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LAW. Tii;. clay was publishe3, by W. Clarke and Sons, Law Booksel l'orttigal-,,reet, Lincoln's Inn, in One large Volume, Bvo. pr:ce 14s. hoard:, 9 '2OMMENTARIES of Sir WM. BLACK -1 STONE, on th,• LAWS r.nd CONSTITUTION of ENG LAND. carefully Ark:ri is a rew manner, and continued down to :he p: ut t:,..e with Notes, corrective and explanatory. — Second "Anion, corrrc:vd and enlarged, Ey \VU.LIA l CURRY, Esq. of the Inner Temple. Erit is ir -unbent upon cvety man to be acquainted with the Laws, lest he incur the reniure, as well as the inconvenience, of living in Society without knowing the obligation it lays him under. Black. Comm. introd. This day was published, price is. fist. or 2s. neatly stitched in Marble Gilt Edges, in the EAST; a SERMON, deli v-red in the Parish Church of St. James, Bristol, oil Sun day, February 1809, for the Benefit of the " Society fur Mis slum to Africa ~n, 7 1 the Fast." By the Rev. CI.AUDIUti BUCHANAN, LL. D. Front India. " For we have seer His Star in the East, and are come to worsliip 11 - NIP - 1 r. ii. 2. London: Sold by Loogmati, Hurst, and Co. ; J. Hatchard, and 1.. B. Seeley; the Booksellers of Oxford and Cambridge; Mr. Ogle, Glasgow; Mr. kiidersen, Edinburgh; Knot ar,d Lloyd, Birmingham; J. Binns, Bath ; and W. r;u!,-Tin, Pri:;ter, BAstol. This day was publislitil, In One Volume Octavo, with 15 plates, the Second Edition, prize 14s. in boards, AN INTRODUCTION to PHYSIOLOGICAL and SYS FEMATICAL BOTA NY. Ey JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D. F. R. S. &c. &c. President of the I.innman Soci: Li. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster row ; and 1. White, Fleet-itreet. ••• The plan of this Work is to render the Science of Botani cal arrangeinont as wcll as the general Structura and Anatomy of Plants accessihlo, and in every paint eligibla for young persons of tit r sex, who may be d.sirous of making this elegant and use ful science a part of their education or amusement • A few Copias are coloured by desire, price 11. Rs. in boards. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent. The Second Edition, with confich rabic Additions and Corrections. In three Vols. Bvo p: ice 11. Ts. in boards. FOREIGN lAT.ELLIGENCE. MADRID, MARCH 14. Deritations of the Clergy are continually arriving, to lay at the foot of the throne declarations of their su'imission and fidelity. The inhabitants of a town on the frontiers of An dalusia, having given information of a considerable quantity of English arms being lodged in a certain monastery, the whole of them have been seized. It is coriain that the insurgents have refused to, admit the English into Cadiz. The batteries fired upon a frigate which was attempting to enter. BAYONNE, MARCH 21. The Spanish officers who an ived here on the 15th from Satigessa will continue their journey on the 22d for Nancy. Palafox is to proceed for the same place, under tle escort of only-one officer. The report is confirmed of General St. Cyr hay. , ing totaily defeated the corps of Reding, and of his being tinder the walls of Valencia. Marshal Victor, Duke of &Ilona, was to have passed the Tagus on ti: P.'th instant, at or near Ahmanza, to cut off the insuigenh under the command of Cuesta. Madrid is eltremely tranquil ; only one regiment is left in that capital ; all the rest of the troops have marched for Toledo to join the corps tinder General Sebastiani. The Aug:6s de la Romana, comrelled to fly from the mountains of ASturias, has betaken himself to the coast of Orena. The small body of troops which remained to him have been completely cut up. Two whole regiments of cavalry have been made prisoners. The 116th and 121st regiments of the line, who had escorted the garrison of Saragossa, have returned to Spain. The troops that were quar tered in t!:e barracks on the glacis of this fortress have ah-o marched for that kingdom. They are to relieve the Imperial Guard in the garrisons of Valla dohd, Palencia, and Burgos. A battalion of fusi leers of the guards have this day arrived here. Ac cording to letters from Pampehina, half the garrison of that place had marched to commence the siege of Jaka, in Arragon. It is not supposed that this small fort can hold out above a week. PARIS, A,:ARCI - 1 eB. The Emperor has not yet set off for the army, nor has the Austrian Ambassador yet left us. This cir cumstance excites the surprize of many ; but besides that the negotiation may not hitherto be completely and totally broken off, we have always seen that his Majesty does not set off to join his army until he has reason to think that it is completely assembled and prepared for action. As to what concerns the de parture of the Austrian Minister, though he no longer appears at public places,. or in the Court circles, he irti y have received orders not to leave this capital, until lie shall have seen our Emperor set off, and his further stay be thereby rendered totally useless. The troops now on their march for Germany and Italy, have received orders to make the utmost expe dition and to employ waggons for that purpose, which Lis been done by some battalions of infantry belong ing to the Imperial Guard. His Majesty after mass on Sunday, gave-'audience to the Deputies of the Electoral College of nine de partment,, the iesi.ective Presidents of which addres sed his Majesty in an appropriate discourse. His Ma jesty then p Isset! some time in conversation with the Members. Majesty, after parade on the 26th, reviewed the pupils of the Military School of St. Cyr, after 11:s Majesty called a few of them to him, and Made them give the word of command to the troops of Cie perlurming some maliceuvres. TR, MARCH 21. Yesterday a Swedish fI,T of trove arrived in our Roads from I icl.,itOlorg, with dispatches, which. NV ere delivered to the 2.onii......tading &ricer here, who sent Clem to General Shikker, the Ccanmand?.r of Kronenltrg. '.I he latter prof...ectkd for orders to Copenhagen. On the al ri yid of necessary orders, th e Swedish .. ! ;:de•de-Ciarp, Nr.ij..l de la Grange, Lieutenant lit.rk..:pc, and another Swedish Gentle man, 1an , . 1 .03 here, a:td set oil fo-.. lfamhurgh, by way of Frederick• hurgh and Roeschild, escorted by two Danish officers. [The Dutch paper, from which the above article is translated, s. , .ys, that the officers referred to were to continue their journey from Hamburgh to France, king Chat ged with overtures of pacification. The same paper contains several articles from Copenha gen, filled with details of the late revolution, which are ill stbstance the same with those already received by the Gottexburgh mails.] PORTUGUSSE PdPEAS. LISBON, MARCH 21. • By intelligence received it appears that the French .entered Chaves on the 12th inst. and that on the 14th they quitted that neighbourhood. Lieut, General Bernardino Freire de Andrada, writes from Braga, that the enemy was proceeding to Raivaes and Salamonde, in consequence of which movement that officer had sent troops and ordnance to reinforce those important positions. A letter has been conveyed to this city from the Marquis de la Romana, dated from Requeija instant, by which it appears that the French Wad lost in Gallicia not less than 10,000„men in killed and pri soners to the patriots of that province. The Portuguese who passed the Minho on the 10th inst. entered the town of Guarda, and from thence proceeded to Baiona. They afterwards advanced on wards to Amorim, which is only a short distance from Tuy. Vigo is now in the possession of the Spaniards, which port was entered by three English frigates, who supplied the inhabitants with such ammunition as they required. By British vessels arrived here arms and necessa ries complete for 10,000 men have been obtained.— Our enemy will soon. learn the impossibility of con lquering the congregated forces of three powerful na- tions. MARCH ( 24.-A gr?at number of letters, written lom Oporto and the neighbourhood; concur in stat ing that the French were defeated near Braga. One of these, dated 19th, has these expressions : • 44 I have only time to say that a Messenger is come here in ten hours, who says, that at four o'clock in the evening of the preceding day a second attack was made upon the enemy, in which a great number were killed and wounded, and 500 cavalry, with their horses, were taken. The men dismounted from their horses, and endeavoured to escape by leaping into the river Cavado." PRIVATE LETTERS. " Lisbon, March 23, 1609. " The French suddenly attacked the Minho and Tralos Mon tes, and took possession of Chaves arid Its neighbourhood. From the Minho they marched through roads hitherto deemed impas sable, and presented themselves in considerable force near Braga. The treason *as discovered; and General Bernardin Friere d'An drada, his Aid•de-Camp Don Joao Correa de Sa, and the Briga dier of Engineers Villaseoas, became the victims of the people's rage. After their death, Baron Eben took the command of the army, and defeated the French near the bridge of Senora do Porto, two leagues from Braga, following the enemy with his brave I.usitanian legion and other corps. The French General who commanded this body of men was killed, and his emblems of honour had been brought to Porto. We are waiting with im patience to know the result of the treason, and how it was disco vered. The traitor had many accomplices. Among the Fretich there were many Portuguese persons of distinction, some of whom it appears, have been taken ; one is the brother of the Marquis of Tances, who was. captured while commanding a corps of French Dragoons, and is on the road to this place. The Portu guese army near Eiltaves, have occupied a position In the moun tains, and the Marquis de la Rotnana is near Braganza; so that if a good under tanding be kept up, and no more treason be plan ned, the French troops that are in the plains of Chaves will be exposed to great danger, unless trey rttreat to Galicia, where the people are also in arms. In the mean time the campaign is begun with us." " Seven miles from Lisbon, March 2:?. " We shall soon hive warm worl:— the French are at length advancing by way of Oporto, under Marital Souk. Our position covers Lisbon, but we shall proceed, I believe, to meet the enemy on their way, and give them another sample of what British bay onets can do. Sir John Craddock's head-quarters are at present with the /Tiny, and we are anxiously looking forward for General Hill, with GOOD more troops. The Portuguese are chewing much energy. We have had letters to-day from Oporto, stnting that General Freire has been put to death by the Port guese troops, because he refused to lead them against the enemy." ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. _ The report of yesterday and to-day is, that Bernardine Freire, the Portuguese Commander in Chief, was killed by his own offi cers and soldiers, for being a traitor and acting in the French in terest. This affair happened near Braga, which is• within eight leagues of Oporto. I have seen a letter from thence of the' 19th inst:,nt, which gives the following account of this circumstance : —The French army entered Chaves on the 16 h instant, the gar rison capitulated (the French were 16,000). They marched from thence towards Braga. Ceneral Freire orderLd his army to march to Oporto, when some Officer in his confidence found letters which he (Freire) mislaid, from the French General in Chief in Spain, and also letters from the War Secretary at Paris. He and his Adjutant, an Aid-de-Camp, and two servants, were inline diately put to death, after which the command of the Portuguese army was given to Baron Diebelle, a German, who attacked the French on the 18th, and defeated them with great loss. The Portuguese army in this affair amounted to from 30 to 34,000, but there are from 70 to 80,000 men in arms in that part of the country. The battle was fought three or four leagues from Braga. Head-quarters were yesterday removed to Lomir, a league from this place. There is nothing new in General Orders, General Cotton is President of the Court Martial now sitting at Cameras, and such of the proceedings as are interesting I will send you when the Court rises. In consequence of the discovery of Freire's conspiracy, several persons were taken up in Oporto. It is rt pqrted this evening, that there is a fleet of English transports off the cages, to reinforce Sir J. Craddock. ANOTHER LETTER, DATED MARCH 24. The Dispatch packet, which was to sail tkis morning, is detained until to-morrow forenoon. Last night, I sent a letter on board of her, enclosing the Gazettes of l'uesday last.- I have nothing to add but what arrived by this day's post from Oporto. The letters arc dated the 21st instant : they state that the French were then at Braga, 9000 being the advance of the French army. Other letters from thence say, that the French are (21st) within a day's march of Oporto. The greatest alarm prevails in Oporto. On the 20tk instant, at ten o'clock at night, the bells all sounded to arms, and the people that were capable of bearing arms chearfuily tut nett' out and marched to the entrenchments which are round the city. The women and children were.removed to St. John's, three miles below Oporto. It has been said this evening, that the neh t i.tered 'die city on the 22d March. The Portly:mete, who wee.; boasting that they would not be afraid of 50,000 French- Men, are now alarmed at this army of 9000, which are in their vicinity. The letters from Oporto are dated the 21st instant They also state that the Governor and all the ChiefOilicers in the City are arrested foi treasonable corrlipondence with the French. • " Friday Evening, March 24. - " The news from Oporto continues very bad, and it is much to be feared that the French are by this time in full possession of that city and its environs:lle populace must have been driven to desr rat ion, autl the conszquences naturally have be& most dread ful. I trust that the ships ready at Oporto for England may have gut out with safety:" " °part°, March 23. " On the 13th instant sailed his Majesty's ship Venus to the Northward, on a cruize. All the ships here ar., unloading—and fine weather; and there seems no doubt they wiU all get their balding on board in good time. It is currently reported that there are about 1400 French troops near Chaves, 41 leagues to the N. E. of th' place; and it is supposed they are a pan of the grand army of Gallicia ; but the people , in this port are determined . and re solved to defend the place to the last. Fortifications are making in all parts of thesentrances." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: C.nsok, for money, 671 68—for AprU 68-otnnium 1 pre. Exchequer BIM, as. pretn. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. 67} India Bonds, iss. 13s. press. 3 per Cent. Cons. 68} Old S. S. Ann. 67} 4 per Cent. 82/* Excheq..Bills, 11 s. 13s pre. S per Cent. Navy 9814 Lottery Tickets A'22. 4s. Long Ann. 18! I 5-16 Commis for ava. 64-1 SPAIN. Yesterday afternoon Colonel P. RoCHE arrived at Portsmouth in the Isis, Captain M‘Lson, and imme. diately after set off for. town, where the Colonel ar rived this morning with dispatches from the Supreme Junta . of Spain. Colonel RoCHE came to England via Portugal, and embarked at Lisbon the 22d of last month. The accounts which he gives of the Patriots' cause in Spain are highly favourable. They have now a most formidable army, more numerous and better appointed than at any former period of the revolution. The force of the French has dwindled very low fronr the continued hostility of the Spaniards, and particularly from a fever which has swept off im mense numbers of them--it is said about 100,000 men. When Colonel Roofs left Lisbon the French army had advanced to the frontiers of Portugal, and occupied Chaves. Government have received dispatches from the Bri tish Minister at Seville, by the Fame, which sailed from Cadiz on the 21st instant, and arrived off Fal mouth on Friday last. At Madrid, we understand, the artifices of the French, by affected clemency, to seduce the inhabi tants to conciliation and obedience, have been wholly ineffectual, and the consequence of their resistance i to their new masters has been the adoption of a systcm 'of rigour perfectly familiar to military authority. To, infuse terror into those whom hypocrisy could not de ceive, a Marquis invested with the honourable habit of SANTIAGO, who had been conspicuous for his attach ment to his lawful Sovereign, had been seized and hung, and hid corpse was publicly exposed on a lofty gibbet. PORTUGAL. Ministers have received dispatches from Sir JOHN CRADDOCK, commanding the British forces at Lisbon. . Oporto letters to the 24th, and Lisbon letters and . papers to the 26th ult. have also arrived. It appears that the French entered Portugal by Chaves, but it is not explained what direction had been taken by the army of General ROMANA, which so lately had its head-quarters in that town ; and this circumstance tends to confirm the statement we have already given, that the Spanish troops under that Officer occupy the country between Oviedo and Lugo. Neither have we any particulars regarding the fOrces of the Portuguese General SILVEIRA, whn, by the last accounts, was at Almeyda, in Tralos Montes.— The extracts giving in the preceding columns, detail some interesting particulars, but they do not state two important facts, which are communicated in a letter one day later, announcing the arrival of the French at Vilar de Porcos, only three leagues North of Oporto, and the commencement of the march of the British army towards the enemy, from the shores of the Tagus. . The arrival of General HILL'S army of 6000 men was anxiously looked for, and it is probable as it sailed from Cork on the 27th ult. that it would reach Lis bon early in the present month. The Expedition under the command of Sir ARTHUR WELLF.SLEY has not hitherto been able to make much progress, owing to the adverse state of the wind. On its arrival, the British army in Portugal will consist of near 30,000 men. Before the departure of the packet, official dis patches had been received from the Bishop of OPORTO of the critical situation of affairs at the mouth of the Douro, which were transmitted by a gentleman who holds the rank of an Aid-de-Camp in the suite of this political and military Prelate. His Maj.'sty's ships Isis and LAVINIA, with a fleet for England, sailed from Lisbon on the '2=2cl ultimo. SURRENDER OF FORT BOURBON. Yesterday, after our Paper was at press, the follow ing communication was sent by the First Lord -of the Admiralty to the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR : e ." Admiralty-Office, Monday; Two o'Clock. gg Lord M4LORAVE has the honour to acquaint the 44 Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, that a Tele " graphic Communication from Plymouth, just re " ceived, announces the surrender of the Island of 44 Martinique." No other particulars were known at the Admiralty yesterday, but farther accounts reached town this morning, from which it appears that this intelligence was obtained by the capture of a French corvette by the PIREBE frigate. This corvette was bound to France, with dispatches announcing the surrender, and a copy of the Articles of Capitulation. The sub joined Letter, written as the Mail was preparing .to leave Plymouth, states some other particulars : 14.YMOUTH-DOCK, APRIL 9. 4f I have hardly time to get this sent off, and must therefore be btief. An officer has this moment landed from the Naas frigate. She has not seen Sir Joint 4 DUCKWORTH'S squadron, nor has she any news ficm the Straits: she has been cruising off Madeira three months. ". Yesterday morning she chased and captt French corvette, named I'Eclair, the Capta which informed Capt. STOCKPOOLE, that Fort bon, and the-whole Island of Martinique, surrei the 27th of February ; the corvette was bol France with dispatches and the articles of lation," Sunday morning, at two o'clock, Mr. MAIL of his Majesty's Messengers, left town with disp ; fur Spain. Sunday morning Mr. SCHAW, and Sunday el Mr. SCOT ( King's Messengers) were sent off to mouth, with dispatches for Sir ARTHUR WELLi and Mr. MAJOR, another of his Majesty 's Me sser' , was ender orders last night, for the same dest. Report says, that Sir JAMES PULTINEY is retire, and that there will be a new Secretary We some time ago stated an ()pinion, that wi Commander in Chief went out, there would be change cf all the departments connected wi Army. This change must take place, else wi use of the Board of Military Commissionev. abuses they have pointed out, and the reforms have stated. as absolutely necessary ? As y( .Barrack Department is the only one in ahiL change has taken place—that change Las been eff( only in the Board itself, but has not extended down. . Liverpool, with a magnificence worthy of merous and opulent inhabitants, has set a not ample of patriotic generosity and gratitude, in a piece of plate of a Thourand rounds value, to Ci WARDLE ; " the man who dared to come form' impede, and if possible to stop, that torrent ruption, which ? permitted to pursue its des?: course unmolested, would, in time, by its mu and increasing streams, have deluged the cuci At a Common Hall, held at Nottingham, of day, the Freedom of that town was voted WARDLE; and on Thursday, at a in«eting inhabitants, a series of Resolutions was agn approving of the late inquiry into pnblic abusf returning thanks to Mr. WARDLE, and his pi supporters in the House of Commons. The 1 dons were then carried unanimously ; exec ] which was negatived, of thanks to Daniel Coke, Esq. one of the Representatives, and Minority on the Chancellor of the Eichecre l Lion, on the ground of his *et having done miff:illy and consistently, MRS. CLARK:E.—In contradiction to a vai absurd rumours, we are enabled to state that eminent publisher, win is described as the move] arrangement, never had the, slightest interest suppressed Memoirs of Mts. CLARKE. That on the recommendation of some friends, coi his experience in regard to the best mode of IN out the work for her own benefit, and he intr( her in consequence to a printer, whom he tl likely to account honestly for the proceeds. then began and ended the connection of this man with the work. We understand, however, that some ohserv! made during this interview, led afterwards, recommendation of the publisher in questii. , Inegociati,m, throagh a Nobleman of high cli which has finally terminated to the satistaeta) p. rty by tie suppression of the heolr, and bother, by the settlement of that annuity, ai payment of tho s e debts, for which the honrn Prince stood pleelpd. Nothing, it may be sui is lost eithn- to li.crature, morals, or pnblic gence, .by t to suppression of these Memoirs, most points of view it may be considered as a termination cf a business which, in certain I.( ought never to h.ive met the public eye. The sum given to Mrs. CLARKE is, we unit £7000; and the annuity secured it 4.110, self and children. Ten thousand copies work had been worked off, but they were col to the flames on Saturday : at the house of G! the printer, and all the parties concerned b ' Glared upon oath that no vestige, in print or script, was preserved, except 4 . single copy, ii pliance with the Act of Parliament, and d, been secured under seven seals. DR. CALLCOTT'S CONCERT—Under the pai of his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALT place at the Opera House on Friday even and was most nobly attended. We saw neap thousand persons in that beautiful Theatre t in the cause of Charity, and more than a hunt the first Musical Professors England could pl vying with each other which should most effv serve a large and helpless family, labourin' severe affliction. Mr. Howe, the pedestrian, started on anoti yesterday morning, to do 65 miles a-day for , th, cessive days, and not to halt more than two ' a time. Nearly the whole of the foundation of , Drury-lane Theatre remains perfect, and the im: archways are uninjured, which will be a ve derable saving in the event of the re-buildin Theatre. The materials now on the t round mated to be worth £12,000, and the work' making great progress in piling the bricks moving the rubbish. DUKE Or DARLING !---*-Our school-boys, their games of Pitch-and-toss, were accust bet on man or. woman—heads or tails—no' their pence into the air with the exelamati( ig Come ! here goes—Duke or Darling ?" Friday se'nnight a Court-Martial was held c the SALVADOR, for the trial of Lieutenant T' Harris, of the ORESTES, for repeated neglect The charges being proved, he was sentence( dismissed his Majesty's service. On Monday se'nnight, the Court again asset for the trial of Mr. John Callan, acting surgeot same ship, for speaking disrespectfully of his C: and repeatedly quarrelling at the mess-table: sentenced to be dismissed froM the ORESTES. on Tuesday, Mr. Stephen Godfrey Goddard, of the same ship, was tried fur neglect of d' having reported the ship complete with nece when she was not so, and having made away quantity of spirits committed to his charge. charges were proved, and he was sentence( dismissed from his Majesty's service. • Madeira these sod captured a he Captain of hat Fort Bour- ne, surrendered was Wind to ides of capitu. fr. MARES, Moe with dispatches Sunday evening e.nt off to I))rf s .. e, n e rested with t} le k e else whictiaist any I n i u e y. r r le'e c r . ° l : t t s t u h ihir e s b il y ela i sd l e fit le : o n b e nrw : d e: r e if ihase theyttht t i li lower d e s set a noble ex- titude, in voting ralue, to Colon e l :ome forward to torrent of cor. its destructive by its numerous I the country." igham, on Tiles. ;s voted to Mr. meeting of the was agreed t , , bljc abuses, an, nd his principa s. The Relol , •, y ; except ot.t ) Daniel Parker yes, and in the ?chequer's Mo- g done 'his duty to a valiety ate that a cenair. the mover in the st interest in 'le E. That Lady, ends, consult td iode of briattiitt.7, d he introdu,:e-1 loin 1:c thought )roceeds. lieze of this Genllt. me ohservat:l3 .erwards, on Ole i qnesti(-11, high ch itistacto of (;.ie ~ 01r, and of t!:e muity, and :he the honour of Day be suppe' or public . 4emoirs, and S. feted as a happ certain respe4:i eye. , we understand. x 4110, to he; i copies of r::• • were consume )use of GILL': cerned have de p print v o i r n m c a o n m u co and that ha 1" the patronag rif WALES, tout lay evening last saw nearly 10 Theatre enFste an a hundred c could produce most effectual! labouring unit: on another to• . lay for, three sic lan two hours tion of the lat and the immer.: be a ve-y cons: -buildin are round are eitt he workmen 2, - e bricks anct 4-boys, who I. accost tmed tails—now hur xclamation , gr p 'as held on boar atenant Thema neglect ef duty sentenced to , t igain assemble tai u : s i y O e s ,oic .o a t i h f X surgeonl na r f li e e cr s s d C s e:u ah s Ale pst ;e lai rie ide away with is charge. sentenced tl