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TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST•INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE very favourable reception I have met with during my canvas, Induces me again to offer myself to your notice upon the present vacancy that has occurred in the Direction of your Affairs, by the'death of Mr. JOHN Ts AvEss, and ear s , stly to solicit the honour of your Votes and Interest on the day of Ballot. The length of try service in India, and a faithful dis charg.e of my duty to the Company, are the grounds on which I presume to entreat your support ; and I beg yob to consider my past services as pledges of the zeal and attention with which my endeavours shall be exerted for the promotion of your interests, should you be pleased to distinguish me by so flattering a mark of your approbation.—l have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful humble servant, JOHN BLADON TAYLOR. No. 40, Devonshire Place, September 26, 1809. SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PAPERS. SEVILLE, SEPT. 1.-ROYAL DECREE. His Majesty would neither fulfil his own wishes, nor the hopes of his people, if, at the same time, when he labours to free the country from the oppres sion of its tyrant, he did not make every exertion to correct the vices which exist in the interior Adminis tration, and to raise this magnanimous and generous nation to the high degree of splendour and power to which it is entitled by the fruitfulness of its soil, the benignity of its climate, the extension of its coasts, and the possession of its rich colonies. Among the obstacles which have constantly opposed the progress of our agricultural industry and commerce, the first place is hell by the contributions, called Alcabalas, Cientas, and Milones, imposts, which obstructing the interior circulation, and pressing unequally on the productions of the land, on manufactures, and, in general, on all objects of commerce, not only have banished from our unfortunate country that liberty, without which, there can be neither arts, cultivation, nor commerce ; not only have rendered odious the fiscal Admin;stration, and even industry itself ; but, which -is zoom inflicting on it incurable wounds, brave ever iiitly a feeble resource for supplying the necessitieal* the State. Obseriations and eapc • rienee have shewn their prejudicial effects ; the peo ple have cried out for a remedy; .the decline of our manufactures, and the mercantile system unanimous. ly embraced by all the nations in Europe. But though the Government knew these defects, and reformed them partially, these reforms were a new vice, which only stall more embroiled the system. At length the time is arrived when good principles shall triumph over ignorance, and the nation which has appeared great and majestic in the eyes of all Europe by its valour and its virtue, shall be so also by the liberality of its principles and the goodness of its interior ad ministration. The Supreme Junta of Government of the kingdom is well convinced, that the riches of individuals are the riches of the State, and that no nation can be rich without encouraging its agricul ture, commerce, and industry, and that industry in general does not increase but remove the ob'tacles which may ob..truct both the fiscal and civil laws.— From these considerations the Supreme Junta cannot omit occupying itself with this great work, beginning with the most urgent reform, which is, that of:the contribution, and providing in the place of those abo lished, others upon such things as can more properly be required to contribute, distributing them equally among the contributors, exacting them in the time and manner least offensive, and collecting them with the least expence possible. Thus the contributions, which are always an evil, shall fall only on those who can contribute, shall be applied to their true objects, and not to the maintenance of an innumerable multi tude of tax-gatherers, who are unproductive consu mers, and so many hands lost to industry. In con• sequence therefore of these principles, the King our Lord Don Ferdinand VII. and in his royal name the Supreme Junta of the Government of the kingdom, decrees as follows : Art. I. The contributions known by the name of Alcabalas, Cientas, and Millones, shall be abolished, as soon as those which are appointed to supply their place shall be appropriated and established. Art. 11. The Department of Finance is charted to propose to his Majesty the contributions which shall supply the place of tbose abolished. Art. In. The present Decree shall be printed, published and circulated, in the usual form. From the Royal . Palace of Seville, August 7, 1609. , (Signed) Marquis of Arrows*, Proldent. DOD MARTIN Ds OAxmr. (Government Gazette, Sept. 2.) REUS, AUGUST 11. The regiment of Almoria has just marched in here, that of Ferdinand is on the other side of Martorell. From the movement of these and otbertorps, it is supposed that Blake intends to attack the French art my besieging Gerona. Blake's hiradivarters have been transferred to this place, and Configny's are to be moved to Villa Fromea. It is positively ascertained that the French have disarmed All the Swiss troops in Barcelona; in Tonse quence of some disturbance, or probably beciuse they were suspected. A cordon of troops from Mongat to Mans del Rei prevents all access to Barcelona.— Those who are apprehended in attempting to pass the line are instantly hung. . A French division of cavalry and infintry were lately attacked and routed near Jonquiera, by our brave warriors, who captured their guns, set fire to their tents, and took a number of prisoners. They have also intercepted arconvoy which was proceeding to Figueiras. GERONA, AUGUST 13. The Governor of Monjuich, perceiving the deplo rable state in which that fortress was, and knoWing that the enemy intended an immediate and vigorous attack, thought it prudent no longer to expose a gar ;son which had defended itself with heroism, and • crowned itself with glory, by sustaining so many at-, tack 4 from June 25, on which the enemy took several of the towers ; and they having on the 4th of July . spade a practicable breach, and within there few days past demolished the whole of the curtain, he deter rained to abandon the fortress, and at half-past six of the afternoon of the 11th, after destroying every thing that might be useful to the enemy, and carrying aw ay the few provisions that remained, withdrew the girrison into the city, which it' entered full Of valour, and impatient for new glory. It must be confessed, . that dill enPt is of s ome to 0 3 1 mewl ; but, because this fortress is taken, it does net follow that Gerona must be taken too. It has other for tresses, walls, and its garrison and inhabitants are resolved to dispute the streets inch by inch, if the be. sie , -rers should ever enter them. If all the troops to which the nation has confided the defence of its rights and existence had displayed the same constancy and patriotism with those of Gerona, its•salvation would have bean more prompt and complete. MANRESA, AUGUST 3. • It is reported that a. battalion of Italians have de serted to our garrison at Gerona. CLUELLA, AUGUST 7. It is asserted, that on the sth inst. Doctor Rovita, after an obstinate action in the plain of Coto, near , Jonquiera, carried off a French convoy, with a loss on the part of the enemy of 700 mcn. The division which embarked at Arens for the re lief of Gerona are understood to have entered that heroic; city, with the exception of about 30, who have felen Back to Estartit. ST. MATHEUS, AUGUST 17. The French General in Saragossa has issued a de cree, ordering half the crops of wheat, barley, and straw, to be sent into the French magazines, under pain of a general pillage. All the villages containing 500 inhabitants are to contribute, upon this occasion the sum of 1000 dollars in specie ; and those which exceed that number, more in proportion. Fathers of families are to produce their sons, when called upon, or to be responsible for their absence. It is said, that in the late attack by the French upon Mequienenza, they were repulsed with great loss. TARRAGONA, AUGUST 17. We have official advices that on the night of the 10th, 1500 of the enemy, with a body of cavalry, and some artillery, marched from Barcelona to St. Andri de Palomar, to surprise our advanced posts ne.tr Mongat, and turn the whole of our line ; brit they marched back, with the loss cf 300 in killed and wounded. Our loss consisted of eleven killed, and forty wounded. VALENCIA, AUGUST 27. Persons employed by our Generals for the commu nication of intelligence, state, that the enemy has in Madrid, in various hospitals, between sick and wounds. ed, 12,000 men. In consequence of the battle of Almonac:d they demanded 8,000 beds, on account of having a great number wounded. TORTOSA, AUGUST 11. We learn that Doctor Rovira penetrated into the district of Figueras, killed all the French in the neighbloothood, and then returned in triumph, with a quantity of provisions. GRANADA, AUGUST ee. A part of the flying diyision, under General Win ter', having received orders to cut off the communi cation with the enemy at Figueras on the sth instant, surprised an escort of the French in Janquicra, and took possession of it. MOLINA DE ARRAGON, AUGUST co. The Junta of the Province of Guadalaxara has esta- Wished, itself in Liguenze, in order to give activity to die patriotic insurrection and general armament. The people join with the greatest enthusiasm in the measures which it is found necessary to take. • All the youth of the province haw! assembled in Ligu enza, and those of Soria in Molina, where they have been joined by more than 250 horse. The patriotism of the Riojas is likewise most conspicuous. CADIZ, SEPTEMBER v. Letters from Seville state, that Barcelona is redu ced to the utmost distress for want of provisions, that the peasants of Ata!ayuelas, in two affairs with the French, have taken 100 of them prisoners, including several Officers ; and that the army of Venegas, con sisting of 26,000 men, has its advanced posts at Man sanares. SEPTEMBEn s.—According to accounts from the Supreme Junta of Arragon, the French from Alca nia have retired to Saragossa, and part to Castile.— The retrograde movements of the French in La Mancha are conhined. Our cavalry has by this time passed' nansanares. In the army of Estramadura, whose head quariers were established on the :30th ult. at Truxillo, every thing is organizing with incredible activity. Al ready are the bridges prepared for again passing the Tagus. CITIDAD RODRIGO, SEPTEMBER 4. The Members of the Junta of Old Castile are here. The French are said to have at Burgos 2000 m'cn, and several parties of infantry and cavalry in Burgo de Osma, Aranda, and other towns in the neighbour hood. The division of Ney, which passed through Banos, is stationed between Salamanca and Turo. BADAJOZ, SEPTEMBER 9. On the 3d instant his Excellency the Marquis of Romana arrived at Cuidad Rodrigo, on his way to Seville. His army is advancing to Zamora, and a part of it is expected e. Cuidad Rodrigo. SEVILLE, SEPTEMBER 4. Rcnovales, the Commander in the van , y of Na varre, and whom the French have not been able to conquer, has published a Proclamation, in which he says,. that for every shilling of contribution extorted from Spain, he will exact fifty in France ; that for every houle burnt he will destroy a town ; and for every Spaniard massacred he will kill two French men ; and this last menace he has actually carried into effect. Napoleon intends, by his proceedings, to deprive the august Head of the Church of the respect due to him. Under pretence of following the advice of his physicians for the health of his Holiness, he is about to remove the venerable Father of Christianity, and re-estabish the residence of the incumbent of the See of Rome at Avignon. SEPT. 6.—The Madrid Gazette received here, con tains various decrees by the Usurper. One of these suppresies all the Monastic Orders in Spain, assi7n ing only a small pension fin• life, to the individuals composing them. The Archbishops and Bishops are also put on the pension -list, and their property and revenues are sequestrated for the use of the State.— Another decree annuls all titles of Nobility not con ferred •r confirmed by the Usurper. Such is the con dition of Spain, and such will ever be the fate of those unhappy countries that become subject to the atroci ous and tyrannical dominion of the French. • • LISBON, SEPT. ie. From'Oporto we have information that there had been at Astorga if decisive battle with the French, during which, it was 'supposed.theyesufFered great loss, as .many prisoners lead arrived at:Vigo, where the intelligence had occasioned great jok. We, how ever, wait with anxiety to have this news confirmed, as we have not the satisfaction ofte?iig informed of any of the particulars. Serr..l4.—The following is an extract of a letter received from the bead quarters of the army of Estre madura, dated the 10th inst. " The corps under Marshal Ney consists of four teen thousand men. The head quarters were-at Sa lamanca, and the army occupies the surrounding po sitions. In front of them, is the army of the Marquis • Romana, now under the command of General Men- , dizabal. There is a report of an enpingement which lasted three days, and which terminated in the total defeat of Ney, with the loss of 4000 men. Marshal Soult has 8000 men, and his head quarters are at Placentia. This army occupies Corm, Calisteo, the banks of the Tietar and Tagus ; and the advanced posts extend to the bridge of - Arzobispo. It has to defend itself against the troops of Marshal Beresford, General Wellesley, who is at Badajos, and the corps of the army of Estremadura, which occupy a line from Jaraicejo to St. Vincente, covering the bridge of Almaraz, Mesas d'lbor, Fresnedoso, &c. Marshal i .Morticr has 10,000 men. His head quarters are at ! Talavera ; and his troops occupy Naval Moral, Cal-1 zada, Oropessa, &c. He remains en the defensive, being threatened by the army of Estremadura, which. ie, ad interim, commanded by General Eguia, whose. head quarters are at Truxillo. Marshal - ViZtor has 20,000 men. His head quarters are at Toledo, and ! his army occupies the plains of Toledo and La Man cha. His advanced posts reach as far as DallniCL. He watches the motions of General Venegas and Bri gadier Lacy, who commands the van guard, and whose advanced parties were so successful in an at tack upon the enemy at Daimiel. General Sebasti ani has 10,000 men, chiefly cavalry, and his head quarters are at Fueulabrada. His army extends from Aranjuez to Alcala. The insurgents of Castile an. noy them with a number of marauding parties, which daily intercept dispatches, and carry off the' provi sions and money forwarded to the army. It appears that the garrison of Madrid does not exceed 8000 men, and, consequently, that there are not more than seventy thousand in all this part of Spain. It is also ascertained, by the accounts of officers who have been made prisoners, and.soldiers who have deserted to us, that they have been many days without pay ; and that they have hadao wine since some time before the battle of Talavera. It follows, that a general and well e combin:ed attack may annihilate the miser able remnant of our oppressors." The advices brought by the courier extraordinary who arrived from Seville on Tuesday, are extremely favourable for the cause of liberty. General Mendi e zabal has already reached Ciudad Rodrigo with a part of the Gallician army, which consists of 18,0(X) men. General Venegas, with the army , of Carolina, which has received Considerable reinforcements, has his bead quarters again at Tembleque, within three leagues of Toledo. General Wellesley is also making. some movements with his brave army, which indicate that they are once more proceeding to co-operate with. the Spanish forces, now re-organized, animated with the best dispositions, and anxious to attack the enerny:' This intelligence is confirmed by letters from Bada jcs. It will by no means surprise us that the French should evacuate the. hospitals of unfortunate Madrid, and retreat to the banks of the Ebro. They are par ticularly appreheesive of a landing and diversion in Biscay ; which, should it, as we expect, take place, would, by operating in the rear of the enemy, deprivw them of all hopes of re-visiting Bayonne. SEPT. 15.—Within these .tew days a rumber of vessels have arrived here with English troops on board, to reinforce the army under General Wellesley. SEPT. 16.—According to letters from the North of •Pot tugal, the Marquis of Rowena's army, consisting of 30,000 men, has passed through Torre de Mon corvo, in Tra-los-Monies, on its march, as is sup posed, for Ciudad:Rodrigo. The Seville Gazette, of the sth inst. contains the important intelligence, that the sacred flame of insure rection is again lighted up in New Castile, and spreads even into Old Castile. This is a kind of warfare which the French armies cannot resist. Yesterday being the anniversary of the restoral:lo4 of the legitimate Government of his Royal HighneSel, the Prince Regent; 'was celebrated by repeated ! charges of artillery from the castle and the armed vessels in the harbour, vollies of small arms from the regiments quartered in the capital, which paraded in the Rocio, and the performance of High Mass in the churches. The festivity closed - with a gen eral , illumi nation in the evenipg, ' PRIVATE LettkitS.-LL1 4 386N, sErr. 11. " A courier' arrived this 'Morning from Badajos, with dispatcheiffeir the British Ambassador and the Commander - i Chief of this city.' He'left the head quarters - of Sir Arthur Wellesley at 'that place hitt Friday !light. The army was' in greet - went of cloathing and other necessaries, without which they could 'not recommence offensive operations, and were therefore to continue in their present situation until their wants could be supplied. " A party of about 200, 'tThtt were here on the me dical list, crosses the Tagus'yesterday, to psoceed to the head (patters of Sir -Arthur Wellesley, and all the officers in Lisbon have received orderss to join their regiments. immediately, unless provided with a certi ficatefromthree Medical Inspectors, who are appointed to report on the convalescence both of Officers and men. " By the information of a Subaltern of the Guards, who was witness to the conduct of the French after their entrance into Talavera on the 6th of August, I have the satisfaction to learn, that they behaved in the most kind and humane manner to the sick and wounded of the English, supplying them with the proper nourishment and n2edicines, and with surgical assistance in the same manner as their owncountrymen. e" General Beresford still remains here, and it is ex tremely uncertain when he will leave us." " SE:T. It—General Beresford has arrived here from Castle Branco, where his army remains ; and a het press is going on in this city and its neighbour. hood 4o obi in peen to increase the public force. Ge neral Wellesley is at Badajos halting for supplies of clothing, &c. for his troops." ainit a only to add to m y l ast that tlle r ninacti v v e e. The B r iti s h head quartel zL m 14 ai ,—I have are at Badajoz ; the French have gone into canton. menu in the vicinity of Placentia, Coria, & c . Both parties appear to wait the issue of eN ents in Ge: . many." ['HE EVENING STAR •' J.l LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. TRIPE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Consols, Commissioners served at 681—for ace. Gt• Onsnium + 1 prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Cons. ISSII I Exch. Bills, ss. Iv,. pre. S per Cent. Navy s9fli English Lottery Tick. I's Osnniurn prem. Bank Stock for acc....,5 : Incli‘ Bonds, 19s. 9.05. prem. Con,. for open. 6s it Nothing farther has transpired respecting the set t l E . ment of a Cabinet, but that Lord GRENVILLE Lord OBEY have been sent for : nor is it likely any thing can be finally arranged till these ::01:1,:rnv shall arrive. Mispatches of the.greatest urgency have also been sent off to Marquis WE.r.m..sLEY, which we have reaso:l to believe have for their object to press his return to England - - with all the speed possible, to, assist in ti„- neiv' Administration. • • • We Shall not indulge in detailing r umours tincuted with the rhibboleths.aparty. We heartily ri.h, all friends to . Britain must. svisb,.that a strong andel. ficient Governmept may be formed, and that, thus qualified, it may.enjoy the confidence of the nativa at large. . SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. We have received Spanish papers to the 7th, a;RI Portuguese to the 17th inst. from which we given extracts in another column. Some of the reinforcements for Lord WELLINGTON'S army have reached Lisbon. Accounts from Cadiz state, that the enemy have retired from Alcanez to Saragossa, and that in La Mancba they continue their retrograde movements. The former accounts respecting Gerona appear tote incorrect, and we much fear that notwithstanding the gallantry continued to be displayed by its defenders, that place must shortly surrender,,,.. The fortress o . f Montjuich, one of its principal deferres s has at length been abandoned to the enemy ; an t i from this event little hopes can be entertained of Gerona being able much longer to resist. The Suprerneeebtral Junta have issued a Royal Decree, abolishinilcintain cop• tributions, which in their tendency proved greatly in. furious to the commerce of the country, Abundance of falsehoods continue to be circulated, to keep the people in ignorance of the real state ci their affairs. Take the following, copied from a Lis. bon letter of the 14th inst. as a specimen We have just learned that the army of Masoaz.slic has defeated that of &LILT, and that VE\EGAs has advanccd and defeated SEBASTIANI." By the last dispatches from Spain, dated 132, • I dajOS, the 11th instant, it appears 'that A commit . nication had taken place . between the Maic t js WELLESLEY and Lcrd WELLINGTONt through the medium of Major ARMSTRONG, who accompanied Lord \VILLE' LEY to Spain, having formerly been his I Lordship's Military Secretary in India. Maior Aasi , STRONG left Seville on the 14th of August, and re• turned on the 19th, having performed in the in:er v2l a journey of four hundred and fifty miles on horse• back. The head-quarter's of Lord WELI.IXCTO ' then consisted of one room, without a door or xvir,dows (dk having been burnt for firewood), and very few planks 'on The floor, through which you could see into a dirty .stable. • The different French divisions continued to occupy nearly the same positions which we mentioned a few days ago—namely, SOULT was at Placent;a ; Moaras at Oropesa ; Victoa at Talavera, with a corps op posed to VENEGAS ; andller remained at Salamanca. T.h enemy, as we have already observed, had. ad; no movement towardi the British, nor had they sheen any disposition to advance in that direction. Oar ariny were so cantoned that it might be 'collected, if nexessAir, ufrie space of one day, The first division was at gontys ; the second at Real; the third 4 Camp Major; and the fourth at Badajos. The light •,cavalry were at Elves ; the heavy cavalry and horse artillerT ' . By the last accounts from Weymouth, het Royal Highness Princess AMELIA is fast recovering from het late illness. Occasionally, when the weather permits, her Royal Highness' goes on board* Royal yacht, which excursions, it is .supposed, haie terndtcl much tq ... • the improvement of her health. • • Friday last Baron de loam andramilY, • Lord Vis . count N EVIL 1., Sir WILLSEM OGLE, itsd• l the Hon. Mrs. BETTESWORTII, arrived at Cloud's notel, Plymouths Dock. His Serene Highness the Prince of ORANGE arri‘ed at Truro on Wednesday se'nnight, so c ompletely ir.rp as not to be known by any one. His Highness pro• ceeded to Falmouth, and thence to Penzan;.e. the roman.ic beauties of the Mount's-bay drew many pressions of admiration from the Prince, who on i;!5 return partook of the hospitalities of Tehidy-Park— slept there on Monday night, and was conveyed by Lord De Dtngsr/orvatc's horses on Tuesday to Truro, from whence he proceeded again to the east ward. This young Prince is only 19 years of age. BREAD.—There being no Court of Aldermen to: day, the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the returns of the Bakers Company and Meal Weighers, ord,rz.i it to advance Sd per Peck. 1 ' ;~.