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.--the weather is most favourable, and the regiments have scarcely any sick. " I have the honour to request your Most Serene Highness to submit my report to his Majesty the Em peror, and to honour me with your commands. " I have also the honour to beg you to accept the sentiments of, my profound respect. (Signed) " Marshal the Duke of DALmarm. " Carman, January 31, 1810." DECREE UNITING ROME TO FRANCE. Pius, FEB. 7.—At two o'clock this day the Se , nate assembled, under the Presidency of the Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, and adopted the fol lowing Senatus Consulttm : TITLZ FIRST.— Of Cie Union of Rome to the Empire. Arr.l.The State of Rome is united to the French Empire, and forms an integral part thereof. _ _ 2. It shall be divided into two Departments : the Department of Rome and the Department cf Trasimene. 3. The Department of Rome shall send seven Deputies to the Legislative Body. The Department of Trasimene shall send four 4. The Department of Rome shall be classed in the first series : the Department of Train:me in the second. 5. A Senatary shall be established in the Departments of Rome arid Trasimene. 6. The City of Rome is the second City of the Empire. The Mayor of Rome is to be present when the Emperor takes the oaths on his accession. He is to rank, as are also all Deputations from the City of Rome, on all occasions, immediately after the Mayors or Deputations of the City of Paris. _ _ 7. the Prince imperial is to assume the title, and. receive the • honours of King of Rome. S. A Prince of the Blood, or a Grand Dignitary of the Empire, shall reside at Rome, who shall bold the Emperor's Court. 9. The property which composes the endowments of the im perial Crown shall be regulated by a Special Senatus Consultum. 10. After having been crowned in the church of Notre Dante, at Paris, the Emperors shall, previous to the 10th year of their reign, be crowned in the church of St. Peter. il. The City of Rome shall enjoy particular privileges and im munities, which shall be determined by the Emperor Napoleon. 'INTL& 11.—Of tie Isettepeadatre of the Imperial Throat of all dis t/wily as Earth. 14. Every Foreign Sovereign is Incompatible with the exercise of any Spirituil Authority within the territory of the Empire. 13. The Popes shall, at their elevation, take an oath never to act contrary to the four propositions of the Galilean Church, adopted in an Assembly of the Clergy in 1.682. 14. The four Propositions of the Catholic Church are declared common to all the Catholic Churches of the Empire. 111.—Of the Temporal Es;steltte of the Popes. b. Palaces shall be prepared for the Pope in the different parts of the Empire in winch he may wish to reside. He shall necessarily have one at Paris and another at Rome. 16. TsPco millions in rural property, free of all imposition, and )yirg in diferent parts of the empire shall be assigned to the Pope. 17. The expenees of the Sacred College, and of the Propogan da, shall be declared Imperial. 18. 'l'be present Organic Senatus Consultum shall he trans stilted by a Message to his Majesty the Emperor and King. (Signed) CAMSACIRLS, Prince Arch Chancellor of the Empire. FR A NCOIS JAN - COURT, CORNRT, Secretaries. (Signed and Sealed) Count LAPLACE, Chancellor of the Senate. FEBRUARY 22.—0 n the 18th his Majesty the Em peror received, at the Palace of the Thuilleries, Baron Brnckenhausen, Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Prussia, who presented his cre dentials. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. LISBON, FEBRUARY 16. General Albuquerque abandoning his positions on the Tagus, spade a retrograde movement as far as Se ville, and finding that that position could not be de fended withoUt a force of 60,000 men, he ordered the troops in that place to withdraw to Agamente, and directed that the city should capitulate whenever such a measure shouldbecome expedient fonts preservation. The same General then proceeded to Ezija, in search of the enemy, and after having put him to the , rout, - the Spanish Commander took the direction to the right towards Xeres, to cover the Isle of Leon, occupying for this purpose Ciudad Real. It was there the enemy attacked our army, and he was much or prised to find the resistance he met with, the conse quence of which was that 32 waggons of wounded French were carried into Seville. The French were reinforced, but ineffcetn4y, for the Duke of Albn- 1 qnerque had 'older his orders to the number of 16,000 infantry, and 4000 cavalry. The army of Areisaga finding itself pressed by the prodigious accumulation of 64,000 of the enemy, took the direction of Granada, and in the retreat was at tacked by a French column. General Blake assumed the command of the army of Jaen, increased by a number of peasantry, and proceeded towards Murcia to draw off the attention of the enemy, who, by such an expedient, was render ed vulnetable in the capital. The enemy detached 15,000 men from its army to Badajoe, into which city on the morning of the 12th of February they sent a flag of mice to demand its surrender, but the Governor would not receive the dispatch, aid, on the contrary, intimated that if they sent any more messengers they would be fired upon. On the 10th, a body of infantry with 600 French ca valry, had appeared before the place, 'and during the whole day had skirmishes with our advanced guard, supported by the peasantry, many of whom were killed, and more wounded, but who rushed upon the enemy like lions, armed only with their knives. On the 11th, in the evening, the French began to with draw, and were most grievously disappointed if they contemplated these running engagements, as any thing like a siege, whit.h was to acquire possession of the city. At that place succours were daily expected of English and Portuguese intantry and cavalry. The Usurper, Joseph Napoleon, during his stay in Seville, occupied his time in issuing Decrees for the suppression of the Religious Communities and the Inquisition, promising felicity and repose, according to the French manner, to all who obeyed him. At last Andalusia, after recovering from her first sur prise, is convinced that she ought not to submit to the effort of violence, and that the impolicy of the French has exposed them to danger by inducing them to pass three distinct chains of mountains, of Murcia, Cadiz, and Badajoz, where their progress is ob structed. • The urcertainty with respect to the situation of the intrepid and patriotic General, the Marquis de la Ro rnana, will be removed by the following spirited Pro clamation which was transmitted to us yesterday : 4 , Spaniards I it might appear unnecessary, after so marq l proclamations have been issued, to address you again, for the purpose of exciting more strongly into action your ardent love to your country. But the disasters that have of late happened, occasioned by the vices of the Government, oblige me to take up my Ten, to tell you that the alarm and consternation into which the invasion of Andalusia appears to have thrown you, is utterly inconsistent with those heroic sentiments of liberty by which you have hitherto been actuated. I speak the words of truth when I inform you that we can never be exposed to the oppression of a foreign power as long as the national spirit tri umphs-in- our-bosoms, and as long as we deserve the name of Spafiards. Let us extend - our view over this peninsula ; surtounded by the sea on almost every side ; intersected by craggy mountains, fortified by maritime forts, many of which are impregnable.-- These will be barriers where the infamous bands of the tyrant-who have violated our beautiful territory, shall be destroyed. • We are supported by the illustrious and gallant English nation, which, united with the brave l'ortu4 guese, our brethren, possess a common interest with ourselves, and who never will abandon us. How could it enter your minds that thus protected by your own valour and that of your allies, you could be conquered by the enemy ? No, never, Spaniards. Be brave and constant. Do not let past misfortunes dismay you. Arm yourselves with your own courage. Despise the pusillanimous coward who would enfeeble your patriotism. May this dignified province produce new and energetic avengers of our injured country, and of our ins:llted religion, and may we plant here the root of our independence and that of our beloved Ferdi nand VII. Let us all love our liberty so dearly and so justly that we may all of us fight and acquit our selves with honour in the glorious cause. This I ex pect of you, and in return shall be poured forth the last drop of blood of your countryman. (Signed) " Badajos, Feb. 10. "EL MARQUIS DE LA ROMANA." 41 Inhabitants of Estremadura—lf you wish to preserve your independence, unite your vows to the General-in-Chief, wh6 speaks to you with that since• rity of heart by which he is always characterised." CADIZ, FEBRUARY S. With regard to the safety of this town, I have only to say that it is placed beyond the enemy's reach.— About 1000 seamen have landed to assist in the con struction of the works of defence, and we have very little apprehension of the enemy being able fora consi derable time to make any impression upon the place. FEB. 14.—Since my letter of Sunday last 4000 British troops have arrived from Lisbon, and with the other reinforcements expected, the garrison intends to act on the offensive. Our force will then exceed 30,000 regular troops. The enemy's army in this neighbourhood, as near as we can collect, is as fol lows :-25,000 at Port St. Mary's, under Joseph Bo- naparte ; 10,000 at San Lucar de Barameda ; and 115,000 in and about Seville. GIBRALTAR. JANUARY 31. A vessel has arrived this moment from Malaga, the Captain of which states, that the Friars having learnt the approach of the French in that neighbour hood, armed themselves, sallied forth, and fell in with an advanced-guard of the enemy, to the num ber of 120 men, all of whom they slaughtered. The English are in full march from Portugal, joined with the native army, to meet the French.— The allied army, now motion, is said to consist of 50,000 men. BADAJOZ, FEBRUARY 12. Early this morning, about 600 French dragoons approached as near as '2OO toises of this town, but were drives back by our troops. " British Head-quarters, Vises, Feb. 14, 1810. gg Lord Wellington has been some time absent : it is given out here that he is net gone to Lisbon, but to Villa Franca, which is within six leagues of Lisbon. The object of his journey is said to be to inspect some new works in that neighbourhood. • " Our accounts from Cadiz describe the French army before that place at 65,000 men, and it is said, they occupy St. Mary's, from which place Cadiz is supplied with water. By a letter received from the Zealous, of 64 guns, it appears that Admiral Purvis is thee, but that the Spanish men of war are not quite ready for sea -44 Th e Portuguese infantry up fine-looking troops, and well disciplined, and their artillery good, but the cavalry is yet in its infancy. The army is very healthy. The Marquis de . Romana is to take the command of the Duke del Parqup's army. EXTRACT OE A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS AT CADIZ, DATED FEBRUARY ] ] /•••- " Here we have been lying quietly these fourteen months past until the 4th of this month, on which day Marshal Victor made his appearance, with between 20 and 50,000 men ; and has taken possession of all the main-land, the Island of Leon, upon which Cadiz is situated, alone remaining to our friends the Spaniards, which will soon be besieged. We have four sail of the line here, each of which mans a gun boat, besides our launches, with a carronade in them, who have been since the 7th constantly engaged with the French. One of the launches, with nineteen men in her, landed yesterday, in the face of five hundred of them, and made a corporal and eight men prisoners. We have as yet but one mad wounded. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 2. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. for money, 671+—aec. 66. 3 per Cent. Red. 671 68. Exeheq. Billi U. to 10s. pre.—Bonds 10s. Accounts from Cadiz to the 15th ultimo state, that the English and Portuguese troops sent from Lisbon entered the Bay of Cadiz on the 12th, and were land ing on the 14th, to assist in garrisoning and defending the place. We have inserted in our columns this day various letters, from which it appears that strong hopes are entertained of being able to retain the place in spite of any force that may be brought against it. We heartily with that a e could see good grounds for entertaining such hopes ! but from all that has reached us wo are fearful of the issue of the approach_ ing conflict. The extracts which we have also given from French papers, to the23d ult. relative to the.operations of the war in the Peninsula, contain some particulars worthy of a deliberate perusal; but our limits do 'hot perm 7 t us to give, in this place, any analysis of their contents REPORTED EVACUATION az PORTUGAL. Thefollowing letter was received by us this morning. We shall present k in the form in which it has reached us, before we offer any remarks on its contents. " PLYMOUTH-DOCK. FEBRUARY 28. " This morning the Conjuror schooner appeared off this port, and landed Captain JOHN LEAVENS, of the Henry merchant sloop, of London, lost in a vio lent gale, off Lisbon, on the 21st instant. The Con_ juror proceeded up Channel ; she had-a very quick passage, being only six clear days from Lisbon to this port. The news she brings is of the most afflicting and disastrous nature. She states, that at the time of her departure from Lisbon (the 21st instant), the whole of our troop s , together with the Portuguese forces and baggage, had embarked on board trans ports and the ships of war there, and sailed for Gi braltar, the enemy being at that time within a few hours march of Lisbon ; and our Commander in Chief not deeming it prudent, from the strength and force of the enemy, to contest the occupation of the place. How far this intelligence may prove correct, I cannot undertake to vouch, further than that I have this instant received it from Captain LEAvEns, with a copy of Captain PRINGLE'S Certificate, relative to the Iloss of the Henry, which is as follows : g 6 These are to certify, that on the 21st of February, 1810. being in lat. 45. IL N. and long. 10. 32 W. his Majesty's sloop SPARROWRAWN urder my command, was ordered to the awls l tance of the mer chantl sloop Henry, LcAvews master, she hay ing carried her mast and bowsprit away. I found her in great ' distress, and so very leafy, that I recommended the master to abandon her, as it was blowing a gale at 5. E. with a very heavy eea, and she was in danger of foundering every moment. With great difficulty the crew were brought on board the SPARROW. nAwx, and taken care of. (Signed) JAMES PRINGLE, " Commander of his Majesty's Sloop Sparrowhawk. " February 21, 1810." " Two days afterwards the SPARROWHAWR fell in with the Conjuror, Captain BECKET, and put Captain LEAVENS and bis crew on board her. The Conjuror sailed from this port about six months since, for Ali cant, where she took in a cargo of fruit, but, on her homeward-bound passage she met with aviolent storm, which obliged her to throw half her cargo over board, after which she weathered the storm and put into Lisbon, where she completed her lading with oranges, &c. and sailed the 21st. " Captain LEAVENS states, that when the CONJUROR left Lisbon, the whole of the British and Portuguese forces, together with all their baggage, embarked on board upwards of two hundred sail of transports in the Tagus, on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st instant; and that all was confusion and dismay at Lisbon, from the rapid advance of so numerous a body of the enemy. 66 Captain LEAVENS saw two transports dismasted in the same gale in which he lost his ship ; they were crowded with troops, many of whom, being on the deck, were washed off and drowned. On the 22d instant, the SPARROWHAWK boarded a merchant brig (which had had a very quick run from Gibraltar) the master of her informed Captain PRINGLE, that subsequent to our taking possession of I Ceuta, the Moors had attacked the British forces ithere, but were repulsed. In consequence of this cit._ cumstance, a fresh division of troops had been detached from Gibraltar, at which latter fortress they were anxi busly exppecting reinforcements from England." We are very unwilling to give implicit credit to the above intelligence, but at present we have no means to invalidate it. If Captain Lzavaus had not named the 18th, 19th, 20thoand 21st, as the days on which the troops were embarked, we would have been inclined to believe that the embarkation alluded to was that of the troops sent to reinforce Cadiz, and which we know reached that city on the 12th ult.—One thing is ob vious-200 transports could not receive the - British army. But this circumstance does not serve entirely to invalidate this repert ; for Viseu, the , British head l quarters, on the 14th, the date of the last letters from the army, is much nearer to Oporto than Lisbon, and if a retreat was found indispensible, a large part of the army would proceed to the former place. In a word, we have doubts as to the perfect accu racy of the particul: r> derived from Captain LEAVENS, but we cannot divest our minds of a considerable de gree of anxiety for the fate of Lord Wellington's army. The present doubts will probably be removed in a few hours by accounts from the Conjuor, which landed Captain LEAVENS, and which by this time must be in port. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY arri ved at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was received by the Dukes of YoRK, CUMBERLAND, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE. Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee, at which the following had the honour of being presented : Mr. RICKARD WELLisLay, upon his return to Spain. Captain CHAILIS TKURLOW SMITH, on his promotion and re turn from South America. Mr. Serjeant MANLY, upon his appointment. Mr. ViLtizas, upon his return from Portugal. Mr. WoasLar Holmes, M.P. for the BoroUgh of Newport, Isle of Wight, on his comiug of age, and on going abroad. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and about six o'clock set off on his return to Windsor. Colonel DRINKWATER presented the 12th Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry. The Duke of YORK had a private conference yes terday with the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, at his house in Downing -street, for two hours. Yesterday Jamaica Papers reached us to the 15th of January, and the House of Assembly not havingmet at that time, no news of consequence w►as either received or expected, from them. The next packet will, proba bly, bring intelligence of great importante to the re pose of that colony. NAVAL INT.ELLIGENCR. DOVER, MARCH I. The ship Mine rva , C apta i n K ENNEDY, from Su nam, with sugar, coff ee , & c . b ound to London, unfo tunately got on shore this morning e, trly, o n t h e roc off the South Foreland, where she now lies, and fro the present appearance of the weather there are b little hopes df getting her afloat this night's tide ; lies about a mule to the westward of this place wh e the two other ships were wrecked a short time ag An East-India ship going into the Downs this m e ing, nearly got on shore alongside of the Minerva but the people on board the ship hailed the East Inch man, and informed her of the danger she was in, ' which she was saved from getting on the rocks. TI weather this morning was very hazy, which was t cause, it is said, of this accident. Passed by the Sha: of this port, Capt. Da.vtzs, from St. Micliter s , fruit, for London.—Wind W.N.W. and blows harJ. • DEAL, MARCH i. The CORDELIA sloop of war has detained and bronh into the Downs the Aside, of —, from laden with tallow. This morning, very thi,:z, t , Minerva, Captain KENNAN, from Surinam, wi t ;, ton, coffee, &c. came on shore under the North For land Head, near the remains of the Caesar i • her gg,, have been thrown overboard, and pa r t of her car s landed ; if the weather continues moderate, it is e pected she will be got off. Another si:ip, supp ose an hemewaad bound East Indiaman, h a d nearly sha ed the same fate, but she got off and into the Downl P. S. I open my letter to state that the Mineral has been got off, and into the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, MARCII 1. Sailed the LINNET sloop of war.—Wind N. IV, The Honourable Member who spent the F,lst dti in the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, was last niio called to the bar of the House of Commons; and a:te a severe reprimand from the Speaker, who hinted that a repetition of his offence might occasion the iciFs of his seat, was discharged on paying his ices. It ap peared, that during the disturbance which took plan in consequence of Mr. FULLER'S rushing into the WI of the House on Tuesday night, (the House beini then in Committee), the Speaker took the Chair uit, out putting the question ; this was on extraordinai act, called for by the singular occasion. The digniti and collected deliberation evinced by the Speaker, i 4 ,this proceeding, seemed to be strongly felt by hi sides. Our Readers will see, from our Parliamentary port, that Mr. WHITBREAD has given notice of am tion for this evening, on the subject of Lord Cue HAM'S Evidence in the Walcheren Enquiry. 'fh following short quotation from his Lordship's eTaall nation, and from his MAJESTY'S Reply to the Ad, dress of the House of Commons, exhibit, it is said, the grounds on which Mr. WHITBREAD means to real his proceedings : EXTRACTS OF OFFICIAL MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BERN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS : Q. Is the date marked upon the intelligence presented by yes Lordship, viz. the 15th of October, correctly marked ?—h is. Q. Was that the time of its being drawn up ?—A. It was, ni great measure, drawn up at that time ; and, therefore, it btu that date. I did not think it proper to ddiver it that time. Ir we NOT DELIVERED TILL THE 14TH Or FEBRUARY. lid regaß for not delivering it. The KING'S Reply to the Address of the House Commons " The Earl of CHAIHANI having requested his MAJEsilri " permit him to present his Report to his MAJESTY; and barn " also requested that his MAJESTY would not commun,cate it it " the present, his MAJESTY RECEIVED IT oN THE Minn " or JANUARY LAST." On Thursday hut the Isabella arrived at Liverpoi and bring intelligence from New-York down to the 29td of January. No further progress had been made, in Mr. Macon's Bill, and it was well known in Ame.! rica that the Executive of that country were doing al every thing to gain time; and, of course, not to m any stand until they knew how, as they express it, t war had progressed in Ewope. From the turn of of fairs in Spain, and the fatal ascendancy of theFren arms, combined with the manifest hostility of th American Government to this countty, it requiresn extraordinary foresight to anticipate the direction her future policy. Her partiality to France is conspicuous. ROYAL ACADOIY.—The Professorship of Pair:till to this Institution, which had become vacant by the resignation of dr. TRESHADI I has been resumed by Mr. FUSELI. Drury-lane Theatre, it is now said, is likely to be rebuilt in the course of the next summer. Mr. So mimic, and the other ianerests in that property, hav ing at last come to an amicable arrangement for 01 purpose. . JI The receipt of Legacy Duty, last year, exceeded that of the preceding one by more than one half, and from an investigation of the businebs in that of f ice, it appears that it will be productive in a three-fold de• gree, when the intended arrangement takes place. Mr. MICHAEL KELLY is still in confinement at Pip mouth. A large mast having been embezzled from his Ma. jessty's stores atChatham a few days ago; informatics' was brought to Commissioner Sir R.BAaLOW that tig - same mast was lying in a creek near Hailing, cut into four pieces ; immediate search was made, but it vr2 l discovered that th e same had been conveyed away by broad wheel waggon, which was traced as far as 4 1 . tham. CORN MA.RIILET MARIC-LAATE, MARCR e.—To -clay therein not many fresh arrivals of Wheat, and sales heavy, at little f.co tuation—priaie Dantzlc about 11 Ss. per quarter—ant Barley keg its price ; other qualities dull sales—Mak likewiss—Wkiie Pe at the late reduction—scarce any Beans, of tho two kinds, sd those dearer—New Ticks 345. to 404. per quarter—Oats al short supply, at an advance of ls. and 2s. per quarter Flour wa .put variation. GENERAL CURRINCT AS UNDER. Fine Whe at , ditto, 0 8D 8 ; 9 8. 2 5 1 1 . 1 1 1 05 : Boons, (old) 525.5 6 5. Rye, 445. 48s. Barley, 204. 465. Od. 14 M m alt te 7Sts peas . SOt. (bouers) 628. 708. - TickßPOaPoloilinetoedilidseed2tlt.doti2nt(:ll46;l92s3)".6466.B2l:so4.. 54;‘°d. Grey ditto 425. 474. Fine Flour 85s. 80.--Seconds 80$. 655. DIED. Saturday last, at Clapham Common, after s abort Inners, Hon. Hoary Cavendish. ' Monday night, at his house in Eulstrode.street, Sir Char lo , Hoar Harland,Ear . 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