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, - rection of Madrid. Oat General in Chief has; this Tno rning, been reconnoititing the *nit import4pt po lit;ons in the mountains. . ' Our Oils is recreiting nidly. Those public persons who could not distils ,..uish a m ilitary retreat, Opperttniely ipade, from a shameful flight, begin already to discern ,theii error. MLR' VISA MIGUST t. The enemy still direct a terrible fire against the castle of Monjuich. The city contlnUes . v its defr u e with its usual bravery and perseverance. Avotsr 2.—Reinf6rcements and pitivisiess have .1 • • been thrown into Gerona. Avow 4•—Gerona still continues to defend itself Frith the greatest braliery. LISBON, Amin' U. By letters from the frontiers of Alentejo, it ap pears that his Excellency Marshal Wellesley has en tered that province, compelled•by the exctssisie wint of provisions which he has suffered: By accounts from• Tras os Monter., we learn that the Marquis de Romana with the ireate4 pal tof his ar my had arrived at Zamora. GERONA, AUGUST 7. This place continues" ti defend itself with the ut. most bravery, although the enemy have succeeded in making themselves. master*, of the Rebellin. The exertions of the garrison and the brave peasantry, Who have so nobly supported the honour of the Spanish arms, are incredible. Th es e papers are almo s t filled entirely with Eng lish news and articles from Ger Many ; they contain likewise a proclamation from the Marquis de Ro- Juana to the inhabitants of Gallicia and the army, and another to the peOPle of Clallicia by the Supreme Government. AMERICA. BOSTON; AUGUST 3, Isos. FRANCE AN THE °UNITED STATES. ?strut of a letter from Mi. Preble, at Paris, to a respectable Mercantile House in this town, dated June SS, received by the Mentor. " I open my letter to say, that the Emperor has appointed a person to settle the differences, and make a treaty with the United Staxtr; and there is every probability that commerce will again be renewed. 1 hope soon to sae soma of- your vessels at Mar stints." NEW YORK. I , A gentleman who left New York on' Saturday informs, that the Papers of that day announced that the French Governmsit hid appointed Mr. Hautval to confer with Mr. Armstrong on a settlement with the United States, 2MA - it. they had their 'first con ference on the 2d of July... Mr. H: is said to lit. the person mentioned in the dispatches of our Envoys is 1793. On Saturday, Mr. Adams, appointed Minister Resident at the Court of Ittissiai sailed for St. Peters, burgh in the ship Horace. "The ship receive=d *several salutes on leaving .the town and harbour. We are erafident Mr. Adams will make no engagements that will affect our relations with any other nation ; and that his instructions do not permit such engagements. We are not to be caught in a Russian or French trap, however it may be baited.. Their tyranny on the' ocean, when their scheme should be consummated, would, we believe, be greater than that of Britain.— The latter has some{ checks; but what checks would they Lave ? _ . " Aro. 4.—The following is a letter from Wash ington, to the Editor of the Neu , Teri Public Acker. tiler, a violent democratic paper : _ -" WASHINGTON, Jay 31. " The Secretary of State has applied to 'the 'Presi dent to how Mr. Jackson was is k ty . ceirteel, dm I when Whether he would return to the seat of Go- Vernment soon for that purpose and enquired gene tfly how the subject is to be treated ? The general expectation was, that he would immediately return to this city to receive Jackson . ; but he hai answered ex plicitly, and iithoht reserve, that he Ail !tortatitig to rewrs kfore ae3o2t the close e Seistroikt, *hi& wa - 4I originally intended period of his absence; and will ; then receive the Minister-end his communicatlons.— . The reason is obtioes, - the tenth .Congrass hate left_ him nothing to do. " The Secretary of the Treasury contemplated a visit to N.fr . . Madison ' • Ink the I.ste - neiva detained bins in expect a tion of the lattees4imnediate arrival.' The Tusident nowihoweven•writes hilt that beholds bins In his engagement, and looks for him neat week in Vir7in'a! • " The Secretary of State will wait until Jackson's anivA to make his usual eieurskon to Baltimore ! The Sxretary of the Navylii going t 6 the Southward! Thu: }'cu may suppose Mr. Jackson': negotiation will prvrts: rigid y! " Not the public feeling, hut the public sentiment, t; much suspended here. No one ventures to give any specif.: ri.inion. In fact, the state of things is so uno.,)-. , ,:ted and embarrassing,- that the soundest a - Tear as ret to have no digested system iu their minds.'' It is rrmoured that the Nijaden frigate is ordered v) be prepared at Portsmouth, for the immediate re cepticn of Mr. Rosa, Jun. and his suite, who are to Fic,..Jci to lA'alchertn. It is stated, that Mr. Rosa gcieg out in the capacity of Governor, or Lieute r-tnt-Governor ci that island. - Yesterday, Mr. PEROEVAL arrived at Wins:fiat, and s tint erred with his MAJErry on business of hriportauce• Died th:s morning, at the house of his brother,. T .AMUEL D3UGLAS, Esq. of America-square, Sit WU,- DO.:GLAS, of Castle Douglas, Bart. ; Extract of a letter from Captainkceros of the ship Montevideo, from Q ue b ec , d ate d Mount's Bay, the Pith September :—" I have just thee to inform !ou my safe arrival, after a terrible passage—we were , :.rown on cur broadside and lay with . ourlower yards tile water, but providentially righted again. Two after the gale, picked up the crew of the Jane, Shields, CAMFBZLL—two of the Jane's boys , t-re drowned. Sept. 7, spoke the Pr&vidence Suc cess, Capt. Sloan he had lost the head of his main ;t, and picked up the crew of the Urania, of Capt. Fame n—he sa't four or five sail after the gale, with their colours in distress. Sept. 13, spoke the Peggy, of London, C;apt. Sterns, with the less of his fore top-Mast." rHE 124 COPENT GMllikki. SECOND NIGHT OF CONFUSION. The " Beggari Opera," and the Afterpiece, at I, ht a Prince ?" were announced for representation at -this Theatre yesterday, and they were performed; at were Macbeth and The Quaber, on the preceding night, en. tirely in dumb shett. ; not a syllable that was spoken, or a note that was sting, could be heard in any part of the house, on account of the incessant clamour that prevailed throughout the evening. Though an immense crowd bad collected about the doors at their opening, the house was not, at the ris ing of the curtain, more than half fall ; nor did there j seem much disposition, either-in the people to pay, or in the door-keepers to receive, money ; a great part of those who gained admission, therefore, it is to be con cinded, came with order,, particularly in the boxes. . 3n the-centre of the pit, a determined party had sta.- 'j tioned-themselves, who exhibited upon their sticks large labels, with the words " OLD PRICEs." The Opera commenced, and proceeded to the end—not a speech nor art air was, we believe, omitted ; but they were not tediously dwelt upon by the performers, as Macheath got his reprieve by half-past eight o'clock ; and sincerely glad, we dare say, he was! The fine eingirsg . of rucLroom and Mrs. Dieicoss was entirely thrown elven and the eccentricities of the farce were hurried offer in a very short space of time, in the midst of a ntoreberrid din, if possible, than that which served as the accompaniment of the Opera ; nor were the audience, any more than on Monday night, in clined te spb.their places ; it was a very late hour before they had all departed, but we did not perceive any disposition to riot, otherwise than by voctfera tion : the combination of noises was indeed most in heman.—Mr. KESIBLE was repeatedly called upon to come forward last night—but he never made his ap pearance ! Mr. MUNDEN and Mr. INCLEDON were both made the bearers of written notes—but they brought back no answers.—lt was now about eleven o'clock, When, a Gentleman from the front box es pre , sented himself o the attention. of the house. Having obtained a hearing, he spoke to the following purport : Gentlemen, if the Proprietors can upon any reasonable grounds justify the measure of raising the prices of admission, the public, I am persuaded, will be satisfied, and acquiesce in the de mand; but, Gentlemen, the Public will never cousent to submit upon the vague aMd general plea of " aecerogy." Let the necessity be fairly proved, and we will be satisfied. Let it be proved that certain obnoxious engagements have nothing to do with the rise of prices; and let it be considered, when we look around, what extenthe means of reimbursements have been had recourse to Until ample justification is afforded, let me exhort you to conti. 'nue a justifiable opposition teethe present attempt—l mean that peaceable but firm species of resistance which you now display; and if this satisfaction be not afforded, your opposition must in the end prevail. When I exhort you to a peaceable re:is:acct., such as you now inanifest, and which is .the only kind of resis:- aece you can justifiably make, let me at the same.tinie entreat .yau to perdevere, unwed by hired persons, or by Bow-street Officers. Pursue' with peace and order these means of redress, and toe Managers cannot mud) longer persist in opposirg the sense of the publit.--Gestletnen ' I have only further to observe, that the -advance of pricea is not for the purpose of bettering the condition Of the perferthers, but for that of aggrandizing a few individuals ; and tha the family of one of the Managers alone receive front the fund of flee Theatre a sum more than the an.ount of the talarks of ailyother twelve performers." Thienddress was received with thunders of ap plause, the placards were again exhibited, and in a short time after the house began rapidly to thin in all parts ; and the next play was given out unheard. As on Mond-ty night, very few ladies were present, and, to judge by some appearances, not a great num ber 4.ganlcnyn ! It is exactly a twelvemonth this day, since the de struction by fire of the late Theatre. NirilL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOU ' T'H-DOCK, SEPT. is. Came , -in the Hazard, of London, Wm. WALKZA present Master, from Quebec, bound to London, with timber and staves : she was talczm on the 15th inst. off the Lizard, by the Francis French lugger priva- - teer, and recapture.! same day by the Busy privateer. The-Zszard sailed on the 14th ultimo from Quebec, with a fleet of 48 sail, under convoy of the FOXHOUND, of 18 g;ius, and lost the fleet on the 21st following, in a gale. The Frenchmen took out of the Hazard .the captain, the Mate, aticklgui men . ; Andon a ves sel heaving in sight the Frenchmen took other boat, leaving. Three men and one boy onboard ; after which thellusy - fell in with and recaptured her. This ves sel haapreviously chaced the privateer six hours, but could not get up.with hen—Also, Cadre in, the Arne ricanschOoner Experiment, of Baltithare, HILL, from St. Sebastian's bound .to Baltimore, with Wine and brandy, detained by the 4g#liiesftis sloop of war; the John and Charlotte of Loinlon;PAirtsoN, from Mira miche, with timber, for ,LondOn, in distress ; the Harriet, AsnLev, from Grenada, with rum and sugar, for - London • the Eliza,. SOUTHERN, from Quebec, with thrrher;for, London, in distress ; the TONNANT, "of 80 guns, from off Rochefort; and the Amnia fri gate,from a erttize off St. Andem.—The Drvialcca is hourly expected from the Rochefort station.—The JALOUSE sloop, for Cork, and the CONFLICT gun-brig, (with Mr. Mnas on board) for Lisbon, both which sailed yesterday, have put back, on account of a foul wind.—lt now blows a severe gale at S W.—The Aware, during her cruize, took two French luggers, in - colt of which she put Mr. LE CORNET, the pilot, fonr men, and a master's mate, and the same num ber of nien'cin board the other ; when off Gijon, being in great want of water, they fell in with a Spanish fishing t, the people of which informed them that the plate was in pdssession of the Spaniards, which induced them to go in, when they were all made pri soners by the French.—Mr. La CORNET is a native of Guernsey; :. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER is. Arrived his Majesty's ship CHRISTIAN VII. and V7Aasszsrl4 from off Cherbourg. Sailed his Ma jesty's-ship SARPEDCN on a cruize. His Majesty's ship 121111gris released from quarantine. His Ma josses shipentacz takes out convoy to North America. _ YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 19. -- CALCUTTA, DECEMBER 29, 1808. We Itave much satisfaction in announcing the safe / r : a arriv 11 the Hon. Mr. Elphinstone, and hi s su i te , • within the dominions of Sultan ul Moolk, King of Cabul. Letters were received in town, on Saturday from his camp, dated on the 30th ult. from near Bhawelpore, on the left bank of the river Garrah.— They had crossed the desart of Bekaneer, in a march of eleven days ; during which time, the escort had undergone considerable fatigue and privation. They had suffered more especially from the scarcity and badness of the water, which are said to have proved fatal to a considerable number of the camp followers. They had experienced a most honourable and hospi table reception from the Rajah of Bhawelpox, a tri butary of Cabul. The King of Cabul is said to have undertaken an expedition against Cashmeer, a country which we be lieve, indeed, has always (at least nominally) formed a part of his dominions. The following extracts are taken from a letter written by one of the Gentlemen in Mr. Elphinstone's suite ; and contain, we trust, matter sufficiently inte resting, to justify our insertion of them : " On the right Bank of the Cl:cnaub, tight milts west of '4',looltion, 26th Dee. isus. " After passing through Torijailutaly, Khaun's country, we enured SlTerkhawnt ; Sino-iana and Toonjhoona, were the principal towns which we saw. We halted a day at each, and were visited by the dif ferent Chiefs of the country. It is governed by five or six, who are in alliance with each other. The Ra jah of Keatree, is reckoned the head ; you probably know that these people have generally been on good terms with the Company's 3overnment, and had a detachment V:ith Lord Lake. They do not disguise that they arc perfect freebooters, which the caravans from Caubab learn to their cost. " The Sheikhawut country is about eighty miles square, the sod is sand, and consequently produces little. 'Water is scarce, and great pains have been taken in making fine wells, s ;me of which are im mensely deep. " The Rajah of 1: eatree's uncle, Thakoor Kis. I ! healing, who was gooing with succours to the i?....,jah of Bekaneer, who was at war with Jondpoor, accom panied us to Bekaneer. The Thakoor had been with Nlonson's detachment. " The first town in the Bekaneer territories, that we came to, was Chooroo, a handsome-looking town, with neat fortifications ; but the country surrounding it was nothing but deep sand. The same soil contr nued:ali the way to Bekaneer, and the water was frequenili so bad, as hardly to be drinkable ; a to lerable well was very rare. We arrived at Bekaneer the beginning of last month, and halted there ten days, to refresh. Our people were a good deal knocked I up, from fatigue and bad water. The watermelonsl which grow in great abundance in the.sand between' Choorootspelqaelcaneer, and which they could.. not withstandi probably added to the evil of illness, aid we lost 40 people within ten days. These melons grew without any trouble to the cultivators, and form one of their chief subsistance. Grain is produced in very scanty crops, and is dear. Camels are almost the only animals used; they even draw the plough. " Bekaneer was surrounded by hostile armies. " Inderunjee Sing, the Jondpoor Commander-in- Chief, had one Beira Sing, another, this man's seal is Colonel - Beira Sing) and Men Khawn.another; .. there were also a party of cavalry belonging to Bhawul ESun. All the wells within ten miles had been filled up ; none were open, except those within shot of the guns on the works, or a few which had been opened by the enemy. The Rajah's troops had the advantage in a skirmish, which they had one day while we 'were there, and took a great deal of plun— der. He, however, was much weaker than the other party, and has lately made peace, and agreed to par a large sum of money, and give up a i'Dergurmaki the chief cause of the war. " On the. 16th ult. we left Bekaneer, having' bri far the worst part of the desart before us; we had, however, made arrangements that every body should ride. The infantry sepoys, of which we have two companies, went two on one camel. Twice we were obliged to carry a supply of water for every living creature, except the camels. " We now marched all day, halting an hour, about noon, to serve out water, and got to our ground about ' sun-set. Part of the desart is a hard plain, bearing no kind of herbage, and the rest is a wild-looking track of sand, producing several sorts of shrubs, many of which are excellent food for camels. Bhawul Khaun, whose territories we now entered, sent several hundred loads of water to meet us in the desart, es corted by a party of Tofungchees, mounted on camels, each carrying two . men. ". Blsarpipoor, which received its name from his grandfather, is two miles to the eastward of the Gharrah (the Hypasis and Sutledge / joined.) IWe passed the town, and encamped 'on the bank of the river on the nth ult. the sight of Auberosvaun being the most delightful object xe could have before us. The Khaun received us very well ; he came from berauweel, a fort on the borders of: the Aesart, where . . MR. ELPHINS7DNE'S MISSION. Arrived here this morning a fleet of merchantmen bound for Gottenburgh, upwards of 60 sail, under convoy of the DILIGENCE, CHANTICLEER, and STAR LING, and have been joined by ships waiting in these Roads ; it blowing a gale from the N.N.W. all night has prevented their getting under weigh, but as the wind is more moderate they are expected to proceed in the afternoon. The ships of war and merchantmen have rode out the gale without receiving , any damage. Many of the houses in this town and neighbourhood, and also some plantations, received damage from the of the wind. . 46• , - , ~ •;•rr ~. . as a TH k ARM*. hi filially realties, on retpose to see elr h large country, which yields him flirty lacs annually. ,GENERAL ORDER. t He acknowledges the soiereigraty of the King of Ca- Horie GOaillo r September Ih, 180 9 . ; but he is, in fact, independent. Bhairtil Khautt It is his MAJESTY'S command, that all Officers be- spende - ilnieist all hiX flaw in hunting. He it at rer longing to regim e nt s stat i one d i with the Rajah of Bekaneer, and is rather afraid f d the Island of Wal- the Seiks. His country is in good order s and wi.:l cheren, shall immediately join their regiments ; and cultivated, especially that part of it along the Ghat they are positively ordered to repair for that purpose rah. It extends from near Tank Ritmo, (its northern. forthwith to Deal, from whence the mews will be hsost point) to a place called Obowro, between Outch furnished to them of proceeding to their respective i and Bukhur to the southward ; it runs westuard, by corps.--The only exceptions to this Gene r al O r d er are , r the south of Mooltan, to the neighbo u rhood of Dam Ghawry Khalifs, on the west bank of the Indus. those Officers who are absent on a regular certificate In five marches from the Gliarrah, we reached of ill health. Mooltann. We moved on five miles in a few days, By command of the Right Hon. the Commander in Chief, . to the Chenaub (the Acesiries), for we found that the Hour Cocycar, Acijotact-General. Soubandar looked at us with much distrust, and even took precautions, lest we should surprise his citadel. About five thousand of the prisoners last arrived i His father, Masnsser Knatin, is lately returned from from Flushing have entered into our service. They j a pilgeimage to Mecca. Some time before he went, j be made over the Soub a hship to his , eldest son, Sera are on board ships in P or t smout h h ar b our , tempora rily fitted up for them u nt il t h e y ere properly selected l Crawl. Khaun, who h a s n ow be e n confirmed i n it.— The King receives very little from his Soubithd. ry. for their respective regiments. He has a right to three lacs, but, I fancy, never re- The remains of the 37th Regiment of Foot,• from alises one. We crossed the river on the 21st, and the West Indies (scarcely 100, including Officers) have halted here ever since ; the bed of the river is were landed at Plymouth Dock en Sund a y l as t. about two miles in width, an d i s f u ll o f qu i c k s ands. The stream s which, at present, is not rapid, is about five hundred yards across. These rivert, and the de sert, certainly form a strong frontier. JANUARY `26.—ln the course of last week, lett is have been receiied front the Gentlemen of Mr. El phinstone's Mission, extending down, to the 27th ult. At that time they remained encamped near Misee, on the right . bank of the Chanaub or Acesines, which river they had crossed from Rajghaut a few days be fore. They were still without any direct advices from the Court, nor did they know any thing certain re.: specting the situation or movements of the Sultan ; while some reports represented hint as proceeding on his journey towards Peshawar, according to others he had returned to Candeber. The embassy, however, was to march again upon the 29th, and expected to cross the Indus about the 2d of January. The roads in the direction of Cabul, at the distance of about 100 miles from the place of encampment, being ren dered impassable at that season by the snow, it was hoped they would find the King at Peshawar. All these letters represent the climate of Mooltan as most delightful. The thermometers at sunrise had been so low as 28 degrees, and have never. risen higher than 76 degrees. European vegetables, and some of the European fruits, were to be had in abundance. The Acesines (which name seems to be given, in these let ters, to the united streams of the three rivers, Ravee, Bey.th, and Chanaub) is one mile, aate furlong, and 185 yards, in breadth, from bank to beak, at the place 'where the m:ssion was encamped. The breadth of the stream below the Glraet, at that season, did not exceed e. 50 yards. An European deserter frcm the Company's pro vince, named Jahn l'ssnsley, had lately come into the camp, who stated, th:;t lie had been two or three years in the service of the Nawab Moozuffer Khan, and that there wine two others of his comrades in the same situation, and a third who was kept in confine ment at Minkeree by M4hommed Khan. They re. ceived an allOwance of 60 rupees per month, and lived very comfortably with their wives in the Fort of Shujabad, about 18 miles distant from Mooltan. Bensley wore the Hindoostanee dress, and had a:1 the appearance of a native. It is said, that the novel appeararce of so formid able a body of strangers, had at first excited some little uneasiness among the Argoans. The inhabi tants of the villages on their route, had remover into the larger towns ; and the Nawaub of Mooltan (who, it seems, is not in the good graces of his Sovereign) conceived an apprehension that they meant to seize his fort for the behoof of the King of-Candabar.— These fears, however, were soon dissipated ; and though the Nawaub took the precaution of doubling his garrison, and shutting up his town, be conducted himself towards the Embassy with great politeness and hospitality. - MARC!! 24.—0 n Friday last, a young man, of the name of Robert Bruce Keith Stuart, a convict, from New South Wales, *as brought on shore, from the Phaeton frigate, and lodged in gaol, by an order from '3overnment. It appears that this young man had been convicted of an offence in England, for which he was transpor ted to New South - Wales ; from whence, in concert with, several other convicts, he carried cif, in May last, the brig Harrington, and made the best of his way fcr Manilla. On the passage thither, when off the coast of Leuconia, the Dedaigneuse frigate fell in with the brig Harrington, and sent a party of seamen on hoard, to take possession ; gild, transhipping the party above mimed to the frigate, brought him to Prince of Wales's Island, where he was tranferred to the Phaeton, in which frigate he has been brought to this port. Upon being received tin board the Dedaigneuse. her Commander, Capt. Dawson, affected by the gentle man-like appearance of his prisoner, allowed him every reasonable indulgence, and forebore to place him un der personal restraint ; bat having made an attempt to escape, in which he had nearly succeeded, Captain Dawson - judged it necessary to place him in close con finement. We 'understand, that this unfortunate youth was fortherly a Lieutenant in the navy, that he had the benefit of a liberal educatton..and is respec tably connected. The Harrington, after being boarded by a party of British seamen from the Dedaigneuse frigate, ran aground, and was lost, on the coast of Leuconia, When all the convict parties who were on board effec ted their-escape. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, SEPT. 20.—To day the supply of Wheat is extremely short, and the general •sales are again at a furth e r advatice—Barley likewise, and in short supply—Malt and White Peas fully at last prices —Beans, of both torts; are higher —There are also short supplies of Oats, and sales thereof are quoted dearer.—Flour this week at an advance of 6s. per sack ; and find American 625. to 665. per barrel. OgNEILAL CUllllbleT AS [Minks Wheat, 90.. 10G4. 1 laps Beans 60s. 65 1 . Fine dirt*, 116 s. 140$. Tick ditto, 525. 575. Rye, 525. 58s. Oats, 30s. 345. 575. Barley; 445. 503:0d. Poland ditto, 594. 411.0 d. Mast, tis. 85s. Potatoe ditto, 43s 54L White Peas (boilers) 84s. 901. Rape Seed , trey seconds to.. es& Pine Flour. 955. 1095. ditto, 48s 545. 501. to • p e !r! 11 ..;.