The National Register. — London, England, 1808-09-26 00:00:00

- SEPTEMBER 26. THE NAT It is said, that orders have been dispatched by Govern- Trent for the inunediate recall of Sir Hew Dalrymple and sir Harry Hurrard. The army in that country will then be placed under the command of Sir J. Moore. Sir Arthur Wellesley, it is said, has marched with ls,ooo men to the support of the '.itttuisli Patriots. The following . Extract of a Letter, received by a re spectable House in Liverpool, trunk their Correspondent in Jamaica, Mill doubtless be read with great satisfaction :--- " . liingstan, 31st July, NOS. " Ten dais ago an express vessel arrived here in 22 - dis from Cadiz, ith dispatches to this Goverunicut, and accounts of the revolution iu Spain, which have already opened an intercouse between this Island and all the neighbouring Spanish Colonies of Cuba and the Alain, for which immense purchases have al ready been mane iL.re in dry goods, for Vera Cruz, Cartimgenn, the Caraceas :tad Cuba, and which n ill open a very large vent for the manufactures of Nlancliester, in hich the demand for t h ese colonies principally consists, viz. printed cottons, coloured velverets of all kinds, British muslins, platillas, cotton stock- Ines, hats, &c. " The influx of Spanish traders to this.port, has, within these few days, been so great as to have drained the market." The French have abandoned their original intention of waking a stand at Burgos. The situation of Burgos•is ad antageous fOr a small detachment, but not for so nume rous an army as 40,000 men, which is understood to be the amenut of the French force. It is a large irregular city, szandaig on a mountain, from which it extends to the rapid river Aleneon, over which there is a good bridge. But if the mony should have been finable to have kept their po sition at ilnrgos, their retreat would have been vcry diffi cult, if not impracticable. Burgos therefore was aban ooned, and, draw ingoff their army, they proceeded in a north-eastern direction to the banks of the Ebro. They have concentrated their force at Logrono, a fortified town of Old Castile, on the right bank of the Ebro. situated in a delightful, and fertile plain. This position is 'cer tainly an advantageous one. If they have a large body of cavalry - , it can act with advantage, and in case of de . tint they utav be able to retire to the northern bank of the lAiro, and fall back upon the strong fortress of Pampeluna. The Province of Navarre is strong by nature, and may be easily defended. The transports, with the first division of the Spanish troops on board, arrived off Yarmouth on Tuesday. On the same day the troops embarked at Harwich, which are to term a part of the Expedition collecting at Falmouth, sailed, and on Thursday they arrised in the Downs. The Spanish troops will probably accompany this expedition. The life of the brave Palafox is said to have been at ti'mpted by three Frenchmen. The report is very probable. 'faose twin Bonaparte cannot beat in the field he will enueayour to take oil by assassination. Capt. G. Hewetsou, of the 2d battalion of the 9th foot, has been tried by a Court Martial, and found guilty of c‘ercharging the regiment for various articles of &rah- Mg, ;ot unfairly charging carriage on sundry articles; ot taking from the regimental st o res four yards of cloth ; and of having produced for signature a false account of the expenditure of the half-yearly ordnance allowance. The Court sentenced him to be dismissed his Majesty's service, which sentence has been confirmed by his Majesty. 'the Danish Government pays monthly 670,000 rix-dol lars fin the maintenance of the French and Spanish troops On its territory. This ,sum amounts to more than the revenue of his Danish Majesty in times of peace and prosperity. The French remit large sums of specie to trance, and thus drain the country of if. The French soldiers make a common practice of laying hold of every piece of plate, or other valuable article, which they ob "'!'ve iu the possession of their Danish friends. The Danes :ten remark, that it is preferable to have Treat Britain 1... r an enemy, that France for an ally. Provisions and lire "oud have risen above 100 per cent. in Zealand. THE COL KT. Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, Ilis Majesty arrived from Windsor at the Queen's Palace, where tie was received by the Dukes of York. Kent, and Cmtiberland. At two o'clock, Ills Majesty held a Private Leve, when the following had the honour of being presented to his Ma jesty :-- Vi'count Chetwyod ; and Captain Halsted, on hi% arrival from the Tagui. CITY. AUCTION WART. We have seldom been more grntitied with a public exhibition. than we were on Tuetclay, at the laying the first stone of the Auction Mart. The Lord Mayor, attended by the Sheriffs and several Alder men, the Directors, awl a numerous company of Proprietorr, assembled at the motor) Tavern, a n d from thence went in precession about three o'clock. When the procession arrived on the ground, it was greeted ith the aeclamatimel of the surrotonling milltitude, and SO/W.. quently by an assemblage of several hundred ladies, for w hi-e accommodation seats had been prepared on the scite of the build ing. Mr. Shuctieworth, the projector, nest advanced, and de posited coins of every description that had been issued during the present reign, with medals of distinguished Senators, and Naval and Military heroes. The Lord Mayor was now pre sented with the silver trowel, and, at the same moment, the stone, weighing three tons, was slowly lowered, the band strik iit,•; up " Cod aure the liiug." After the Cefe111011) was 1111.1• eluded, the ladies partook of a cold collation, and the rest of the company proceeded to dine at the London Tavern, where every delicacy of the season was pros The Lord Mayor, in the Chair, was supported to the right and left by the County and City Members, the Aldermen and the Directors. A Court of Aldermen was summoned to meet at G ildhall on Tuesday ; hot a sollieipit number of Aldermen not attending to constitute a Court, the Lord Mayor ordered the price or bread to be raised two assizes, or -Id. in the peck loaf, which took place on Thursday. The (pal tern loaf wheaten is now sold for Is. '2 d. and household Is. Id. Wednesday, the Lord :Slay or, Sheriffs, and. other City Offi cers, went in state to Christ Church, Newgate-street, where an Annual Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Dilly. After which they heard two of the oldest scholars of that excellent seminary deliver orations, the one in Latin by Mr. T. Dell, and the other in English by Mr. J. (;illy. Thursday a Court of Gommon Council was held at Guildhall, which was numerously attended. Several petitions and reports were presented to the Court and read, and referred to Com mittees to carry into execution. After which, Mr. Waithman gase notice of the following motion, which he intended to move at the next Court : " That an bumble and dutif►tl Address and Petition he pre sented to his M;6esty, expressing their grief and astonishment at the extraordinary and disgraceful Convention lately entered into by the Commanders of his Majesty's Forces in Portugal, and the Commander of the French Army at Lisbon, praying his Majesty to institute such an enquiry into this dishonourable and onprece dented transaction, as mill lead to the discovery and punishment of those, by whose misconduct and incapacity the cause of this Country and its Allies have been so shamefully sacrificed." A General Court of Proprietors was held on Thursday at the Bank of England. The Governor read a recommendation of the Court of Directors, that the half ear's dividend should he five per rent, the same as for the last half year. Agreed to, after few Msservations from Mr. Jackson. TIIE THEATRE. ''7',R7 41 .7 7) 11'' 'IONA L A ER. ....c -- • "_ DRURY 1.41VR. On Tuesday last a young In d s made her debts, at this Theistre. !in the character of Ophelia. The bills informed ti , he told never appeared on any stage, and her ngitation and timidity proved tnat for once they had told the truth. She pos,e—e, a, very handsome countenance, and the modesty of her lank. pre dispose..! every heart in herfavottr. The exertions i•he pnade to conquer her fears were encouraged by the redoUbleil plaudit: of 111- ...m- -