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HIGHLAND SOCIETY. GENERAL MEETING of this Institution will he hell at the FREEMASONS' TAVERN, on TVES the 41+t inst. to celebrate the Anniversary of the BATTLE _XANDRIA.—The Medal voted to the 42d Regiment will ivered to such of the Officers as shall be then present. requested that early application may be made for Tickets, will be delivered at the Bar of the Tavern till the morning 249t1t. Visitor will be admitted unless Introduced by a Member. - Dinner at Six &Clock. FLOWER, MAYOR. an especial Court of Mayor and Aldermen, held in the Council Chamber of the Guildhall of the City idon, the 4th day of March, 1809, DAT and other Morning Newspapers of Friday the 3d ,ere read, containing a printed report of a trial in the Court mg's Bench, at Guildhall, in a cause of Dunn v. Lewis, on inst. before Lord Ellenborough, which in the Day News is reported as follows : ord Ellenborough, in charging the Jury, took an opportu aluding to the state of the Police of the City of London, he stated was so badly conducted, that if it is not speedily ted, it would become a greater nuisance to the public than id disorder." Court having examined a witness at their bar, who stated :tly that he was present in the Court of King's Beach at Lme of the said trial, and that the report as stated in the Day Taper was in substance a faithful report. solved, That the General Police of this City is well calm to guard and maintain the personal security, property, health, :thence, and comfort of its inhabitants ; and that whatever tions may have gone forth to the contrary, are utterly desti ` foundation. :solved, That the Election of Magistrates, agreeable to the :er of this City, by the Freemen, Householders of its seve "ards, affords to the Sovereign and the sulsject the best ?men tor the faithful and upright discharge of their cfficial duties, it is considered that that Police is conducted without ex to the country, and without the smallest emolument. :solved, That the choice of fit and able lionsekeepers in the :ral Wardmotes of this City to be returned to the Court of -men, to be admitted and sworn to serve in the office cf Con ?, furnishes the best supply of men for subordinate stations preservation of the peace and good order of this City. msolved, That it has ever been the anxious care and endea of the Court of Aldermen to afford every legal protection leir Peace Officers in the due discharge of their duty, and to rosecute to the utmost all those who have knowingly violated trust reposed in them ; and that the comparative paucity and dal nature of the offences en the London side of the Newgate :near, evinces that great vigilance is exercised in the preserva of the property of its inhabitants, WOODTHORPE. To-morrow morning, March 7, will he published, AN APOLOGY for the LIFE of Mrs. CI,ARKE, wherein the Circumstances of her Connexion with the IMMANDER in CHIEF are fully stated and detailed ; and gross Falsehoods and Misrepresentations in Cobbett's Re and the Pamphlet entitled " Memuirs of Mrs. Clarke," , are corrected. By a PERSON DEEPLY INTERESTED. London : Published by J. Johnston, No. 1, Cheapside ; and 1 by Wm, Fores, No, 50, Piccadilly ; and all Booksellers: WOOL. Lately published the following Books, Addressed to Wool Growers, Dealers, and Manufacturers. RAKEWELL's Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate upon WOOL. shoving an easy Me• tod of improving the Engli•li Clothing NVools ; and Re:l:arks on Means of preserving the best qualities of the Spanish breed (A ep unchanged in different Climates ; with Notes and Remarks the Right Honourable Lord Somerville. Bvo. price Cs. 6d. BATLEY on the Importance of extending the Growth of te Wool, by interbreeding with the Merino race, &c Svo. 3s. CULLEN' on Live Stock. A New Edition, with an Appen on the Merino Breed of Shotp. Bvo. 7s. 1. LUCOCK on Wool ; with Hints for the Improvement of the ece. Addressed to the Grower, Al:eaufacturtr, &c. Ss. 6d. Ttioxirsos on the Practicability and Importance of Intro ing the Merino Breed of Sheep extensively upon the Forest MIS of Nottingliamshirc, &c. Bvo. Is. .ondon : Printed for J. Harding, No. 36, St. JlmeCs-street. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. • PARIS, FEB. 17. Our troops have entered Vigo. Major Nicholas, a head of a squadron of the Ist regiment of hus -s, compelled the fort to surrender. There were in port three gun boats, each armed with a twenty-, air pounder, a number of marine effects, and a well -ovisioned arsenal. At Redondcla, a Russian corvette, of SO guns and ie hundred men, wa,; found belonging to the squa vr, of Admiral Siniavin. Three thousand men of the English army had em irked at Vigo. They had scarcely left the port 'hen they were assailed by a violent tempest. Six -ansports sunk in the open sea, with twelve hundred ien on board. General Franceschi has entered Tuy. The Duke of Dalmatia has marched towardsOporto. The English expedition in Spain has been extreme ; unfortunate. Thirteen of its vessels have perished in the coast of Britanny ; and many others have been tst on the coast of Spain. The Duke of Elchingen announces from Gallicia, iat tranquillity is perfectly re-established in that ;reat province. The following circular note has been addressed to the Princes of the Second class of the Confederation the Rhine, by his Serene Highness the Prince of Nassau-Usingen-: " His Imperial and Royal Majesty of France has, y a writing under Lip hand, invited his Serene High ness to make known to the Princes of the Confedera tion of the Rhine, the sentiments which animate him in favour of the tranquillity and repose of this nation, of which his Imperial and Royal Majesty is the rowel ; . 111 protector. The Spanish armies are dispersed ; the English troops are re-emba; ed, after having lost the half of their ferees, their lic,rst, baggage, amnuniition, and a great part of their treasure. • The Rhenish confederacy has nothing to fear ; its august protector will defend its limits with more than sufficient forces. • The imperial Court of Austria will probably re turn to a system on which depends the general tran quillity. Nevertheless it is indispensibly necessary, the present state of his ailairs, and his Imperial and Royal Majesty de,ires, that the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine form their contingents, '1 and hold them ready to march. as Having the honour to communicate to you by the present, tho cheering disposition of your august protector, and the demands which are joined to it, 1 I s eize this Occasion of giving you ~the assurances of m y high and perket consideration. Marshal Davoust, Duke of Auerstadt, Com mander in Chief of the army of Germany, has just lu-rived at Paris, A G"1 be hel DAY, the 21. of ALEXAN be delivered t It is reques which will be of the cetla. No Visitor AT an held ii of London, tl The DAT Inst. were re; of King's Bet the 24 inst. b paper is repo. ' Lord El city of aludit which he stn; comcted, it riot and diso• 'The Court distin•nly th the time of ti 1 cwsraper Resolved, Wed to guar , convenience, aliegations ,• tute of found Resolved, Charter of t ral Wards, a rity for the when it is ci pence to the Resolved, several \Vat Aldermen, stable, furni in the preset Resolved your of the to their Pe, • prosecute t the trust re trivial natu Calenaar, tion of the T0.14V .1 4V A whe: COMMA the gross sister, and Stc. are co: London sold by W / • A ddres 1. RAF of thod of iir the Team Sheep unc by the Ril 42. BAR i Fine Woo 3. CUT. di:: on the 4. Luc • Fleece. J • s. ducing Farms of I.ondor • • FRC Our at a he; Bars, cot the port four pot 1' provisio At R I lone hun dren of Titre barked %viten tl transpo men on Gem The The • ly tufo on the , cast. on • ti The that ti great I The the Pr i • . of the '1 )1•! l ril Na.ssat il{6 } by a V ness tt tion in fay ;r of w 1• II powe. .5, troop their a gr 4 44 than tfi turn q uill 111 t and Con and the p ro' 1 rnY 1 rna arri The expulsion of the English from Spain, has been announced by 30 discharges of cannon from all our sea ports ; so that the English cruizers would. soon be informed of it. FEB. 19.—The Illoniteur of this day contains the follnwing remarks, in the form of notes, on proceed ings of the British Parliament: — On Lord Erskine's motions for a series of returns to ascertain the loss of the British army on the late expedition, the Moniteur says : 1. " The motitm of Lord Erskine goes to the point. If they give him the series he asks for, he will learn, that, without fighting, the corps of the English ex pedition lost, some a third, others the half, and se veral even four-fifths of their complement. In order to give a perfect idea of the results of this expedition, an enquiry should be made concerning the condition horses, of the artillery, and baggage of the English army : finally, in order to ascertain how far the ope. rations of the Ministry are honourable to the nation, an inquiry should be made also concerning the condi tion of the allied army, of that army which the Eng lish abandoned, and which has been almost altogether slain, taken, or lost." On the Speaker's giving thanks to Brigadier-Ge neral Fane, on account of the Expedition into Portu- gal, the Moniteur observes :- 2. " An honourable campaign, indeed, for the English ! They were three to one, and were not able to take the French army, which was in want of pro- visions, and was environed by them and by insurrec tion. Landed•on our shores, the French army of Portugal set out instantly upon its march ; and this same army, having arrived at Benevente at the same time with the English, chaced them 150 leagues ; and this same army has beaten them at Corunna, forced them to re-embark ,and is at thismoment entering again into Portugal. Such are the results cf this bril -1 liant and glorious Expedition. The English army, beaten and dispersed, has abandoned both its allies, Spain and Portugal. According to the expression of a journalist, the Continent has fled from beneath their feet." On the thanks of the Speaker of the House of Com mons to Lieutenant-General IYl'Kenzie Frazer, for his conduct acthe battle of Corunna, in which the Speaker said, " where a British force opposed to an enemy much superior in numbers covered itself with glary," the Moniteur says 3. " This is rather too strong. When such things are taking place in the Parliament of Eng land, we can behold in that assembly nothing but the agents of a plety, under the false appearance of Represen titives of a nation. Let then: return thanks to Ge neral Frazer for his personal good conduct ; well and good : it is possible he may have merited them. —We do not know this General : he may be a very brave man ; there are many in the English army ; ! but to vote thanks for the most disastrous , ru i n ous, I and disgraceful expedition which England has made these fifty years—what quackery ! Forty thousand English infantry, 70;10 cavalry, and 80 pieces of cannon, formed the reserve: of 300,000 Spaniards, who did not resist 100,000 Frenchmen six weeks : Burgos, Tudela, Espinosa, Santander, Madrid, the i`mountainous province of Gallicia, Corunna, Ferrol, and the squadron there, were all taken in a moment. And the English army received thanks for having brought back to England some of its remains ! This is a strange glory ! Such triumphs would surely not , have been celebrated at Sparta." Or: the thanks of the Speaker to Sir Samuel Hood, the official paper remarks :- 4. " What ignominy! What was done by Sir Sa muel Hood under these circumstances, who is in other tespects a very distinguished Admiral, in order to merit end receive these thanks ? •He preferred the sea to the land, in order to seek on the one the safety which the other did not offer him. Like an intrepid seaman, he did not hesitate to put to sea, in spite of the dangers of a frightful tempest; his ships were. , dispersed, and a part of his fleet perished. But all these dangers did not deter him from flying from the Continent. How fair a claim for eulogy ! What glory for British arms !" The same paper contains the following note on a paragraph of an English paper, announcing the pre parations of the British to evacuate Lisbon This is indeed a fine and grand result of your brilliant expedition to Portugal ! You are driven away by the same troops whom you fought with there. The English Parliament will, without doubt, vote its thanks to the troops from Portugal. It will, without doubt, see in their flight a new and not less evident proof of the great victory gained by the Eng lish at Comma." MADRID, FEB. 4. FROM THE MADRID GAZETTE. The news we receive from Ferrol are every day more satisfactory. The soldiers, whether artisans or labourers, have deposited their arms in the arsenal, and have resumed their peaceful occupations. The officers, non commissioned officers, and troops of the line, without exception, have hastened to take the oath of fidelity to King Joseph Napoleon, and to continue the military service. The 1 hours of the arsenal resume their activity, and all the individuals who were employed, continue to fulfil their functions with the same activity. The persons of property, civil tribunals, military officers, and more espec►ally the officers of marine, have manifested the greatest joy at seeing under the authority of the King, that superb port re-establish ed, which had t' en delivered over to disorder and anarchy ; and which the English are enraged at not able to set on fire before they made their es - Iheir intention is evident from a proposal the auspices of the liberal Constitution of our illustri ous and generous Monarch, Don Joseph Napoleon I. The number of individuals who composed the depu tation was considerable, as not only the towns, but the Nobility, Clergy, and the Chapters, had deputies. They not only presented to his Majesty the homage of their constituents, but they likewise laid before his Majesty the wants of the different cantons of their provinces. The King listened to the requests of the deputies with his accustomed benevolence ; he gran ted all he could, and promised to consider of the other matters. All the deputies left the audience strongly impressed with the extreme goodness of our amiable Sovereign, intimately persuaded of all the advantages which will result to the nation from his paternal go- vernment. FEB. B.—The Gazette of this day contains a number of Royal decrees, the most important of which is one which assigns to the different Ministers of the King their different functions in the administration of the Government. Another decree provides especial tribunals for the decision of thoSe judicial causes which formerly came before the suppressed Council of Castile. FEB. 13. —Yesterday, deputations from the towns of Valladolid, Leon, Aorla, Arevalo, and Ai anjuez, had the honour of being presented to his Majesty. His Majesty received the deputations with his or dinary goodness, and promised to employ all the means possible in assuring the prosperity of the 'na tion, which he had already doi.e. The post is opened again with Gallicia, Leon, and Navarre, together \rich Old tde ioja, Sorja, Guadalaxa, l'alavera, Toledo, Upper Estremiiclura, Coenca, and the Upper La Mancha, as well with Madrid as with each other. The_ old arrangements concerning the post are renewed. • BAYONNE, FEBRUARY 3. Within th::se two days 1 5,000 Spanish prisoners of war have passed through this town. In a letter from St. Andero, it is stated that there are no longer any bodies of Insurgents to be found collected on the mountains of Asturias. BAMBERG,,FEB. 16. ' A merchant of this city has received a letter from Vienna. The following arc the principal passages : " The news of the shameful flight of the English have caused the gi•c;:test consternation in Austria. The Gazettes of Vier - • and Presburg, which lately resounded with the . of the English, now maintain a gloomy tit. • What was the conduct of Austria at the epoti nen the police of Vienna permitted the journalists to insult France periodically ? She forbade all commerce with England, but she ' permitted the English to enter her ports ; she declared herself ostensibly for the maintenance of peace, but she at the same time made the most hostile arma• ments ; and under pretext of creating a new system of finances, she sought to fill the public treasury Our situation in the interior is frightful ; our regular troops arc occupied in fighting with robbers. If war begin (which GOD avert !) there is small chance of success. But of what use would success be, which . , had not been prepared by wisdom ? What can be hoped when women and thoughtless men are the au thors of political plans ? This is what sensible and moderate men say; but they hardly dare shew them selves. Moderation is a fault, and the desire of peace a crime." FRANKFORT, FEB. 15. Orders have been given for the formation of two camps of exercise, one between Brescia and Bergamo, and the other between Udina and Palma Nuova. All the troops that are in Upper Italy will repair to these camps as soon as the season shall permit. FEBRUARY 18.—M. Krotemann,• Russian Coun sellor of State, has just passed through this city from Paris. According to the last letters from Hungary, con ferences have taken place in the Dardanelles between Mr. Adair and Ghalib Effendi. The latter has al ways been devoted to England, and is detested by the people of Constantinople. It was only by extraor dinary good luck that he escaped during the late re volutions. AUGSBURGH, FEB. 14. The last letters from Bucharest have occasioned an apprehension that the negociations between Russia and Turkey arc entirely broken. The English in trigues at Constantinople have, it is said, penetrated even into the Divan, and the congress of peace, which was to be held at Yassi, will not take place. It ap pears certain that the Russian troops are reinforcing themselves in Wallachia. There have lately arrived there great quantities of ammunition, and numerous artillery. The Russians have raised corps composed of Wallachians. We should,not be surprised to see them attempt the passage of the Danube. The BavariAn officers have received orders to join their colours. It is said, a camp is to be formed on the banks of the Inn. We expect the entrance of se veral divisions of the French army into our territory. It is said that General Oudinot's corps is about to re , pl'r through Lower Swabia and Franconia, to the i banks of the Lech. NtAINTREIM, rEa. It is- said That Marshal the Duke of Auer3tak. corps will soon change . its position. During the la;t few days several regiments of cavalry have paw:d by Schlutchtern. According to report, this corp , consists of from 45 to 50,000 infantry, 15,000 ca. valry, (the greater part cuirassiers) 100 pieces ck cannon, and 1100 ammunition waggons. In thi , . estimate neither General Oudinot's corps, nor th e troops in the Prussian fortresses, arc included. MI, , magnificent army has hitherto o c cu p ied the cou ntric , ! of Bayreuth, Erfurth, and Fulda. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 17. The remains of the Seimens of Bairactar, united to the Janissaries, caused a fresh insurrection, and re . paired in tumult to Tophana, under the pretence that they had not been punctually paid. They required the removal of the Grand Vizier Mahomet Aly, whr, had been provisionally nominated to that dignity after the death of Bairactar. Sultan Mahomed, v.lo i.. altogether in subjection in this turbulent militia, -,v, t forced to consent to this request. Jussuf Pacha, when. he nominated Grand Viiier, is one of the most con. siderable persons of the Ottoman empire. He is 72 years of age. He is actually Governor of High Ar menia, where is his residence, and where he dev otes all his time to the working of the gold-mines of Maaden. As he formerly refused the Pachaliks of Kutaicht, Aleppo, and even Bagdad, it is doubted whether be will accept the eminent post of Grand . Vizier. He is a man perfectly well informed in all 1 that respects the political relations of Europe with hi, own country. He has always been penetrated with 1 the highest admiration of the Emperor of the French.. - Jussuf Pacha acquired a high opinion of the French arms during the campaign of Egypt. He was Corn. manderLin-Chief of the Turkish arm►es, and sustained great reverses ; but his credit with the Sultan was so great, that in spite of his character, he preserved hi, place, and constantly enjoyed the greatest favour. lt is he who made the peace of El-Arisch. Since he has been Governor of Upper Armenia, he has facilkated to the utmost of his power, the relations between France and Persia ; he knows better than any one the . art of governing the orientals by rewards and punish. ments. According to the latest intelligence from Tehiran, European discipline has made great progress in Per sia. There were already 8000 men of the army of Prince Abbas-Nlyrsa completely exercised in Etlro pean tactics. FROM THE HAMBURGH AND AI TONA PAPERS, BANKS OF THE ELBE, FEB. 3. The Hambro' Exchange resounds with rumours re specting an immediate rapture between Austria and France, founded on a variety of private letters receiv. ed by emillent mercantile houses from those countries. The abirsive and insulting paragraphs, and the threats against 6 the Austrian Emperor, with which most of the French Journals abound, seem to give additional credit to these reports, and their truth appears to he almost sanctioned by the intelligence from Paris, of Napoleon's sudden return and his intended speedy departure for Strasburgh, where the palace in that place is fitting up with the utmost haste for his re ception. Some French military men in the North of Germany also make no scruple in publicly owning that war between the Austrians and their Emperor is inevitable. In this case all the contingents of the Rhe nish confederation are to take the field • and private accounts from Munich, of the 26th ult. state, that great preparations are making in all the arsenals of the kingdom of Bavaria ;;but in the capital and some of the most eminent cities of that country, the idea of a new war had become very unpopular among the people. The army of the Duke of Auerstadt is to be im• mediately increased to 100,000 men. FEB. 26 (NINE o'cLocit P. M.)--Atthis very hour neither the Austrian por Russian posts have been re• ceived, which causes much impatience and anxiety.— Among the rumours circulated in well informed circles this morning, is that of the French Minister having re• ceived dispatches from Poland of great importance, the purport of which is chiefly said to be a change in the political sentiments of the Court of Petersburgh, which is said to interest itself in a most lively manner in favour of the Emperor Francis. It is expected that Russia, under certain circumstances, may feel herself obliged warmly to espouse the cause of Aus tria, andbreak off her friendly connections with France. AUGSBURGH, FEB. 2. For some days past the t'xchange of couriers bo. tween Vienna and Paris has been very brisk. They speak of a meeting of two great Sovereigns at Mu• nich. . _ BERLIN, FEB. 4. Our regiments have received their new names which they are to bear in future. Besides them there and companies of invalids and men exempt from service. All the regiinents whether infantry or cavalry, in consequence of the small force of the army; have no furloughs, but are on active duty. For the future they are to have no fixed garrison plans, but change from time to time. A regiment of infantry consists of half a battalion, or two companies of Grenadiers, and eight companic, of Fusiliers ; each company consists of 135 men. A regiment of horse consists of four companies, of 125 men each. The artillery consists of three brigades, of twelve companies each of foot, and three compa nies of horse artillery. According to a Royal of the 27th ult. all the re-occupied fortresses are to be repaired, and supplied with provisions, particularly Neiss and Spandau. The new Council of State is incessantly occupied in restoring the finances, and the new loan of 100,000 dollars is one of its first objects , MILAN, FEBRUARY 8. We have received the pleasing intelligence from Paris, that his Majesty the Emperor and King Napo- Icon will honour this city with his presence, perhaps as early as the present zntmth. ULM, FEB. 15. In the beginning of next month we expect the first division of the fine corps of Oudinot, that has been cantoned in the vicinity of Frankfort. A StafFOffi cer of the Royal Regiment of Li ht Horse goes to meet this column as far as Geislmgen, to conduct them to Augsburg. The King of Bavaria has called in all the soldiers who were upon furlough, and 10,000 recruits are to be immediately raised. One division is to be stationed in t:.e Tyrol, the other in the upper P:datinate. PRI 3 per 4 3 per 4 4 Per ,perk LoOS • Sit freni Alta have Moll It NA ties Fret 'viii in 1 7 Rhi 1 Ku I fee tut reh the It st' ha l he . h. g 3 as! in, sCi d 3 of ra "Al .S, fc; re Ind tit eiv• hi eats of mat he 9 of edy that ; re- th of fling OT is • Rhe• ivate that Is of some ea of the e hour re• ty.— ircles lg re. ance, ge in urgh, anner ,ected ,y feel Aut. ranee. TS W. They t Mu. which re are ervice. Iry, in ISC no future :hange :talion, !panic.; n. A of 125 igades, 1 re to b cularly State is and the objects, 7e from ; Nape . perhaps HAMBUURGFI, FEBUAR Y 10. Letters from Stockholm, come directly by sea, an nounce, that the Senate on one side, and the Chamber of Commerce on the other, have made strong remon strances to the King, on the disastrous state into which the continuance of the war cannot but plunge Sweden. A general famine is feared, in the Northern provinces especially, which received all their grain from Finland. BERLIN, FEBRUARY 7. His Excellency the Minister of State, Baron Von cape. they made a fortnight before, to send a part of their Schroetta, is arrived here from Konigsberg. squadron, with seven thousand men, to occupy and I Our new Council of State labours without ceasing defend the town and port. The inhabitants of Ferrol, in the re-establishment of the finances. The l recollecting that they wh o made this p ro p osal were a million of dollars, lately opened, is the first oan of result English, replied, that not only they would not accept of its operations. But a more important project is their assistance, but that, however numerous the under deliberation ; this is, to transfer to the States I troops might be who should present themselves, they the domains of the Crown, situated in the Electoral would repel force by force. The English, after this Marches. This operation deserves to be realized, and answer, did not dare to execute their projects. may be considered as an efficacious mean of attaining Their reigns in Ferrol the best order and most per- the end desired. The King transfers to the States feet tranquillity. these domains, .under. certain modifications. The Ftui. 6. —On Sunday the sth instant, his Majesty forests will not be included, but trill remain to his was pleased to receive the deputations from the towns Majesty ; also the -mills and the pecuniary rents will of Toledo, Salamanca, Santander, St. Ildefonzo, Be- remain , and wi ll be otherwise disp osed of. The do ' nevente, Lederma, Villa Franca del Vicrg de Villa- are to be sold to the States for 12,000,000 of !.lor, Saltagun, and Medina del Rio Seco. All these crowns of the empire ; but ,the King shall have a deputations manifested the greatest hatred against power of purchasing them again ; and that they may the perturbers of the public peace, and their desire to not sink in value, they're to be administered by the see tranquillity le-established in all the natipn, under States conjointly with a Royal Commission.