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muse privileges, immunities, and advantages which are conceded by the subsisting treaties between the two high contracting parties. Its operations to com mence as soon as it shall have been ratified by the Governments, when the exchange of ratifications is im mediately to take place. In confirmation of this act, we, the Plenipotentiaries, authorized for such purpose, sign and seal two origi nals of this Convention, and affix to them our names. Signed in Lisbon, &c. Miet/ILL PUMA 'war, Ratified by the Rubrics of the Lords Governors of Portugal, Ste. MADRID, NOVEMBER 13. In the nights of the 1 lth and 12th there has been some tumult among the troops of the garrison. The cause was, that they did not get their allowance of wine, and expected to be abridged in their quantity of meat. BADAJOZ, DECEMBER Is. On the 14th instant the troops of General Ballas teros attacked, between Guadalcanal and Slerena, more than 1000 French, who were overrunning the villages of that fruitful country : the enemy were dispersed with the loss of many killed. FROM THE MALTA MAIL. DEC. 19.—We learn from Catalonia, that en the 6th of November Macdonald retreated from Cervera, by the Calaf road, and passed through the town of Mamesa, which he set on fire. The inhabi tants succeeded, however, in checking the flames, and there were but thirty houses destroyed. He pursued his march by the Vuh road, till he reached Gerona and Hostaluch, where he is waiting for a large con voy, which he is to conduct to Barcelona.—At Leuda he left the whole of his plunder and artillery.—Gi brabar Chronicle, Bet. 22. T 1 IE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY. JANUARY 14. !RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. for money and account, 66 as. div. Reduced 614—.-4 per Cent. 684 F-5 per Cent. 964 ex. div. Bißs,los. to 14s. pr.—Bomb, gas. pr.—Onen. 4i Cs. THE KING. • WINRSOR CASTLE, JANUARY 12, 1611. " His MAJESTY is not quite so well this morning as be has been for some days past." (signed as usual.) n WINDSOR CASTLE, JANUARY 15 ) ti • “ His MAMTY has had a good night, and is twitter to•day." (Slgnei) W. HERERDEN. 66 AL BMW& 66 I. WiLLIS." " WINDSOR CASTI.I I JANUARY 14. " His MAnsTY is as well to-day as he was yes terday. (Signed) “ W. 1111111ZRDILN. 44 M. lIIAILLIZ. aa Yesterday dispatches were received at the Earl of Livritpoot.'s Office from Lord WELLINGTON, brought home by the CORMORANT sloop, of 16 guns, Captain OAaa, which left the Tagus on the 31st ult. The dispatches are dated front Cartaxo the 30th, and printed journals and private letters have been received to the 31st. It appears by the Official and other advices, that no operations, except some trifling affairs of outposts, have taken place shwa the date of the-former accounts. The hostile armies remain in their old positions, nor is it probable that the weather will permit any leci• sive struggle for some weeks to come. In the mean time General' MASSENA. has throwa three bridges across the Zezere, and has received a reinforcement of about 15,000 men, and more are daily expected on the other hand the reinforcements which have been sent to Lord WELLINGTON amount likewise to about 15 or 16,000 men, so that in point of actual rein forcement the two armies are equal. The allied army is well provided with every neces sary, and the troops are all in high spirits. The di visions of General HILL, Colonel MILLER, and Colo nel TRANT, continued to embarrass the enemy's operations, and Lord WELLINGTON had directed the gun-boats to advance up the Tagus, in order to im pede or take advantage of their movements. The private accounts are very contradictory ; while some state that MAasexa. meditates a retreat, others say that he manifests every disposition of making as general an attack as possible upon the allied army. Be this as it may, all was ardour and confidence throughout our lines ; and whether the enemy retreated or advanced, the universal expectation on our part was that of a glorious and beneficial result. The CORMORANT left the following ships in the Tagus : BiWeeur (Rear-Admiral BERKELEY), Dreadnought, Hannibal (Rear-Admiral Sir T. WILLIAMS), Casa; Abercrombie, Audis. cious, Zealous, Poktiers, Agincourt, Impeteux, Mars, Sendraild!" Macedonian, St. Florenzo, Lawn; Fearless, and Growlorr-Th e Manilla was boarly expected from Falmouth. The DIADEM, LBYREN, REAULL7S, MELPOMINE I VITAL, and three other ships, had sailed for Sicily,. to bring a reinforcement of tour regiments to join the' British Army. TheCORSSORAWT has brought home General FANS, With his two Aids-de-Camp. Captain HOUSTON ) of his Majesty's ship Venal., died a few days before the Cormorant left Lisbon, of a fever. The CORMORANT spoke the AMELIA and her con. ♦oy for Lisbon, eight days since, in lat. 41. long. 11. She also brought dispatches from Mr. STEWART, the British Minister at Lisbon, and a Mail. They were landed immediately on her arrivaL By the same conveyance, snails from Malta and Gibraltar were received. We have extracted the only material article of their contents, by which k appears that shit French General MACDONALD has made some in Catalonia. Ay the packet from Make we learn, that joie Priace Adolphua packet, and the Princess Elizabeth packet, had strived at Gibraltar, and proceeded from thence up the Mediterranean. His Majesty's ship BULWARK, Captain FLEMING, has arrived at Cadiz, from Vera Cruz and Ilavanals, with the following cargo : 1,546,000 Dollars, oa account of Governaler. 2,135,000 Ditto, for tic Trade. SOOO muskets. 650 uniforms. S 3 4 quintals gunpowder. A quantity of musket-ball, shoes, Sm. whims], indigo, &c, She performed the voyage from Havannah in 29 days. The CoLossus, 74, Captain ALIFAAHDER, arrived on Friday from Cadiz. She sailed on the 18th ult. and brought dispatches from Rear Admiral Sir RICHARD KRA.' s, General GRAHAM ) and the Right Honourable HENRY WILLIDILIY, the British Minister at Cadiz.— The enemy were collecting gun boats in the Canal of the Trocadero, with the apparent intention of making another attack. The British and Spanish boats were filly prepared to meet them, and the result was not the least feared. On December 15th, the French threw a few shells from Fort Napoleon, which fell near the centre of Cadiz. Only two or three oC them explo ded, and no person was hurt—the distance is upwards of three miles. They are filled one-third with lead to make them carry. The Cortez were expected to remove to Cadiz in the course of the present month. General BLAKE arrived from Carthagena in the DRUID 'on the Bth ult. and had taken the oaths as President of the Regency. The Cotossus left at Cadiz the MIL FORD, 71, (flag-ship) Captain KITTOE ; Noaen, 74, Captain RAINIER ; ST. ALBANS, 64, Capt. BRACT ZENOZIA ) ETIIIIRA (sloops), HARDY and DART Cut ters. The fever at Cadiz had entirely subsided. The COLOSSUS is under quarantine, as she was till lately one of the ships which blockaded Toulon. The litters she brought from Cadiz were landed on Saturday evening. The THAIS sloop of war, Capt. F&nniaas, sailed from Gibraltar on the 17th ult. with fifty sail under convoy for England ; but it is apprehended they have been much dispersed a great way to the westward, by the late easterly gales. Friday afternoon arrived at Plymouth the Essex American frigate, last from L'Orient, whence she has had a most tedious passage of 15 days, and has suffered some damage in the late idoviing wea ther, which will oblige her to go up harbour to re ceive repairs. She sailed from America for France with the President's Proclamation and Message, ac companied with the Ultimatum of the American Executive, relative to the line of conduct to be ob served towards this country and France. After land ing a Gentleman charged with these documents, at L'Orient, she proceeded with duplicates of them-for Plymouth, where she landed another American Gen tleman, who immediately set off for Town. The Essex has orders to remain at Plymouth during the short period allowed for the negotiation ; and is ex pected to carry back the Ultimatum of our Govern ment ; and should that not be favourable, it is Mt. derstood that Mr. PINCLNEY, and the whole of the American Legation, will proceed home in her. The Essex was to have returned by the end of February, but that is now rendered impossible from the length of her passage. A Gentleman she came home in the Essex stated, on being informed that a material change was likely to take place in the Councils of I this Country, said, he had no doubt Mr. PINCKNNY'S discretionary powers would enable him to prolong the time allowed for bringing the business to a final issue. It must be observed, however, that the Non intercourse Act was to be revived against this country on the 2d of February, in case our Orders in Council were not repealed. German Papers, of the 27th of last month, and Dutch to the 2d instant, have reached town. In these is comprehended the copy of a Turkish Bulletin, pur. porting to be of the 2d of December, but in the date of which we apprehend there must be some mistake. It appears that, in addition to the calamities of external war, civil dissentions had arisen in the Ottoman Capital, and the Janissaries, with their adherents, composing an army of 40,00Cfmen, had menaced the seat of Empire. The Sultan had sought refuge on board his fleet in the Bosphorus, while the insurgents plundered the Seraglio, and set fire to the imperial City. A conflict in the streets succeeded, in which 18,000 of the rebels were massacred, after which order was restored. The offi cial account of these transactions is accompanied with an ssurance, under the same authority, that the nego tiation with Russia for a Peace was in the most (a vowable train, and that every disposition has been shewn to concede the points in dispute. On the ar ticle from Warsaw, commenting on the virtuous and benevolent Governor, by command of his Majesty the Emperor and King, having, preparatory to other designs, emancipated the peasantry of Poland, it will immediately occur to our Readers that the object of this arrangement is to comprise the whole population' of the country within the Law of Conscription, and to prevent the interference of the claims of the Nobles with this important provision of military jurisprudence. Intelligence has been received via America. of an attempt having been made by French emissaries to shake the Allegiance of the people of the Phillipine Isles to riIDINAND VII. WhiCb was; however ; taus-1 maul by the Governor. • ~4 - NATAL INTELLIGENCE. from Two French frigates made their escape hr. Brest en the 519th ultimo, and are at seas destination slot known. They are supposed to have taken their course to the isle of France. Tv.° other frigates are re• Ported to be nearly ready for a start. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY le. Arrbred the French brig Vaudanguez, front sour. deauz, taken by the MONKEY gun-brig, who has cap. . tured four others: The BULWARK man of war has arrived at Cadiz, from Vera Cruz, with money.— Arrived the Endeavour hired brig, with a convoy from Swansea ; the Essex American frigate, in 15 days, from .L'Orient ; the VENERABLE, 74 guns, from Falmouth ; Ann packet, from Cadiz ; Lady Arabella packet, from Falmouth, to take the Jamaica mail; the WnoeLz schooner, from Falmouth. with her side I stove ix by a heavy sea, in which she threw her guns overboard; the Sandwich hired lugger, with a Pap penburg vessel under convoy, from Guernsey ; the INTELLIGENT gun-brig, from a cruize ; the CHEERLY ditto, from Liverpool; the CoNsTatir ditto, from Scilly ; the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE frigate, from Cork ; the AMAZON ditto, from Corunna ; Marlborough packet, from Lisbon ; and a transport brig, with loss of masts.:—Sailed the HAWK sloop of war, for Ports. mouth.—Went out of harbour, the NAttossus and SPAnrAtt frigates, and the FOXHOUND and MARTIN PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY is. Arrived his Majesty's ship THAIS from the Medi. terranean, with the Richard, CLARK, and Mary, BIRKLEY, two transports, uader convoy, being part of a fleet of 38 sail of transports and merchantmen. Arrived his Majesty's ships STUDLEY from Scilly, and HAZARD from Newfoundland. Sailed the THESEUS, 74, for Heligoland ; and CORDELIA for the Downs. Dropped down to St. Helen's to join the Channel fleet the COURAGECK, 74 z The FRANCHISE, with the Me. rditerranean convoy, will sail the first fair wind after the 15th inst.—Wind W. DEAL, JANUARY Is. The Brisk, Captain HUGHES, from Smyrna for London with fruit, is on shore between Waltzer Cas tle and the Soutbforeland, and full of water. Came down from the River, the Henry Addington and Walmer Castle East Indiamen. Arrived about 30 sail of vessels from Ireland, and are gone for the River. rHE ARMY. Dr. Want is arrived at Portsmouth to visit the Hospital Deptas, &c. Colonel FULLER, of the Guards, with several other officers have arrived there to embark for Portugal. Detachments of the following regiments are wait ing at Plymouth for transports to convey them to Portugal, viz. the 13th, 14th, and 16th Light Dra goons, Sd Dragoon Guards, 4th Dragoons, and Ist German Legion Hussars. Others are on the road for Plymouth. A detachment of the Guards, as well as Jetach ments of several Regiments will embark, in the course of this week, for Portugal . The 11th Regiment, 2d Battalion, is under orders to embark from Guernsey for Portugal. A detachment of the first and second Batta lions of the 4th regiment of Foot, are on their march for Portsmouth to embark for Portugal. About 150 of the Royal 'Artillery Drivers have embarked at Portsmouth for Portugal. The detach ments of the Royal Waggon Train, destined for the same place, are still waiting at Portsmouth for Transports. About 180 men passed through Portsmouth ou Fri day from the Isle of Wight, and proceeded to Bex hill, to join the King's German Legion. It is with great satisfaction we state that the brave Colonel BARCLAY, who was wounded in both legs, at the battle of Busaco, is so far recovered, as to be able to remove from Portsmouth, where be has been re maining for the last eight weeks. Mr. Moons, sur geon, brother to the late Sir Jomm MOORS, went down from Loudon for the purpose of attending hum on his journey. He has a cot fixed in a spring canine, with four horses. General TwataroN's regiment, the 21st Dragoons, which has ben stationed at the Cape for some time, is ordered to proceed to India. Yesterday at three o'clock his Royal Highness the Prince of WALLS honoured Lord 1-lor.r.s.a. with a ♦isit at his house in Pall Mall (he being confined by the gout) and remained in conference with his Lord , ship for nearly two hours. Lord HOLLAND was also visited in the course of the day by Lord DUNDAI, Lord LAUDIRDALI, Lord LEvitsom GOMM, Mr. WKITERLAD. Mr. TIBRNEY, General FITZPATRICK, &C. It is with extreme concern that we announce to the public the death of that justly celebrated Comedian, Mr. Liwts, who departed this life on Saturday even ing, at half-past six, at his house, Westbourne-Place, in the 68d year of his age. His health has been gra dually declining for some length of time, and the misery occasioned him by the death of a most amiable and beautiful daughter, about twelve months since, quite overcame him. It brought on a train of law i and a ffl icting disorders, which baffled the exertions of ' his medical advisers, and finally terminated his exis tence whilst in the arms of his disconsolate family. As a man he was upright and good—as a husband, father, friend, he united all those endearing qualities which will make his loss irreparable to his afflicted widow, his affectionate children, and to an attached circle of acquaintance. We understand the remains of this much respected man are to be interred in a family vault in Liverpool. This morning Antonio farelosa, the Portuguese sea man, who was convicted on Friday last of the murder of an English sailer, was executed in front of New i gate pursuant to his sentence. In consequence of the unfortunate termination of the Expedition lately sent against the Isle de Passe, it is rumoured, that a fresh force is about to sail; consisting of 4 stout Frigates, of 44 Guas each;' with 4,000 Troops. Surely, the Board was not con templating, at the appointment, the 44 Cari:als, 01 the 4 Twenty Thousands, with the COM) Prizes, and none less than Twenty Pounds, in the State Lottery Scheme, to be *aim by . a New Plan, the Fitbniary. , - . OW - ...47 #4,l)Zr. , „„,,„ Saturday/oft/4 Blair and 7kenttuDale were irdieted for forging and uttering, knowing it to be fori.ed, a draft for arati), purporting to he the draft of Messrs. Gregg and Corfield, in favour of one John Clarke, on Messrs. Were, Bruce, Simpson and Taylor, bankers, with intent to defraud the said bankers. Mr. Serjeant VAVGIIAN conducted t he p rosecut i o n. Henry Grey, a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Wercand Co. at which Messrs. Grerg and Corfittld kept cash, gave evidence that on Thursday the of November last, a draft for se6oo, purporting to be the draft of Messrs. Gregg and Cortield, was pre. seated to him for payment, which he 'paid in two notes, one for 11/500, and the otter for £lOO. He knew the prisoner Blair had lived in the service of , Messrs. Were and Co. and that at the time the draft in qtiection was paid, he lived with Messrs. Gregg and Corfield.% Mr. John Corfield said, the prisoner Blair had lived clerk with him for two years, and had an opportu. pity of knowing the manner in which he usually drew his checks.. He never empowered him to draw any draft. He denied the signature to be his writing, and believed the name of J. Clarke," in the body of the • check to be in the hand-writing of Blair, somewhat disguised. A Clerk in the service of Messrs. Gregg and Co. said he sometimes filled up checks for his employers, but denied that the check in question was of writ ing ; he believed it to be the hand-writing of ,Blair. Mark Chambers deposed, that he was a tailor, re siding in Young's-buildings, Old-street-road. He knew Blair and Dale; the forme- for about a fort night before the draft alluded to was presented for payment, and the latter about six months. His firsta acquaintance with Blair arose in Newgate, where he met him ittcompany with Roberts and Hitchius. Ho t saw Blair in Newgate on the 14th of December last. / when he told him he should want him on the ensuing day to get a.check changed, and desired him to be in . a passage leading into St. Paul's Church-yard, at three o'clock, for that purpose. The next day witness was proceeding towards the place appointed, where he met the prisoner Dale and a man named Robin son ;he told them the commission he as about to execute, when Dale offered to become the porter, which proposition witness agreed to. At the ap. pointed place he met Blair, who conducted him to the Prerogative-Office, in Doctors' Commons, and there placing a draft for 1600 in his hand, he desired him to get a porter, and send it for payment. Wit. ness then went out, called Dale, gave him the check, and saw him set off for Bartholomew-lane. The prisoner Blair was at a short distance, and observed the transaction. Witness, by Blair's direction, then went to Paternoster-cow, where in about a quarter of an hour he saw Blair in a great heat, as if he had been running, he said he had seen the money paid and the check filed, and asked witness it he had seen the porter ? Witness replied in the negative, but went in search of him.- - On arriving in Doctor's Commons, he saw Dale walk ing very fast, and on coming up to hifia, Jte, Dale, cried out, 4 , Off, off, I am , followed !" Witness tole understanding these insinuations, ran after him, but was unable to overtake him. He, therefore, returned to Blair, who waited for him in Paternoster. row, and acquainted him that the Porter had run away withthe money. Blair could not, however, give credit to the story, and insinuated that witness had - kept the money himself. Witness offered to go to Newgate and' ba searched, before Roberts and Hitchins ; he immedi ately went thither, but on his telling the story to them, they only laughed. Being alarmed from the mysteri ous manner in which Blair had acted, and having re ceived some information of Dale, he went du next day to the house of Messrs. Were and Co and gave iitfot 'nation of all he knew respecting the dn.ft. A man named Hooker proved that be saw Dale give the two notes received in change for the • draft tae' Robinson, at his house in Golien-lane, of which circumstance he informed Chambers the next day. Barry Adkins apprehended Robinson, and fouhd on his person an hundred pound note, which corre sponded with the number of that paid by Grev, - the banker's clerk, for the draft. He apprehended Dale, who confessed that he had received the draft frees Chambers in Doctors' Commons, but remarked that it did not belong to Chambers, but to a tall man dressed in black, with black whiskers, who he saw standing near him at the time he received the check. From this description, which was that of Blair, the prisoner was apprehended on the Mon;lay morning following. Mr. John Parkin, a clerk of the Bank of England, produced a cancelled 1.500 note, es the back of which was the name of Thomas Dale, with a memorandum' that it had been changed for smaller notes on 'the 16th November. Mr. Grey, the clerk to Messrs. Were and Co. iden. tified the note found on Robinson, and that produced by the Bank clerk to be those which he gave in pay ment of the draft. Blair, in his defence, denied all knowledge, directly or indirectly, of the men who swore against him, or of the transaction to which they alluded. Dale also asserted his innocence. The Jury, after deliberating dearly an hour, re turned a verdict, Guilty of uttering the Draft, knowing it to be forged, against Blair—Death ; and acquitted Dale. Blair seemed to treat his conviction with ranch apathy and indifference. Jaws Nay was also capitally convicted of a bur. glary in the dwelling-house of George Hoby, and stealing a pair of boots, value 445. his property. MA a x-t z.-- ‘ The Thames Navigation being likely to be soon cleared, and large arrivals of Grain in general being elpeeted, the trade for Wscat and Oats is heavy aid hardly supports last prices ; net many sales being effected of those or other articles our general currency is considered zircon nominal, but Flour at last week's quotation. OINIIA . II CIFILIVICY SS oppms. Wheat, 661. SOs. 9tts. Batinalolrlibs„,sss. Pine ditto, 9415. loos. 'Ack ditto 50e; Rye (new), 345. 2114. ( "Oats, 425. list *to. Barley, !Ss.44s. Polanti ditto; 30s, 345. Malt, 611 s. 74a. Potatoe ditto, 651.0 d. White Peas (boilers), as. 565. Rape Seed, 24,6 2:es Fine Fluur, 13.; to SOlL—Seconds, Set. to 3 51. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, January if. Average Price of Corn in Englano and Waila from the return e *tiding the sth of January, I Si l. r Wheat. Rye. • Batley. Oats. Evans. Pease. s. d. s. d. a., d. la. d. * s. 41. a. d. I I 44 7 51 0 41 7 te S t5O 4 I 5S This average Price of Sugar, computed [rpm the returns made in Ilse wegh ending dos Oda toy 91 January it *Ss. 914).p0r cam • . imMlll