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ENGLISH COMMERCE WITH SPAIN. I EIT:Ak OF ADMIRAL MORLA TO MR. DOFF. The Supreme Junta of Seville declared to me un &:r date of the 13th inst. as follows : Most EXCELLENT SlR—The Supreme Junta of Se vlle is adopting measures for forming a regulation, under which English commodities are for the present tsl be imported in this country, on which subject your Excellency presented a note to the said Junta, under date of the instant, in answer to which the Junta has resolved to declare to your Excellency, that with regard to the vessels which have already arrived, they leave it entirely to your own judgment to determine in your wisdom and prudence what duty. they ought to pay, the Junta being desirous to testify to the Eng li,ll nation the high sense they entertain 01 - thi.ir friend- ship and generous support. In pursuance of the order received, I have this day communicated the following instructions to the Di- r;:ctor General of the Custom -- s : 66 Authorised by an Order of the Supreme Junta of the 13th instant, touching the importation of Eng lish goods, hitherto prohibited to be imported into this country, and the duty payable on goods of the like description, found on board of such ships of the said nation as are at present in the Bay, I have deter mined after having heard the opinion of their Lord ships with regard to the duty payable skit the same, that they are to pay 15 per cent. royal customs, 5 per cent. if destined for inland consumption, and all the other duty payable on foreign goods, the impor tation of which is permitted, the shipment of the said goods for our possessions in America, being of course free and unprohibited, since, in this respect. they . ought to be considered as free goods, on payment of 7 per cent. ad %damn, the proper officer adhering strictly to the ordinances issued on this subjecl. You will attend to the-erecution of the present Order, and make it known to the trade through the competent .Board, with this proviso, that clothes mado up, or ar ticles of wood, or any other material perfectly ed, are !lilt to be imported on any con , .ideration what• ever. I inform you of the premises for your own in formation, and for the direction of the individuals of your nation, and that they may form a correct opi• Mon of the high estimation in which the Spanish Go alo‘rnment holds the worthy subje:ts of his Britannic Majesty, aud.pereeive how anxiously that Government ttsires to gis,-e proofs of its gratitude for their faithful One. preserve you many weirs. TS - igned ) {f IHUMAA HI; M. - UM A." Cadiz, Stpte7abisr 16. Nit-. I AN , L3 DII”. As in the order which I communicated to you tit an date of the 16th instant, the Saprerne .Ite , ta of Seiilk says only, that it is adopting measurt , s for making regulations with regard to the importation of English commodities, which hitherto it was not law ful to import, it is not in my power to form any other determination, but with regard to goods of the above description, which are found on board of ships ac tually arrived in the Bay, and you must therefore ap ply to the Supreme Junta, for instruction, hew fitr the same favour is to be extended to such ships as shall arrive in future, since it is not for ire, as you desire in your last report, to decide that point. Gob preserve you many years. (Signed). THOMAS DE MORY,A. Cadiz, Sept 19. Don ANDREW AULDEVIM. SICIL r. MESSINA, AUGUST 26. We are all in expectation of an early move of part of this army. Troops have been moving in various 'arts of the island ; transports have been long prepa ying for the reception of men and horses, ana torage has, within these few days, been embarking; stoles to a considerable amount have been long on board. I cannot, however, myself, guess where any part of this army could, at the present moment, be employed. We have now eleven Generals on the Stag here.— Our force on the island amon;ts to about 15,000 men, a great proportion of them foreigners. We have very little communication with Calabria. You have heard, I dare say, of our unsuccessful attempt to cut out or destroy a vessel from under the rocks of Scylla. She had _been one of our transports (the Lord Melville), and was employed in bringuir round Lord Forbes from Palermo. Hi s Lordship-landed at the Faro ; a short time after she got into the cur rent, which drove her under the guns of Scylla, when she was abandoned by her crew. That night a plan was formed to destroy her ; but unfortunately a boat, sontaining a Captain of the 39th, and a Lieutenant of the 15th, with nine soldiers on board, got a-head of the boat to which the enterprize was principally entrusted, and got close under the vessel, and botween her and the shore, which was lined with French troops ready to receive them. The two officers were badly wounded, but are getting better. The plan was ac cordingly frustrated. GERMANY TR:ESTE, SEPT. 3. - - _ Early in the month of July as order .came from Vienna, to stop the further expertation of hemp. A decree of a still more extraotdhiary nature bas since been issued, strictly prohibiting the fat= entry of American vessels into t h e p orts of this empire, du- , ring the esistencc of embargo in the United States. This was notified to the American Consul by the Go verner, on the 20th July ; who added, that the Court of Vier.na considered the trade cairied on by Ameri can vessels as contraband, and in opposition to. the laws of the United States. The Chief Counsellor of the Government has sig nified, that the caigo of an Austrian, or any other v essel coming from-Malta, Messina, or any place oc cupied by the English, would be subject to confisca tion ; but that from Sardinia and Barbary therewould be Po difficul•y. :ince this, however, on or about the 15th of Au gust, the Chief Counsellor of the Government has publicly notified that colonial articles will not be re ceived here, let them 'come from whence they may, or by whatever vessels . ) it being understood that such tiAes can only come from Malta, and with the ex= prcss 1 ermission of the British Governr.lent. PORTUG.4k. *b tinny bare not yet entered, the Wien of Lisbothi Vat are all encamped a small distance from the city. 66 I. am sorry to inform you, that our bove.fellows begin to get very sickly, owing to their lying about eiposed to the weather.. They have not, till. within these few days past, been atowed.any coveting what ever, except their tents ; but they now have a blanket between every five men. It is reported that -a garrison of 5000 English troops is to remain here, but I hear of no destination for tte remainder of our army. 66 The AFRICALNE frigate has put bock, wi-h Gene ral KELLERMAN on board, having received damage in a gale. A few days since he tame on shore, with two of the Lieutenants of the AFRICAINE, in disguise ; however he was soon recognized by the inhabitants, who attacked him most furiously, and it was with great difficulty he escaped with his life. He was much bruised and cut, and I hear to-day that his wounds are of a dangerous nature. 66 Sir CIIARLE4 COritiN still retains his Command in the Tagus. We have here the following ships of the line, Hibernia, Ganges, Audacious, Plarragenet, and liesnlution. The Naval Officers have had a se.' vere time of it in assisting the embarkation of the French troopc,.and taking possession of the Portuguese slips, which are now again restored to Portugal." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. £,I All:M.-LI the Adv‘rtisemeat resrectinr, an exchange of an whichhas thrice app:n,rei tae S'T'AR, for " Ad tirts.s ktters, poet to A. B. Coninicrcial Priuting•Office, read Melton, rcrishire." . , THURSDAY, OCTOBER '2t►. PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT wk:r. o'CLOCK. Cousa:. money, 66-I —account 660—Omniutti '2 dis. Eicheq. rilla, 4s. 6s. prem. . . PRICE OF STOCKS YESTSRD,AY. Bank Stack 232 233 India Ronde, ns. 44. rr. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 6.11-it Li. 1911; Ett , . St. pre. 3 pl`r C. Cons. Ann. 66f Onmiutn, t.: die. . . 4 per Cent. 80.1; St:al:Lottery TiActs, 211. I.ls, 5 Per Cent. Navy 931 99 981 Cons. fur acc. C. 4 i Long Ann. 18 t•lti The Windsor Castle patket is arrived at Falmouth with mails from New York and Halifax ; she sailed from the former place en the 10th, and from the latter lon the 27th ult. The letters will not be delivered till ' to-morrow. A Boston Paper of the Sth ult. contains Mr.JEF FERsONN Answer to the Inhabitants of Boston, wh applied for a Repeal of the Embargo. The following LISBON, OCTOBER 1. Some days ago was posted-up the following EDICT. Lucas de Scabra da Silva, of the Council of our Lord the Prince Regent, Gentleman Cavalier of the Royal Household, Chief Judge of the Peace, Intendant General of the Police, bee. &e. 44 I hereby enake known, that, on the determination of his y.xcelle lay the general in Chief of the British Forces to carry into ex eeution the arming of the Spanish troops set at liberty, in constvience of the Convention of the snth of August, he had thought fit to solicit from the Most Excellent and illustrious Lords, the Regents, the restitution of all the horses taken • from the said troops by the French. The Most Excellent and Illustrious Lords Regents do therefore decree, that all persons who are in possession of the before-mentioned horses, whether by right of purchase, or by any other title, shall immediately deliver them in to the head-quarters of the British cavalry at Belem, where they will receive tire price which they have paid for them. Any person neglecting to obey this order, shall be fined double the value of each horse withheld, and shall be subject to such further punishment as the Police may judge proper. " In order that this regulation may be made manifest, I have directed the present Edict to be posted up. (Figned) ' 4 LUCAS DE ZiIADRA DA SILVA. " " l.i‘bort, September el." The Lords Regents have appointed Don Cypranio Ribeiro Freire, formerly Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Copenhagen, Inspector-General and President of the Royal Exchequer. On the afternoon of Sunday the 2.rith ult. by order Of the Patriarchal College, there was a very devout and religious procession from the church of tl'e Au gustine Fathers to the convent of our Lady of Grace, in which was carried the image of our SAv;oun. which is venerated in that Church. The procession was formed of all the Ecclesiastical Communities and Corporations of Lisbon, and was followed by, ntat7 pious persons of both sexes, among, whom might be distinguished many ladies of the first quality. Not withstanding the afternoon was rainy, vet there was an -immense number of the- Eithful r :.osmt at this edifying solemnity R farm which it was visible that the Portuguese, firmly attached to the exercise of their religion, always show themselves gratsfol for the fa vours cf PRAVITI:7V.T, which now are become more mauifest in their deliverance from the French, whose abominable mas'ms are destructive of all piety and Choi .tiara morality. The Junta of the city of St. Ingo de Cassern has writtm to the Royal Trihnr.:il of Regency of this Kingdom a letter, of which the following is a copy : Se tor President—The Deputies composing the If St. lago de Cassem, in the pro- Junta of le city or , .. ~...- -. vince of-Oruique, have the honour of being, perhaps, !. is an abstract of Mr. Jereensox's a nswer : the first to approach the presence of your Higlinesses,l • ~ I should with great willingness have executed in order to express our incomparable jey in glorying the wishes of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in being the humble subjects of your highnesses,' had and of the Most Scrs:ie House of Braganza. As soon - ' -ace ' or a repeal of the obnoxicus Edicts , o r n as it was known in this city th it the faithful and other changes, produced the case in which al one zealous subjects of the kingdom of Algarva had pro- i the laws have given me that authority ; and claimed the King, we were roost prompt in continu- ' so many motives of justice and interest lead to such ing the same proclamation, which our hearts will al- ' changes, that we ought continually to expect t hem; ways preserve indelib4e, and proceeded to rouse that - city aainst the inf amous yoke ; together with the ; But while these Edicts remain, the Legislature alone neighbouring towns Graudola and iiies, where we i can prescribe the course to he pursued." attacked the French Governor, whom we sent priso. Iner to Gibraltar, displaying from that period the royal standard in the town of Alcacer do Sul. From the 27th of June, when we placed ourselves under the authority of the Regency, our hearts, in a transport of joy, were filled with such fortitude, that we always exposed ourselves to the last drop of blood by facing the enemy at Comporta, where We suffered repeated. attacks from them, who had strengthened themselves with all the military stores of th_ .Castle of Setubal. I It appears by the Letters and Journal s rice wed At the same time, to avoid anarchy , we paid sub -1 mission to the Regency of the city of 'Bela, Which was ' veSterday from Lisbon, end which come down to the. !entitled supreme., •in the name of your Highnes , es, 4th instant, that the Portuguese Regency have as which we continued to do till we hail ascertained that' sumed the full exercise of the powers of Goverommt. The the capital was restored to the royal and legitimate Lisbon Gazette of the 2 d contains an Edict, I authority, and wa therefore now await those orders ordering all persons who had obtained possess i on of which your Highnesses please to transmit. (Signed) CASIOS Jost , . 1)e 501..8.1. Secretary. ! the horses of the Spanish troops, that were disarmed Santiago de Casgem, Sept. s, I SO% 1 by JeNor, to deliver them in to the head-quarters of, Reply of the Royal Tribunal of R , - rencv. •! ' the British cavalry at Belem.. We u nderstaxd, .that I The patriotism and admirable effo'its ( * )1 the pro. vinces of Portugal, and of the kingdom of Algarva, , in. consequence of this Edict, most of the horses have assisted by the troops of his Britannic Majesty, and '; been recovered, and the Spanish cavalry remounted visibly blessed and protected by DIM g Pitovinesee, ' and equipped ; but as these horses had been sold h .ave expelled the French troops, and at the same by the French, it was necessrry to indemnify the ' time removed the despotism with which they prevented • persons into whose hands tl.:y had Fallen by purchase. the exercise of that government which the Prince Re- ; gent our Lord established by a decree and instructions: None of the accounts received yesterday fr mSp ain nf the 2;;th of Ncveinber last. The Governors Fran-'. give any countenance to a report circulated two days cisco Da Cunha de Menezes, and D. Francisco Xavier De Noronha, with the assistance of the Secretary ' ago, that the Patriots had been defeate d in the North J • . of Spain in a generaLaction. — The re p ort a pp eartd Joao Anto•iio Salter de Mendonca, who found them - at the time selves, without impediment, called to the Regency ; ! so improbable, r.o new arrival from Spain the Conde de Monteiro Mor and D. Miguel 'Pereira ha yin been announced, that we thought it altogether Forjas, as substitutes of the absent Governor, the : unworthy of notice. • • Marquis of Abrantes, and of the Secretary, the Conde I A report of an opposite nature has since been cir de Sampaio, prevented from attendance, and they 1 enlaced—teat the Patriots have defeat ed the French all resumed the exercise of their functions, which had been suspended from the first of February, in the cur - ;in a great battle. The event may be so, but it is im. rent year. In pursuance of the powers given in the pOssible that the report can rest at present on accounts said decree, they elected in the room of the absent a ctually received from .Spain. Governors, who were the principal Castro, and Pe- i ' In the preceding column we have laid before - our dro de sleilo Breyna, the Marquis of Vinaz, and the I Revered Bishop of Oporto ; and gave orders that I Readus such extracts' as the Lisbon papers afford every thing should be treated, regulated, and deter- ! also a copy of the Order of the Supreme Junta of mined, conformibly to the laws and customs observed ! Seville, respecting the duties to be paid on English prior to the first of February last, without the least t commodities and the resolution that followed thereon. alteration. And as ;he Junta of Santiago has faithfully and zealously assisted in the restoration of our Liberty, i t r ansports for the conveyance of only about 10,000 and of the mild Government of our Prince, and now : troops—others 'that they are sufficient for 2`2,000. presents its obedience and profound respect, the Go- IWe know not which to credit, .• ' . . vernors thank them for their services, and those of the ...--......„..4 loyal inhabitants of that city; and require that the - - _ •• same be communicated to the Junta, to be by them SirNtru. sieorr arrived in town ' afternoon imparted to all the said town. about six'o'clock, slid had . ltit lcmg con (Signed) JO AO ANTONIO SALTER DE MF.NooNr -t, . ference with Ministers. - -.;:1; , :,: . -,•,, ; Secretary of State. t Yesterday a WardmoteArit held at 64 Vestry room of St. 'Sepulchie,`-. for title ilietion of a Common Councilman for the Ward. I The' Candidates were Mr. MUKRILL, Auctioneer, also an Officer in the Vo. ltallteell • i Mr. 'CROOK Auttiarborr ; and Mr. MUM', & j. Shoemaker. After Thad severally addresSedtheir ' friends ityl,tll,s Inhabitant's alSenabled, the poll cm niented.-s At - three o'clock. When the' books closed for the day, the ndmbers were is--Mr..Mirititztli 140; Mr. CROOK, 102 ; Mr. MILLAs, 19. Dispatches were yesterd:ty received at the . Admi. r.tity from Sir SMNEY SMITH, at Rio Janeiro. They were brought by Ihe ALB,t% cutter, Lieutenant WEIR, who had a ten weeks passage. The accoums from' 'thence are favourable: The prosperity of the Brai.ils , wasincreasing beyond thinnest sanguine expectation,s. 20th Sept. ISOP. PitrVATE LEITER. ••""itsanN, neTOllll 4. f.• Undemanding that a frigateovith Sir Wit IJAM ScoT, it *oing to England to-morrow, I embrace the 'opportunity of informing you of my safe arrival here, thtOti.ii alt. I find.things4ieri in a state offnic-, tivity—no business going forward, except sepplying few trimports that remain in the Tagus. The Eng- THE ARMY. General &ADA'S hussar brigade still remains wind. bound at Si. Helen's, but they will take the oppo r t u . nity of the least shift pf wind to start, and proceed 1 for COIIIIIIIA IS? Obi Sir DAVID BAIRD'S army, to which . they belong. The Duke of CLARENCE remains at Portsmouth with his son till the fleet sails. The PuiNcE left Portsmouth yesterday morning, when the works were manned for him, and the .road, for upwards of four miles, and till he passed the out works, was lined with • troops, who saluted as he passed them. The short residence of the PRINCE at Portsmouth endeared him to the soldiers and sailors : perhaps no act of his life ever sheaved him in a more amiable view, or so entirely von the hearts of the army, as his kind, condescending, and affectionate conduct to his own regiment, when they embarked foil a foreign country to meet the enemy. General Coriox's brigade will embark as soon at ever the transports arc repomd to be ready to receive them. . We have the question more than on ce asked, why are not the two regiments of derm a Light Dragoons also sent when so many cavalry arc wanted ? It is but truth and real justice to ac knowledge, that they really equal any British or other cavalry corps in the service. The transports with the wounded men from Por tugal have arrived at Spithead. All the letters from Portugal, from the Officers, and we have seen not a few of them, speakin terms of every thing but respect of some of higher officers there. It is a pity that a brave army should be doomed to fight under men in whom they have no conFdence, and of whose former service the country knows nothing. We arc sorry to hear, that the Egyptian -Ophthal- Mid was prevalent in our army in Portugal. It had b?en brought in the 52d and another regiment, which infected the rest of the army. . With landa;llc attention to the service, Captain Townt.v, one of the Members of the Transport Board, and Major NISBITT, of the Quarter Master General's Department, are at _Portsmouth, superin tending and expediting the embarkation of troops. • At the same time we are happy to hear that one of the Mtmbers of the Victualling-office has recently been at Plymouth; and that two of the Members of . the Barrack Board, and two of the Medical Board, arc going round the Country, and looking into their respective departments, at different stations. This "atteution.to the business of the public by those who are soliberally paid by it, and consider the strictness • of Government and the effects of lute enquiries, make these officers do their duty,and not act as sii.crure;. His Royal Highness the Duke of ComeatAND in. spected yesterday his regiment at Rumford, presion, to their marching to Portumouth an Saturday to em bark for Spain. Colonel. MArov yesterday inspected the Sd giment of the Loyal LOndon Volunteers bi Lincoln's Inn Gardens. Mr. MONTAGUE Beneov/v, of Mark Hall, Ester, has, it is said, made a tender to Government to raise, at his own expence, a Regiment of Cavalry to serve in Spain or Portugal. - At It General Court Martial held at Winchester on the 16th of July, 180 S, and continued by adjourn ments to the '2oth of the same month, Ensign lissity B ILL, of the Val Somerset Militia, was arraigned on the following Charge, viz. " Behaving in a scandalous and Infamous manner, such as is 'unbecoming the ctraracter of an Officer and a Gentleman, in 'bar ing sold to owe RICOARD DAVIi, of M'ilmington, in the County of Sussei, on or 4)014 the 14th of Janhary, 114)8, several mks of contraband spirits, which said casks had been seized by the said Ensign iiissiT BALL, and afterwards at Cockniere on the said lith January, intro, taken into the custody ofin(»Lts ALLWURK and other °flip rs of the Custums,helonging to the Von of New haTeu in the County of Sussex." Upon which Charge the Court came to the fbllow. ing decision : The Court having taken into its consideration the evicle.ice adduced in support of the Charge preferred against the Prisoner, Ensip HENRY Bahl., tithe ‘2:l Semr.!rset Regiment of Militia, and also what the Pris , mer has offered in his defence, is of opinion, that E rs i gn HENRY BALL IS Not Guilty of the Crime pre ferred against him, and does therefore horufruratty pit Mtn of the same. His Majesty having been pleased to approve the Sentence of the Court, his Royal Highness the Com mander in Chief directs, that the foregoing Charge, together with the decision of the Court, shall be in serted in the Orderly Books of every Corps. CALVIRT, Adjutant-General of the toraK. Dated Horie-Cuards, 15th OCL A letter has been received this morning at the East India House, from Captain DALE, of the Streatham, dated at Rio Janeiro, the Slst July last, advising that the repairs of the foremast of that ship had been corn plefid, and that she was then under way, an 1 .:.. ceeding on her destination. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India. House, when captain Bigot was S WOlli into the command of the Company's ship BRI l' AN'." , destined to Madras and China. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. The Boyd, Botany-Bay ship, has arrived at the Cove .of Cork, to take out the male convicts, under sentence of transportation to.that colony. The g aols ofthekingdom are full, from the length of time wind` has elmised since . the period of the last exportation. A ship is preparing to take the l adies on board, which it is ;aid will sail lord) , after the Boyd. Wednesday the sth inst. the Silver Club was played foe, by the Gentlemen of the St. Andrew's Golfing Society, over the links there, and gained by At.rxdoi - DEE .Gu TIME, Esq. younger, of Craigie.r-and on Friday the 7th inst. the Gold Medal was also played for, when, after a severe contest, WILLIAM OLIPIIANif Esq. jtm. of Leith, was declared the victor.—h e Gentlemen of the Club gave a Ball in the evening' which was numerously Attended. The 1 this hail Ocro f r om th t h e SPA been ch rote, w preside o Vic+ Cossr-rt cork, tl di+ WI , o f ill be deer, stances, An m outh, rum& An with I Ann, cowl! DAvE Spanil chant Pearl fleet, weel Hu, Nlcx for Tin Ilyin on ed. Ayit hap this tool sup