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EAST INDIES. PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND, MARCH 26. - - - The fire which broke out on Saturday last, at the bakehouse of Low Ammer, unfortunately consumed more European property than we recollect to have been destroyed by fire since the establishment of this settlement. It was occasioned, as we understand, by the carelessness of some of the people employed in heating the ovens ; and, from the dryness of the materials of which the premises were composed, in a short time, the whole was in flames, which almost im mediately communicated to the premises occupied by Mr. Rodyk, Police Officer, and some Chinese shops, at the corner of the street ; the whole at one time exhibited the most awful spectacle ever witnessed on the island. Fortunately, the wind was light and southerly, or those valuable and extensive premises, belonging to Mr. Douglas, must inevitably have been destroyed, and probably communicating with the Agent Victualler's Stores, endangered the whole town, there being, as we learn, near 300 casks of spirits on the premises. Too much praise cannot be given to the men from his Majesty's ship Bombay, and the soldiers belonging to the garrison, for' their exertions in stopping the pro gress of the fire. The damages sustained by the above accident are estimated at 20,000 Spanish dollars. Fortunately no lives were lost. • FOREIGN ZNTELLIGENCE. • - • • • GOTTINBURGELMAILS.. " GOTTENBURGH,' OCTOBER 2.5 r Lettecito4V-6V'th e, 10th of October, say, that the Emperor AlifinsTer was expected there every. moment, loai:leraithiniesents of carriages and dif. fetent tops, which he 'had h oed from Boniparte : ... the result of the conference. is yei known. " Head quarters, Lamland: • Octobefl 6. 44 His Royal . Majesty has received the follOWing report from" Field Marshal Count Klingspor, dated Knopio, 30th'September, touching the retreat-of the whole Northern, and. part .of the Southern Finnish army, from their positions near Lindulax, Koustane, Ismalo, and Loppsgerd to Kelu io and Kankobridge, north-about Old Carle ,by " Head-quarters, I.ochto, September 30. " The Northern Finnish army had advanced from Wasa, agreeably to the concerted-plan, in order to combine, if possible, the operations with those of his Majesty' s troops, who were to penetrate from Sweden into South Finland. But this plan having been altered in consequence of several circumstances, which un expectedly took place, and the enemy every where being consi derably reinforced, he began to act offensively. Relying on t!,le gallaiatry which the army under my command ha4l constantly displayed, I endeavoured to maintain a position which covered the most fruitful part ofEast Bothnia, although my line of ope rations and defence extended from I.indulax and Omyssa to Lappfjerd nearly twenty-eight miles. The enemy commenced his offensive operations with an attack on Karstula and Lindidax, inishich he succeeded on account of his vast superiority in num ber, and forced the detachment commanded by Lieutenant-Colo nel Fiend to fall back to Old Carleby. " General Uschakoff attacked afterwards Kauhajocki im the 26th August, but was repulsed, notwithstanding his force was far superior to ours. On the 39th August Lappfjerd was at tacked by Scheppeleff, who was also repulsed ; but in the mean time a considerable Ressian corps assembled near Alawo, at least to seven or eight thousand men strong, under the orders of Ge neral Kamensky and Rajessky, which attacked our position near Kowstane three successive days, viz. the Slat of August, Ist and 2d of September, without the enemy having been able to corce our above position. But in consequence of his having received very considerable reinforcements, he puphed on to Kauhajocki, by which movement the communication between Lappo and Lappfjerd was cut off:: and as, according to a report received from Major Baron Vegesack, the enemy was also advancing with considerable reinforcements against I.appfjerd, it appeared dan gerous to me to let the army remain any longer in its extensive position, and I accordingly gave orders to retreat. This retrograde movement, in sight of an enemy vastly superior in number; and from a position so very extensive, was not easily effectid. " The enemy having already made demonstrations against Old Carleby, and it appearing hazardous to me to give battle before all the detached corps should have joined the main body, I endea voured, by various raanceuvres, to promote that junction, while all the different troops belonging to the army under my command continued to fall back. Baron Vegesack's corps joined the main body on the 11th near I.illkyro, and Wasa was evacuated ; the enemy bad pushed on as far as New and Old Carleby, and closely pursued our troops. On the 17th the army put itself in motion from New Carleby, in sight of the enemy, and took up on the 21st the position near Kanko Bridge, which it still occupies, and which secures its communication with the troops who are acting in the environs of Sawolax. " Your Royal Majesty will graciously be pleased to perceive, by the circumstance above stated, that this retreat was not only unavoidably necessary, but that it was also performed with great correctness, order, and success, not a single piece of cannon, am munition -waggon, or provision-cart having been lost during the whole of this long retrograde movement, in sight of an enemy far superior in numbers. (Signed) MAURICE K LIN s rim." FROM THE HAMBURGH PAPERS. BANKS OF THE ELBE, OCTOBER It!. Neither the Archduke Charles of Austria, nor the Grand Duke of Wurtzburgh, went to the congress at Erfurth. Some private letters from Paris state, that Napoleon has assured some high Officers of State, prev►ous to his departure for Erfurth, that the golden age should commence with the year 1809. OCTOBER 21. _ _ In Oldenburg, some letters for England have been intercepted by the French and Dutch Authorities ; and as lately some papers, containing interesting de tails from Spain and England, have been circulating, the French agents redouble their vigilance to prevent the truth from transpiring, whence it is with great reason inferred by many that the Spanish concerns must be desperate. The Danes gave no credit to the glorious accounts lately sent by the English in an open boat to Denmark ; the papers that were found on board the vessel were immediately destroyed by order of Government : thus the Continent remains in the profoundest ignorance of the events that ought, by no means, to be concealed from the public. It would be of infinite service if some English literary men would write a short chronicle of all public events of historical importance, which have happened since the rising of the Spanish Patriots, and to - trndeavour to get such a work, with the notes and dates of their official authorities, circulated, in the French, Ger man, English, and Italian languages, wherever it is practicable, on the Continent, in order to deliver the nations from the total darkness which France keeps - , every where, spreading over them. It is furthet circulated, that a British army has. de feated the army of Italy and Naples in,Cal f tlria, - and !s on its march against Naples. Erfu tifig tbe niti r mate result of the Congress at not a syllable has been made public. IWIIMAR, OCTOBER 3. A Courier expedited to the Archduke Charles of Austria, has passed through here, and last night a Russian Courier rassed through this place from Er furth to Vienna.—( Corrapondint.) VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 28. A Courier arrived here on Sunday from Constan tinople, with intelligence that the Grand Vizier, Mustapha Baraictar, has called upon all the Gover nors and great men of the Ottoman Empire, from Asia, Syria, &c. to deliberate with them upon the means of averting the dangers that threaten the do minions of the Porte.—(Nero Zeitung). NAPLES, SEPTEMBER 21. The satisfactory reports which have reached Naples, respec ting the perfect tranquillity that reigns in the country have determined his Majesty to suppress the military commissions which, unfortunately, circum stances had rendered necessary, at Gaeta, Agula, Chien, Avelino, Fuggio, Bane, Cattanzaro, and Reg gio. This new trait of generosity on the part of the King has inspired the greatest confidence. Every thing leads us to hope that nothing will henceforward trouble the peace and good harmony which exists in all the provinces, as well as in the capital. SPANISH PAPERS. We this day make some further translations from the Spanish Papers. We give the speech of the Arch-Chancellor of France again, for the purpose of adding the notes, which have been annexed to it in the Madrid Gazette as an answer. PARIS, SEPT. 13.—The Session of the Conserva tive Senate of the sth inst. has been memorable from the importance of the subject discussed in it, and of the documents that were presented by order of the Emperor, all relative to the state of affairs in Spain. The Prince Cambaeeres, Arch-Chancellor of the Em pire, presided, assisted by the Princes, the Arch- Treasurer•Le Brun, and the Vice-Grand Elector Tal leyrand. The President opened the Session with a 'discourse, from which we shall extract the most no- table expressions (a) " You know, Gentlemen, that the Emperor has, in the midst of his victorious career, ever desired the re-establishment of a general peace, and that on his part he has left nothing untried to obtain that desira ble end (6). "The desperate policy of England (c) has frustrated his salutary view. Spain by its geographical position, by its usages and trade, ought always to make com mon interest with France (d). This truth has been felt, and prevailed at periods of the greatest disorders (e); and has successively produced various partial treaties, intended apparently to connect the bonds of good har mony between both nations, whilst the Spanish Go ' vernment only presented us ambiguous dispositions, which according to circumstances might have turned out hostile (f). • " This state of irresolution could not last much longer (g). On the other side, the sound part of the nation was desirous to emerge from it (k) ; hence the generous resolutions arose, which his Majesty has con solidated by his Imperial sanction, and which he will support with all his might (i). " In spite of the confidence which the good under standing with all the States on the Continent inspires, the late important armament of a neighbouring power could not but awaken his Majesty's attention (k). " His Majesty is constrained to recur to the remedy requisite under the present necessities, and to provide for future security (1). The- surest means to that effect is to hold our military forces in an augmented proportion, and corresponding to the armaments of the Powers by which we are environed, to which our immense population offers'us the resource (m). " Your prudence (n) will set a just value on the just (o) and indispensible measures, which the projel of the Senatus Consithum, which the orators of the Council of State are charged to present to you. " It is incumbent on you, Gentlemen, to ccr-operate with the generous designs of the Emperor, for the weal of his people, and the repose and quietude of Europe (p)." (a) The French are all alike dexterous in the art of mendacity; there is no difference between Champagny and Cambaceres ; I even the words are nearly the same, as we shall see. (6) Charnpagny said the same in his Report, and with equal veracity. We are come to the pass of openly denying the victo ries of Bonaparte ; they are multiplied and magnified by the de ceptive French to seduce Europe. (c) There is evidently an error of the press in this word :—we ought to read France for England ; for England has never op posed the restoration of that blessing to Europe. (d) The geographical position of Spain proves, that nature has expressly designed to separate it from France by the lofty Pyre nean Mountains. And if French usages have for any time pre vailed in Spain, we now detest them as the cause of the decline of our arts, manufactures, and trade. (e) Here the Arch Chancellor and the Minister vary, though both in defiance of truth ; hut it is not to be wondered at. (f) Ambiguous dispositio.is the worthy Presidentl styles the strongest proofs of friendship that ever one nation can give to ano ther. The dexterity in reversing the colour of facts is peculiar to French magic. (g) This passage, which appears very obscure and insignificant, is, however, not so ; it clearly indicates Napoleon's plan of subju- gating Spain. 1k) The sound part of the Spanish nation, that was desirous to emerge from it, is already on the march with Senor Joseph, and has been cut off from that which is infirm and contagious. I.t t them begone, with GOD'S blessing, and enjoy the felicity prepared for them by Napoleon. (i) It has indeed been a generous and charitable resolution of Napoleon's, that of withdrawing his troops from Spain, for having been infected with the yellow fever, as the French are pleased to say. But if his resolutions were directed to reclaim Spain from the state of torpidity in which it was, he may boast of having fully , obtained the end of his wishes; for the Spaniards are determined' to die with arms in their hands, sooner than to permit Napoleon, ' or his Brother, or any satellite of his, to reign over them. (4) Such is the abhorrence which the French entertain for truth, that the Arch-Chancellor omits expressing it, and darkly I only alludes to the power that is now making the most formidable • preparations of war, to avenge at once all the insupportable insults j it has received from Bonaparte. I (t) These expressions denote, that the undaunted Bonaparte is shaking on his 'throne, and that his downfall is not far off. (m) There is no remedy to thy fate, impious Napoleon ! Goo and men are alike wearied of thy iniquity. Even thy slaves, the French, will soon strike off thy guilty head ; pr, if they do not, the Glory will be reserved for a Spanish sol,dia. (a) Your abject and criminal adulation. (0) Just conformably to Napoleon's Code, which authorizes the vast flagrant iniquities. (p) You slaves, it behoveth to comply with the impious de• sign of the Tyrant, for the destruction of the country, 4nd the overthrow of order and tranquillity in Europe ! But the gallant and illustrious Spaniards, the generous English, and other cold ! mated notions, have ;pother task assigned to them, they mean to wrench the iron sceptre from the 'tyrant's grasp, and rid tba world of the Moaster under which it is groaning: • TH F. TWENING STAR.. LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8.• Powrint PLoT.—No business done at the Stock Exchange. Mr. SHAW, whose return we announced yesterday, reached Paris on Monday morning last with two dis patches—one addressed to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the other for the Russian Ambassr. dor Count ROMANZOW; who, as we stated in a former paper, instead of setting off from Erfurth.foc Peters burgh, had proceeded to Paris to wait the answer of the British Cabinet to the propositions which had been sent to this country. Mr. Strew was detained in Paris on 4 till Tuesday afternoon, when, having received answers, addressed to Mr. Secretary CANNING, from the French and Russian Ministers, he proceeded on his journey for Boulogne, from whence he embarked at elevtn o'clock on the morning of Thursday; reached Deal the same even ing at five o'clock, and came to town yesterday morning with the Mail. He was accompanied to Deal by a Fr.ench Officer, who returned in the flag of truce to Boulogne. • Mr. SHAW' .vas well received at all the places 1 through which he passed. While at Paris he was I treated with much civility, and was permitted to w a lk 1 about, without restraint, in company with the French Messenger who lately came to England. The common conversation in Paris was the pacific propositions announced in NAPOLEON'S Address to 1 the Legislative Body as having been sent to England ; I but of the terms nothing was pretended to be known, nor did they seem inclined to indulge in conjectures, or to talk about politics. Of the contents of the dispatches brought by Mr. SHAW nothing has transpired ; but we apprehend, Ifrom the following circumstances, that the pu blic in general will not be inclined to augur a pacific issue to the present intercourse between London and Paris : I NAPOLEON, so far as we are yet informed respect- ing his address to the Legislative Body, made the event of his departure to take upon himself the com mand of the army destined for Spain, to depenrl on the answer that might be received from London—lf his words had any other intention but to deceive, they were intended to convey the idea, that In the event of a favourable answer to the propositions sent to this coun- try, he would not proceed to the army.—He has not only left Rambouillet, for Bayonne, as is supposed, but had actually set out on the Saturday preceding the Monday on which Mr. SHAW reached Paris ! May it not be inferred from this circumstance that he had anticipated the kind of answer that might be expected ?—Or, in other words, thit he well knew the propositions that had been made were of a nature not to be entertainectfor a moment by the- Govern ment of Great Britain. The precise moment of NAPOLEON'S departure is not accurately known : it is, therefore, thought by some that he did wait the answer of our Government. But, which ever be the fact, the inference to be drawn from it will be the same :—the propositions for Peace are hollow and deceptive ; nor .have they been made with the hope or design to obtain that blessing for suffering humanity. It is possible that NAroLEox may wish the sem blance of a negociation . to be carried on. His con ' duct towards Spain chews that he is at no loss to con ' trive pretexts for either movements or delays. The distance from Paris will furnish good pretexts for tardy replies to specific questions.—ln the mean time he carries on the war against Spain. Should the im mense preparations he has made for the subjugation of that kingdom, enable him speedily to accomplish it, he will have gained his object—should he find, upon trial, a resistance which may render a change of system prudent before the negociation be terminated, he will have kept a door..open for his retreat, will less of the appearance of having been baffled and defeated. The rumours circulated in consequence of Mr. SHAW'S arrival, are various. Some affect to believe that the Marquis of WELLESLEY would immediately set out to Paris to conduct the negociation on the part of this country :—others, that Count RofAxzow is to come to London with full powers to treat for the two Emperors.—These reports, however, are only mere gossip. Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived last night. They bring reports and details of the retrograde movements of the Swedish army in Finland. The whole amounts simply to this :—that the Swedes, however brave, .were unable to make a stand against the superiority of numbers brought into the field by the Russians. Sir JOHN SAUNA REZ, in the VICTORY, arrived at Gottenburgh on the 28th ult. The whole of the British squadron, we understand, has left the Baltic. The Swedish fleet has returned to Carlscrona in a very sickly state. So great a mortality has prevailed on board it during the last six weeks, that if even the season were favourable,- it could not possibly have kept the sea much longer. 'Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Dukes pf KENT and CUMBERLAND, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lady G. MURRAY, General Fcrzeov, and Colonel TAythe t rode in the Great Park, at Windsor, and returned at twelve. A Gentleman who arrived yesterday from Holland, which he left on Monday last, states, that he saw the extract which we inserted yesterday, published in the form of a Gazette Extraordinary at the Pague, on Sunday evening• . THE ARMY. The following is said to be the tenor of the warrant by which the Court of Enquiry is directed to insti. tute its proceedings in relation to the Armistic e an d Convention of Cintra : it orders, 14 That an Inquiry shall be made into the conditions of th e • Armistice and Convention, and Into all the causes and circuits• stances, whether arising from the previous operations of the British Army, or otherwise, which led to them ; and into the condeet, behaviour, and proceedings of Sir Hew DALRYMPLE, and of any other Commander or Commanders, or of any other pervin or persons, so far as the same were connected with the Arrnists ce and Convention." This is certainly a very full and satisfactory can. mission. We hope and trust it will be fulfilled accor. dingly. Yesterday the fir;t division of the 14th Light Dr a . goons, namely, Captain CHAPMAN'S and Captai n HAWKER'S troops, arrived at Islington from Ipswich and Romford ; and this morning, about nine o'clock, they marched along the New Road for Staines, whe n they will halt till Monday, and then proceed t o Reading, and so on till they reach their destination, which is Tiverton, Exeter, Honitoa, &c. ; on their at. rival at which places, they will receive a route ft r Fal. mouth, and there embark for Spain, or the Cape o: Good Hope, to replace two regiments of cavalry which have een sent from thence to Bengal. The sth Dragoon Guards march from Dorchester to Guildford. They are to be relieved at Dorchester by the two depot troops of the PRINCE'S regiment. The Royals are one of the regiments of heavy c?.. valry mentioned for service in Spain. The 4th battalion of the Scots Royals, the Duke of KENT'S regiment, will be one of the first regiments to go on service. One battalion of this ancient and renowned regiment is in the West Indies, one in the East. Indies, and a third in the Medicerrane.au. The Blues, Bays, and Scotch Greys, will e kgo to Spain as a heavy brigade. The PLOVER, which sailed from St. Helen's, on Monday, must by this time have reached the coast of Spain. She has on board Lieutenant-General Lord PAGET, lis suite, and all his horses. His Lordship goes out Commander in Chief of all the cavalry. Colonel ELIA( accompanies him as his Adjutant-Ge. neral, and Colonel LONG as his Quarter -Master-Co . neral. Lord FACET is considered as a fine Cavalry Officer, baying paid much attention to this branch of the set. vice.—Fos discipline, dress and splendour of equip. ments, his own is considered as the first cavalry regiment in the service. The second battalion of the 11th, commanded by Sir CHARLES ASGILL, now one thousand strong, was created within less than a month, principally by va lunteers from the Irish Militia, The Court Martial holden at Woolwich, on Cola tsel FEET( nEn, commanding the Woolwich divisional Royal Marines, en Friday se'nnight, Adjourned unul Wednesday, when the prosecution being closed, Co. , lonel FLETCIIER entered nn his defence.—Colond FLETCHER is tried for tyranny and oppression. Thug are four charges. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has certainly refused to have any thing to do with presenting the. Petition of th; Inhabitants of Westminster. - On Wednesday last a superb entertainment was given to his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, at the Crown-inn, Portsmouth, by the Captains of the Navy there. Admirals MONTAGUE and OTWAY, Generals WIJETIJAM, PORTER, and EvEmou, 534 the principal Officers of the Army, were invited. On Thursday morning the Duke left Portsmouth, under a Royal salute from the garrison. After mak. ing some arrangements at Bushy Park, it is expected that his Royal Highness will return to Portsmouth, and hoist his flag on board of the DAREI,4ca, Car tain M‘Lhoo. General KETJARMAN still remains at Spithead. We are sorry to state, that the venerable and learned 1)r. GLASSE, whose merits as a magistrate and a divine are well known to the world, is danger ously ill, at his house at Wanstead in Essex. Thursday last died, at his house in Essex-street, between the hours of six and seven in the evening. in die eighty-sixth year of his age, the Rev. Tntopitiat LINDSEY, formerly Vicar of Chatterick, in Yorkshire. KING'S THEATRE.—The Mourning Bride was per• formed last night for the benefit of those families which unfortunately suffered by the late fire into. vent-Garden. The house was crowded with fashion• able company. The receipt, from the appearance of the House, may be estimated at 600/. and the nightly expence of the Theatre being at least '2OO/. the con tribution of the Proprietor will be 800/, In the Melo-Drama of The Fored of Hermaneadt, the fine attitudes of Mrs. H. JouwsroN, the -dancing •f the Misses ADAMS and Little BYRNE, and the rustic drollery of Lisrox, experienced every flattering mart of the public approbation. In erecting the new Theatre in Covent-garden , th piazza is to be carried through into Bow-street, un. the Old Shakespear tavern, and two houses in 130 W street have been purchased to make room for the • provetnen t. There is at present at - COADE'S Artificial St.. Manufactory, a sarcophagus, executed in a master/i and elegant style, destined to be placed in the Part, at Benham, in Berks, in commemoration of that mod excellent Prince the Margrave of ANSPACII, who died there. 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