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o r e was no choke." He descants on the advaa. tageg w hi c h, in the event of a maritime peace Hol land most derive from the new department which she his acquired. He admits that there is a deficiency of 70 millions in the produce of the taxes of the two last rats' compared with the expenditure. To reduce this deficit, he looks to the operation of a sinking fun d ; the adoption of a definitive budget on the Ist of J anu ary, 1810, .on an economical system, whether peace be then concluded or not ; and a small loan, to be the last until the sinking-fund begins to ope rate. Upon this topic he further says— , 4 We have a w hole year before us to prepare this permanent bud. ,by the year 1810 . We rely on the friendship of t r ance, and our brother, the Emperor, to enable us to persist is the plan of order and economy, which, un der the blessing of GOD, shall, on the return of peace and the restoration of our commerce, completely re -establish our prosperity. Our political system can be no other than that of France. It is her true in terest to favour and protect, in every possible man er, even by some sacrifices, the independence, the •cry, and commerce of a Continental State, f r om its situation and government, is for ever un ited with that empire, and which can be more use id to her in proportion as it becomes more happy "a prosperous." He then enters into a minute state ment of the proposed financial arrangements, and conc l u des with once more turning the hopes of his p eo ple to the speedy restoration of a general peace, an d sll its concomitant blessings. He assu re s t h em , t h a t while he lives, their hationailaWs, customs, and man ners, shall be carefully respected and maintained; m a that whatever difficulties may arise, he will never consent to a national bankruptcy nor a conscription. In the same sitting, the Minister of the Interior presented a detailed report on the state of the coun- Ain various passages, with the substance of the s speech ,. AMSTERDAM, NOVEMBER 20. _'Phis day were launched from the Royal Dock-yard LbAdmiral De Ruyter, and Admiral Eversten, of . guns each. His Majesty attended to see the , and was highly gratified with it. 1 HAMBURGH PAPERS. KONINGSBIRG, OCTOBER 21. ,The Excise department of this city has received le following orders from the King :- 0 Meer the present political dtuation of Spain and Portugal, by which these Empires participate no further in the Coodaenta l system k cannot any longer be permitted, that commerce be tar ried to with either of those countries by the subjects of Prussia, et Sot my hied of communication be kept up with them. Toe We, therefore, to take we that no vessels be cleared for Spain et pomp!, whether in ballast or in goods, and that the Mips which come from these countries be put under sequestration, and eats report of it be immediately sent to us." An English ship of war still continues to eruize off the harbour of Pillau. She sent a sloop on shore row fel days ago, requesting fresh water, which was, however, peremptorily refused her. DANTZIC, NOVEMBER 1. The Emperor Napoleon, in consideration of the distressed state of this city, has consented to a farther delay in the payment of the arrears of contribution due to France. The French Authorities lately im prisoned one of our principal merchants in the fort of Wickselmnnder, three days, for reporting unfavoura ble news respecting the Russian Baltic fleet. The French garrison here, under General Rapphew, has beenaugruented to 4000 men. Formerly 2000 ships used annually to arrive and leave this port, but during *.e last year we have had but two arrivals. VIENNA, NOVEMBER S. The day after the muster of the six militia battalions of this metropolis, the Archduke Charles sent the fol. lowing letter to the Archduke Maximilian, charged vitb the organization oldie militia in Lower Austria : • s. I set infinitely obliged to yen, dear Prince, for having been winos of the patriotic zeal by Which you form the citizens of Aaan, of every class, for the defence of their beloved emnuy, with pleasure I see the rapid progress they have made already In thee of arms ; I feel with the utmost conviction, what Austria lissoeensore to expect of her sons faithfully eonabined, when they stem days of danger join those whose profession obliges them to tbs =stain duty of defending the state. it is a beart-exulting sight when a good noble people, conscious of their dignity and any, join together to preserve their independence and happy tontitution, ender the Government of a mild and just Monarch. I cam forbear manifesting my wish of expressing my grateful Mime to the respectable citizens whom I saw collected yea h* fir military exercise ; and how could I do it better than by Iberian of him whose warm zeal and patriotic activity are one tithe most effsCseious springs of our regenerated national energy. Ini you, therefore, dear Prince, to be pleased to assure all lattaoll,ams of the Vienna militia of my signal approbation, of sty rivet; and of that lively concern I shall fed for them on eisry occasion." 1.. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCTOBER 10. Of Tenedos there have appeared three English MN Of war, that are said to have sent a flag of truce to the Dardanelles. They also write that the Cap tain Pacha, in consevence of the damage sustained bi the inhabitants of the Islands of the Archipelago, dts remitted to them the payment of imposts and con testations for two years to come. The Marquis of Almanar ,a Spanish Minister, bas Am a conference with the Divan, in which he was desired to declare, whether he represents the last King of Spain, or Xing Joseph • Adieu camp of Davoud Pacha, reinforcements five Asia arrive every day ; yesterday arrived Cadri 'school Mamba, with 15,000 men. GOMMURGH MAIL. STOCKHOLM, NOV. 21. We have not received any intelligence from our *Nies in Finland and Norway, and must• therefore, 4 *PPose that since the last battle of Idensalmh. :to "catkin of any hOportance have taken place. Letters frogs Karst:Wes state that Kin Charles IV. Spain has actually proceeded to Me. He was 14 . 2411 ,ied by the Quee n , the y oung I n f a nt, the nett Pan Peace, and his Lady ; and escorted by a nteaerou_ s guard of honour, composed of gvns-d'armes. une of the largest hotels in Aix was hired for the caption of the dlustrious travellers, who will pas! the Vetter in Nice. • A Gentleman lately from Switzerland states, that !he Constitution of that country is to undergo a very FnPorant change. The plan of the new Constitution said to have been discussed and settled at the !smuts at Erfurth--all the different Cantons are to . 4 m the same form of government, and a certain ce lelvf,d General is to be at the head of their confe derative system. In conuee of leave lately havin been ven the Ottoman Porte to Austrian ships to eine* /4.lck Sea, twenty-five ships are expected in Constan tinople from Trieste, with rich, cargoes d MaAllfaC- Wei and other goods. , - THE EVENING STAR. . MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols for epg. 661 67—Reduced 65H—Oroniuen I 1 db. F.ackequer BIW , 68.6 a. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock Long Ann. II 1-16tk per Cent. Red. 6544{ India Benda, es. pr. 4 per Cent. It Ex. Bills 7a. De pre. 3 per Cent. Cont. abut OnanlunuLs die. per Cent. Navy shut C 0... for ace. 641 Since our last Dutch journals to the 25th nit. have been received. They contain extracts from Paris papers to the 20th, the prirkipal of which are, the first two Bulletin% of the Army in Spain. These Bulletins, however, present no new Pacts. The operations which they describe were more fully and frankly detailed in the Spanish official details. The first bulletin after describing the previous posi. tions of the French army, gives the particulars of the action at Lerin, which it magnifies into an irn portant victory, and concludes with a detail of farther operations against General BLAI&S army up to the 7th. The Second Bulletin gives an account of the affair which took place at Burgos on the 10th ult. It makes the loss of the Spaniards on that occasion 9000 killed and wounded, and as many prisoners. Our Readers by comparing this statement With that of Count BEL vemut, who commanded the Patriots, and which is already before them, will judge which of the two de serves most credit. According zo the latter his whole force was hardly equal to what the French report themselves to have taken and destroyed.—On the 12th, the date of this Bulletin, the French head-quar ters were at Burgos—of course the Emperor was there. A division of the army, under the command of General MILHAUD, was advancing to Placencia ; another, commanded by LABALL; occupied Lerma ; other corps, under the command of the Dukes of Bel luna and Dalmatia (Generals Nzv and Sour.r) and General Bosurr, were proceeding in various direc. tions against the remains, as they are called, of Butt's army. The accounts in these papers furnish no intelligence respecting the British troops : indeed, this was not to be expected—nor have any accounts arrived from Spain of a later date than those we communicated on Saturday. Rumours, it is true, are in circulation respecting the situation of General Moons and Sir DAVID Btists ; but which, however sagaciously they may have been contrived, rest on no real autho rity. According to one report, a considerable French force, part of the army under the immediate com mand of BosArwars, occupied Benevente, on the direct road from Salamanca to Astorga, on the 19th ult. According to another, strong parties of the enemy had appeared at Mayorga, and Sir DAVID BAIRD found it necessary to break down several bridges, and destroy the roads, to prevent the enemy from coming on his flank. It was also rumoured, that in consequence of this movement of the enemy, the junction between the corps of Sir DAVID BAIRD and General Moons was rendered impractical :e, and that the latter was retiring towards the frontiers of Portugal. Such are the reports--Eut at the date mentioned it is hardly possible they should be correct ; for Benevente is in the direct line of communication between Madrid and Corunna, and in that case the Post which left the former could hardly have reached its destination, which it did in regular course. Respecting the repulse experienced by the French in their attack on the Marquis de ROMANA on the 24th, we have no further accounts ; nor have any farther particulars been received tending either to confirm or deny the statement given in the private letters which were laid before our readers on Saturday —of Generals CASTANOS and PALAFOX having joined their forces, defeated the French on the 13th, and crossed the Ebro at three points in the face of the enemy.—We may here remark, that if either of these pieces of intelligence be correct, the other will probably also prove so. We consider General BLAKE'S army as having been pressed by such a super ior force, that, after the losses it had sustained, it could not be in a condition first to defeat and then to pursue Niles division, unless something , favourable had occurred elsewhere to distract the enemy. The reported suc cess of the army of the centreis just such an event as might produce this effect. And we must again remark, that our letters from Madrid, of the 19th, having reached Comma on the 25th, is a proof that the French, who had en tered the kingdom of Leon, had also retired. It is believed that they had advanced as far as Benevente, with the view of preventing the junction of the forces under Sir awn) BAIRD and General Moor's. In this situation of things, the direct communication with Corunna was interrupted, and our Madrid letters could not have reached Corunna in time to be sent to us by the last mail, had not the enemy fallen back. It is on these circumstances we rest our hope of soon being able to announce that the battle or the 13th I terminated in the defeat of the enemy. These circumstances encourage us to hope, that the i report of the French having been defeated by the Patriots on the 19th, is not entirely groundless—but we must wait for farther accounts before we can form a correct opinion at Lbw :dative prospects : 4l*e awl tending armies.. . THE ARMY. ... The first squadron of the 14th Dragoons were to reads Truro on Saturday, and proceed to Falmouth this day, where they Will embark immediately. The rest will follow daily, till the whole regiment, and also the 18th, which marches in its rear, shall have arrived at Falmouth, and embarked. General Cot- TON, who commands this fine brigade, pasEA through Truro on Wednesday evening for Falmouth. As soon as the transports which carry them to Spain shall have returned to Falmouth, the lit and 2d German dragoons will be marched down there; and embarked at that port. The 13th dragoons, of which two troops are in Truro Barracks, have also received orders to make returns of the number of horses they have fit for service; from which, and other circum stances, there is little doubt but this fine regiment is also destined for Spain. Of the Officers now going abroad, General LW: mow is a brave and distinguished Officer, who has seen much service, and is very popular among the Hanoverian troops. It is reported that the Dragoon Regiments now at 1 Plymouth, and who were under orders for Falmouth, for embarkation, have received orders to halt for the present. I The depot troops of the 14th Light Dragoons,tmder the command of Captain Xenon, marched this morn ing from Ipswich fpr Northampton. The 16th, under the command of Captain Boren, march to-morrow for the satne place. The Wiltshire Militia is arrived at Ipswich from Norman Cross. Lord CHARLRS Frrstatov, king on leave of Etbsence, the command of Ipswich garrison devolves on Gene ral Roarmow, from'Harwich. ARNIE MEDICAL DKPARTIONT.—We understand that the mode of conducting the Medical Department of the Army by the present Board is to cease on the 24th of this month, and that the board itself will be in consequence dissolved. The new Army Medi cal system will immediately take place, and another Board will be constituted of a very different nature from the present, which has been so long distracted by a wide division of duties, influence, and patronage. It is supposed that the next Board will act as a body, and be jointly responsible to the country for its pro ceedings. Saturday morning la LOIRE, Captain SCHOMBREG, sailed from Portsmouth for Corunna, with 2,200,000 dollars on board, for the service of the Patriots, and with merchants' money for Cadiz, and dispatches for Mr. DUFF, the Consul. M. ADLERBERG, the Swedish Minister to'the Supreme Junta, and suite, went in her. The Mona, Capt. LORING, having taken OR board Lord JOUN Frrzaciv, and Mr. Potz, Secretary to the Hon. W. VILLIERS, Ambassador to Portugal, sailed on Saturday from Portsmouth for Falmouth, where Mr. VILLIERS embarks for Lisbon. The corpse of the Hon. Capt. HERBERT (MR of the j Earl of CARNARVON) who was drowned at Gijon, has I been landed. at Portsmouth, and conveyed to High dere, in Himpshire, for interment. Dispatches were on Saturday morning received from Honduras, which state that the Governor of the Spanish province of Yucatan had publicly declared his intention of resisting the usurpationof BONAPARTE, and of making a common cause with the mother country, in support of the rights of FEADINAND VII. The best understanding prevails between the British and Spaniards in that quarter. 'CMG'S THRATREr-•The Covent-Garden company concluded their performances at this Theatre, on Sa turday night, with the tragedy of Macbeth, and the melo-drama of The Form of liermaststeuk. The house was crowded to an overflow, at a very early hour, and the whole of she performance received most unbounded applause. They announced their removal to the Little Theatre, Haymarket, where the com pany perform this night. Wednesday, an Inquest was held at Portsmouth, on the body of Paul Carr, a private belonging to the Dirham Militia, who died by drinking three putts of rum. Verdict—Died by suffocation, by excess of drinking. Bow-erazrr.---On Friday evening, Mr. Fletcher, ' who, as we stated a few days since, had sent a chal lenge to fi ght a duel with Sir J. L. Johnson, was brought up from Tothill-fields;'when two of his friends entered into a recognizance of 2501. each, and Mr. Fletcher in 5001. to keep the peace for twelve months, and he was discharged. Arerps table Attorney attended to answer a charge prefe against him for uttering a bill made pay able at a house where it was said the acceptor had never resided. The further inquiry was postponed. Saturday morning a dreadful fire broke out about three o'clock, in the extensive blue-manufactory' of Messrs. Daimler and Hoorza, in Coleman-street, which entirely consumed those valuable premises, containing property to the amount of many thousand pounds. _lFortunately there was no wind, otherwise - contiguous many old houses , _ must have been destroyed. The fire-engines and , Volunteers of the district as sembled with great promptitude. The flames were got under about five o'clock. Corne.Excamme, Wait-L he awn, Dec. 5.—T . ar rivals of Wheat to-day make a middling supply ; the buyers rs ofm g fi nir gsd n esrs e .ar r: no u — s alw a t t e i ra d hs i aideun n on. d peas T d a d .: :ke di wiie_ ca ieni used :eansi sa es brisk, at an increase in the price of about 9s. per quarter—Malt heavy sale-B arley in short sup of the' two kinds are cheaper—Of Oats there are very few fresh ar riv al s, pad sales thereof rather higher—ln - - I 011111LIAL CIMINCT &I mon: Ns. las. Tick d&so OW TOssitie•AL 1 Ms as. res. Oats. /17s. 421.445. • . , •';' lkski, 4O Is 465. od. • Paind also 404 En: itl:' Molt ?et. sot rotoposellititoillkolik- I • 4 Whits Poss(boilen), Ins 147$ Raps geed, la. t. LSI. Orgy 411;o, at.. OIL - • Ilse Swir 7h, tot.•-gstoodt 7014 Tia • Nifertadr, INTELLICRIVC.E. FALMOUTH, NoVEMlttit 9. Arrived the AbtaabN frigate, King Geori,c cutter. and the Resolution transport, BARBER, froth the cu:ist of France. Put back the ship New Zealand, Capt. ELDER, bound to New South Wales. Wind N. \V. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER S. Came in the brig Elizabeth, Capt. Jaws Dean Am, from Malta, bound to Liverpool, laden with oil, &c. She is last from Falmouth, having sailedfrom.thence the 28th ult. - for Liverpool, bat forced in here by INict ,weather—Patriot, Capt. Foals, from Lisbon, with fruit for this port t she sailed ten days since, but dces not bring any thing worth notice. Sailed on a cruise the Revzstoz, of 74 • BTATIRA) of 401 AIGLa t of 8& and RS:OPOLE , of l 8 guns. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 4. Sailed his Majesty's ships ALVRED to the westward; Rnmoovi for the West Indies ; and the GostiAwt, with several vessels to join his Majesty's ship CA MILLA and her convoy for the Mediterranean, in Yar mouth Roads. His Majesty's brigs Ihrerasous is appointed convoy for Plymouth $ ESCORT for Guern sey ; and the PCLTER far the Downs. Wind S. E. thick fog. DEAL. DECEMBER s r . Arrived the Deptford naval transport, from Ply mouth, and sailed through for Woolwich ; PODAR. GUS sloop, from a cruise off Boulogne; Taosteztrass sloop, from Portsmouth ; BLAZER gun-brig, from a cruize off Dieppe ; Putssmtr flux, hired naval sloop, from Deptford.—Sailed the CRACKER gun brig, on a cruize off Ostend. Dec. 4...—Arrived the IptitormA frigate, from Ha* ; and TmaAsnatt gun-brig, from Dungeness.— Sailed the INDIGNANT gun-brig, with a convoy for Portsmouth; PODARGUS, ROLLA, and GLOMEN sloop FEARLESS and FLAISIEE sun -brigs, on a cruize ; BRISK sloop, for Ireland. Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Melville, ROACH, from Rio Janeiro, in 54 days, and the Albion, RANDELL, from with the N loss of anchor and cable.—Wind . . SHEERNESS, DECEMBER • Arrived his Majesty's ship Las at the Great Note; and the following vessels, b lon d to the Baltic with convoy : Maria Christina, Caribous ; Henrietta, Lerlotits; Cbeziette, Heddes ; Jamb, &MA& ; hirer Rada% Ruske ; Elba, Elord Industry, Strometrent ; deo, the Fres Cathaelse, Headrick!, for Hallgolattd, Welt with cake, tobacco, ace. Sailed the MorotAtm, from the Nore to the har bour ; the D/RECPOR, of 64 guns, to Chatham ; the Prussian ship February, —, and the Friendship, Atax.tibr.a, for London.—The Lavarizrr gunbrtg has the convoy signal for the Baltic and Gottenburgh. —A Baltic find Heligoland convoy are daily expected to sail from hence.—Wind N; E. strong breeze. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 4. Sailed for the Texel the Honourable Admiral GARDNER, in the AaOVXIR, with the STATELY, MA. JESTIC., and PRINCESS CAROLINE ;—on a cruice the CALYPSO and EGERIA ; and with convoys the CEN. son gun brig and Princess Augusta cutter ; for the , Nore the AsnicA, of 64 guns; £TNA bomb ; and VIXEN gun brig. The ships in the Roads are the Roebuck, Admiral DotroLes ; Daphne frigate, and Havoc gun brig. Wind N. W. Azatvan-rln Stangste Creek, the Man, Lewis, from Gibral tar. At Southampton, the John and Thomas, Gardner, from Waterford; May, Kirby; Fanny, Harshen; and the William and Johanna, from Youghall. At Teignmouth, the Eliza,. Majog, from Newfoundland. In the Frith of Forth, the Robert, Smith, from Ptctou. At Limerick, the Margaret, ' front Pictou. At Lisbon, the Herald,, MEW& ; Just, Cameron;— and Hawke, --, from Newfoundland. ,At Oporto, the Anna Maria, Core, from the Clyde. At New York, the Perseverance, Clark, from Liverpool. At Malta, the Triore, Careleton, front bendoet. At Dements, the William, Sinclair. The Olive m ßranch, Fazisrron, from Liverpool for NewfouadTand, foundered at sea on the 18th ult. —Crew saved. The Aid, --, of Yarmouth, from Gijon to Lon don, was captured off Hastings on Thursday last.-- A ship was captured off the same place on the 201 ult, and carried into Calais. The Old Friend, DACEY, bound to Gibraltar, is on shore near Falmouth, and. full of water. • The Pear Tree, MARTIN, from Malaga, was cap tured on the 28th of October, near Cape Sparta, by a French schooner privateer, and carried into Tangiers. The Sumas, with a fleet under convoy from Portsmouth, arrived at Malta on the 17th of October. The Motst.un, —, from Jamaica, for Leith, was spoken with on the 18th of October, in lat. 29. SO. long. 80, bearing away for Charleston. The Cornwallis packet is arrived at Barbadoes, after beating off a privateer. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. - The Aretkuaa, for the Lochs and cargo, raptured November 90, 11106, will be paid to-tuerrow s at Nu. 3, Philpot-lane, and there rixalled. Tbe Malta, for Is Presideste, captured September 29,. 1806, will be Feld on beard an Saturday Deur, and recalle.: at No. 2, Surrerstreet, Strand, ou Tuesdays sad Tkursdays. Captain Bennet, to the Ocems (Lord cloßingwood's lag-ship); Captain Brenton, to the Fame ; Captain Thomas, to the Spartan ; Captain Has, pre tasfrove, to the Alfred, in the room of Captain Bbgb, who Is a 'witness on the Board of IMMiry holding at Chel sea; Captain Serrell,pre temper,. to the Victory; Captain Briggs, to the Mande ; Captain Wells, to the Cruiser ; Lieutenant Parry (Admiral Holloway's davolßeer) is promoted to a Commander, and appointed to the Speedy ; Captain Inman, to be Commissioner of the Mr -yard at Madras ; Captain Chamberlayne,pre temporr, to the Statira, vice Captain Bromley (now Sir Robert Howe Bromley) k the Hon. Captain Lake to the intrepid. Captain Galilean. is appointed by the Lords Com missioners of the-Admiralty Comptroller of Payments afloat, at Portsmouth, in the room of Capt. SHIELD, 'who is going out Commissioner at the Cape of Good Hope. Captain PORTLOCIS is appointed to command the Sea Fencibles in the Hampshire district, in the room of Capt. Loatuo, deceased. Captain ROBERT:, late Commander of his Majesty's ship DAPHNE; has commissioned the CASTOR frigate . at Sheerness ; she is all ready rigged, and will soon ' be fit for sea. The TuAsins frigate, the Honourable Captain War.- Duman, is fitting out for pea at Sheerness, and will soon be ready. Friday, a boat belonging to his Majesty's ship Frixa, with a midshipman and six men in it, upset in a squall, in going to Spithead ; all of whom were saved, extept one man, James White, whose body has been picked up, and an inquest held on it. Verdict-- . Accidental Death. I r