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I and as satisfaction ex ample to their companions, „. I. That the present Decree shall be printed, proclaimed, and -.butcd in the Spanish armies, in order to its due execution, , L 2 ire also required to make arrangemetts for the fulfilment of The Marquis of ASTORGA, Vice President, t h e saine. MARTIN DR GARAY. pone in the Royal Alcazan, of Seville, Feb. 7. A letter has come to band from Petersburgh, dated (6t h 0 S.) 13th February, N. S. It contains in telligence cf much importance. Marshal Duao6 (Duke of Friuli) had arrived at that City, as Minister plenipotentiary from the Court of Paris, accompanied by Count RostAsizow, the Ambassador of his Czarine Majesty. It was supposed to be their intention, by their joint influence, to induce ALEXANDER to declare no against Austria, to which his Imperial Majesty bad objection, on account of his former alliance with t h at power, and the unpopularity of each a measure throughout his dominions: Another object stated is, to dose the navigation of the Baltic upon British co mmerce. In pursuance of this last design, it is a id, that a general Embargo is to be imposed upon a ll shipping in Russian ports, from Riga to Torno ; an d i t was immediately to take place, as it was sup posed that an immense quantity of produce had been oaghtnp, both by individual merchants and by the Ga f oment of this country. Some copies of a Manifesto by the Austrian Go vernment are reported to have reached town. In this publication the States of the Rhenish Confederation at e called upon to come forward to the assistance of Austria. The enormities committed by the orders of NAPOLEON, it is said, are also minutely enumera ted; and the fate that awaits the people of Germany, if they do not at last oppose a firm and energetic re sistance to the encroachments of the Tyrant, are painted in strong and glowing,colours. HAYTI. TO MONSIEUR PETION'S FRIENDS. GENTIAMSH....rociIerSI PLTI.ON has ESCAPED from the Vic '. torious Army of the PRESIDENT Of HAITI (General CHRIS.. 7ona), in WOMAN'S CLOTHES. (Signed) " THOMAS GOODALL, Vice-Admiral of Hayti." From the above notification, sent to a respectable Morning Paper, it appears that CHRISTOPIIE has at length triumphed over his rival. Admiral GOODALL'S authority, we are inclined to consider as unques tionable. We need hardly add, that on some ground or other he was some time ago put under an arrest, and sent home by some of our Naval Corn randers in the West Indies. He has been since offered his release, but demands to be informed by what authority he has been kept in durance vile. THE•ARMY. Yesterday being Maunday-Thursday, hit MAJESTY'S annual Bounty of woollen and linen cloth, shoes, stockings, five loaves of bread, beef, salt, salmon, cod rd herrings, wooden cups full of ale and wine, and silver penny pieces, were distributed to 71 poor :;r, and 71 poor women, being as many as his MA- LslY is years old, in a large room adjoining White- Fall Chapel, without the usual forms and ceremonies, on account of the Chapel being under repair, and fitting up for a Military Chapel. Dr. CAREY, the sub-almoner, attended, who said grace and returned thanks. Orders were on Wednesday received at Portsmouth that the transports in that harbour be made ready to receive on board a considerable force, which will begin to embark to-morrow. The 3d and 4th Dragoon Guards will be the first to enter upon service. . Wednesday se'nnight, six transports arrived in Cork harbour, being part of a fleet of transports and mer chantmen, about 50 sail, that left Lisbon on the 22d February, under convoy of his Majesty's ship NYMPH, Captain PERCY. Shortly before the convoy sailed, two battalions of detachments of the late Sir Join; MOORE'S army arrived in the Tagus, under the com mand of Colonels BUNBURY and COPSON. THE FOLLOWING TROOPS ARE AT BELEM CASTLE : A Detachment of Artillery The two bat. above mentioned The 14th Light Dragoons I Waggon Tram & COMMISSariat. AT LISBON : A Detachment of Artillery I The 45th and 97th Regiments The 3d, or Old Buffs 4 battalions German Infantry. All the forts are dismantled of their cannon. The greatest cordiality subsists between the British troops and the Portuguese ; and the whole nation is in arms, determined to give the French every resistance, with full confidence of success.—The names of the above six transports are, Young William, Unity, Mary, Mars, Norval, and Sisters, and have baggage on board. sir DAVID DUNDAS, the present Commander-in. Chief, was educated to the Medical profession, and entered the Army in that department ; he for some time served as an Assistant-Surgeon to a regiment. Sir DAVID commanded the cavalry of the army on the Continent, when the immortal Sip RALPH ABER. CROMBIE commanded one wing, and General HARM/ Vl' the other wing of the army. It is about a year since Sir DAVID married the fair and accomplished Miss DELANCEY. Lieutenant Colonel GORDON, Secretary to the late Commander in Chief, has been prevailed on, at the it request of Sir DAVID DUNDAS, to continue in the same office for the present. The emoluments of this ! situation are supposed to be worth about 02000 an nually, besides the great patronage attached to the office. Independently of this, Colonel GORDON has the lucrative allowance of Colonel of the Royal African Corps, which was lately raised for him. A Monument is about to be erected, by the Offi cers of the 9th Regiment of Foot, in the Cathedral of Canterbury, to perpetuate the memory of the much esteemed and ever to be lamented Lieutenant Colonel STUART, who fell at the bead of his regiment, at the battle of Roleia, in Portugal, on the 17th of August, 1808. Colonel COCHRANE JOHNSTONE has obtained a com mand in the West Indies, and has just sailed for that quarter. Orders have been issued for the volunteering to commence. The militia-men are so very much inclin ed to the measure, that the number will be procured immediately. We would recommend a greater lati tude to be given to the men, in the choice of the corps they p to. We ourselves are advocates for national and favourite corps ; and think that the British sol diers have more particularly distinguished themselves as national corps, than as a heterogeneous mixture. It is generally allowed, that if the Scotch Militia had Sir A. WELLESLEY, besides vacating his seat in Par-1 been permitted to enter the 42d, or any of the High. Lament, has also resigned his office of Secretary land Regiments they chose, they would not, on last f. - Ireland. The Right Honourable THOMAS WAL- occasion, have been so backward in volunteering. LACE is named as his successor in the latter situation. CORPS OF ROYAL FOREIGN ARTILLERY.—We were Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, it is added, will confine his at a loss to find out what corps Captains BOUSIRE attention in future entirely to his military duties. and GRAveNenoeit belonged to, who are honourably Wednesday afternoon Mr. PARSONS, the Messen/ mentioned as directing, at the attack of Martinique ger, was gent off with dispat c he s to our Mi n i ster at t h e two b atter i es t h at acce l erate d t h e re d uct i on o f Sweden. Pigeon Island. Their names are evidently foreign, Dispatches have been received from New South and not to be found in the list of the Royal-Artillery. Wales, which bring intelligence down to the middle A correspondent informs us, that they belong to the of September. Lieutenant-Governor FoveAux arrived corps of Royal Foreign Artillery, attached to the on the 28th July, and took the command of the place. Royal Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant- Mr. Bumf, who had been superseded by the Officers Colonel Le Chevalier de NACQUARD. It was a com of the Colony, was living in the State House under pany of the same corps, then called the Dutch Artil erest. Lieutenant-Governor FOVEAUx issued the lery, which, on their passage from England to Jamai. ollowing Proclamation : ca, in the Achilles merchantman, in 1799, fell in with, " iosaps Fovs.tux, boarded, and took, after an engagement of one hour, " As the Government of this Colony has been upwards of six I the Entreprenante French privateer, mounting four i arils out of the hands of WILLI.% m Bunts, F-sq. and as the 112-pounders and fourteen 6-pounders, with 124 sai ..clzurances attending his suspension have been fully submitted i lots and 5 2 marines, commanded by Mr. Joseph to his Majesty's Mini s t e r s , wh o a l one arc compe tent to decide, ; Durand, a commissioned Lieutenant in the French 1.1 venant•Governor FoYIAI4 conceives it to be beyond his au_ i navy. On board the French privateer, the Captain, th -sty to judgebet ween Captain Bunn and the Of whom he ' two Lieutenants, and 27 men, were killed, and 52 Nel in the actual command of the Colony. i wounded. The Dutch Artillery went to St. Do ', In assuming the administration of the Government until his mingo in 1796, and have been constantly in the West 11 4 , sty's pleasure shall be known, Lieutenant-Governor %TEA re Indies ever since. , cktmntinea to adopt such measures as he deems to be most The increase of deserters from the army, and the eternal for the preoervatko of the public tranquillity, and th f consequent confinesnent of them in the Isle of Wight, turity of public and Ovate property, and to follow in the dis. have determined Government lately to order a second 'hrgi• of the arduous duties imposed on him a system of the prison-ship to be fitted up for their accommodation, tint* economy, and the most impartial justice between persons previous to their being sent on foreign service. Re 'f ev. -rY description, I port says that these deserters, who in number amount "NI reports, communications, and other correspondence, re. I to between 4 and 500, are in future to be under an `'l't is public business, arc to be transmitted to hues FISIO.• officer's guard, and not a serjeant's, as heretofore. 1-, Esq. who is appointed Secretary. ROYAL MARINES. ' kIY SO, ro ot. ' ' " G OD SATZ TEZ Mac." MR. EDITOR—I was much pleased to see in your ~ ~ is ere l ittle ',i news of any interest in the Sydney Paper of the 14th inst. that a Naval Baronet of high 4 f '4zettes. Richard Moxwarthy and John Hopkins estimation had taken up the cause of that very useful tire convicted in the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction corps, the Royal Marines : and Iwish some Ministerial Member would make a motion, for a sufficient in of an abomin a bl e crime, and . on Tuesday received !eatenc e of death. ' heywere afterwards - eve& . crease of that corps, to enable them to garrison our • Aucarsr 28.—Several persons who have been prr . p rincipal sea-ports . with Marines, instead of the Regu `%iers in the colony, having obtruded themselves• to ' -- • in lays ras it would give them time to be grounded and made perfect in every part of a soldier's duty, before •' 3 (: Courts of Justice in the character of Counsellors tzd Advocates, orders have been issued by Lieu , te. they are embarked ; which cannot be the case whilst 'zt-Governor Fo forbiddenveaux,g any person from they are sent on board almost as soon as enlisted, which, from the great increase of our Navy, is una resurning to interfere with causes pending before dti oltrts with out a spec i a l li cence from him for that voidably the custom at present. And when we con . eider that the Empire consists chiefly of Islands and . ..i: Pose e ; and apprising those who have been con ;:•,,, that a disobedience of this injunction-will be Colonies, the protection of which iequires soldiers to be in some degree habituated to a naval life, I think i'l'... , lied in the most exemplary manner. •,•• * every one must allow, that troops so formed would i . :: Dundee, Cummings, bound, from hence to be of the most essential service to a maritime country • :e of Wale s ' s I s l an d , was lost at the extreme of lik e thi s .—/f you on find . room for these observations . ter's River on the 15th' instant. T wo 1 •• ;I , d ' • Sepoys , in your very extensive Paper, you will much oblige, .. joined the ship at Penang, were drowned.— i AN 01 . 1) SOLDIER, AND CONSTANT READER. it , rcht of the crew were saved. i Wariekkshire, March 18, leo. • NAVAL FALMOUTH, MARCH 28. Sailed his Majesty's ship HUMBER On g Wind N. W. PLYMOUTH-bOCK, MARCH 28. The IMPERIEUSR shifted her moorings this day, and' will sail to-morrow morning ; report says, she goes out to attack a French frigate, the Commander of which has challenged the Istmleuse.—Sailed the Resolu tion hired cutter, for Rochefort—Wednesday, arri ved the Good Friends, BARRETT, from Exeter, with sundries; Speculation, AUSTIN, from Dartmouth ; and Sally, LOWE, from Penryn. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 30. Arrived the TSRMAGANT sloop of war, from the Downs ; ALPHEA cutter, from a cruize.—Sailed his Majesty's ship THALIA, with a fleet for Quebec. — Wind N. E. DEAL, MARCH 30. Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Friends, IrIAwNING, from Honduras.—Came down from the River, and sailed this morning, the Courts Indiaman, for India.—Wind E. YARMOUTH, MARCH so Sailed the KANGAROO sloop of war with the trans ports (in my last) for the Nore ; RICHMOND gun-brig for Gottenburgh ; and the SNIPE gun brig with the Lively schooner, ALDRIDE master, of and from Lon don. Arrived three more foreign ships,•prizcs to the ALEXANDRIA and TARTAR frigates, who fell in off North Bergen, with upwards of eighty sail, and made several captures. Sailed the SEALARIC schoo ner on a cruize. The ships in the Road are the Roe. buckb Vice. Admiral DOUGI AS ; Aboukir, Princess Carolina, Chanticleer, and Basilisk. Wind South. KINGSTON (JAMAICA), FEB. 4. The LILY sloop of war, Captain SHERIFF, arrived ' T on Monday from Portsmouth and Barbadoes,having under her protection the vessels mentioned in the list c f arrivals from London. The fleet for the West Indies, numbering 108 sail, left Portsmouth on the 15th De cember, under convoy of la GLOIIIE frigate, of !.6 guns, Captain CARTHEW ; LILY sloop of war, of 18 guns, Captain SHERIFF ; SATELLITE brig, of 16 guns, Captain EvAns ; Suer LE schooner, of 10 guns, Lieu tenant BROWN, and another brig of war, together with the ADAMANT, of 50 guns.—A few days after sailing they experienced a very severe gale, when the ADAMANT and SUBTLE parted, as also several of the merchantmen ; most of the latter, however, join ed shortly afterwards, and previously to the arrival of the fleet at Barbadoes, the SUBTLE likewise joined, having in company a very fine French letter of marque brig, which she captured 90 leagues to the ' S. W. of Madeira : the brig was pierced for 18 guns, bui had only four mounted ; was bound from Boor.. deans to Martinique, and reported to be laden with flour, but, on inspection, several of the barrels were found to contain dollars, destined for the pay of the forces at Martinique.—On the 18th, the fleet arrived at Carlisle Bay, the Surinam vessels having separated a few days before under the. protection of a brig of war ; on the 20th, the LILY and the SATELLITE pro ceeded with the vessels for this and the other islands; on the 21st, they saw the vessels for St. Vincent's safe into port ; on the 22d, those for Grenada ; and on the 25th, one ship for Curacoa. The SATELLITE parted on Sunday morning with the vessels for the out-ports on the north side. FROM I.LOYD'S LIST. GR AVE,RVH, MARCH SO.—Arrived the Helen Maria, Thump; 'Resolution, Crip ; Hope, Dewell ; Active, Alexander; Mally, Mearns ; Aldbre, Randen ; Hawker, Niper ; Two Friends, Clarson ; and the Magdalena, Pirke, from Gottenburgh : Pa triot, Wilserkson, from Seville : and Eliza, Fora, from St. Übes. —Sailed the Speculator, Harewood, for Grenada ; Mentor, Quelch, for Barbadoes; Indefatigable, Williams, for Berbice ; Perseverance, Isbester, for Madeira; and Clio, Palmer, for Barbadoes. Mantua—ln the Creek, the Globe, Austin, from Malta. At Hull, the Nimble, Conner ;and Lord Duncan,--, from Oporto. In the Downs, the Ceres, Scott, from Gibraltar—the Fanny, Prouting; Sir Charles Hamilton , —; Effort, Brown ; and Bay. ton, Jackson, from Malta. At ork, the Nymph frigate, with a fleet from Lisbon. At Jamaica, the Mariner, Skeddon ; and Re- becca, Gardner, from Bristol. At Lisbon, the Queen, Cameron, from London. Off Newhaven, the Alert, Delday, from Cadiz ; and the Brothers, Scott, from Palermo. At St. Vincent's, the Mariner, Bristow, from Bristol. The Neptune, Cuff, from Halifax to Hayti, was captured on the 16th of October. The Joseph and Loi,, —, from Hayti to Halifax, was totally lost on the 16th of October. The Spanish Junta, Murray, from London to the Havannah, is lost on the north-side of Cuba. The Reindeer, arrived in the Downs, sailed from Honduras with the following ships, viz. Hibberts, Argo, Adventure, Fame, Belize, Agnes, and Friends ; the Belize parted company on the 22th of January ; the Agnes having sprung a leak, was obliged to put back on the 31st of January ; the rest parted on the 23d ult. in lat. 34. 56. long. 57. W. in a tremendous The Arrogante, -, from London to Oporto, put back into Ferrol, and is taken by the French. The Vrow Elizabeth, Lammers, bound to Aberdeen, is totally lost in the Baltic. The Volunteer, Martin, from London to Philad.lpida, put into St. Thomas's on the 7th ult. in disrros. The Eliza Emma, -, from Philadelphia, is lost. The 14eptune, Brassey, from Lisbon to Liverpool, is on shore near Wexford. The Thames, Wilson, from Surinam to London, was captured and burnt, on the I2th of November, by a French brig of war. The Ringmore, —, from Liverpool to London, is tilum and carried into Fecainp. The Zephyr, Newman, from Car!sham, is stranded in the Baltic. The St. I.orentz Felis, —, from the Brazils to London, is taken ; the Captain Is arrived at Plymouth. The Lord Eldon hired armed ship arrived in Cove on Wednesday se'nnight ; she sailed from Gibraltar with a convoy of 16 merchant vessels, from which she parted two days before. His Majesty's ship Africa, Captain WAO3ETT, ar rived at Cove on Thursday se'nnight. L'Aurore, a French letter of marque brig, of six guns, and thirty-three men, from Guadaloupe to licair deaux, last from Charlestown, laden with colonial produce, was taken on the 4th instant, by the NIOBE, Captain LoalNo, after a chace of two hours, and car ried into Lisbon. ~~ ' '•=• . . "w‘rlr 7 ' ; • , OMITTEE OF THE SONS at. THE CLERGY.. GiStrtusetes--In the midst of my indignant surprite at the liberties which, on a late pnbtic occasion, bad been taken with mit nate, I received • very intelligible hint, from a high quarter, that my voluntary resignation of the Secretaryship to your at*. rity would be an aot, decorous in itself, and possibly beneficial tie the Inatimtion. My reply was short and simple ; and it was this—" That as I Wu riot &Ware of any delinquency on my part, either lentil " or intentional, I *odd not be accessary to my own dishonour, " or skulk meanly from an ostensible situation, under an implied " consciousness of gttilt." I wish it, therefore, to be distinctly and generally understood, that in consequence of an authoritative mandate, and of that only, I have this day placed your Seal in the hands of my warm-hearted and unshaken friend, your honest worthy Treasurer. In times like these, when every wise mad would covet and court retirement, It is in itself a matter of relief rather than of regret, that I am no longer to be.called by the duties of a labo rious and expensive coffee, from a home most dear to me. The conviction of my mind, that my zealous exertions were in no small degree advantageous to your Charity, was the only cond. deration that could have made me wish to continue in the exer cise of those duties. lam now completely absolved from them But I do nevertheless protest, before Goa and you, against the 11l armed dactrine,". against the unjust and tyrannous principle on which lam dismissed from your service—a principle, by the ap plication of white to mere important cues, an Englishman would cease to be the guardian of his own honour and character ; and must be contented to hold his reputation, his liberty, per. haps his life, at the mercy of friends or enemies, without any act or participation of his own. I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful and affectionate Servant, (Signed) GEORGE illit4RT GLAM. Rectory House, Hanwell, March 16, 1809. . DUBLIN 7 H.EATRIC ALS. Dublin, March 24,1809. Man and Iltift has been brought out here with con siderable success; and was performed last Saturday by command of the Lord Lieutenant; but what causes the greatest sensation, is The Exile, brought out under the direction of Mr. RAE, late from Liver. pool. The scenery, by MAR/NARI t CHAL►IERS, and PHILIPPO ZAFVORINI, is magnificent; the dresses and decorations splendid and appropriate, which with the excellent acting of RAE, as Damn, and Miss SMITH, as Akxina, could not fail to insure success to the Piece. BRADBURY, from the Circus, London, has taken GRIMALDI'S Squire Bugle, and Dunois's Orson. He took his benefit a fortnight since, and in drawing himself to the cieling with his teeth, when two and twenty yards from the stage. forgot himself, and fell to the ground, but without receiving the least hurt. I understand he took £612 which is upwards of £lOO more than was ever known to be taken in the Dublin Theatre. The house was so full, that the musicians were driven from the orchestra, and many, to prevent suffocation, escaped over the stage. The Company is very respectable, but RAE and SMITH are the fa.. vourites : the former so much so, that places are al. ready taken for his benefit, which is expected to take place a month hence. . In the church of Eaglesham, in Scotland, on Sun day last, Mr. JoaN GEDBY had a son baptized by the name of Moore Corunna, in compliment to the me• mory of the late gallant Commander in Spain. The Thanks of the City of Gloucester, together with . the Freedom of the City, has been voted to Mr. WARDLE. The motion was made by Sir WM. GUISE. BRITISH NAVY.—Amount of the British Naval Force up to this day : —At sea 95 ships of the line, 10 from 50 to 44 guns, 135 frigates, 114 sloops, 256 brigs ; total 610—In port and fitting, 24 of the line, 5 from 50 to 44 guns, 26 frigates, 57 sloops, 49 brigs; total 161—Guard ships, hospital ships, &c. 41 of the line, 7 from 50 to 44 guns, 14 frigates, 6 sloops, 2 brigs ; total 70—In ordinary and repairing, 54 of the line, 13 from 50 to 44 guns, 57 frigates, 46 sloops, 30 brigs ; total 200 Building, 50 of the line, 20 frigates, 20 sloops, 10 brigs ; total 100—Grand total 1141. The elegant marine villa of the Governor of the Isle of Wight, Lord Viscount FITZHARRIS t has lately been purchased by -- FAAKERLEY, Esq. from Devonshire, who intends making Cowes his residence. A short time ago eight of the society of St. Paul's Youths, at Oldham, in the County Palatine of Lan caster, rung on their St. Paul's peal of eight bells, a fine peal of bob major, containing 15,120 harmonious changes, which was nobly brought round in eight hours and forty-six minutes, being the greatest length rung north of the river Trent, and was both corn `posed and conducted by Mr. JOSEPH NEWTON. It is with real satisfaction we can assure our Rea ders, that the most groundless apprehensions of injury to the Wheat Lands, from the torrents of rain fallen this last winter, seem to have been entertained by people in general. In the southern parts of the kingdom never did the wheat vegetation display a finer promise than at this moment, and in the north. east and eastern parts, where the inundations were most severely felt, it appears now that the lands, dykes, and fences, suffered more than the grain sown, as that, so far from being perished, holds up its blades 1 with peculiar strength and verdure. A day or two ago a whale was caught a little be low Gravesend, and was yesterday brought up the River. The LORD MAYOR claimed it ; but it svat ar- I rested by the Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty, 1 , who proclaimed the fish to be nye!, and therefore a i 1 droit to the King. In 1761 a similar case occurred, when the Admiralty interfered, arrested the fish, which was sold for £122, and the money lodged in the Admiralty Court. Tuesday evening a tradesman, of the name of 1 Hemsley, undertook for a wager of ten guineas, to go 1 on foot, from the Horse and Groom public-house, in ithe Curtain-road, Shoreditch, to Swallow -street, Picca dilly, and back again in the space of fifty minutes, the whole distance being seven miles and a half. He started at nine o'clock, and returned in forty-nine minutes after nine, winning by one minute. Several betts were depending, and the odds were against hint s I especially as the streets were muddy. 1 PERRY, the watchhouse-keeper of St. Giles's ' parish, whilst pursuing a prisoner, a few days since, ran against a short post, by which the lower part oF the abdomen burst, and he died in agony shortly after wards. ___-...•EMIIIIIII I ft I~ I