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FOR ZIGN MTELLIGENCE. PARIS, APRIL 10. This city has been such a scene of confusion during the late marriage ceremonies that little or no business has been attended to. I take this opportunity of writing you by a friend to say merely, that we have not the most distant hope of recovering any part of the property confiscated at St. Sebastian's, although a sort of notice has been issued ordering, that all persons who have legal claims and proofs satisfactory to the Court, shall forthwith bring them forward. The same opinion may be entertained of those seized in Italy, and several new seizures have been made in the ports of Naples. AUGSBTJRG, APRIL s. The mere report of a negotiation between France and England has made such an impression on the purchasers of sugar and coffee, that these articles have already fallen in value, and reappear in great quan tities, in all the magazines. BANKS OF THE MAIN, APRIL 7. The pacific reports which circulate in the North of Germany and Holland, have had some influence on the trade of those countries. The sensation which they have produced has been stronger on the Exchange of Amsterdam than any where else. In the mean time these reports are variously considered. Some regard them as certain, some think they are doubtful, while others assert that they are destitute of any foun dation. Those who have large stocks of colonial produce are not a I:ttle alarmed, as they are con vinced that a peace with England will make these articles fall at least 50 per cent. The mere rumour of an approximation has already caused a reduction in their value, and several houses are busy in making offers of goods to their correspondents. TRIESTE, MARCH 23. Letters from Vienna state, that Count Metternich, the Minister of State, who was to leave that capital in a short time for Paris, will most probably proceed upon a mission to London.—The first column of the Russian sailors and troops here will commence their march for Russia on Sunday next. They will join another column which set out from Gortz a few days ago. Their route is by Luhiana, Pettau, Ofen, &c. and through Wallachia. They will be three months on the march. MARCH 21.—There have been some skirmishes be tween the Turks and the French, on the frontiers of French Croatia and Bosnia, but though blood has shed, it is hoped that the affair will have no farther bad consequences. The Turks of Bosnia, who are a kind of half savages, have long been accustomed to make occasionally predatory incursions into the Aus trian territory. They have even attempted two years ago, to take possession of some Croatian villages, with a view to retaining them, but they were driven out of them by main force. When complaint is made to the Bashaw of Bosnia of these aggressions, he re plies that they are done by worthless men, and that he would he well pleased to see them punished exem plarily. It is believed, however, that he secretly fa vours them, and has his share of the booty. SEMI.IN, MARCH 19. We have received news from Constantinople, by which we learn that violent dissentions had broken out in the suburb of Scutari, between the Janissaries and the Seymens. Blood had been shed, and the par ties had been several times engaged, but when it was known that the fortress of Sdistria was threatened by the Russians, they suspended their quarrel, and una nimously call,A upon the Grand Seignior to put him self at the head of the army. The Captain Pacha, and several officers of the Navy have been dismissed. ROTTERDAM, APRIL is. A letter from Vienna says, " It is affirmed by per sons worthy of credit, that one of our most celebrated negociators at this moment in Paris will repair to London, accompanied by a great personage of the Court of France, to treat for a general pacification. It is hoped that the happy marriage of our Archdu chess Maria Louis with Napoleon the Great, will fix the destiny of Europe. VIENNA, APRIL L. It is reported the Emperor intends to make a jour ney to Paris, accompanied by the Archduke Charles. The period of his setting off is not yet fixed. WARSAW, MARCH 29. The Polish army is to be kept up at the establish ment of 60,000 men, and the National Guards through out tie Duchy are also to remain on their preseht footing. BERLIN, MARCH so. _ . Our Government has taken the necessary measures to pay off the arrears of the contributions due to France, without having recourse to measures of a des cription always inkirious to the State which employs them. It is settled that the fortresses of Glo,gati, Custrin, and Stettin, shall continne to be occupied by :Fe French and allied troops until the definitive pay roent of the contributions. '['ill; EV FiN I N',"; LONDON. MONDAY. APRIL 23. EASTER MONDAY.—Holiday at all the Public Offices. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. f per C. Red. Ann. cski 681 India Stock 164 186 per Cent. Cons. 6911 India Bonds, 17s. 18s. pretn. 4 per Cent. 84 834 Exch. Bias, gs. 13s. pre. 5 pr. r Cent. Navy 991 i Lottery Tickets £24 6s. Lung, Annuities 184 5-I6ths Cons. for Acc. 70it T'ic latnq accounts from Cadiz zre of the most a.u . !ntating nature. General GRABAM has the British foirc there in th , ! hi, , best order, and the most cordial underst.nding exists between them and the Spanish troops. We have now some of the ablest officers in the British service there ; in addition to Generals Si WART :Ind SON TA C, that distinguished and popular officer, General DANIEL HOUGHTON, with his suite, is to embark for Cadiz. •7, ,A.letter of 3d instant, from St. Sebastian, ob serves, th t a tonsiderable number of French troops were pass'ng through Cuipuscoa, to reinforce the arrities . diminii:ed by incessrnt actions. Another, from St, Luc.,r r_marlcs, that the enemy had reser ved only 4 0 men at that port. Accounts from Xerez inform us, that a subject, a great landholder • and metcliant, had been made CI,?: de Mice- by the French Government. The letters from Gibraltar are of the 29th, 30th, and 31st ultimo, two or thitei; days later than our letters inserted on Friday, whieb mentioned the surrender of Valencia and Tarragona. We have now the pleasure by these communications to discover that no such calamitous events had at that time occurred. Some farther accounts have been received from Portugal to the 17th instant, which, we are sorry to say, by no means sanction the flaming statements re ceived by the last mail, of the number and discipline of the Portuguese army.---The Portuguese troops now in the course of training, do not exceed 35,000 men at the most ; and, as yet, they have not attained a state of discipline to qualify them to take the field. The British army has received important reinforce ments, and now amounts to about 27,000 men ; and, we are happy to be able to add, that the sick are ra pidly recovering. The French in order to strengthen the division which had been sent against Cadiz, found it neces sary to evacuate for that purpose several posts of im portance, and they are now employed in reoccupying them, which prevents their having any large dispose able force to advance to the frontiers of Portugal.— There is consequently no enemy at present for Lord WELLINGTON to engage. When the French receive reinforcements, and think themselves in numbers suf ficient to attack the British army, then, no doubt, they will advance upon Portugal, and then, as cer tainly, will Lord WELLINGTON be prepared to give them a warm reception. But we do not believe that either the tenor of his instructions, or of his present plans, will induce him to go in search of them beyond the Portuguese frontiers. The report is still kept up that a brisk action has taken place between the advanced guards of the Bri tish and French armies,. subsequent to the conflict at Barba del Puerco. The result is said to be a trifling advantage on the part of the English, but not ob tained without a severe loss. It is added, that Lord WELLINGTON had removed his head-quarters from Viseu to Guarda, and that the greater portion of the allied forces was posted on the Aqueda, within the limits of the Spanish boundary. We cannot trace this report to any authentic source. We have one letter from the vicinity of Douro, dated the Ist instant, in which it is stated, that not a single British soldier remained in Oporto, .and that two re ments had taken their departure from thence for head quarters on the day of the date of the advice. CORUNNA, MARCH C.' 5. The Diary Extraordinary of this city, and the paper of the same date, contain the communication made to the Superior Junta, by Don N. Mahi, General in Chief of the Army of Observation and Reserve, with another of the date of the 21st inst. from Don Luis Dias, Major-General ad interim, and commander of the auxiliary troops in the Asturias, in which he com municates the particulars of the action which took place on the morning of the 19th, in which, notwith standing the superiority in number of the enemy, and the advantage of his position, he was obliged to eva cuate Oviedo on the 20th, with the loss of many men killed and wounded, while ours was much less, as we had only 10 or 12 killed, and 3 or 10 prisoners. The loss of the enemy (at least that which they could not conceal) consisted in four officers and above 30 soldiers killed, and 30 carts of wounded, which theyf took to Oviedo. This success, and many others of the same kind which are continually occurring, shew the spirit which animates the people of Spain. EXTRAORDINARY CORUNNA DIARY, MARCH 28. His Excellency Don N. Mahi has received the fol lowing Official Report, and communicated it to the Superior Junta : " Villa Franco del Vivizo, March 25, 1310." " Most Excellent Sir—l detached, yesterday, an Officcr with some troops, to ascertain the truth of an account which was current here, that no enemy was to be found from this place to Combratrors. The Officer returned at seven o'clock at night, and it ap p.:Ars by his report that the above account is perfectly correct. In Monte Alegre the enemy have an ad vanced party, composed of 200 foot and 25 horse, two and a half leagues from Membebre. (Signed) , g E. P. ARTEGUIETAR." MANRESA, FEBRUARY 13. By a person of credit, we learn that our troops, between Mollet ind San Perpetua, destroyed a whole French division which was there, having come out of Barcelona. In the first action, which took place at S. Perpetua, at eleven in the morning, out of 400 of the enemy, only two escaped, all the rest being killed or taken p►isoners : in the second which took place at two in the afternoon, at Mollet, only 250 French escaped out of 1300, who were there. Be fore evening, yesterday, 520 prisoners had entered the town of Tarrasa, with 16 Officers, a Colonel, and a Lieutenant-Colonel of Cuirassiers : of this corps we took the cannon, horses, baggage, and ammunition. cAsTELLo RODRIGO, MARCH 31. The following letter has been received here, the contents of which I shall be happy to find confirmed : •g The intelligence which a Messenger sent to Sa lamanca, brought back, is that the French who arrive in Salamanca do not stop there, but immediately proceed to Madrid in consequence of a severe defeat sustained by their army in Andalusia. Loison's head quarters are in Lederma, and Marchand's in Tu.: manes. C.ILERICO, APRIL !. The French still maintain their position in Sala manca, but their number is uncertain, some say 12,000, others 20,000 men. The advanced parties of the English, it is 'said, are this day to arrive in St. Felices, they are at present in Barba de Porco. It would seem that the French intend to concentrate their main force in Salamanca.. This day arrived here twelve deserters, ten of whom were Irishmen, and two Germans. PRIVATE LETTER From an Officer in the 95th, to his'brother at Nor wich, on the subject of the affair at Barba de Porca : " Barba de Pores, March IV, 1810. " I write this immediately after an action with the enemy. We had been reinforced with three more companies of our regiment, making altogether 800 men, under the command of Colonel Beckwith.— Very near Barba de Porca ij a town called San Fe lices, at which place the enemy have a garrison of 2000 infantry and .500 cavalry ; between the town runs the river Agueda. At this time of the year it is passable but at the bridge, which , is situated at the bottom of the mountains. The enemy had a strong piquet—the advanced sentries of both parties during the night being within ten yards of the bridge. The whole country on both sides of the river is so moun tainous and full of rocks, that I always thought it impossible for either parties to hurt each other. The French thought otherwise, and last night about eight they advanced with 500 chosen men towards the bridge. Here I confess myself at a loss to know in what manner they passed such an immense precipice. In four hours the 500 men were assembled at the bridge, exactly at twelve o'clock at night, passed over it, and made our advanced sentries prisoners ; but our piquet of 80 men, posted behind the rocks, imme diately opened a tremendous firing upon them.— The enemy did not fire, but kept forcing their way up the mountain ; thereby, I suppose, to surprise the remainder of our men, but they were deceived ; our piquet retired slowly, and in excellent order, and in less than ten minutes the whole of our 300 men were down upon them. The enemy finding they had fail ed in surprising us, commenced firing in every direc tion. Here a general action took place, and conti nued upwards of an hour. At this time, half past one o'clock, and quite moon-light, the enemy made a desperate push, apparently with an intention to charge up the mountains, shouting, gg Long live Napoleon ! ' We, in return, gave them three hearty cheers, and immediately charged ; the enemy gave way, and fell down the rocks in every direction. I have not time to learn the exact number of killed and wounded; however, we have only one officer, Lieutenant Mer cer, killed, and about 12 men. We have found two officers and 20 Frenchmen killed. Colonel Beckwith received a shot through the cap ; the fellow was not more than six yards distant at the time that he fired ; the Colonel knocked him down, and made him a pri soner—he begged the Colonel to spare his life, saying he had given an English soldier a shirt at Corunna. The enemy had 2000 men formed on the hills, ready to cross the bridge, if the 500 chosen men had suc ceeded in forcing the pass. I forget to mention, we had 100 Spanish soldiers with us. The Captain and 30 men fought well; the other officers and 70 men ran off the moment they heard the enemy had crossed the bridge." The Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE, and I the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, arrived on Saturday at Windsor. Drs. Sir HENRY HALFonu, DUNDAS, and BAILEY, held a consultation with Dr. POPE, on Saturday, at Windsor, on the Princess AMELIA'S disorder. Yesterday morning at nine o'clock, their MAJES TIES, the Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, ELIZABETH, and MARY, BCCOmpa. nied by Ladies THYNNE, Hon. Mrs. DRAX GitOSVE NOR, COLLIER, &c. Generals GWYNNE, Ft rznov, &c. went to St. George's Chapel, and received the sacra ment, administered to them by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. At eleven o'clock his MAJESTY, Princesses Au- AUSTA, SOPHIA, and MARY ; Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE, accompanied by Ladies THYNNE, Hon. Mrs. DRAX GROSVENOR, COLLIER, &c. Generals GWYNNE, FITZROY ; Colonel DESBROW, and Major PRICE, went to St. George's Chapel, and heard a ser mon preached by the Rev. Mr. LONG, from Romans, chapter x. verse 9. The Royal Party afterwards re turned to the Palace. Yesterday being Easter Sunday, the Archbishop of YORK preached before the Nobility, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, from the 26th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, and the Bth verse.—There were present the Duke of YORK, the Bishops of LON DON, WORCESTE.t, CARLISLE, SALISBURY, COCKNEYISM.—On the morning of a late Common Hall, the following short conversation was heard be tween a puns . ? Liveryman and his foot-boy : MASTER—Villiam I vaunts my Vig. Boy—Vitch Vig, Sar? MASTER—Vy, the vite Vig in the vooden Vig-box, vieh I yore last Vensday at the Westry. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens were yester day resorted to by nearly all the Nobility and Fa shionables in town. The concourse of pedestrians was so great, that Piccadilly was crowded to an ex cess ' • the carriagn were so numerous that they fre quently became entangled with each other. Their fair occupants displayed their elegant Summer dresses ; scarlet, purple, and raven gray, have com pletely vanished, and are succeeded by pea-green, pink, and other seasonable colours. Spencers of pale silk and sarsnets, and short pe lisses, with trimmings of deep lace, were universal. Straw, chip, and satin hats, were worn, as usual, and I sandals were quite the rage. In the dress of the bucks, no alteration has taken place, excepting the substitution of single-breasted Marseilles waistcoats in the place of toilenet ; their patterns are extremely various. The ride was thronged beyond precedent, and the drive exhibited the most elegant assemblages of dashing equipages. Amongst the dazzling crowd we observed— His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, the Persian and 'l'urkish Ambassadors, Lord Liverpool, Lord Sidmouth, Lord Sefton, Lord Archibald Hamilton, Sir Charles Bamfylde, Sir Ceo. Warreruler, Sir John Lade, General Mathews, &c. &c. The Duchess of NewcastlelLeeds, and Dorset; the Marchionesses of Salisbury, Donegal, and Stafford ; the Countesses of Mansfield and Sefton; Ladies Rowley, Castlereagh, &c. &c. THE ARMY. • The Officer sent to command the important C, Lr risen of Ceuta, is General FR ASER, of the Itioy d African Corps, a distinguished Officer, who lost iIL leg in the service. He has with him a battalion of Lord CHATHAM'S regiment, the 4th, or King's regi ment, 1000 strong—a very fine body of men. A fleet is ready to sail from Portsmouth with nu. merous reinforcements of men and officers for all the Regiments of the Army under Lord WELLINGTOh. Dr. Souses, and a large Medical Staff, go out b , this fleet. The muster of the Local Militia Regiments 41 Sussex, which was ordered last week, is now pit poned. .- , Orders have been 4ssued by the Commanding Mi. cer of the 25th (or Edinburgh) regiment, stationer at Chichester, to march all the effective men of the battalion to Portsmouth, to be embarked for Sicily The 81st regiment, which suffered so much Walcheren, and which still continues so sickly, is or, dered to the Mediterranean for change of air, and cure the ague. Lord SEAFORTH'S regiment, the Ross-shire regimen of Highland Militia, has received orders to march Hikes barracks, previously to embarking for Scoi land. The Inverness Militia, commanded by Colones GRANT, of Grant, M. P. has received orders march into Portsmouth, to do duty over the French prisoners, of whom there are about 14,000 in till garrison, in ships, and prisons. Three troops of the 2d Regiment of Light Dra• goons, of the German Legion, are to march to be em. barked for Portugal. The 35th, 45th, and 103 d giments, are likewise now on the march to embar, for the same. The whole of the Duke of BRUNSWICk corps, with several regiments from the isles of Jersey. Guernsey, and Alderney, are likewise embarkirg an( proceed to Lisbon to reinforce. Dr. WRIGHT is appointed first Physician to Royal Hospital at Haslar, in the room of Dr. Ho) who retires ; Dr. GRAY, second Physician ; and • M i ARTIIUR, third Surgeon. Dr. MAGENNIS is pointed Physician of the Royal Hospital at Dc and Dr. VANCE, Surgeon of the Naval Hespital Paington. General WITETHAM, Lieutenant-Governor of Port: mouth Garrison, is appointed to the command of South-West District, and has fixed the head-quarts at Portsmouth. The Earl of CAVAN resigns command, by the general reduction which has take place in the Military Staff throughout the kingdom. Major FOSTER, Assistant Adjutant-General, and V jor Nisnerr, Assistant Quarter Master-General, min those situations. The Northampton Militia marched this day Porchester, to do duty over the French prisoners and the Ross-shire will remove from Gosport to r sea-barracks. Strong detachments from the 2d Battalions of 25th and 81st Regiments, are ordered to embark foreign service, to join the Ist Battalions of these Regiments. Monday, the first division of the 75th Regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel SWINT( arrived at Perth from on their march Ireland. The 15th Light Dragoons, who were quartered the King's Riding House in Pimlico, and the Rig House in Hyde-park, left town at eight o'clock . Saturday morning, for Hounslow Barracks; a great concourse of people assembled to witness their dep. ture, from whom they received three cheers. Wednesday se'nnight, the Dumfries-shire manry Cavalry, commanded by Major M'Mui were inspected by Colonel M'Murdo , the Inspecting Field Officer for the district, when they went throu the different manoeuvres and evolutions with tint mon accuracy and .expertness. The corps being mounted and perfectly equipped, made a very and soldierly appearance. W. S. PoYNTz, Esq. is elected M. P. for Canil ton, Cornwall, in the room of Lord BINNING. A Gentleman who has recently returned from Spanish aid Portuguese settlements in SouthAmerii informs us that the communication is perfectly between the Rio de la Plata and Rio Janeiro, but mutual intercourse is trifling, as Europe abundal supplies the necessities of both their Colonies by di means. Commerce is represented to be in a misers state, from the deficiency of almost all the requisa to give it activity and success. Dutch Papers have reached town to the 17th . start. They reiterate the report that some propositions were about to be made from the Court of Vienna the British Government, and add, that Col Mrrrmamtcx, the Austrian Minister of State, is employed on this mission. It is also rumoured the Emperor of Austi is intends shortly to visit P. accompanied by the Archduke CHARLES. It was reported in Holland that an estafette _ I arrived at Amsterdam requiring the return of Louis to Paris, to arrange with the EMPEROR some ther articles, both political and commercial, comprised in the treaty lately concluded ; and if very naturally feared that the addenda would r that dreadful instrument of Dutch humiliation more oppressive. GIVE AND TAKE. —Saturday, in the Palace Cox. a Greenwich coachman, named Plummer, obtain' £es damages against another stage-driver on the sant road, named Grew, for an assault. In an act' arising out of the same affray, Grew was last I‘e: , ; the plaintiff, and be then obtained £5 damaec r against Plummer. This pug ilistic conflict, it(e much beating on each side, ended in a drawn bane; their legal contest has been somewhat similar; has obtained a verdict, and each had been conch: .1 to pay damages and costs. Saturday an East-Indiaman of large dimensio,;s was launched from Mr. PERRY'S Dock at Illackwo* • .1 is j. se b. 5. ed Le in or. to ent to :Gt• nel to ich hat )ra. em- re. )ark CK'S .sey, and ti e Dr. ar- eal ; 1 at ore :- f the rters the aken dom. Ma. I, re. r for ners ; the is for those neat, ;rot:, to ed at iding k 0:1, great epar• Yet . - urdo, sting Knight mom- wen y tine Ming- a the r open ut the land)! direct erable aisites th in. ;kiwis na to ount to be i that Paris. :e bal Louis e fur• n° : it 'V S taints sage act; e:g /Ic es titter