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CHEMISTRY, &c. This day was published, in One closely painted Volume, the size of Dr. Watkins's Biographical Dictionary, with Plates and numerous Tables, price 21s. in boards, ADICTIONARY-of PRACTICAL and THEO RE'f ICAL CHEMIS'IY, with its application to the Arts and Manufactures, and to the explanation of the Phenomena of Nature, including throughout the latest Discoveries, and the present State of Knowledge on those Subjects. By WILLIAM NICHOLSON. Printed for RICHARD Pnazzs PS, No. 6, Bridge-street, and to be had of all Booksellers. Of whom may be had, just published, CRIMISTRY applied to Arts and Manufactures, by M. A Chaptal, in 4 vols. price 36s.in boards. TO THE LADIES OF EUROPE. T.TASSAN's Turkish Specificoiijnoving W PERFLUOIJS HAIRS from the Face, Neck, Arms, &c and for improving the complexion.—Amidst that dreadful confu sion in the Haram, and among the women, occasioned by the Massacre of the unforunate Selim 111. Zayda Hassan was so happy as to gain possession (at the risk of her life) of this invaluable secret, which by the Turkish ladies, on account of their style of dress, and the manner in which the face and neck are exposed, is held in the highest estimation. All others must be spurious. To prevent the possibility of imposition, Ladies are requested to ob serve that each bottle is signed Z. Hassan, in the proprietor's hand-writing, to imitate which is felony.—Price ss. N. B. The effect is permanent, and one bottle generally suffi tient. Zayda Hassan being unacquainted with the English lan rtage, has appointed Messrs. Shaw and Edwards, St. Paul's eburch-yard; Mr. Butler, No. 4, Cheapside; Mrs. Berry, Perfumer, Greek-street, Soho; Messrs. Hendrie and Son, Titch bourne-street ; Messrs. Dicey and Sutton, Bow Church-yard; and Mr. Bacon, 105, Oxford -street; by whom Ladies may depend 'upon being supplied with the depilatory genuine. Orders (post paid) inclosing the amount for a single bottle, or larger quantity, will be punctually executed. WEST INDIES. BARBADOES, SEPTEMBER 3. The Americans are giving us the most practical evidence of the oppressive operations of their embargo laws ; for, no longer able to endure them, they are, in defiance of gun-boats and revenue officers, break ing them in almost every state ; bringing us desirable supplies, under the indulgence and encouragement of our Orders of Council, which have so wisely re. lazed the Navigation laws in their favout. No less than 33.50 barrels of flour have been brought into our port within the present week, and further sup plies may now constantly be looked for. Seer. 6.—Within two days (the 26th and 28th et.) the Impatrice, l'Union, aid Petit Jack brigs, and Jenne Adelle schooner, witM full cargoes of as sorted provisions, arrived at Bay Mahut and Point-a . Petre, Guadaloupe ; and such is their confidence both there and at MartiniqUe, of an egress as free and safe as their ingress, that three vessels are now loading at the latter island, and ten at Guadaloupe. It is not, however, to this system of warfare that the enemy now confines his enterprizes. Determined to retrieve, as General Ernouf emphatically expresses it, the island of Mariegalante, he has thrown into it reinforcements of troops, artillery, and ammunition. On the 28th ult. about 4.50 men were embarked in canoes at St. Ann's, Guadaloupe, and, during a hazy and tempes tuous night, put off for Mariegalante. The_ force which first landed there, and were defeatedin,a,ssault ing the battery at Grand Bourg, remained at the above period in the fastnesses of the interior. SEPTEMBER 10.—Dispatches from Mariegalante have been received here, giving the most satisfactory accounts of the progress and success against the ene my, the subjoined particulars of which we lay before the public by authority-4. " Friday, September 8, 1808. gg The armed schooner Maria arrived last night from Mariegalante, with the following intelligence : i 4 The three companies of the Ist West India regi ment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel BLACKWELL, which proceeded from Carlisle Bay on the night of Saturday the 27th August, in his Ma jesty's ship CAPTAIN, were landed at Mariegalante, on the 29th following, and being reinforced by the naval garrison, they attacked the enemy on the morn ing of the 30th ; and, after pressing him from one fastness to another during the course of five days and ] nights, in all of which he made more or less resistance according to circumstances, he was compelled to sur render at discretion on the Sd instant, with the loss of 12 officers, 162 rank and file, taken prisoners ; one brass field piece, 450 stand of arms; and a consi derable proportion of ammunition. The exertion of the troops of every description was exemplary, and the fatigue they underwent unusually great. The loss of the enemy in killed, wounded, and sick, had not been ascertained when the Maria schooner left Mariegalante on the evening of the 4th, nor is their precise force landed from Gu a dalou pe correctly known; they exceeded 200 men, and were composed of regu lar artillery and infantry. " The detachment of the Ist West India had two men wounded, one of whom is since dead." It is with great regret that these accounts confirm the fact, that Mr. BrtowN, a respectable Gentleman from Antigua, who was prisoner in the hands of the enemy, being placed by them in the rear of their picket when attacked on the evening of the 2d instant, was unfor tunately mortally wounded. Colonel CA MARIEM, who conducted the French troops from Guadaloupe, thought fit to abandon them before the surrender ; whether he has escaped to Guadaloupe, or is concealed in Mariegalante, it not ascertained. The mission of the Spanish Officer embarked on board the Elizabeth, is said to relate to a propo• sition for obtaining a naval force to co-operate with an expedition projected by the Spaniards for subduing the French part of St. Domingo, which, on its re duction, they will guarantee our joint possession of with themselves. SEPTEMBER 13.—His Majesty's schooner Elizabeth, mentioned in our last to be expected from St. Tho. Inas, arrived here on Sunday morning, and brought the Spanish Officer whom we stated to be on board, charged with dispatches to our Naval Commander. This Gentleman is Don de Chatillon, Colonel in the Spanish service. His mission is of a confidebtial na ture, and embraces a very important object. The whole of Spanish South America (Continent and •islands) has adopted the spirit of the Parent Sate, and thrown of all fellowship and fraternity the French. At Cuba, an animated and loyal Edict has been promulgated in the name of Ferdinand VII. and war formally declared against Bonaparte. The Recruit, of 16, has had a most gallant action 'a a large French corvette, of 22 guns, which is s•opposed to have foundered. We had six killed and 2 wounded : Captain Napier and Lieutenant Wil lett, are both severely wounded. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Consols, for money, 66H—for aec.66l—.omnium • PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 238 237* Omni= 1 dia. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 66{ India Stock 183 f 3 per C. Cons. 6631 India Bonds, ss. 6s. prem. 4 per Cent. 811 82 81i Ex. Bills, Ss. Bs. pre. 5 per Cent. Navy 991 State Lottery Tickets, 211. 15a. Long Ann. 18 1-16 Cons. for acc. 661 Imp. Ann. 7} 7-16 From a late Paris Paper we extract the follosing letter, relative to the return ofJuivor's army to France. It requires no comment. " LA ROCHELLE, NOVEMBER 4. eg His Excellency the Duc d'Abrantes has returned to this place from Angoulesme, where he had the ho nour of an interview with his Majesty the Emperor,' on his way to Spain. General Margaron, who com mands a brigade of Cavalry, and M. Lagarde, In tendant General of the Police at Lisbon, have landed at Quiberon. We now wait for General Kellerman only. " Every thing related here by the Generals and of:. ficers of the Army, proves that the battle of Vimiera was extremely honourable to the French. The posi tion of the Duc d'Abrantes was very critical ; sur rounded by an English Army, and by two Corps of Insurgents, having on the one hand, behind him, Spanish provinces in a state of insurrection, and on the other hand the city of Lisbon, which had re mained tranquil until the last moment, but which began to want provisions, that gallant General in stantly decided upon marching to meet the English. —He gained twelve leagues at one march ; offered them battle, although they had 25,000 men in the field, and himself scarcely ten thousand, and killed an immense number of them. He was aware of the necessity of giving battle at a considerable distance from Lisbon to prevent the English cannon from being heard in that capital ; his intention was also to impose upon the enemy, and to prove to them that his position not only permitted him to defend the ccuntry, but even to assume the offensive. These were the combinations, dictated by prudence, and executed with boldness, which paved the way for the Convention of Lisbon, so honourable to the French arms. In fact, the army of Wellesley was 25,000 men strong ; he had besides, at his disposal, a con •derable body of Insurgents ; and during the battle of Vimiera itself, Dalrymple landed with a consider able-division. Whatever the English may say, it is certain that their loss is at least as great as ours : se veral of their superior bfficers are among the killed and wounded, while we have . none 'of any conse quence to regret. Several of our Generals had horses killed or wounded under them; but General Salignac alone received a musquet ball in his left hand. 44 It is a mistake that General Loison had been made prisoner at Oporto, it was General Quemel, who commanded a Spanish division, and who was arrested by the troops under his command : he had only 20 Frenchmen along with him. 44 After this act of insurrection, the Duc d'Abrantes immediately disarmed the 8000 Spaniards who were encamped in the vicinity of Lisbon. This was ef fected without difficulty, thanks to the prudent and energetic measures taken by our Commander-in- Chief."—Journal de PE:ff./sire. Our Readers must have read with much interest, the sketch we gave yesterday of the proceedings'of the Court of Inquiry relative to the Convention which led to the return of the army alluded to in the above letter.—The addresses of Sir HEW DALaNn• rut and Sir A. WELLESLEY, must have excited equal surprise. Both ascertain the same fact—that the Convention was a joint act. Sir Haw states that— " Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY took that prominent part in the discussion which the victory he had recently gained, and the local knowledge he possessed of the country, seemed to justify."—Sir ARTHUR, as him self declares—" assisted in drawing up the treaty— subscribed it by the desire of his superior Officer, without being compelled, or even ordered—and mert! cordial& concurred in the opinion that the French should be permitted to evacuate Portugal." Compare this, and the other facts stated before the Court, with the statements which appeared in some of the Morning Papers, and some of which were quoted into tho STAR as probably coming from Sir ARTHUR WELl.ist,Ev's friends.—We mean those stories which were circulated respecting Sir ARTHUR having protested against' the Convention, and having signed it only in consequence of express orders from his superior Ucer, &c: We say, if these statements be now compared, should the latter be ascribed to friends or to enemies of Sir ARTHUR ? The Court may terminate its labours as soon as it pleases. It has ascertained nothing—it can ascertain nothing which was not obvious to the whole country, before it commenced its inquiry :—namely, that all the three Knights of Cintra should have their conduct relative to the Convention, which has 4 , disappointed the hopes of the country," investigated by a Court Martial;—that, if blameable, they may meet their merited punishment, or, if otherwise, may bd - restored to their fair fame, by the only kind of tribunal which can render adequate justice to military men. Yesterday aCabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office at two o'clock. All the Spanish Deputies,with the exception of Ad miral APODACA, are preparing, to leave England. Lieutenant-Governor LE MARCHANT, of the Royal Military College at High Wycombe, on Thursday, set out on a special military commission to Portugal. An Order of Council was agreed upon, on Wed nesday, to be issued, containing the different bounties to be offered to seamen and landmen, who shall vo luntarily enter into the Royal Navy, during the year, [BO9, viz. Able bodied Seamen to receive aeS 0 Ordinary Seamen Able-bodied Landmen 1 10 A Proclamation for continuing the powers con tained in an Act of Parliament, passed in the last Session of Parliament, for prohibiting the distillation' of spirits from corn or grain to the 31st of Decem ber, and, from that period until forty days after the meeting of Parliament. The following is the Answer of the SECRETARY of STATE, to the Address of the county of Middlesex:— •" GENTLEMEN it Whitehall, N0v.16 1808. " I have laid before his Majesty the Petition which I received from you, yesterday as Sheriffs of London. and Middlesex, from the Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, held , at Hackney, on the 11th of this month. I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, • " To the Sheriffs " HAWKESBURY." of London and Middlesex." Tuesday the Right Hon. AIRCMBALD COLQUHOURO of Killermount and Clathic, Lord Advocate of Scot land, was rebelected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, for the ensuing year. We yesterday mentioned a report of a Naval Action, given in a Cerunna Paper of the Sd instant, as having occurred in the Mediterranean. On look ing over our series of the Diario de la Comma, we find in that of the 7th, the following short paragraph 46 The Portuguese Gentleman who gave us the ac count of the battle between the two squadrons, con firms it, and says that it did not take place in the Medi terranean but in the Baltic ! !" Among the last arrivals at Weymouth are : Lord and Lady Warwick, Lady C. Barham, Sir John Frede rick, Admiral Gould, Admiral Mikes, Mr. Barham, M. P. Col. Homer, Col. Willis, Mrs. Rebbeck, Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith, Mr. Tyndall, Mrs. Grove, Mr. Baskett, Mrs. Wilimott, Mr. and Mrs. Elton, Mr. and Mrs. Mills, Mr. Horlick, Mrs. Morris, Mr. Mount, Mrs. Parke, Mr. B. Travers, Miss Whyte, &c. &c. KING'S THEATRE.—Last night the Exile attracted a very brilliant auditory : the fascinations of this drama will cause it ;o become a lasting favourite of the public ; and the splendor of the scenery and music, receive a powerful support in the rich comic vein of MUNDEN, whose very countenance can re lax the brow of care into involuntary laughter • nor should the drollery of FAWCETT, nor the easy ;fee tation of lArrox in Baron Ahredorjr, be omitted. The serious characters are finely drawn, and were well deleniated by Mr. Yovxa, Mrs. Grass, and Mrs. H. Joussrox. SPAIN. --- VILLAFRANCA, OCTOSIIt. 10. His Excellency our Captain-General, anxious to redeem from captivity the good but unfortunate R. P. Braulio de San Boy, Guardian of the Convent of Capuchins at Tarragona, who was made prisoner. by the French near Viladecans, wrote the following letter to the General of the enemy's army, to which he received the answer subjoined to it': " General Dunces('!—ln the attack of the morning of the 30th ult. at Viladecans, in whicb.,your troops did me the favour to leave me a considerable number of useless horses with all their accoutrements, and the field of battle strewed with cuirasses, arms, and dead bodies, while not one of my soldiers bad so much as the mark of a contusion, they indemnified themselves for their ill fortune upon that occasion, by thieving some provisions, and • carrying off a Capuchin Friar, as the only trophy of their valour and intrepidity. " This Friar, who has never taken up arms nor stained them with blood, can have committed no other cr ime, in your eyes , than that of having, like every man of honour, discharged his duty as a Minister of Religion, anti also towards his Govern ment and country. No General boasts of taking prisoner an un armed person, who can make no resistance; and, therefore, doing you the honour of thinking that you admit this principle, I pro pose, if you are inclined to an exchange, to send you, in lieu of him, any one of the Officers of your army, who are confined in Gerona. " But should you place a higher value upon a Spanish Mendi cant Friar, permit me to request that you will treat him with the humanity and respect due to a priest of the only true religion; otherwise, the French Officers who are my prisoners, and are well treated, will become the victims of your conduct. " The honourable and generous enemy opposed to you, expects from your urbanity a prompt answer. (Signed) " Marquis del Plizatceo." " Barcelona, October 4. " SEIONOR MARQUIS !-I have to reply to the letter which you have addressed to me, and which I have received from my . outposts. " I do not attach any great importance to the good or bad suc cess of my advanced parties, one of whom brought in the Capu chin whom you claim. He himself justifies the importance at tached to his capture, by boasting, that he is one of the Chiefs of the Insurgents, your most confidential adviser,and Administrator- General of your Army. " Seignor Marquis ! I shall dispose of him as my duty pre scribes, without suffering your menaces respecting the Officers in your power to have any influence whatsoever upon my determi nation. " Such, Seignor Marquis, is my answer, in which I hope you will find that tone and polite attention which men of honour, of all nations, should observe in their intercourse with each other. " I have the honour to be, with perfect consideration, your most attentive and obedient servant. (Signed) " Duassur, " Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in Catalonia." REUS, OCTOBER IS. On Monday last, 4500 of the Monsieurs made a sally from Barcelona, in the direction of Gerona.— They broke through our line of Moncada, notwith standing all the resistance made by the Commander of that line, the brave Milans del Bosh ; who, how ever, held them in check as long as he could, and almost afforded time for the arrival of the reinforce ment, which our General, on hearing of the event, ordered to march from Molins del Rei, in conjunction with 300 cavalry that came from Minorca. The latter were in action on Tuesday evening, and killed with their own hands 400 of the Monsieurs. This account is official ; but not so another, which says, that the rest cf the banditti had fallen back and re-entered Barcelona. It was reported here, that our Miquelets were in Barcelona ; but we, unfortunately, know that this is not true. With the arrival, however, of the 12,000 men whom we expect from Valencia and Arragon, we have no doubt of being able to relieve the 'poor inhabitants of that city, who are reduced to the ut most distress. rzn AMBTRrST AND MET, It is hardly possible to add any thing that have been acquired by the gallant MOUR. If any thing could add even a spt is the circumstance of the Captain of the ing been one of the bravest in the F re A Gentleman who had the pleasure to intimately, in a congratulatory letter sent of Captain SEYMOUR, expresses himself 44 Mr. in congratulating Mr. gallant action of Captain SEYMOUR > the neral admiration at the present moment the same time withhold a tribute of grief of a brave and deserving friend, with - intimately acquainted for several ye, Pnitsam was about 48 years of age, and mt in France for his valour and eztensi , knowledge. After having served for man , Captain of a frigate under LOUIS XVI. resignation in the time of ROBESPIERRE, small fortune, purchased a little Vineyard from Bourdeaux, which, having no famil, port, yielded him a scanty but sufficient 44 His reappearance in the French N; bably be attributed to the present state in products of the soil. No exportation', those who have no resources but what from the produce of their vineyards, duced to a state of great indigence. have absolutely been reduced to begg ar y who could follow other pursuits were - apply to them. 44 In Bourdeaux, Captain Timm; , spected for his private virtues. Scanty were, he was ever ready to assist the distressed. acts of benevolence left him nothing "-- season of personal privations." On Monday, his Royal Highness der in Chief, attended by the Duke Gen. HARCOURT, and many other ' went to Bagshot-heath, to fix upon a roe the purpose of erecting a Military the reception of the Students now at Marl Tiltr-sday morning the first division Light Dragoons arrived in Exeter, whr further orders. Their route is for F whence they expect to embark for Si 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons. Monday, the 4th Dragoon Guard: Nottingham, and the 2d battalion of went, were inspected by General former he declared to be in a high stateof and fit for service ; the latter he pronc the materials for forming a fine regimen the boys were accordingly put on men's About 350 of the Nottingham Vc been sw•rn in at the Town Hall of the Supplementary Militia. As. numbers of the women who tish army in Spain, must pass the tieurs season in rude and comfortless countries, fa r h. their own country, and wanting numerous mass ries : penetrated with this sentiment, several chiral of Corunna have determined to open a Subs*s for the relief of these courageous women, who acts pany the generous defenders of Spain ; and mum persons, on the Ist instant, had subscribed 4115.1 m, (about 43/. sterling); of which Don Josef &via aad Don Josef Franco gave 1,230. The following is an extract of a letter from* Officer in Sir DAVID BMzw's army, dated " - Lugo, Novensta t cc We arrived'at this place on the Slst ult. aftert fatiguing march of four days from Coruna, throng: a country bare and barren in the extreme, and, a course, little suited to supply the wants of a lagr army. The poverty of the natives appeared • to claim relief from us, than to warrant us in leo: for any supplies from them. The rains fall in tot rents, and I fear some of the second battalions, vit. are made up of very fine young lads, but not - soned, will suffer much in consequence. The st . - of our Commissariat will require to be renewed 'tot very large amount, in consequence of the inmost and unexpected expenditure occasioned by the cit. cumstances I have mentioned. To-morrow we maul hence. Our route is through Constantine, Nogale4 Herreria, Villarranca, Ponteferrado, where we its some days, an& then proceed to Bonavente, whri we expect to meet the army from Portugal." A Gentleman lately arrived in this country has Copenhagen, reports that the people of Zealand, ' though they have not forgiven Great Britain, tit begin to think that of two evils, their Governor have chosen the worst in joining with the Freak.- The troops, which accompanied the Prince of Part Coßvo to Copenhagen, after Lord CATHCAIT W left it, conducted themselves in such an insoleata* ner as to create universal dissatisfaction. Letters from St. Petersburgh, of the 9th ult-sts) that at that period nothing was known on chess** of the successes of the Spanish Patriots, except* has been suffered to transpire through the mei, of the French newspapers. They had heard notio; at St. Petersburgh of any splendid victory over id I allies the French, far less of the French having bel driven out of Spain and Portugal. All intercourse with Sweden, the only resource the Danes for black cattle, being stopped, beef 0 a scarce article, and sugar was selling at CopenbAge and Elsineur at 4s. per pound, and colonial produce. of every description, was equally high. Quarto had been ordered for several thousand men in Zealand and several of the most respectable merchants in Co penhagen were under the necessity of removing their country houses, to make room for the num billetted upon them ; but the alarm of this approadk ing inconvenience was soon removed, by the inhabi. tants being gratified with the sight of their enetsieli the British &es t anchoring on their shores, s . bia effectually prevented their allies from Holstein yes• curing over. It is the general opinion, throughoo Denmark, that the politics of the North cannot rt. main long as they are. Yesterday morning early, the premises of Geolle Parker, Esq. on Tower.hill, was robbed of 5001• some thieves : they bored a hole through the window to gain access. The notorious Naylor, who lately made his escape from Carlisle gaol, along with three others, has bees apprehended at Norton, near Malton, in Yorksbilts and is now lodged in York Castle, ng to Chelan tut Captain ritie sprig to them, at I the Thetis 11 2 '• .ie w A French seri; r .e to know '• • r sent t o a {-Jinn •--- ;,elf as foll ows t , to pub' Ir. --- on , t he the object o f T A ° lw prima, cariny t a IP. grief fo r the Thej th wh om h e -- years. • * in id much - _ • ' tensive maritirm he Dr many ye ws /I. he gav e pin P °l az, and, whj t " ineyard fiveti, :hi o faMily to k i„ re the :lent subsistent: 1" He / h Navy Man % tate o f the ttsk Pe cesl2 , ion being alio% that a l what are • wait ..ds, have b een . , n oon Many of t be ggary ; and a vent re necessitated • b. tam i! the tw. was highly bpi W !anty as his 17 41 : 0 to distre sse d. • for an us:pet, m • less the C. .„ bid Z ke of CAME •••t• A General 0;• Lord l a spot of gt,.. cow/ litary Colle ge ,i e at Marlow. vision of the I where they at mil" Falmouth, ba port Spain, with to yen Ards, statiottil lie of the 45th Ai‘ este CRAWITRD; It r stateof disciplin anti ronounced to has con giment : many, to aen's pay. Volunteers ha 1 cet 1 1 of to fo ll ow ll i ow to thi wn, ; .• th e w, he ;tours of , 6 4 1 i r` I ' •