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FOREIGN INT.ELLIGENCE. BANKS OF THE ELBE, APRIL 20. The Vienna Court Gazette, once so fertile in Tur kish intelligence, is now totally silent on this subject; the Presburgh Gazette only, because the Hungarians are a bolder and yet unsubdued nation, has told us in one of its last numbers, that the Porte will bring into the field an army of .500,000 men. If it be considered that Bonaparte has completely succeeded in shackling in, every country, whether under his direct or indirect eontroul, the invaluable liberty of the Press ; and when we further consider that the utmost rigour is exerted to prevent any communication between England and the Continent, the general want of information re- Scdng every thing relative to Spain, Portugal, or outh America here, may be easily accounted for. 'All along the northern sea coast from Hamburgh to Holland, large detachments of soldiers and custom house officers are stationed, who search every person passing by in the most rigorous and brutal manner ; in short, if they see a boat moving on the water, in the evening, or hear any footsteps on shore, they im mediately fire on the object which attracts their atten tion, and frequently commit the most atrocious mur ders. The French Minister and the military autho rities have directed the Senate to order the inhabitants to have a general illumination on the 26th instant, in honour of - Napoleon's marriage, which has been com plied with, though not from choice but dire necessity. BAYONNE, APRIL is. Twelve or 15,000 men, composing the division of General Seras, have just arrived here. It is said that the direction of their march is to the Asturias. War like ammunition of every kind, and particularly bombs and balls, are continually passing through this city. GENOA, APRIL 4. A ship which yesterday arrived here from Cyprus, has brought intelligence that she was detained off Candia, and learned that Cania, the capital of that island, had been totally destroyed by an earthquake VE' ICE, MARCH so. The arrangements in our city for the construction of a number of ships of the line and frigates are now completed, and large quantities of ship-timber have already arrived here from Dalmatia. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 11. Te Diet was going to be closed as next week, but a conspiracy has been detected, and it is believed that this 'AI prolong the Diet for some time. A private I)eputation was sent to the Crown Prince (formerly Prince of Augustenberg), requesting him to declare whether he intended to marry, and thereby procure an heir to Sweden. His answer is said to have been in the negative. This perplexed a great many of the ringleaders of the late revolution, whose whole care is to prevent the son of Gustavus Adolphus ever to come on the Throne, since their personal security, yea, even their heads, would probably, in that case, be At stake. Several, I venture to say the greatest number of true honest Swedes, still feel for Gustavus's son. The day before yesterday one of the present King's confidential friends received an ancnyrn9us letter, stating, that a revolution was near at hand, that seve ral Noblemen and the Russian Ambassador were at the head of this. A secret inquiry was made by the Lord Governor of Stockholm ; and, it was ascer tained, that the plan was to declare the son of Gusta vus, King of Sweden, at the decease of the present King. Jacob, Count de la Gardie, the third Noble man in rank in Sweden, has escap ed; and, notwith-, standing every search has been made, he is not yet found. - He :s said to be the planner of this revolution. P.iiRLIAALENT/IRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 30. Mr. WHARTON presented a Bill for connecting the Mikes of Surveyor-General of Crown Lands, and Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests ; which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow, and printed. Mr. DUNDAS presented a Petition from the Farmers and oc cupiers of Land in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, for the repeal lof the Act for prohibiting the Distillation of Grain. Mr. LUSFIING'FON brought up the Report of tht Commit tee of Supply, which was read, and the Resolutions agreed to.— Also the :report of the Irish Coroner's Bill. Mr. DICKINSON gave notice of a motion for the Committee of Supply, on Friday ; but, from the low tone in width he spoke, we could not ascertain the object of it. Mr. SHERIDAN gave notice that it was his intention to sub mit a motion on Monday se'nnight, relative to the conduct of the war in Spain and P9rtugal. *Mr. BROUGHAM postponed his motion relative to Mr. Ba thuist, from Thursday to Friday se'nuight. SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply; when the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after a few observations, moved, "'That the sum of four hundred thousand pounds should be granted to his Majesty, in order to fulfil the en gagements entered into with his Sicilian Majesty for the year 1810. * The Resolution was agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. BREAD REGULATION. Mr. PATTISON presented a Petition from the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Norwich, against a Bill pending in that 'House for the Regulation of the Assize of Bread. The Honour able Menthes stated, that the petition complained that the Bill, as proposed, would take from the incorporated bodies the power of regulating-the assize of bread, and they thought the present regulation perfectly sufficient to prevent fraud, allowing the dif he rence of kW. betwten wheat and Sour. It was ordercd to be aid on the table. IRISH IMPORTS AND IDMORTS. _ _ _ Mr. FOSTER (the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland) moved, " That the annual account of the Imports into Ireland, and the Exports from it, ending the sth of January, 1810, should be presented," which was opted to.—They were , accordingly brOtight up, read, and ordered to be printed. - - - _FIRST FRUITS. Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose, for the purpose of giving notice, that be would, on a future day, 'move for a copy of the patent granted by Queen Anne, incorporating a body to have the con troul of the First Fruits of Ireland. Mr. FOSTER—There is nothing to prevent your moving now. The Right Hon. Baronet then moved, according to his notice, " That an account should be laid before the House of the F.xpen &wit of the First Fruits in Ireland ; " which Was agreed to. GRAND UNION CANAL. Lord IVILTON snored, " That the Report pith. Committee on the Grapd Union Canal should be then taken into further coop idderation ;" which vial agreed to. The Noble Lord then mow* " .Titt it ihaild be recommitted;" which was also agreed to. SUFFOLK ASSIZES. Mr. cßicitrr moved, 4' Thai the alma Assizes NU should be read a situ:faddist." Lord AuffroN ni El an ameodtoelt, " That it should be pe,d that Oey ttiZL .. Mr. CA s • 4W•4" be *mock tbi e : g z e t ill-jud g ed ; be thou g ht it was MO better Wi n dy to ' than e & the lu t iges ; for, isbe they wool, they iistbove full kisow- Ia I t a t ll n 4 'At the e n Clta I 11 2,= r• CR, . he would vote against the bill on public w oods, bit bkdwegftrthe o pinion slthe Jud g es should Ito tehectOdohl 1 bali* '•"•4 iota Pot Mum; NA when • he looked back to the law of the land, he found it enacted, in tba reign of Richard If. that the Judges had the exclusive right of N. plating the assizes. Mr. WILSON said a few words In favour of the second reading of the Bill. Strangers were excluded, and the House divided, when there appeared for the second reading—Ayes 25—Noes 24—Majority I. The bill was of course read a second time ; ordered to be com mitted on Wednesday. When we were re-admitted into the gallery, the Speaker was putting the question, that a writ should be issued for the return of a Member for the county of Gloucester, in the room of Ad miral Berkeley, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds; which was agreed to. DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up a Message from his MAJESTY ; which was ordered to be read : " G KOR GE R. " His Majesty finds it necessary to state to the House of Com mons, that, in consequence of the continued occupation of the territories of the Duke of Brunswick, by the French armies, since the unfortunate events which were attended by the lamented death of his illustrious father In 1806, his Serene Highness, the Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, his Majesty's nephew, has, after a series of gallant, but unavailing efforts, for the recovery of i.is possessions, been compelled to seek an asylum in his Majesty's dominions. His Majesty therefore recommends it to this House, to consider of the means of enabling him to make some pros .sion for the establishment of .his Serene Highness, during such tin e as the state of the Continent may continue to preclude the return of his Serene Highness to his own dominions, and his Majesty relies with confidence on the loyalty and attachment of his laid,- ful Commons, to make such provision for this purpose, as may be suitable to the rank, and to the misfortunes of a Prince so nearly allied to his Majesty's throne, and for whom his Majesty's G. R." feelings are so strongly interested. It was then ordered, on the motion of the of the EXCHEQUER, that it should be referred to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of Haekney-Coaches, Hawken, and Pedlars.—Leave granted. —Adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 1. ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES.-`Holiday at the Bank. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. - Bank Stock 2895 Long Ann. 13 5-16thsi - 3 par C. Red. Ann. 699 India Bonds 15s. 19s. prem. 3 per Cent. Cons. 70ii Exchequer Bills 111. 14s. pre. 4 per Cont. 84 4 Lottery Tiekets£24 6s. 5 per Cent. Navy 100-I Consols for acc. 70114 At a late hour last night we received German papers to the 22d April, from which we have given a few extracts, but they are not very interesting, if we except one report from fresburgh, which, how. ever, we never expect to see realized—that the Porte is to raise 500,000 men for the next campaign. Letters from Holland to the '2Bth state, that a battle had been fought between the Russians and Turks, which continued for two days, and terminated in the defeat of the Russian army, which was compelled to retreat in great confusion, with an immense loss in killed, wounded, and artillery.—We hope this state ment will prove correct; but at present it is rather vaguely given, neither the scene of action, nor any further particulars, being mentioned. An article from Stockholm would give us to under stand that new conspiracies already exist in that King dom, which are likely to afford a fresh proof of th e political truth, that it is impossible to prescribe any reasonable limits to the revolutions of modern days. An American Captain, who left St. Sebastian about a month ago, states that a few days previous to his departure from thence, M. MOUSTIER arrived there from Paris, and took his passage on board an Ame rican vessel bound to New-York. On his arrival in America he was to proceed to the scat of Govern ment, as the accredited Minister from the Court of France, in the stead of M. TURREAU. M. MOUSTIER is the son of a French gentleman of the same name, who now lives as an emigrant in this country, and what is very remarkable, was the last Minister from the Court of France to America, previcus to the re. volution in that country, and a great favourite of Louis XVI. The same Gentleman states further, that the spirit of resistance revives among the lower orders of the Spanish people. The women of the country had, on various occasions, procured provisions, clothing, and numerous necessary articles, which, in defiance of all remonstrances, they daily conveyed to small bodies of patriotic troops, who had shewn themselves in the neighbourhood. This was at length considered as an offence of much enormity against the Frardi Go vernment, and a considerable number of those ladies were taken up and tried by a Military Tribunal, whose I sentence consigned 16 to be shot, and the sentence' , was carried into execution. Our informant saw three of these heroines put to death, which they endured , with wonderful fortitude. According to letters from Paris of the 18th ultimo, General WIRION, the late Commandant of Verdun, destroyed himself on the preceding day. This Officer had been ordered to Paris to answer some charges of extortion and embezzlement of their property, pre ferred against him by Captain Sir THOMAS LAVIE, and other British Prisoners at that depdt. It appears that some days before, be made an application, through a third person, to Sir T. LAVIE, to soften the evidence against him as much as pos'sible, pro mising, on that consideration, to restore the property purloined. The prisoners at Verdun ? and the other det&r, were inyeat spirits in conj. equenee of hearing that Com- 1 miseries had arrived frau Eilland to negociato as pcchange of prisoners of rsr. • Rem ounirmr. EXHIBITION—MDCCCX. Saturday, pursuant to invitation, a great number of Noblemen and Gentlemen dined at Somerset-place, with the President and Royal Academicians. The company began to assemble early before dinner, for the purpose of taking a view of the pictures exhibited the present year.—Among the company vt ere The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and the Bishop of Male, the Duke of Norfolk, Marquis Wellesley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Liverpool, the Honourable Mr. Ryder, Lord Erskine, Mr. Windham, Lord Carlisle, the Persian Ambassador, and upwards of 50 other No- Women and persons of disdactien. _ _ _ The exhibition was yesterday opened to the public. No. S. Hercules, o defiver7'hereur, assails and wound: Phao.—H. num, R. A.—Mr. Professor Fuseli is here perfectly at home ; indeed, it may be said so in more than one sense, as there is not a figure in this picture which we have not seen in some of his former productions ; thitt of the Infernal Monarch is but an other edition cf his Care:dans: kfore Claudius, and the female sitting beside him, which we suppose is Madame Proserpme, is also to be found in the same picture. Hercules himself is from the Farnesian statue, correct in regard to anatomy, but the limbs are not accurately foreshortened 4 moreover, the shaft which the hero is about to discharge from his bow, is so out of perspective, that he does not take Aim at Pluto ; his Godship, therefore, need not, be so terribly al; rmed as he appears. In respect to the colouring of this picture, it is in the best style of the artist ; and as the subject has no reference to any thing on earth, we shall not quarrel with the impropriety of any of the tints. The distribution of the light and shade is grand, and in the faces of the principal figures there is much dignified expression. This is a most stupendous working, nearly one-fourth of one side of the Great Room. 13. The Village Green, Summer Evening—a Seenefrom Nature.—W. R. BM, A.—There is a better group. ing of the figures in this picture, a more pleasing di versity of colouring and char icteristic marking of character, and a freer kandling, than is to be found in many of this gentleman's latter productions; it is not, however, highly finished, and there is a slovenly inaccuracy of outline in many of the subordinate objects. 16. Distant View of the Mani; of Calk Tomnulsend, from a Mountain in New Holland.—W. WzrrALL.— This sublime view is highly creditable to the talents of the brother of the Royal Academician of the same name (who this year exhibits nothing himself) ; it dis plays a vast extent of horizon, illuminated by an af ternoon sun, slightly veiled from the view of the spec tator by a cloud, painted with all the brilliancy which distinguishes the works of Claude : the fore-ground gives a correct idea of an immense elevation, the objects placed on which are delineated with great force, and the aerial perspective of all that lies beyond it is inexpressibly beautiful—the English school never produced a picture of more originality of effect. The PIICENIX frigate, which is ordered round from Plymouth to Portsmouth, to take charge of the next fleet for India, is to take out the PERSIAN AMsLSSA. DOS, and also his Excellency Sir GORR OUSELEY, Bart. appointed Ambassador to the Court of Teheran. Lord MULGRAVE has taken the house lately occu pied by the Duke of Anvil., in Portman-square. The Duchess of RICHMOND, immediately on her arrival from Ireland, last night, was visited by her Noble Father and a select number of friends. BREAD.-At a Court of Aldermen, held to-day, after inspecting the returns, Bread was ordered to re main at present prices. The occupants of the houses in the narrow part of Holborn, near Drury-lane, have received notice to quit at Midsummer; it being determined to pull the whole of them down, from Drury-Line as far as Short's Gardens, in order to widen that part of the street. The County of Hertford were entertained on Fri day and Saturday last by Mr. BRAND, at the Floe, with two days races in his Park, and two elegant din ners of soups and cold provisions within his hospita ble mansion. The Park was thronged with equipa ges of the first families, displaying all the female charms of whick the county so justly boasts. The Countess of SALISBURY, Lady MELBOURNE, &c. &c. were present on this sportive occasion. The horses in the several races were rode by Gentlemen, amongst whom Mr. DELME, Mr. DOUGLAS, and Lord FREDERICK BEAUCLERK, were the principal. Mr. BRAND'S favourite hunter, rode by the former Gene tleman, was the winner of the principal cup. Tuesday last, was initiated as a Christian, in the Parish Church of Stillington, by the Rev. William Oddie, Ruth North of that place, 'aged eighty years. The sponsors were her son, aged sixty, and her two daughters, also well adviusced in years. A duel was fought some mornings since behind Canonbury-House, between Mr. H. the son of a banker in the City, and a Subaltern in the East Lon don Militia, in consequence of some trifling dispute at the Lady Mayoress's Ball on Monday se'nnight.— After discharging their pistols in the air, their seconds interfered, and settled the affair without bloodshed. Two affairs of honour have recently been the sub ject of general conversation in the neighbourhood of Berry Head ; the one between Lieutenant .1•••• D, of the Royal Navy, and Mr. E—, surgeon, the other be tween Sir and the first-named Gentleman, with swords ; in neither instance did any serious con sequence occur. A few evenings since a desperate affray took place at Plymouth, between a party of English and Spanish seamen. The Dons had escorted several ladies to their boat, with an intention of taking them on board the Iphigenia frigate. The British Jacks, however, con ceiving this as an innovation on their privileges, laid an embargo on the fair cargo ; this so exasperated the Spaniards, that a battle-royal took place, which ter. minated in favour of our seamen, who carried off the lan in triumph. No lives were lost, but several were severely cut by the knives of the Spaniards. The conduct of our countrymen is stated to have been ex tremely reprehensible, in having commenced the as ! tack without provocation. Abe William", late servant to Mr. Fisher, of ShilE. nal, was committed un Tuesday last, by the Magis trate:, to take his trial at the next Shrewsbury Ses. sion, for wilfully burning his livery clothes with vi triol, or some other mineral acid, at the time he left Mr. Fisher's service. • • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS. Allit tittD. Do i. Alamo. a uk Dublin 1 ± Cadiz 0 Waterford 1 9 I Lisboa • Cattenburgh 0 n Malts • FALMOUTH, APRIL ts. Apprarest off this Morning his Majesty's brig Goseses,of is guns, to give instructions to the vessels waitiug convoy Let t c ot the Mediterranean, &c. when the folloWini vessels sailed, ni l . the London Packet, for Rio Janeiro; Friends, HAILKANT, Madeira; Ann, M'Doivous ; brig Rose, for Malta, awl eh t Waisingham packet, for Lisbon ; they were joined this afternoon by his Majesty's ship EURTALVS. S 6 guns, from Portsmouth, with about 7Q sail, and proceeded down Channel with a h r . breeze. Arrived the Active privateer, of 14 guns, belongin g Plymouth; she has been on the coast of Spain and Franc; ad in one or two attempts to cut out some vessels has lost several her men. PLYMOUTH, APRIL st The Zephyr schooner, MilKizuzse, which arrived lit:e 4.4 Wednesday evening from Martinique, is laden with coffee :.r~ sugar for London. She left Martinique on the 034 of Marc, with fine weather till the Bth April, front which date till the 15:1, following, had most dreadful gales from the eutward, smer,d e ,! with hail and snow. Saw nothing of any enemy, coaling home and but a few vessels altogether, those chiefly AnieCcans. Apr i l SO, Scilly bearing L by N. six or seven leagues, spokea large ship from St. Thcmas's, out six weeks; she had encountered very bad weather. April 113, the brig Nile was spoke with di the Liz ar d . going with a fine breeze down channel for Madeira. Arrived the Clamart frigate, Captain Kau, from a = i n . The crew of her are expected to share £lOO,OOO for the Laurel) which she captured !be litth instant. Also arrived the Pu ea SANT sloop, from a cruise; and two cartels, with English prisoners el war (women and childre3) from Mortals. Sailed the OILUTCII alo rp on a cruize. DEAL, APRIL SO. Came down from the River his Majesty's ships Lion, °sem, Fr LLA, and Os Koos. Sailed the Lao re to Portsmouth, the Foe stinikamt to North Yarmouth. Arrived his Majesty's ships Tato c ULO and TRANSIT from Portsmouth, and remain. YARMOUTH, APRIL so. Arrived the Diligence sloop of war, sad Urgent gen-bsig. with upward of 100 sail of ships under their convoy,boaal ao Gotta. burgh, and which remain with the ships as per 10w. , --Aisived the Two Friends, Hall, from Heligoland, with Boar and tetoat, Convoy for Heligoland mosaics wind bound.—Wind N. E. lea airs. LErni, APRIL is. Wednesday the ARCHER gun brig arrived from Durntidande and the Rovza and Ciao sloops of war from a cruise. Ns Da. nish vessels, prizes, are arrived at Leith ; three were captured by the NIGHTINGALE,EWO by the S racmuous, and one by tbaßza• cutter. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVISUID, APRIL So.—Sailed the Thomas Grenville, Pat terson, and the Cat marthen, Ross, for India ; the Sappho, Comp ton, for Surinam ; the General Miranda, Wright, for Guacialoupe; the Arundel, Tate, for Trinidad; the Hope, Collins, for Sa. Croix ; and the Joseph, Moore, for Cadiz. The Venus, --, from Livelpool to —, was lost the 30th of January, on the Island of Rona. The HELENA sloop of war has captured and brought into the Cove of Cork, the Grand Napoleon French privateer, after a chace of sixteen hours. - COPT OF • LETTER •ODILESSID TO TILL PLINCZ OF BOUILLON •LAII-ADMILAL or Tie WRIT'', AND COMMANDILIL-IN•Ctilii, &C. &C. &C. JYRSIT. " His Majesty's Cutter Surly, Grenville Bay, April 21. " SIR-1 have the honour to inform you, that yesterday at noon a sail was seen front the deck, standing along the enemy's coast; on which the Firm, Sharpshooter, and Surly immediately slipped in chnce; at four, perceiving us coming up fast, she run on shore in the mouth of Pirou. It falling little wind, the boats were n:anned and armed, and sent in to cut her out.---:1 be Firm being the most advanced, her boats, commanded by Sub-lienteoant Jos. I lodgkin, dashed alongside of Ler, under a heavy fire of mos quetry from the troops and crew of the cutter, and succeeded* hearing her off. She proves to be l'Akide, French cutter pri vateer, pierced for six guns; acct front the number of melt that were seen on the beach, conclude her crew to be thirty. Greg praise is due to Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Hodgkin, Mr. Legras, 94 Master of the Sharpshooter, and the Boats' Crews, for their steady perseverance and determined conoluet. The two former I beg leave to recommend to your notice. lam sorry to add that we had one man killed and one wounded in this little affair, which. considering the number of troops opposed to them, was very few. A list of Idled and wounded as per martin. " I have the honour to be. &e. &e. (Signed) " PATRICK WELCH, Lieut. and Coannaoder." " FlRM—Matthew Robing, killed—John Crow, wounded." BRITISH NAVY.—Its disposition up to this day, k as follows :—At sea, ships of the line, 91; Fifties, &c. 14 ; Frigates, 124 ; Sloops, &c. 109; Bombs, Scc. 6; Brigs, 199 ; Cutters, 24 ; Schooners, &c. 70 ; Total, 576; in commission, 833; Grand Total, including those building, repairing, &c. 1113. Wednesday morning, about four o'clock, the barn. yard of Mr. ADAM GARDINER, at the Mill of Ban. dirran, was discovered to be on fire, and a stack of barley, and :mother of thatch, were totally consumed. Providentially there was very little wind, otherwise the whole premises would have been burnt ; none of which were insured. There is reason to believe that the fire was wilful. A Return of the number of Persons, male or fe male, committed to the several Gaols in England and Wales, for trial at the different Assizes, Great Ses sions, and Quarter Sessions, in the year 11108—and the numbers severally convicted, and the cumbers acquitted, or discharged upon Proclamation, or by reason of no Bill being found against them ; and the sentences of such as are convicted : and distinguish ing also the number of those capitally convicted, who have been executed--so far as the same can be made out from the several Documents relative thereto in the Office of the Secretary of State for the Home De partment. 11. k. kiwis. Committed to the different Gaols, in ISO MIS WS Convicted - . lit' 700 Acquitted - - - en ES Discharged upon Proclamation—by reason of no Bill being found against owns - 601 -0 1 Discharged—to serve in the Az..iy or Navy 11 '— Sentences of such as were C o nvicted, viz. Dead; - - . - as d Transportation—for Life - - S .....—.-....,-- Is years . - 31 6 7 years - - 3GI 106 Imprisonment—for 4 four years $ --- Imprisonnzset, and severally to be kept to bard Wier —for 3 porn - - - 6 --• Whipped; Pilloried—ii years, and above one year - 70 27 """"'""' ••••• IP 111Wi ; dlke geeraity—ooe year s sod above de ism& . Sie lei "..m.".# I t IC Alga* Sqllii adayiar--8 months -- NW Whir . •• • in 4 " . 36 = is i sleben foot* oelopolt -