain, that representative was appointed, not to the Spanish nation, or to the Junta; Oh, no to nothing short of " His Most "Catholic Majesty, Ferdinand the VIIth.” It does, and it did at the time, appear clearly to me, as, I think, it must have appeared to the public in general, that all this amounted to a declaration, on our part, that, unles the war was a war for the king, we would have nothing to do with it; and, that we would, by no means, have any hand in aiding and abetting a democratical revolution. The reader will judge, whether our conduct and language did amount to this; that may be a question; but, if it did, there can be no question, that we were principally instru mental in making the cause a kingly instead of a popular one. The proclamations of the Junta are now styled "Royal Proclamations." They breathe no longer that popular enthusiasm, which characterized the Addresses of the several separate Juntas. They talk of little but the ill-treatment and the rights of that "beloved sovereign Ferdinand VII." whom to restore to the throne appears to be the principal object of the persons in power. They declare, in one of these "Royal Pro"clamations," that they never will make peace with Napoleon, until their beloved Sovereign Ferdinand be restored to the "throne," than which, I think the reader will allow, nothing could, at such a crisis, be more impolitic; that is to say, supposing long continued despotism not to have totally deprived the people of their senses; for, with what heart could they possibly go to the war, if they were never to have peace but upon conditions, which, however beaten by them, Buonaparte, unless they conquer ed France itself, might refuse them? The people of Spain, when they took up arms against the French, while they were engaged in expelling the French, declared against their "late infamous government ;" and, was it to be supposed, that they would be urged to shed their blood by a declaration, on the part of those who now manage the affairs of the nation, that the object, the ultimate object, of their toils and dangers is to restore that government? In the midst of all the melancholy re |