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notm . allow of any diinution, Cuinstances o f the moment. a What I hair to propose to your Majesty will ' i ve the arms - of Spain t.'tX),ooo men, without weak. ;meg the other armies ; SD that, notwithstanding t h e rigmentation of our force beyond the Pyrenees, when the conscription of Iglo shall be called out, your Nla y will have increased your armies of Germany, of. ci e N or th, and of Italy , by more than sa,ooo men. Ai d when, in order to escape the crisis into which she been drawn by a false as well as an angry policy, t he Englkh Government, exerting every where its ac tivity, does not hesitate to combine with the resources i t d r aws from its inexhaustible finances and its formi- Ole fleets, the arts of intrigue, of corruption, and iopestur e, would it be at all extraordinary that the immense population of France should hold out the spectacle of a million of armed men ready to punish E n gland, and all those whom she may seduce ; and re nt every where the same huge mass of force, to efotett with the same shield the honour and security o f F r ance. 4. What other result, Sire, is there to be expected b or n armies so numerous, and a position so formi dable, but the speedy re-establishment of the tranquil lity o f Spain, that of a maritime peace, and of that general tranquillity, the object of your Majesty's in cessant wishes? Much blood will have been spared, because a great number of men will have been ready to shed it. A durable happiness prepared by the combinations of your powerful genius, will be the effect, Sire, of the new proofs of affection and attach went which your people will afford you, and of the noble aspect of that nation, which your Majesty has pointed to posterity under the name of the Great Nation. As War Minister, and, under this denomination, t h e or gan of the French soldiers, allow me, Sire, to be the interpreter of their sentiments for you. Your Ma jesty shall always see us ready to sacrifice our lives for your glory, which is inseparable from that of the nation to which you have so powerfully added, and for the important interests of the country. “ I am, with respect, &c. [This Paper also contains the Act cf Renunciation, negotiated between the Prince of Peace and Duroc, by which Charles IV. and the Prince of Asturias abji. eated their right of the Crown of Spain to Napoleon.] 11l E EVE N IN(: STAR LONDON. ••• Want of room oblige: us to postpone, till to-morrow, the Promised Review of the NOT ZS published in the .V•Air.u. on the STAR of the Bth ult. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Consols, for money, 664 —far ace. 66i 67-omnium li dis. Exelreq. Bills, ss. prem. PRICE OF J • rocKs YESTERDAY Dank Stock ,hut India Stock lI'S I 5 per C. Red Ann. shut lndia Bonds, fn. 3s. prem. S per C. Cons. 66;} I Imp. Arm. 7 11-16 i • 4 per Cent. shut l'xcheq. Bills, 2s. a 6s. prem. S per Cent. Navy 98:i Omnium, I I t dis. Lon Ann. shut `Consols for ace. 66i 67 66j LIBERATION OF PORTUGAL. Dispatches have at last been received from rortu pl—bet, we a:-e concerned to state, not the expected ofstatches ! After the decisive victory obtained by the British Army; under Sir ART/WR WELLE..,LEY On the ilst ult.—after it was officially announced that General KELLI:PMAN had arrived in the British camp 4 , with a flag of truce to treat for terms"—after the arrival of the reinforcements under General Moon the British public did expect, perhaps unreascnal.iy, that Sir ARTHUR'S successor in the command would have required an unconditional surrender. Unconditional surrender ! our Readers will ex claim, and is it not so —No, Countrymen. On the 30th ult. S ir 111 w DALRYMPLE signed a convention, by *lnch it is agreed :—That the French army shall evacuee Pfrt , ::a!, aid, if we may credit high authority, thei.r arm: and bagga,7?, and to be transported by sea to sme port letween L'Orient an:i Rochefort. Another convention was at the same time signed with the Russian Admir, - .1 in the Tagus, by which it is agreed—That the Russian Jett in the Tagus shall be brought to .pithead, to rfruin in deposit till I%:e months after a etyini:ive treaty cf heart between the Empercr of pa::ia and his Britar.n:c 31.7:;•:ty—the Russian Ofcers end seamen to be sent to Ru:sia immediately, witho::: con- The dispatches containing the particulars of the ahnve intelligence reached tov:ii yesterday afternoon bc,r,veen ti:ur and Eve o'clock. About five o'clock the TAowing distributed' in the Ministerial circles : 'The Captain of the fleet is arrived from Sir C. Co r rosi„ at the Admiralty, and Sir flew DALRYMPLE'S sun at the Secretary of State's Office. The substant.e of the intelligence which they bring is, that we have entered into a Convention with the French ureter 11)N3T, who are to be conveyed to Trance in British ves sels, but not as prisoners of Weir. The surrender of the Russian fleet is included in the Convention, but to be restored at the con of the war." About nine o'clock, tllc f()llowing letters were sent from Lord CASTLLREAUII and Lk:4l - d MULGRAVE to the LORD MAYOR : " DOWNING STREET, sEr . r. 15. "My LORD—I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that dispatches have been received from Lieutenant General Sir Ha+ , DASAYMPLI., dated Wad Qtiarters at Cintra, on the 3d tenant, by v:hich it appears, that a Convention was signed on the 30th ult.by which it was agreed, that the French army should evacuate Portugal. I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obetheat humble servant, (Signed) " CASIUREACII2" " ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15,6 P. M. " MR LORD, " t lave the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that Captain HALSTRAD, First Captain of the 111BERNIA, and Captain of the Fleet under the command or Si: CHARLES Co CTON, off the TA ge,2 has arrived at the Admiral: y with dispatches, stating the sur render, by capitulation. of the Russian fleet in the port of Lisbon, es the following terms :—The ships (nine sail of the line and one fsigatipo be held in deposit try his IAjISI Y tiff AZ months fitter eir- rev of Asada, to be thou reamed. " Tie RasAas Olken and seams of the Beet to be sent im mediately to Russia, without ansdhions. " Hove the honour to be. " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " MULGRAITE:' On the first burst of the intelligence, the terms were highly exaggerated—in short, everyone reported them to be such as might have been expected. An attempt was made to illuminate in some quarters.; but, when the truth came to be known—the candles went art! If Narotrox, after admitting that a succession of disasters had befallen Dueotcr, censures so.highly his conduct as a Negotiator, what would he have said of the General who, after his enemy was conquered by his predecessor—after his enemy was completely in his toils, without a possibility of escaping—we say, what would he have said—what would he have dose, to the General who, in such circumstances, should have concluded such a convention ! !—A convention by which the very General and troops that are so well acquainted w:;11 every nook and corner of Portugal, are to be sent to assist N.4POLFGN in recongsering that linpioss. Be not surprised, Reader. There can be no end to NAPOLEON'S victories it his troops, as often as they are conquered, shall be sent back to join his ranks, and again to try their fortune in anew battle ! —IS THIS CONVENTION TO BE RATIFIED ? We say, it ought not—We say, that the first law of Nature—that of SELF-DEFENCE, requires that it should not!—No Government can be bound by any convention which has Patricide for its basis ! Of what use is history, if we only read it as a fairy tale ?—How came the Romans to subdue Carthage ? By the Carthaginians sending them back their priso ncrs !—How often has NAPOLEON compared France and England to Rome and Carthage—exclaiming, Delenda Carthago ! and shall we, like the Cartha ginians, assist him in his avowed object ! !—Perish the traitor who can compromise the safety of his country ! We have hitherto avoided giving any countenance to reports that have been in circulation, of a misun derstanding having taken place between our military commanders in Portugal ; but we now fear that there but too much truth in the statement. Sir Arrntin WELLESLEY, the brave, the meritorious Sir ARTHUR WELLFALEY, if we are rightly informed, was above twenty miles distant from Head-quarters when the Convention was signed ! • PARIS PAPERS. By the Hope arrived at Cowes, we last night re ceived Monitturs to the Bth instant, from which we have extracted some official documents, which will be perused by our Readers with a lively interest.—They consist of two reports from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, of a report from the Minister at War, to their' Master, together with a message from BONAPARTE to his Senate. We have at present neither time nor space for observations upon them. On the arrival of Captains DALRYMPLE and HAL. STEAD yesterday, with the dispatches from Sir H DALRYMPLE and Sir CHARLES Corrox, it was re ported and generally believed that General Sir AR- Titutt WP.LLESLEY was arrived also, but the report is altogether erroneous. Yesterday, after receipt of the dispatches from Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, and Sir CHARLES COTTON, a Ca binet Council was held, which did no►break up till past seven o'clock. The Park and Tower guns were fired about nine o'clock at night ; but many people thinking that the accounts from Portugal were not sufficient to warrant this mark of exultation, ascribed it to intelligence said to have been received, of a naval victory obtained over the Russian fleet in the Baltic. Some feeble at tempts also were made at illumination, but either the candles would not burn, or people were averse to light them. An armistice signed on the 22d ult. with General KELLERMANN was the immediate consequence of the victory of the 21st. In consequence of that armistice the British army under Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY re mained in its positions—but Sir JOHN MOORE'S force, with a regiment from Madeira and the 18th Dra goons under Brigadier-General STEWART were landed. The negociations continued till the 30th, when the two Conventions were signed. We understand the total number of ships found in the Tagus amounts to twenty-seen. The harbour of Lisbon is already in our posfession. Dispatches were received at the Admiralty on ( Wednesday, from Sir .I. B. WARREN, Commander ini Chief on the Halifax station ; likewise from Admiral i ROWLEY, at Jamaica, and Admiral Sir ALEXANDER Como NNE!, on the Leeward Island ration. On Monday, the 12th instant, GEORGE. FRANK TODDERICK, M. B. A. M. T. C. 11. obtained the De gree of Doctor of Medicine, in the College of Edin burgh. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 16.—The ar rivals of Wheat this day make but a short supply, and the general sales made vary but little in price from our last—still very little Barley, and the price nomi nal—Malt is higher—White Pease likewise--Beans, of the two kinds, are rather dearer—there is a middling supply of Oats, and this trade is quoted at a Vale va riation from our last—Sales of Flour at the late ad. vane in price. MINERAL CIIIMENCT AS Nl'heat, 755. 905. I CO5. Beans (old) 625. M. (1, Fine ditto, 1 021 . 10 ;s. Tick ditto (old) 58a. t.4*. 0411 Rye, 50s. 545. Oats, 361. 38. 40s. Barley, 40$. 465.8 d. Poland ditto, 41.. 425. ( 4, Malt 74,. 82s Potatoe ditto 00$. 44s Od. White Peas (boilers), 1201.1305. Rape Seed, 401. to 421. Grey ditto, 60s. 645. Flue Flour 80$. 1151.--Seconds 755. 80s. We have this day received papers from the North of Spain to the 9th inst. Their contents are impel.. tent, but our limits do not allow us to offer any re marks upon them. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM " Gijon, September S. a A Gentleman has this instant arrived here from Santandero, with an account of a victory gained over a body of French troops, by Palafor, near Pampe luna : the French were defeated with the loss of 5000 killed and 1000 prisoners. lam not certain as to the date, but think it was on the 19th alt. It is said, that had Palafot known General BL OM was so nigh, he would have entered Pampeluna. • 44 An Extraordinary Gazette was published at Ovideo on the sth of this month, containing an ac count of the assistance given by the English to the Spanish troops in Denmark, which concluded with this Proclamation : " Noble and Generous English ! Your extraor dinary activity in all parts of the Globe, and the suc cours which you lavish on the Spaniards to deliver them from a tyrant, will be ever engraven on our hearts, and serve as a model in the history of nations. Glory to Great Britain ! Glory to Spain ! and Death to Tyrants !" " GRANADA, AUGUST 17. Letters from Malaga and Madrid state, that two French frigates having arrived at the Havannah, with various Military and Civil Officers on board, who went to take possession of the Governmert in the name of the transient Monarch Joseph Ist, it for tunately happened, that a Spanish vessel arrived the same thy, with advice of the insurrection in the Provinces, and of the declaration of War against France by the Supreme Junta of Seville ; on which account the inhabitants made the French officers and the whole of the crew prisoners. ~ LEON, AUGUST 25. Yesterday orders were given to all the divisions of Gallicia to assemble in this city on the Ist of Sep tember, and for the whole army to march the follow ing day for Burgos ; the French are in number from 38 to 40,000 men ;, the army of Gallicia about 40,000, and that of Asturias will amount to 30,000. It is I thought that by the 7th of September, the greater part of our armies will join, in order to attack the French in different points, and to surround them.— The army of Spain, which will act in conjunction with our Allies, will amount to 70,000 men, conse quently we expect that not a single Frenchman will escape out of Spain. FROM THE SALAMANCA GAZETTE Or THE 24th OF AUGUST. Astorga, August 12. Yesterday anived here the English General Doyle, commissioned by the British Government for the conveyance of the Spanish prisoners, in number about 3000, who are coming to join our army. The same ~dicer has also brought complete clothing, muskets, flints, ammunition, belts, shirts, stockings, and shoes, for 10,000 men, with 200,000 lbs. of cheese, all of which are ready on the road for the army. There has also arrived at Corunna a million of dollars, and an equal quantity at Gijon, with 30,000 musquets and corre , ponding ammunition. • How great the difference in the conduct observed by the mortal enemies of Ms Continent, and that of the Regesterators of Europe! the former have repaid our alliance, the immense sacrifices we have made to maintain it, and the welcome reception we have given them in our houses, with robbery, with assassins ions 'of every kind, with the abominable projects of over turning our constitution, religion, our manners and customs, and lastly, with the odious desire of loading us with chains, in order to serve their iniquitous ends, while the latter pour out their treasury and all kinds of resources that we may preserve our laws, our inde pendence, and whatever we hold most valuable in life. Love and eternal gratitude to the generous Islan ders, the Saviours of Europe ! everlasting execration to the monsters of the human species ! AT:ousT 20.—The same General Doyle, and our inestimable Duke de l'lnfantado, arrived yesterday in this city, and have set out for Alva da Torres, where General Cuesta has his head-quarters ; we may ex pect the most flattering consequences from the inter views between these personages. VALENTIA, AUGUST 19. The Austrian and Russian Ambassadors in Ma drid, carry on their diplomatic correspondence with their Courts through the medium of the Supreme Junta of this place. From hence the dispatches are sent to Triest, and from that place to Vienna and Pe. tersburgh. This arrangement seems to warrant a hope that the two Cabinets will not hesitate to join in the most vigorous measures to strike down the tyrant, whose satellites already publicly declare, that they in tend to march from Spain to Austria, and from thence to Russia; so that, according to the plan and system of Napoleon, there is not to ren;lain in Europe one single crowned head of the ancient Royal Families. . The Supreme Junta of this place has issued a re solution, purporting that all tl e Civil and Military Authorities of this Capital and Kingdom, are not to entertain any direct intercourse or correspondence with the Royal Council, or any other public autho rity, in Madrid, but that they are merely to corres pond with the Supreme Junta of this Kingdom, and to expect from their board all necessary instructions, orders, and directions. Dispatches Deere fast night received at the Admi ralty from Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ in the Baltic... They were brought by Captain EVANS. and they give us every reason to hope that we shall speedily be ena bled to announce a glorious victory over the Russian fleet in that quarter. Captain Eras states, th Lt ':'e united force of the Swedes and English, consisting of seven sail of the line, were in sight of ten sail of Russian ships of the line ; and that Sir JANIIO SAL:- MARA:4 with three sail of the line, was within two days sail of the combined fleets. The Russians were closely shut up in Hango Bay, in Finland ;—and the English blockading squadron under Sir SAmurtHco: , only waited the coming up of Sir JAzlrs SAusuutra. in order to attack the Russians. To the above we may add, that the Auckland packet, arrived at Harwich, brings similar intelli gence, with this addition, that Sir huts SAVMAREZ had actually fallen in with the Russians. The pas sengers by the Auckland state the co:nhined fleets, of Hango Bay, .as consisting of eleven bail of Swe dish men of war, and the under Sir Smiles& HOOD, as consisting of three only. When the Auckland left Gottesburgh no doubt • was entertained of the almost immediate surrender of the Russians, who are not so numerous as at first re ported. They have only ten sail of the line and two or three frigates. In addition to the above we subjoin the following article from the GOTTENBURGH MAIL Sroexitotst, AUGUST 31.—We are in momentary expectation of great news from the fleets. Baron Major Dalrymple, and some others whose names we do not lnow, arrived yesterday. They left Cron stadt on the 25th of August ; and on the folnwirg day off Port Baltic fell in with the Swedish frigate Camilla, who informed them that the Russians had fled thither with nine sail of the line and some sm II r vessels. They wore blockaded 1.7 the Swedes with 10 sail of the line, and Admiral Hood with two sail, and were in hourly expectation of Sir J. Saum2Tn with 4 more. It was the intention of the combined fleets to attack the Russians in Port Baltic. Admiral Saumarez was off the Gulph on Sunday last, and had the needful information, consequently before this ' the business is decided. From Finland we have good news—near Christianstadt, the Swedes have again I - been victorious, but they have suffered very scver..-1). NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBEW Is. Sailed the Carteret packet, Captain PAical vv. f r Barbadoes and Jamaica, and the Chesterfield packet, Capt. GIBBONS, for Halifax and New York.—Wind N. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 14. Came in, his Majesty's ship Pilate, from Ferrol* with four Spanish Noblemen. - PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. Is. Arrived his Majesty's ships Juitrkat and rumors, with a convoy from the Downs, and the Hi ProNtz Nits, from the West Indies. Sailed his Majo:ty•s sh;ps NIOBE, with specie for Spain ; RATTLER, with a fleet for North America ; and REDWING, with a !lea for the Mediterranean. DEM., SEPTEMBER IS. Arrived the DESVERATE gun-brig, from a cruize; CHEROKEE.. gun-brig, from the Nore ; PAZ schooner. with a convoy from Harwich. Sailed the THUN DERFR, cf 7.1. guns, for Yarmouth ; Turns frigate. for the Nore ; Hai, of 50 guns, for Portcmouth. The Sr. ALBAN'S, (4 64. guns, is now turning into the Downs. The ANIBI.IA frigate and ALER r sloop of war have made the signal for convoy to the west ; ward.—Wind N.E. fresh breeze. REMAIN IN TIIE DowN s—Princess of Orange, Vice-Admiral Campbell. the Bellerophon, Rear-Admiral Gardner, Invincible, Illustrious, Hero, Leviathan, Bombay, Venerable, and Ramillies, of 74 guns each; Trusty and Adamant, 50 guns each; Amelia, and Clyde frigates ; Glomen and Alert sl sops of war ; Cherokee, Bloodhound, Indignant, and' Desperate gun-brigs ; Phosphorus fire•vessel ; Paz schooner; and the transports having on board the Ist and Sd battalions of the Ist regiment of Guards. HARWICH, SEPT. 15. Arrived this day the — Auckland packet, Captain Bawos, with mails and 23 passengers, from Gotten burgh. About seven o'clock this morning, the fleet of transports got under weigh, but owing to the Agent ship getting on shore, they have as yet pro ceeded no further than the Rolling Grounds. It is however expected they will sail next tide, as the wind is now quite favourable. SHEERNESS, SEPT. Arrived his Majesty's brig CENTINEL, from the Baltic, with a convoy ; also, the Patrioten, Bit INis ; Gerechtigkeit, SODERREI ; and Conjuncturen, MODIN, all from Sweden, with tar, pitch, iron, &c. bound to Liverpool and Plymouth. The Quebec ships ar ,io arrived, and with them the Matthew, WALKER, and the Russia Company,•ConsEv, with masts and timber for his Majesty's Yards here, and Chatham. Arrived the Confience, LINSTRONI, and the Ceres, LOOP, from London, with valuable catoes for the Baltic. There are now several ships waiting at the Nore ready to depart with his Majesty's ship NED ELVEN, ii r the Baltic, as soon as the wind will permit. The ROLLA brig of war is ready for sea, and will praceed to the Downs to-morrow—Captain C. CLARK t ~ ,k u e command of her a few days since. In conseq•lence of the easterly wind, a great number of the West- India fleet, and other ships, are p Icing th • " re for !London. The CENTINEL gun brig left our ships all well. in the Baltic, when she came away with the coa. rov. Wind N. E. blows strong. ~I ';."' ~~