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1 °REIGN INTELLIGENCE. DUTCII PA , • coast atiTtanrt.E, seri% '27. In the memory of Mall ‘S have not enjoyed so • great tranquillity us at preeitaitteigns here ; we er indebted for it to the I,rirnd Vizier, Mustapha Bsirartar, who holds• with a firm hand the Kiiis of gover ttttt ent. lie has enjoined all the Pachas to punctually execute hie orders for the good and surety of the Ottoman Empire, and has given them to understand, that in case they fail in it, they souy expect the most severe punishment. lie is principally occupied in making the Janissaries atibmit to proper discipline, who, for many aged, NM welt as lately, would arrogate to theineelves the right of deposing the Sultans.. The least initibnr dination, the least murmur, is penished with death ; bat they receive their pay upon the exact day fixed. The Grand Vizier is thinly resolved to put the whole army, as 110011 as possible, upon the same footling 113 those of Nino' Geddid. We know that this corps has been raised mei exercised after the European rmin uer, and that it cost the unfortunate Selins his throne and life fur having formed it. The Greed Seignior ha, the greatest coutidence Nt Mustapha Bairacter, who has placed him upon the throne.— The Paelets of the provinces obey the orders of the Grand Vizier, because they know tile activity and firmness of his character. The political consi derations between the Porte and Russia are still in the same state. We °illy know that the Russian army in Moldavia and IVallechia have received great reinforcestuts.—( Maumee, Oct. EAST INDIES. INTELLIGENCE FROM PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND, Aran 2, 18011. The Peon Fishery commenced at Arippo, an the Island of Ceylon. on the 26th ult. The heats em. ployed on this necovion amount to near vow. We have not beard whether the Fishery hipl proved successful. • The drought which has prevailed for a fortnight past, we are cones-mod to learn, has in a great mute mire destroyed the second drop of pepper. A Chinese passenger, in the brig Tweed, lately strived front Borneo, reports, that the !lead Eller thants of the dilfecent Rajahs of Sambas, Mompar ea, arid Poatiana, are now, and have been for some -titua:past,in the habit of filing down brass sod sit 'vet, for the purpose of mixing with the gold dust, whitli they usually boner for articles purchased from Earopean traders. The silver is coloured, by lboilihrtt in & (WWII preparutiou. This accounts for the great lose which has been eapericated by gold duet sent from thence. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, NoTome 10.. We have received Dutch Papers to the 6th in stant, and Morellos's to the et,th ult. An article from Venice, of the I;th of October, states, that the Russian ships of war, which, for some time, have been lying in the ports of Trieste and Venice, are likely to winter in those harbours ; 1111(1 that in the latter phase several persons 111 , lately been arrested. on account of teiguardrd prepions which they usadatie of on ecrtain !John-. eel stili . ieets. —• The new PERSIAN ASIIIASISOUR, its Constatiti. nople, had, on the 30th of August, his first ainik: ence of the 611,4140 SEICINOIS. The new Grusin Vtzt La has ordered 40,000 troops. .25,000 of whom are organized and trained in the European manner, to osareli to the Danube. The FreisM corps of '.‘larshal Sour, liar put itself in motion ; the greatest part of it returns to France. Of the growl army, no other troops remain in Germany, than the corps of Marshal the Prince of Posra-Coavo, which is to guard the coast of the Baltic ; and that of Marshal DAVOUST, which is to keep possession df the principalities cf Fulda, Bayreuth, the county of HAISIIU, Erfurth, &e. The Emperor of Russ,& has already passed through Leiptic, on hi, airy to Petendrurgli. It is reported that Swedish Pomerania is to be transfer red to the Duke of .11LeILLLXIIVIIGII. The prorosuls far peace, agreed oa at the meeting .4' the two Emperors in Erfurth, form the general topic of conversation on the Continent ; and many persons, who pretend to be well informed, assert, that both Emperors have written letters on that suhject to Ili. BRITANNIC MsrErrv. An article from Naples, of the 19tli of.Octobcr, Mates, that the Commander of the English troops in Care& has tapitalated. The conditions are said to be, that the English troops are to be prisoners of war until they shall hare been regularly exchanged ; and that they are immediately to be conveyed to linglatid. At the Imperial meeting in Erfurt'', one million and five hundred thourand rix-dolLos;about AvAing) are said to have been thrown iato circuiati tttt in that I.NO WA it% emironn.— The two Eniperora paid each tor their apartments Gt Loilis-d'iir% a day. Seteral Grimm, afriuteet4 hare arrived iu Bel glade, to repair a great Hirt of e t hat town. The inhabitants seem to be aware of the fate winch awaits Serria. An artiele from liarnburgh,,nf the 21st ult. states, that the two Emperors, before tit. it itepartale *dab Erfurt's, - aigoed s IlelV treaty of amity am! The corps of French greimaiers, commanded by General Ountwor, on the 14th uit. way quarte.ed at Dresden, on their way to France. Erfurt!) is to be incorporated with the dominions of the Duke of WElmsa. We yesterday noticed the rumour of an action between the French anal Spanish armies in Biscay. It was net, however, a gener y l earea4aniteitt, but it has probably led to one before this time. The French, it appears, after they were driven out of &Amu, withdrew to Zeynesa, at winch place they were attacked, on the 26th, by the Spaniards, ender General BLAce, who pushed forward frost. Billion. Zeynossi is upon the road to Durango, which lies in the rear of N'ittoria in a direct line between it and Bayonne. The action, although short, was sharp, and the Frene'a having retreated, General lIL tKE took post at Zeynnsa. Nev•was at Du rango, anal the neat movement upon that side must bring on a general action. For the French, if they , mean to preserve a Earning in Spain, tunst defend that post to the last extremity. The accounts of this affair were broti4lit to England by the If ad.vor castle packet, which sailed from St. Antler° oat the 31st lust. The privateb-tters 010111 the subject are saute and unsatisiiettary, and leave pa ha doubt whether the was only one partial ruction in the week preceding that day, or n series of actions. In one of them it is said that the Spaniards cut off a corps of one thonsaud infantry, awl forced , them to surrender on the ^ Itlt. Another states, that in the section of the gtithr the loss of the Spanicals was two thousand, and that of the French still more considerable. Accorrliuftst allo. I.* report, there was a third action .en the itsth, in which the French wens a third tiusirdefented, but with *considerable lows on the part of the Spa. niards, including woo of the troops that lately landed uncle': the Mar , itkis DE LA ROMAN 1, who are said to have been cut to pietas. We are inclined, however, to believe, that theft sevural accounts relate to one and the same action, we mean that of the etith. General BLAKE recou wattled the positiem of Nay, at Durango, on the preparatory to a new attack, of %licit, al though it may have been fought on the 2stli, we believe no account has retched this country. — The army ler General BLAKE amounts to nearly 50,000 man, of which upwarde of one-third are reolaro. The remainder consists of new le vies, who have attained a considerable degree of discipline. It is not trot! that Sir Dtvto tan's troops had joined him—they only began to debark at Corunna on the 25th heat. 'I he divisions of CAitTAK OS and Vivas were as numerous as that of BLARE, and more effective, as they had a much larger proportion of regular troops among diem. Exclusive of these, there is • considerable force under PA I.AFOX, on the borders of Navarre, and a strong reserve is rapidly forming iu Catalonia. The army under NEC is about 50,000 strong : LerEnvae's rlirisirm having recently been rein forced by 8000 troops from France. If this btatement be correct, the Spanith forces, compared with the French, are in the proportion of to I ; and as they were posted in slat' that would enable diem to make a combined att:u•k upon the enemy, a battle could not be fought under circumstances more fai miriade to the Spanish The French Gazettes, and particularly those of Bayonne, informed us, that, down to the 14th of October, or even later, Juscrit Bo- NAPARTE continued to reside at Vittoria; but, in consequence of the repeated attacks or skirmishes between the troupe of Beti.e and Nay, it appears that the invaders had fallen Fuck, before the 25th, to Durango. This retro grade movement is must important, and eloquently points mit the embarrassments of the French Com mander. In fact, the town of Durango lies riot in Alava, bat in Biscay, near thirty miles N.E. of Vittoria, consequently towards the frontiers of Spain, and only a few leagues distant from the bor ders of Guipascoa, the last small maritime pro vince of the kingdom. Durango is moreover situ ate among the branches of the Pyrenees, which ex tend over that portion of Spain, in a district where every species of provisions and of forage are diffi cult to be procured. This is the species of war fare which we ought to wish the patriot armies to wage—not that of regular engagements, where the advantage of discipline and of tactics is altogether eu the side of the enemy. flow did Caveat:us compel DUPONT to lay down his arms, and to sur render at Baylen ? By harassing, surrounding, and cutting, off his supplies of provisions. The only victory, if midi it could be termed, which floN4- Ps RTC'S forces have gained over the Spaniards, since the commencement of the war, was in the field, at Medina d- Rio Secco. Famine, which iai always ac compaitied.by disease and by desertion, will prove the sevemst scourge to the French. Cold and winter, aniong the precipices and snows or the Ty renees, w ill do more to operate their destruction than all other agents. They are, indeed, evidently straitened fur rootuoind retrogradiug towords Bayonne; while the various corps tinder PALAPDX, YIYAS, and other Counancleis, press ou their flanks, if rot on then. rear. &lima too, we may assume,. remained in the hands of the Spaniards, down to the t.ttith of Octo ber. Such appears to have been the relative Ntate of when these amounts came away, and we Kee in them matter of hope amid felicitation, though not subject for absolute cojtideuce. . _ We wish that we could discover es much solid ground for approbation in the measures that our Ministers have adopted, and in the prospects that present themselves to us on the side of Portugal, or on that of Gallicia. But, on both, we dread, that incapacity, ignorance, and want of the most obvious precantious, hate already produced, and will give rise to, nutuerons misfortunes. The army of Sir JOYS Maims, at Lisbon, which the Minis terial Prints have affected to estimate at 25,000 men, will not, as we believe, on the best informit tiou, amount to full mow) effective, oa quitting the capital of Portugal. Ten thousand men, se understand, are to remain behind ; as it seems that kingdom, though libt!rated from foreign invaders, is still a prey to internal discord, to cabals, and to a sort of iiiiiuborilination, demanding an English army to repress. Under these circum stances, a. Sir HARRY BOMAR!) is necessarily recalled, in order to aprwas at the approaching Court of Inquiry, Utiverninent bas already named Lain • successor. After the late most injudicious ame unfortunate superersiiis.ci in Portugal, it might naturally have been expect...l that peculier care woald hare been taken not to send out :my General, the selection of whin' might have been open to ob vino* censure. It is admitted and asserted. that the convulses? and ili%orgiinixed state of Portugal, is here a moat factious and discontented spirit per vades many parts of the country, requires a Com mander of recognized ability, vigilance, and con ciliation. Now, whom have Miniaters chosen for this delicate anti important post We can h e . no unworthy or personal motives to att a ck it Jou • CRADACIL Ile aka very honourable, initial lies and respeaable individual , but we know not his claims to so important and delicate a trust. The Ministers had yesterday a r.ew proof of the rimaticra in which .'ley are held in the city, "Clifeit ttielr health was drunk at the Loan AYOR'S dinner, it was received with marks oftlisapprobation. Lord's I'IAWCCSnt , RT. CAST LELEACII, and Mr. Picactr•t., sat together. A few friends near them endeavoured to drown the hisses that proceeded from the other parte of the Hall, but we believe without effect. It has been usual, when any impa las names are anitouuced, to mark their Slate }l, applauses, but not a single mark of the kind .ie companied the entrance of the Misinsters. Ills 3l.Lit.ser did not come to London, yesterituy, Ministers having no business to transact him. The Court of Inquiry upon Sir Haw Dahltlrld- PLC is not expected to last more than two days. The Ilion. EDHARD CHARLES COCKS. Captain in the WO light dragoons, will leave town this for Kingston, to join his regiment, who are en their march Irons Woodbridge Barracks to Falmouth, eat! ore expected to embark for Spain. The contents of the propositions from Erfuc h, and the answer of our Coverimu rat, hate ;wan from the brg,mming subjects of aUSIOUS curiosity and speculation. Among the varioas 'opinions hazarded upon them, the following account of their sub stance is considered the most deserving of no tice :—The offer, it is said, was to the fol. lowiug etket : th a t we should tiehoms I, dge Jo srrit us King of Spain, sod that 1101 i APAE EN was then ready to treat with us upon any terms we might propose." To which our answer is said to have been, that " he should restore FCaDINAND, and we had then no objection to neguciute on the eta pouidetis." The Windsor Castle Packet, arrived at Falmouth from St. Andem, is the vessel in which Mr. Mt t.t.s, the Messenger, was sent to Spain, with dispatches for Mr. F4ERR, our Minister to the Supreme Junta, u few days after the tirst communication from France and Wives. L' AiNtabk and the ilesistenve, witl► 12 sail of transports, part of those that landed the second division of JUMO7 . III troops at Quiberoo, have ar rived at Falmouth. l: irl ST. Vtacrrer arrived in town, on Tuesday, in iiiivonimmely good health. His Lordship kft town yesterday morning for Trentham. The Rev. 'l'ntostAs laEacti. U.U. it Appointed Chit:blaill to the Garrison of Sheerness, Ia the room of the Rev. Mr. MI6 Lieutenant MALPAS NUTTCCCie to the signal post, Slwrlieveyspass, rice Lieutenant K►AtaDt', .eeirted. The ed battalion of the 25th regiment, (the Bor derers) formerly Lord GEORGE. LEMUR'S regi ment, and styled the Edinburgh Re u ncut, is on its passage fro m L e ith f or t h e I s l e of Wight. General BLAKE is the soil of en eminent mer chant of Velez, near Ma!agar, and a deicendant of the ancient family of BLAKE, of the county of Galway, in Ireland. Don CLVALLOS, who lately published the admi !Able Exposition of BONAPARTE'S infamous con duct towards Spain, is arrived et Stockholm, where he has had an interview with Ilia SWEDISH MA JESTY, which terminated much to his satisfaction ; mid he is about to proceed to Petcrshurgh, to re late his afrectimi narrative to the Emperor ALEX. ANDFR, which, we trust, will make a due impres sion upon the mind of that hitherto-misguided Monarch. Agues, have lwen uncommonly prevalent in the Hat countries during the left autumn, attended with more than usual severity, and sevens{ irregular symptoms, and have not ao readily yielded to the general remeclit-4. In some of the low Iroutids which have been drained, a low lyzie fever, rar e l y fuel, hut tedious, h as prevailed. tip! 1.']677. • .. .. 4...i..4..,.. 4$ e • ". _ . - N .•;.1 0 - '.-.•- . 1V 17 .; "„. •IY it, t ' • e . t. , .. 1 II ORMSKIRK THEATRICALS. .t 1• (;, MR. EDITOR—I-Het Tisurvday eveniag, I„ i ha negated the pertormance, at thi s pl ace , or that n , Bi, of plagiarism, anachronions, arid inioo.c.t los The Castle Spectre, by Mr. Tboriihili'a to, 1 1. ' But I shall forbear further remarka on the ; :.::." v. self, as it has been criticised in another ''' ''. place, 4, by abler pens than none. la The chief attraction of the evening %noodle 1 in tonal o f I M I:111 . Nnioeth°qluklitle4 ce a rViin l o i Zth l‘i erlh iv e ll i . ll Th. of Usmond is in Mr. Nichollion's line ; hoverer, manifested a just conception of the e h mo , a „ . 4 0 gave the relation of the dream with very good feet. Mrs. Nicholson'selageta was very intereeiag; lk is u good figure, and both dressed and looked ti II character extremely well. She evi::ced ajust cr. ceptiou of the part, and diaplayel coaarletai knowledge of stage effect. She speaks in pone with judgin::4t ; yet, in her lower tunes, she ha tho to articalate ton rapidly, as well us too low, aho tho renders rt difficult to understand her ; she basal lii an injudicious method of CATLI.IWO UIR Bill:4T To if 1 torts he allowed the exp.etaioiti, which in by , sr means pleasant. On the whole, however, the tord • b' ous part of Arigetn was well personated. we Mr. Welch a Eteher Philip was very respe I° able. m Mr. Thavoltill (the Manager) attempted to s 6' tali' the part of Hassan', for which he is ly i k; means cuicoolated. The Sptctre, by Illt.l.*.tm a t ford, had a good Oro-et. a Of Me,-eras Powell, Saunders, and the rest, 0 may be• said— Is " Neer dad players so well an author Gt . Ti Tv Nninte &nil, anti fees drelar'd to all ; iii no Itnez ends 1011p1-,, SO empty ass elicit litad, al Su catch they talli'd, au very little &Intl.' tt The lifter-piece war lonising the mad, ia eh' te Nicholson perforated Jeremy /tiddler tarn', le well. 'I horithill's Sam was much better than h Basses ; but I must remind him of what Kurd says—•• let those that play your clowns speak mare than is set down for them." Poaell's lii. w n ware'd was a very poor performance. Peggy. C Miss Dalrymple, and Mrs. Harrison's Misr Liar o Ids, were passable. Rustitut. . Yesterday m ' g His MAJESTY, Primes' , 6 AUGUSTA, FioPill A, and AMELIA , u-romptimed lo A Lady Cita NLv.v, General Furaitoa, and Colon 6 TA% coR, took their usual ride in the Great Pal t itt 'Windsor, and returned at twelve. i The weather being so very unfevourable, II I MAJESTY has not taken his usual morning ride ' sseveralilnys past, till yesterday. t Tuesday, being Princess Atiousra's birth-d d the same was observed and kept by the Roes . I Fain I.Y, at Windsor. Iler Royal ilightieas COI a pleted her 40th 3 , , a-. 1 Tuesday, the Duke of Yoaa held a public da, a at lair Office in the Horac.Guards, and Kate and t cure to a number of military Officers M . .11,611(41.. d His Royal Highness trausacted tuaimas at h Office yesterday. 1 3 Yesterday, the Duke of CLARENCE transact business at the Ouke of YORK's Office. s Sir Ar.riiva Wra.t.mit.aY returned to London a ffromlrelintl, on Tuesday. t 1 TOoMAS FORAYTR, E.g. left tows yestert for his scat is Lincolnshire. 1 JoHli HoRNBY, Emil ! and family anierel !ester Jay et their hones in Coesucester-plaer, from the 1 a I seat, Hook, in Hampshire. '' l Mr. and Mrs. STANHOPE arrived in toma. V. terdav, from a visit to the Eati anal Couute.s 1 I Cates Frani:J.lw, at Bradley-hull. o Lord nisi Lady SANER* will leave Ih'refo shire. in the conese of next week, for flair ...ot Rveglite. the Duchess of Newearrte is eapreted an i week ut Lialtnala's Hotel. Ainoag the lute t.s' a atio able arrival* at the aboie pima; ass Larh Moe DAORT. Loin Osforstshire, WWI Sp JAvlrs Al I Lady GARDNER, front their eclat in Hampshire. I 'the Lail mid t.'ountessi or t.:sex will re turn t 1 town, cm Monday, from CitsloioLury. Lord atal Lady Ranwroce returned, yesterda i to their house, in Portland-place, from liriahtoaL I Tne I Lou. A. PntFlot left town, oo esterday, on visit to PLTER THEI.I.I.SSON, Esq. at Wall-hall I lens. Lord CAItTLERFAOII made Iris appearenre Tuesday in Bond-street, dressed all in greet. green spencer, green coat, green waistcoat, a . Gerson rrintalnote;. Ile was mistake, by the luting for Jack in the Green. Lard STAWLLY *ill leave the Oaks, fn-marraw for Hull, to juin his regitnent, the Second Roy Lancashire. Viscount ECM/401W; arrived On Tuesday ere mug in Grosvenor-square, from Castle-hill, 'Jew' shire. Ilia 11-ort6iiip attendee at the Adminthy yesterday, and is expected to lcuve town tu a to: day* for Poclumal. • The Bisfrwp of ELY arrived, yoteripti, at lei house in Gruftou-street..from his seat in Ken!. Ellw ALM Its vt: /10toitT, Erg. arrived, !oil er slay, ut his bootee in Portland-place. from Brighton Lord FoLEY entertained n select party, at din yesterday, at hit house in Hill-street. The benitf.fal Nail interestioig Miss Ficht I . feinted, yeaterob t ,v while doing the honours o f Il table as Lady hievoress, at the dinner at Gall hall ; she was carrio.d out of the room, butt tO returned quite wee'. S° Xe 'e cu o i r irn of Miss t i i.eNewar re el n with Mr. Biiait i s orYesterdaycl s t a. °ll. the e the beantiful duet in Knit. at Drurydanc, on Tot day.—Miss LYON, unfortunately, was sick is la ut the time !!! • By of on l SI e 6 fi t iai vae lrl. Y at ' a v lll Rosenberg, both or *bid; were well represeAr sttui, front awl ninny stelkatigliorsraitinca or !omi r frivolity of manures in the Yottle:ly,sst• mut:11 . 11 : 1 , cl . it was not performed earlier, as ; t tsoL ;(1 11.:: I . repo tition.—At the , roue of the pl:. - ,, M.. ! • v: in tho name of the MiloaZera, rettirP•:,! . •:• • the liberality the Company !Mit! , Al' I ' ' •.• •• tkle sesacnn.