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P IPP7 . -j7 i • • , PORTUGAL. /.ISBON, (rARY I. Accordinc to an order of the day published at Caruso on the 28th of December, IRIO, it appears that a Council of Inquiry having been held on the conduct of the Portuguese ofLers of the garrison or, Almeida, under the Presidency of Major-General Francisco da Silveira Pintoda Fonseca, the said Coun cil has found the conduct and patriotism of the Cap tains, Lieutenants, Adjutants; &c. whose names are therein recited, highly honourable to the said Officers. . Jas. L.—lL:tract of an .01ficial Communication from his Ex cellency Lord W sti.: °Too, addressed to his Excellency D. Ma *ma Palma FORJAE. " Head-Qoarters, Cartaxo, Jan. 5, 1511. " The enemy's reinforcements destined for his army in this country, and which, as I informed your Excellency by my pre ceding dispatches of the :Tel of last motith, were then en their march through the valley of Mongers, reached the river Alva, and the position of Marcella on the 24th of the said Month; they erased that river the follow ing day at one of its fordable puts, and ciintinned their march to form a junction with the army. a Colonel Wilton bad fallen back to ?aphelia, and crossed the river Mondego, as soon as he heard that the sal I troops were ap proaching, lest he should be 'evolved in an unequal contest of being at tee same time attacted in front and rear. - He re-crossed that river, however, and harassed and pursued the rear of the ene ney'e Troops owing their totach of 'the 25th and with, from Alva to Espinhel, took some p-.l.oners, and cut off one of the enemy's amallietachnients. whi :b fell into the bands of the militia. He Isarned-froin the prison trs be took, that the enemy's force con sisted of eleven battalicale, belonging to the 9th corps of his army, sad which turn out tw be the same that assembled In Nunes in do Nurse of last summer. " The division we.ich 'carded to Pinhel, and whose advanc . ed guard had last n.acked 'francosa, when 1 addressed to your Eicelleney my last communication, still continued in Pinhel, at the time when I heard last front General Silveira, whose head qvtarters were torn in 'I orrinha. '1 his division is either the 2d of the frth corps, or the division of troops which marched to Cardigos, and returned film thence is the month of November, under the orders of General Gardantie. .• Nu other alteration has taken place-l"n the position occupied by the enemy's army, since the date of my last letter to your .Excellency. he detachment which marched to Castello Branco, immediately cane back from that pl ace , and was sen t thith er either to escort a courier, or to precure information." JAN. 10.—The private accounts which we receive from the places occupied by the French represent their wants of every kind as continu2lly increasing. In Tprres Novas they have indeed meat, but scarcely any 'bread, and on that account have withdrawn a part of the troops cantoned in that town, leaving there only a small garrison. The division at no. !oar •is greatly in want both of meat and bread, which is probably the reason why the troops of the 9th corps, which lately arrived to reinforce them, stoppid'at Espinhel, and in its vicinity, as they could not otherwise procure subsistence. Tlit want of me dicines, shoes, clothing, and in general of every thing necessary for an army, is extreme. It appears that sour troops have proceeded somewhat to the left of Cartaxo, and advanced to Tremcz and its vicinity. JAN. 12.—Not a particle of news from the army. 'Upwards of 50 ships *laden with corn arrived this week /imp 4nlcrica and England. 4ME r? ICA N PAPERS. NEW-YORK, DECEMBER 9.7. BATTLE AT MEMO. Captain Lopez, ar r i v ed a t Philadelp:iia yesterday, from tlavaiinali, informs, that a sanpiinary battle took place in Mexico last November betty een the army Of Ferdinand VII. and the army of the insurgents, in which the latter was totally annihilated, having loet between 6 and 7000 killed and prisoners. The entihority of King Ferdinand is completely re.esta. blished in bfexico. FitpDfl HAYTI. We learn by the sloop Patience, that on the last day of November Petion, with his army, marched out to meet Rigaud, who nas at the bead of the brigands of the South ; a bloody battle was expected. Chrisuiphe, imitating the threatening language of an old Emperor, gives out that he intends• to eat his Christmas dinner at Port-au-Prince. OUR SOUTHERN FRONTIERS. The following is an extract of a letter from a Gen tleman of high respectability and intelligence in Mis sisOppi Territory, dated Nov. 28 “ It has been calculated that Governor Claiborne would reach Natchez on the 29th ; srs that we may expect, at an early day, to receive information of the manner in which he has bcen able to execute his in itrueti.ns, in taking possession of the territory west of the Perdido. . « Inclosed you will receive a copy of a letter from D. Vincent Folch, Governor-General of the Floridas, by which you will perceive, that the trade in this quarter-is released from the htirthens under which it Lis been hitherto oppressed. ,! We are annoyed with another Burr project against the Spaniards. It is headed by a Mr. Kem per, of Baton Rouge, and Mr. Kinnidy, a lawyer of this place. They have inveigled many of our on. fortunate citizens across the national boundary, where they have a few days since raisrd their standard, and are pi eoa:ing t o attack the town o f M 0 bi1..." - . " comfort 'CI , to the wishes of the Governmert of the Unit ed StZtes, as tarty ed by their Secretary •of War in hit !war, a copy of whi.Vi you have presented me, and in emtse goatee of utgiveiatioa-, which I have every reason to briieve are stow pending. betwein Lis Catholic Majesty's and your Govern- Meta, %%Celt ain fully pirspaard will speedily place t h e Hondas in the posst•ssion of tl4 latter; I hereby decLue, that from this date, no duties whatse:ver shall be levied or collected at this pisie, or without this district, including Pascagola, on any vessel.; Etiods, oemerchandize belonging to any citizen of tkr U tined Stales, or their territorkl, or any person residing in either, or pul li ng s o o r from the .ii;ipisalppi territory. • " In cosiseqUence of ':tit friendly step, which the Spanish Co.. vernment gives as at. tete....400=1 pruot of the.r desire to main .taln a gaol uMlirstarieing wirit the United .rate.,, i hope that their Government wni employ thelr dissipate the trou ble .4.- 1 ant! pis ected hy the citizens. 44 M. bile. Nov qt. I RIO. (Signed) Captain E. P. Gaines," 1 1, voLci. WASHINGTON, DECEMBER eo. 73 - , t 0. . lea: is en/Acted from The Boston piiweid, of -I)ec. 12; f:iifiq au iiithemic source, that the Spanish Mi. silnenv In Wobble= has dispatcbgd a cutter to Cadiz to comniti- Pleats to sip *ankh Itiseaciend 'Congress the nwailures which Prionidest 11,Wisoo has taken for the invasion and occupancy of Wen Florida. stomthe vitt' which the Spanish Congress has exhibited on other subjects, It is not Improbable they will taki tbit Invasion of their territory dddgeon, sad will pass acts in retaliation, injurious to thathenn i tethial interest of t h e United , 'rause& limier their isulisilicrinn." Bac. 2l.—The Se nate .day had alder madder • ation the Bi tespeeting t rids Territory, and after resistiitg two attempts of the Federalises to em barrass the questidn,postponed the firthectristsiOtra ,.:no of it to Wednesday out. Petikehtl 4!m!tssasg Unveil/ore di. 411! ;,~~ '~~x then btotriht in, and read a first time; The• House then 'adjourned, Are forma, till to-mor row (this day), wile,' a meeting takes place, merely, preparatory to their Lordships' attending Jiivit. *- vice M Westminster Abbey. TUN E‘ EN! (; s.T.,U. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30. XING CIIABLZS'II MARTY, stem.--Helltlay at the Bank. PRICE OF STOCR6 YESTER I 'AY. Bank 3teek 24141 India stock 177 i 3 per Cent. Red. 6t3 I India Bonds 111. 94s pr. 3 per C. C 0.,. 66 65i} Facheq. Bills ..!s. fa. pr. 4 per Cent.. Stair Lottery ICketS, inn. 14* I per Cent. Navy 38 /in Omniurn 41 dis. Long Ann. 17} 13.16 Cons. for aec. 6tbli " WINDSOR CASTLE, JANMARY 29. • si His MAJESTY goes on favourably." (Signed) " IL MALICE!), W. MERERVEN, li.. WiLLP.. " 48 WINDSOR CASTLE, JANVARY $O. 4. 0 His Mis,rzsTy continues as well as he was yi-srev day." (Signed) 11. MALFORD• W. HEISERDEN•" • The RECENCY BILL was read a third time in the House of Lords yesterday. It will be sent b.ick to the House of Commons to-morrow, and the Great Seal may be pin to the Commission to pass it into an Act on Friday. It is probable, therefore, that the PRINCE will take the oaths prescribed by the Bill, before the Privy Council on Saturday, and go either in grand state, or without state, to open the Parlia ment on Monday. By the packet which brought the Mail from Lis bon,' from which we yesterday gave some extracts, a Messenger arrived with Dispatches from Lord WiL. LINGTON, dated the 12th instaat, the substance of which was stated in the greater part of our impression. No change had taken place in the relative positions of the main armies; but the detached corps of the allied army had found it necessary, in consequence of the operations of the enemy, to make some important movements. The news respecting them is, upon the whole, rather unpleasant. In cons( qu .nee of the approach of General Ditou- ET'S division (which has since joined Marshal MAS. SEA A), COIOIICI TRANI', who occupied Coimbra, find ing his force unequal to its defence, was under the necessity of evicuatieg that place, and crossing the Vouga towards Oporto, From the same cause, lonel WiLsoN also fell back from Espenhal, and crossed the tlondego ; but as the enemy marched from the Alva to Espenlial, he shortly after recro , ..d it, and greatly h massed them in their movements. general CAIIDANNILif corps remained at Pinhel, and the detachment that was. sent to Castel Branco had rejoined the main-arrny. . _ From the general completion of the intelligence received, it would arpear that the North of Portugal is now open to the e:!emy, and that they are doing every thing iu their power to advance reinforcements on all sides to bring on the conflicrwhich they hope to decide the fate of the kingdom. In the mean time we may hope that the large reinforcements, v.1 : ir.41 have partly sailed, and all of which will pro h.ably take their departure horn England before the end t.f the present week, will reach Lord WELLING. TON in time to enable him to counteract the designs of the enemy. We regret to learn that disease had occasioned some, mortality in our army. General cANIPBE4. anti Colonel FtNot are named among its victims, and General flux continued indisposed at Lisbon. Provisions had been 'scarce in camp, and much more so with the population of Lisbon ; but abundant supplies had arrivell, and there was no ptospect of any deficiency to the time of harvest. One house in , 1 4 1 1(1°1 ! 13M dapper' 6°P.90 quarters of what = an -, - PARLIAgERTARr PROCRLIMIOS. aged quantity has been eutba;betrfor Liabeln by the —.4..... HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JAN.IIk . rrest of the . trade' tabor together, sad probably abou . Immediately after prayers were read, ' 4000 quarters hate teen freighted from Liverpool . for the same destinatioe, In additioo to these, a great The Earl of CLANCARTY addressed their Lord ships, respecting a point of Privilege, on which . the quantity had arrived, and was is progress five the Standing Order for the exclusion of st-angers,was p as United ron. .1 is usual in such cases, enforced.—Tbe doors continued The f.dlowing is an extract of a letter received by e shut nearly an hour. the Mail. It is dated on the 11 th inst. and comes, The subject under their Lordships' consideration, from an Officer of rank : , ' we Understand, related to an Irish Peerge,. and re- • specting which some evidence was given at the bar. : lio The completion of affairs is not very good. Most /I/CENCI' BILL. ' rtta's column, 14,000 strong, (some say 20,000); is On our re-entering the House, the LORD CHAN- advancing from the south, and is probably already CELLOR was putting the question for the third reading of this Bill ; which being ordered, it was ac on the Guadiana. On the north of the Tagus, MAS - cordingly read a third time, and passed and ordered, sawn has i r ately been reinforced by 10,000 or 12,000 to be returned to the Commons, with a Message. de: men; 15,000 await . hiaordetein the neighbourhood of siring their concurrence in the Amendments made by Almeida. - Part of this corps has recently given a their Lordships therein. severe check to General finvstaA. It is expected that A person from the Ecclesiastical Courts presented' we shall shortly retire to our former position, and that an account of the proceedings therein, in the case of Taunton v. Taunton, in which a divorce a Mmes Abrantes will 'glare long." et Thera was pronounced. A Bill to dissolve the marriage between Henry Doidge Taunton, and Henrietta, _ his now wife, was By. American papers to the 28th tilt. from which we have given extracts, we learn that Mexico has been the scene of a most dreadful commotion and sanguinary battle. —The insurgents, to the amount of between six and seven thousand, were completely subdued, the whole having been either killed or taken prisoners; and the authority of King FERDINAND was in coas2quence immedi a tely and fully re-established. His Majesty's Advocate' yesterday read in the Ad. miralty Court a letter which he had received from Lord WELLZSLISV, desiring that all proceedings against the ship Fox, and other vessels similarly circum. stanced, might be stayed, until his MAJESTY'S pleasure can be taken respecting them. This communication appears to us to be important, as we doubt not it will to the public. Saturday above two hundred Noblemen and Gen tlemen met at Edinburgh to commemorate the Anni versary of Mr. Fox's birth. Mr. GILLIES was in the Chair.—Same day, the Anniversary of Mr. Fox's birth was ci lebrated at Glasgow by a numerous party of th.: admirers of that illustrious Statesman. Yesterday the Lotto CHIEF &atm entertained the Earl EGLINGTON, and a large party, with a grand dinner, at his in Duke-street. Yesterday, Mr. PERCEVAL gave a grand dinner at his house ir, Downing.street. Yesterday, Mr. YORK gave a grand dinner to the Earl of CHM RAM, Lord Minna',vs, and a large party, at his house at the Admiralty. Yesterday Lard ARIAN gave a sumptuous Minis teriA dinner to a large party of Noblemen and Gen tlemen, at his house In St. James's Place. The Bath Widow: comolain that notwithstanding the indosure of so many chutes ther e ate ,st!ll mar l weds. Mr .Cootca has entered into a re-engigement at the New York Theatre. The first night of his perfor mance, the `Last tilt, was for the benefit - of ate poor of that City.—The Play was, The Nerdsani of Yinia 34 . y10rk, by Mr. COOKE. On Saturday was launched at Northßeet, a new ship, of 14'27 tons, called the Lowther Castle, for the service of the Honourable East L.dia Company, to be commanded by Captain Worieswoarn. We are informed, from respectable authority, that an extensive Distillery in the neighleoutho• d of Leith, is entered with the Excise to distill from grain for the English market. Thus while the English Distillers are all working from sugar, this one Distiller, in con. • sequence of not having . entered into the contnet made by the Ministry with the other Manufacturers, distilling for the home consumption of England, will have, if not legally steps, the exclusive advantage ' of manufacturing spirits from grain in place of sugar, I thereby securing to himself a preference on the cost ! of mcterials equal to 50 per cent. CITY BostsEss.—Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall, at which the price of the guar tern loaf was ordered to remain at Is. 20.—Several persons were admitted and sworn bmkers.—The ap. peals of persons against being appointed inquestmen , and constables, were heard and determined.—A. Mills , and J. Hulet, were admitted out-pensioners of Ema-i nuel Hospital.—Receipts were ordered to be issued' for licensing victuallers on the ttli of March next.—' Commissioners of the Court of Requests were ap. pointed for the month of February.—The Court vot e d their thanks to the Rev. Mr. Loom, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for his sermon preached at St. Law.' rence's church, on Plow-Sunda y.—A quantity of golhl was sworn to as foreign, fra. exportation; and several bills were ordered to be paid. A fatal pugilistic contest took place on Wednesday se'nnight„ at Rollestone, near Burton-upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford_ On the preceding evening, ! Charles .Beale, a farmer, from Stretten, and Stringer Tonks, a basket-maker, of Repton, having quarrelled, agreed to meet the next day at Rollestome, to decide. their dispute. The constable of the parish was pre. sent as stall -holder ! The combatants fought with a determination and courage seldom witnessed, until the 31st reiand, when Tonks struck Beale a dreadful blow under the ear, and death terminated the fight. SPORTIN.C.—Besides the, match as performed by, Milton, undertaken by Mr.Emes, livery stable-keeper, another has been made betwixt two of the owners of the horses rode by Milton. The animals belong to Messrs. Maul and Bray, and they are to gallop 20 miles on Epecun race-course, 140 guineas to 100, play or pay, in the month of February.—Another person, ' Mr. Shores, hai pndertaken to drive four horses in curricle 15 tulles in fifty minutes, in the first week of March.—•A yeoman of the name of Dobbs. of Midg. ham, Bucks, ha; undertaken to go 50-miles on foot in eight hours, play or pay, for 200 guineas, and to start at licanilow.—At Haddington Fair last Wed. nesd.iy, two opulent farmers undertook, for a wager o- 100 guineas each, to walk a certain distance within given tim a gie. The stakes were deposited in the hands ea respectable hiokiog man, who had been fur some days at the so* fiool whence they started, and who proceeded witAt then to some distance ; but whilst they contiaose; toepo ay he, unperceived by them, contrived W sad shop become the only sataaer. NATAL IhTELLIGINCS. PLYMOUTH, lAN° tt. Arrived the ROTA frigate,Capt. P. Solan VELE, from Cork, witp her prize, as hatneward.bound East India man, which she recaptured some time ago, as stated in the graft.-43e4ekthe Essex, American frigate, for Portsmouth, to be repaired, and to await the issue of the Negotiation nosy pending between Mr. PartNzt and our Government. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY St Arrived the SAarroox frigate from the eastvrarcl. with a sloop that has been retaken. Yesterday the 36th Regiment, commanded by the Honourable Colonel COCHRANE, (brother of Lord Couirsawr) embarked on board the VacTonv—the veteran General BORNa attended. This day the IFt Light Rattation of the King's German Legion, Baror. ALTittei Ane corps, embarked in transports. It is said that Sir Josarti Tome, with the Regiments em.. barked in the men of wan will sail to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A person presented a Report from the Commis. sinners appointed to examine iitto the offices of the House of Cumtnons,—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. Fine presented an account of the balances in the bands of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England.—Ordered to lie on the Table. TUE REGENCY DILL. .A Message front the Lords Announced their Lord ships' assent to the Regency Rill, with same Amend ments, to which they desired the concurrence of the Rouse. _ _ . The Amendrrients were read a first time ; and, nn the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, ordered to be taken into further con sideration on Thursday, to which day the House adjourned. COWES, JANUARY 29. The East India, West India, and Lisbon convoys, that came to anchor in our Roadstead yesterday, are now under weigh, with the wind at east, but it is sup• poses' they will again anchor in Yarmouth Cr Lym ingtoa Roads. The Hussey frigate ran foul of the Hibernia merchantman, and did her much damage✓.. carried away her jib-boom, main, and fore-yards, licc. The Hibernia will be prevented sailing for a day or t% fp. DEAL, JANUARY t 9. Came down from the River the Princess Amelia and Hope East Indiamen ; the latter has sailed to the Westward. Arrived the APRI.LES 1109 p of war from Portsmouth, and remains. Wind N. W.„ SHEERNESS, JANUARY 29. Sailed his Majesty's ship Putrn and NYMPHILN to the westward, Cuacitza up the River Thames, MANLY with a convoy to Heligoland, and Paosrano on a cruize. YARMOUTH, JAN. ts. Sailed the LEVERET sloop, Captain WILLIS. en a attire ; and the Eliza tender, Lieutenant Beawtmt, fir South Shields. The BOLD and Arno( gun. brigs which parted from their anchors in the gale of the sth and 6th ult. and drove on this beach, have been got off, and are in the harbour to undergo re. pairs. The Susan, of Lynn is also got off, and in the harbour. The Mary, of London, Ouvaa master, from the North, with coals, bound to London, got on the Home Sand last night : she is off, and is come into this port to unload, she making a deal of water, and has lost an anchor and cable.— Ships in the Roads the Roebuck• and Desiree frigates,—Wind N. W. CHATHAM, lAN. 27. The QOZPSI CIIARLOTTF, PRINCII OF WALEig and iMFREONABLIC I that Wert felit to Shrernesa to be laid up in 'rdinary, are ordered round to Plymouth, most probably preparatory to their being fitted for sea.— The Vtoo sloop of war, that was also lring there, was commissioned yesterday—the CRIMY is also fitting. —The HICARTY arrived here on Friday, the Lo.-usr came up . a few d tys since, and sailed again last night; the Uritoesir, niaAciAN, SOLLDARKE, and RALEIOII O have also arrived here; and their defects are making good in great haste ; the CHteciza.: and BELLarrra are both in dock, the former is w bad that she will be broken up. The ALatint upon inspection is discovered to he so bad that it is doubtful if she will be repaired. —The master shipwright is or. tit red Us tail in the TREMENDOUS,' that he may be a witty:in to the work. ing of that ship at sea, under the . new construction she has had by his direction.—The artificers and workmen have been paid in the coarse of the week a quarter's wages up to Michaelmas Last. LUBECK, JAN. 4. A convoy of about 150 sail, from England, partly under the Prussian Rag, and declined for the &lac, anchored, on the 26th if December, in the bay of Got• tenburgh. Many of these vesseh are loaded with colonial produce; the others are in ballast. The latter had deposited their freights of timber in Eng land —Sir other ships from London, under the Pi us ian flue, had anchored, s. nne days before, it CaAsand, near the bay of G4tenburgh, and soon after ;4 sal for Memel. The Americas ship Washington, West, hu been detained and sent into kower,. The Young Join, Baker, from Hall to Sunderland . and the Alexander, Brand, from hlontroseto Loudon i tirve pu• 11', Jr S ilurian in &sows, and will be obliged to unload to r F au Extract of a letter received by a mercantile house in Cork, dated " Otrtbe town &Pim Ask Mailefra, on bout% • the Newt, December s, Isl O. • " It will be satisfactory, I know, to have some ac! count of the ttnfortunate fleet to which we belong.— About the middle of the same night that we ttx k our departure-froni_Cork, the wind came round t;giit in our teeth ; and after beating about in a hivh west wind for two d.tys.• it began to blow a storm, n d t!a; a week we were beaten about at a dreadful raw. The fleet dispersed—we continued our cour,e ia the very best way we could, and for these ten ch , ys the wind has been as fair as it can blow. We are now ...f the town of Funchal, and see a number of ships, ultich our Captain thinks are part of our straggling ctavoy; and there being a flag ship, with a signal for sailing, .Captain Thomas takes her to be t:ie G.titt ntede.— Notwithstanding our unfavourable outset, the present wind promises a tolerably quick passage."—Dublin Pairiot, Jacuary 26. MAtte-LAwtt, JANUARY SO.—This day the remain ing quantities of Wheat are somew►iat considerable, and last prices readily maintained. Some elect samples on Monday and to-day rather exceed the ge neral currency. Barley and Malt fully at last prices. Peas and Beans of each description I.kewise-0 are also in tolerable remaining supply, and this ti Ade is not quoted cheaper. Prices ut Flour at the late quotation. GAIIIILA4 CIMILISSICT Al visas. Wheat 6lts. s6s 111 a. Beata, esti. s7s. Fine ditto, 116 e. Me. Tick ditto, 445. 90s. Rye (new) 35a. 411 L. Oats, *0: 1.04.295. Bogey, 171. 11114. Pohlad ditto, we. so. Mak, 6110. Tes. Potato, ditto, 351. 64. 4 fifits Pees (Boilers) Ms. U. Ripe Seed E 46 £5O filiflifara IP* 1 9 lise•4•10114/. Th ta ece.