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1 , ' THE IMIZII.S. PRIVATE conni_srONDENC E. leak/ bilhoolouril; to pont bis hag olive into she Issue of his 'minas. On the iltth, when the . post lilt Constaatiaapie. the utmost confusion soli prevailed thees.,olA dreadful fire had broke oat, sad duriug the whole of the fallowing nighkhraw a glow in the sky, from which he conchs‘Mftst the fire was still raging. The fate of the reigning Sovereign, Slahomet, is not yet ascertained; but it s feared that he has Lean the victim of the revolution. Upon the news of the events that hit e taken place at Coast aotistuple, the prices of eon, it T we a little here, it Ix Mg pobbible, or rather very proba ble, that circumstances may occur to precept the transit of commodities through European Turkey, which has hitherto been entirely free. PA BIS. DEC. 20. This Majesty the Emperor addiessed thr Inter, ou Th.. 7th, front the cmop in front of :1; ulrisl, to the Archbishops, Bislatsps,Ac. " 'fine victories pined by our forces in the battles of Espinosa, Burgos, Toth , la, and Sumo eiri ra, the entrance of our troops into Madrid, and the esi- 4 al good fortune we have had in rasevering that lire oat of the hands of the insurgent br• who kept its brave inhabitants under op . i, induce us to write to you those presents. elan!, that immediately ou their incept your take the necessary measures to arm** our ~gtrople in the churches, and to cruse Te•Desme to be snug, as a thanksgiving to God for his protec tion of our anus, and that he bus been pleased to put to shame the tiies of our nation sad of the peace of the Continent, who, constantly ldilstaiug tile spirit of party strife, seek to establish their ex clusive commerce upon the general anarchy and calamities of all nations." • A letter froze Burgos, of the 10th instant, says, " This city, which, in consequence of its resist ar.ce, was severely dealt with, begins to recover it sel Tlie inhabitants are gradually returning, and ate well plea,ed •sith the conduct of the French sold.eir. Tie W . 61'0111 . 0y of the eilvirons come in, and Lion; with thens a superahundainc of all sorts of provision,. General Darroagnac- who is Go vernor of the city itc,l province of Burgo-, main tains die strictest discipline. M. General Mathew Denims is alsJ here, on a particulor taiw.ion Irons His Majesty. The Marshal Duke of Montebello, and Ueneral Mouton. His Majesty', ikle-de-Camp, arrived here on the 7th. The former came from the vicinity of haragosso. The Marshal the Duke of Corucgliano remains before tint city, whit•h he keeps under blockade, until Ilia Majesty gives or dela fro attacking it. PARIN, DTI. 26. We learn that Aldini, Secretary of tibite for Italy. has received °niers from the Emperor to re puir to Paris, to wait for the arrival of Mir Ma jesty. From this circemstence we eni:clude, that the affairs of Italy had made considerable pmgrea., and dust Ills Majesty was speedily expected its this capital. " RIO J ARIA.OOT.'S. '• Trade is quite et a btand here. in consequence of the very Nigh duties imposed on articles from England ; and these are rinsed. not on the invoicis prices, hut on the supposed value, estimated at the Brazilian Customs—a very few days must de termine this, and other important points, as the merchants are resolved, unless M4IIIIC inehorat• takes !dove, not to admit their ships (now dad) looked for in the expected convoy) to voter it du- Customs. This cries Jamul for the interposition of our Minister at this Court, but I fear we sults. wait :—llrit'•sh goods barely !my the prime cost and fr e i g h t age. The inner harbour forms a ;lei feet forest of masts, on h colonr ore mast conspicuous, ho , what o. srr: hottoins *utter the grinrest I. tVe are prrporiog :ne ships to ta!ic irk ,at ..,tv u coovoy, saLl In be °micro! for ;•111.-, 1 1.0 , 1 .11 a few ‘‘(.• 4, 41. tt 14. n o w ai.tlrtaiuc.l il r ,t the chts , :.'s et eti,c! . ". ttroli.! their IJI• thiS their p....44:14 4 e out 1 ., the 1.,1t of raitleVe TI/.2 1436.6 414:111J41.01, has not been bile, unsin:N:ssful. td.n;ral tiCeps hist:mi.:ma vessels 4 °agouti). out • ~ I:eir dis position, as far us I I give y o u. I ha.e it front a fruits of sotn- " In 44: 4:4rtrour n iitting—l:aufrqyant, Rear- Admiral! Sir S. Sinni , ,C;mtHn welionax_rg; Na - 11orongh, Comma4lg.ne Graham Nl•orr ; President, I . .tptain 3lnekclizit• ; //yachiti,, ce:,tain f,...tnrc,41•1: ; ) Pitt and .Vartey, (trigs,) and .• In the Rib.... 1API:11/-2Icrarch,Cornmedate he; Belford, Sir Ja!,sr. %Vulaer; ikamemmta, Capt. Ro-e; two &wined ti.ontp.ois, and two l'or tnaatioe brig of Waif. 14Ie Cr.uitit•—f.undism, Sir I'linmßs Western, sit - txuditig the Prince Rrgent, et Si& iltd ('rut. •• Seery illunic. o.4sioirr, Lightmis.g, trui4;lig on difert•ut points tithe roust. 41 Our friends rill be grotifs.o in !Putting the honorary distinctions his Poptl Highness the 'Prince ltegeut has conferred, and the selection he has ovule, upon two of :be meritorious officers be longing to Sir Sidiit'i sgendron ; the choice. has been wade, as well from the distinguished urbanity of their inanaers, se their geucrel weal Y aketro. LONDON, mummy, JANUMIT 16. REVOLUTION AT CONSTANTINOPLE. We have received Mitch papers to the Ist in- Rae. the contents of which are of importance. A Revolution Ills broken out at Constantinople, in which Mustara* IaACTSR. whose energy and talents had excited so much expectation, has fallen. This:. the third revolutionthat has taken place within a few months. It was effected by the Janiasaries, wily were discontented with the reforms introduced by this enterprising and active chief; they storm ed the Seraglio; and to avoid falling into their hands, he blew up the palace in which he. resided, h/asiag previously strangled the hate Sultan dlta- Tat'NA. There is nothing in the 'account to enable its to ascertain the character and conseqwence of this change, whether it is likely to be favourable or unfavourable to British interests. Some expecta tion, it seems, was entertained at Paris on the 20t Is last, of the speedy return of Diarottox to that city. We have also received a letter from I lolland, of a later date than the papers, which state. that Austria had recently. made some military move ments that excited strong suspicions in the army ,11th Box stsAtin. has left to observe her. It adds, that the latter was coucentmting itself to guard li K ainst surprim., end to be ready to act culler ur upon the defensive, as circum stances sliculd require. • The reinforcements for Spain, assembled at Portsmouth, received, us ive stated laseireek, in inactions not to snit until further orders; part of the force ens landed on Wednesday, and the rest remained no board, except the (nice" who occa sionally came on shore is the dey. Friday alter. nem, loweset, Were wee received for the troops to proceed to Conlon& The Fuger{ Capt. Bor.- eon, and the Primer° 4e, Capt. Mean, sailed on Saturdey afternoon with the transports (about 39 sail), which have the detachments on board for the Scots Royals, Oth, 43d, soth, and se veral other regiments. Major-General FKR‘USON Ruhl Major-General ()Torr, sailed in the 1 isgard. The transports with the Guards, and the 87 th awl nsth Regiments, should the wind continue fair, were certainly to follow last morning, under con voy of the Mak, Capt. !FARING, and the /sis, Captain M‘Lsoo. Major-General SHERBROOKE, Major-General Talton, and Brig.-General CAM 1.- BELL, go out with them. The 140 Artillery Dri vers, with 600 horses, which were disembarked on Wednesday, have no orders to go. Government are not in possession of any recent facie, but those communicated by the last dis patches from Sir Joux MOORE. upon the orris al of which they countermanded the sailing of tl esc troops from Portsmouth. This new fletertnitiation has therefore been formed upon the principle, that, in the present state of inicertaint), of the evils which they contemplate, to contii.oic sending off troops and ships to Spain is the least. It is hoped, though on very insufficient grounds of confi dence, that we may be able to bring away the Spanish ships from Cadiz and Corubsiia, even if Bo 11 A PARTE ihollid gain possession or those places. The most prevalent opinion, however, is, that Sir JOHN NIOORE must sacrifice at least a part of his cavalry to preserve his infantry. There arc no fresh arrivulsfrom Spain, and should the who, continue to blow from the north and cast, it is possible that we may not hear front that country before Parliament meets on Thursday. But the Speech from the Throne, will not he finally settled until the latest possible time. We understand that it is meant to mention in Ili. Meresee's Speech, the Partition Treaty signed by Roman sow, between A rtassnza and NAPOLEON, for the division of the Turkish Empire. Covernmeut have not as yet received any advice' from Mr. ADAIR ; but dispatches are impatiently expected from Con stantinople, and even from Vienna. If those powers ever make ■n effort for their emancipation or pre servation, it must be (lone speedily. The recent events at Constantinople do not, however, allow us to hope for any assistance to the common cause rout that quarter. Letters were received in town, on Saturday, from Gottenhurgh, by the Jaw, arrived at Leith. We underidand that they are dated the 3d or 4th inst. and that they do not bring any intelligence tending to enidirtn the report of the King of SWUMx bay ing been obliged to shut his ports against England. That such, however, mint be the result, we have uo reason to doubt. He must make peace with Russia, and the latter, acting under the influence of NAPOLLON, will not make peace upon any other term% A Messenger arrived in town. yesterday. from the Brazils with dispatches for the PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR. We have also received private letters. from which we have made extracts. They are im portant to the commercial world. Five of the outward.bound East India fleet, viz. the Cumberland, eaffnells, True Briton, Lord Melville, and Sealeby Cau de, arrived at the Mo. therbauk from the Downs, on Satorday, and the whole were under orders to sail this day. The tio riade frigate, Capt. Batuns, takes them under con voy. Commissioner M Att, for Madras ; and Com missioner Shield, fur the Cape of Cuod Hope, are arrived to take their pas , kge in the Cioriade. During the course of Else last eight-and-twenty years.sinci the silt-render of Lord CORNWALLIS'S army, before York Town, towards the close of 17:11. there• has not been a tirteion of Parliament which tl.ilitti,llN to °pelt under riremnstances so cri tical sand ll,ilOcrlCiOtas as that about to confluence on Theirolay ',ext. The event to whirls eve have alluded, Otte Iligence of which arrived in Loodon only *labia ferty-eight hours before Parliament met, may be said to have terminated at once Lord NORTH'S Administration, and the American war. Thou g h consider • change in His Ma- Jiacrs 's Connell" at this time, as an event of all others the most fortunate for Great Britain, yet we leniently trust it will not he produced or accelerated by any calamity in Spain, similar to the Capitu lation in 'Virginia, which in 1781 was productive of at change of Ministers. That the present Cabinet, by its ignorance of the true points of attack, by its precipitation at • some periods, and by its vacil lation or prornistination at others, nod, if passable, ~till suture, by the little intrigues that have dictated their injudicious selections or stepercessions in the field, are fallen into general disesteem ; it would be time lost to attempt to prove the re trospect--the last seven months 'offices to place in the niost conspicuous point of view, their sitter inaptitude for conducting public affairs, at so un precedented an emergency as the present; during that whole time the Spanish nation has been in arms to resist NAPOLT.UN While he,Tor more than half the period. compelled by the necessity of as ambling meant wielittate to the sobjagatios of Spain, was absent at Patio, oir in Germany, bow did Ministate employ or improve that invaluable interval? Did they manifest any knowledge of the points or places to which the British arms ought obviously to bare been directed ? Did they display either wisdotia or arrangement s or ii.fonna- Lion, on any of those fpialities which Europe de mands iii her present west perilous position ? Have they merited or justified the uulimited iron_ !deuce, and us unlimited niciuss, entrusted to them during the prorogation ofParliament ? In no one of all these essentials hare they answered the just expectations of the public ; and tbiey are now abunt to meet the two Houses. under circumstances fair more disastrous than any that bare occurred siuce the peace of Tilsit. On Saturday, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Wier, which sat till past four. Mr. Mumma left town, lust night, with dia. patches for Spain. On Suturtlay, the dispatches were finally closed at the LaNt India House, and delivered to the Ptir. N'ts of II e followingahips, viz.— tutsherland, Capt. Wedderburn ; Sealcby Castle, Captain ; and Hear) Addinginu, Capt. Kirkpatrick—fur illum- Liayald I,•hina. i'uttucllb, Cart. Weilmuk—fue St. !Ideas, &semlca, and ..... Nasseny,•ers per Cituilerlatid— For Bombay—Mrs. Barclay, lady of Major Barclay; Mr. Cooke, cadet _ - - l'atisengerr per Scaleby Cattle— Fur Flouilay—Mr. Stank, jua. somnolent ; Mr. Finials and Mr. Andersen, writer.; Mr. C. Great, solicitor; Aloomm. While, Ovule, F. M. and I. s. IreJ~lb . cadets. Pus. rimers per Henry Addington— Fur Bennal--Mre. Masking. For Bombay'—Mr. Waller, free mariner; Mews. New !met, Grate, Frain-irk, moil Aitcbrauu , cadets. Passengers per CoSiiellx— Fgrr Berscualess--Mn. and Miss Beyk 1 Misses E. and B. Prince ; Mr. T. Wilhelm. Sir Sssivii. Hoot% and Adniirul KZATES, ere both mentioned es likely to succeed Ir:cc-Admiral Sir E. Piat.sw, on the East Indian station. In several pails of the country. the report of a change of Ministers asd a di.oulution of Parlia ment. has been ao coutidently anticipated. that electioneering CIIIIVM.Sea have actually consmcnred. Amongst the most furstard is Nottinglatiu, ah. re Major WHEATILV, of the County Militia. has offered himself as a candidate on the expected die solution. Admiral STOPRORII will, in a few days, hoist his flag on board the Amethyst frigate, L ptaiu SFr - mown, and proceed to Lisbon, to supersede Admi ral BRRIIELST, who, it is said, will succeed Load CoLLanawoon in the Mediterranean. Admiral Mornay, who is universally and most highly esteemed, and hus ben Constnatider-ia- Chief at Portsmouth lire years and a half, is, ac cording to the custom by which such appointment* are held, to be succeeded in his cominend, either br Lord KEITH, Sir ROOZR CURTIS, Or Sir CHIME* COTTON. Since the Melpomene sailed from Parisians:b. in April last, she has lost right officers and .te men, by the yellow fever. The reran part of them died in the Gulph of Alixico, wirers the rainy season is so destructive to Ennyeass. The Milled of the Officers are—Messrs. SLATIIII, MAR, 1111111• LL, COTE% OXEN FORD. BEIM ICE, STYMY, and Livros. llJidshipmeu ; and Mr. GARTIIIM.LiTIL. Purser. Most of the ships which were at Lisbon, have been attached to the Channel fleet.--The Planta genet. 74, Captain BRADLEY • Resolution. 74, Captain GEONAZ BiTaLTon ; and the "iodations, 74, Captain Gone t.tm. left the Tagus on the 18th ult. to join Sir tissitiLt. HoOD, at Vigo.—The Ganges, 64, Commodore HALLETT; Liseir, Cap tain APKlmitwv ; and the Comas (frigates), Capt. Marrstew SMITH, were the only ship. left oy Sir CHARI.W.S Corrow in the Tagus. The Cumberland, Saevtce, from Quebec, for London, has been captured by a French privateer, and driven on shore near Jersey ; since got otf, mid carried into Jersey. Captain LAatoll is appointed Comptroller of Payment afloat at Portsmouth; and ( %lonia Sca nt FMK is appointed to colninand at Sea FeucibLs at North Yarmouth. 'rile Lord Cratishiros, Cleans, and the Lydia. Lewis, from Liverpool for St. Kitt's, and the American brig Susannah, frogs Malta for Bal timore, were raptured by the ilinphitri!i. French frigate, of 44 guns ; the tint vessel on the 19th November, in lat. 2G. 30. long. 31. 11.; the Lydia on the 341 December, in let. IS LS. long. 37. 20. ; and the Stamina& on 2d December.—The latter vessels were given up to the crews, su3d arris .at Liverpool on Thursday. Lord Mrt.vt Lt.& WY been looking for a scat in the Cabinet, nod die opiniou of a certain Personage was taken upon the subject; since which, however, from some, cause not made known, this measure, we understand, Luis been declared inexpedient. Extract of a letter from Cadiz, dated Der. : --s• The Superintendant•General of Finances has conimumeated to this Supreme Junta the followinj Royal Order, dated the 17th lost:-- "Nouvishstaiithag the monitions of the Uprose Central Junta of Govenereint, tty Rofalo. der of the 4th of October last, erectus* the Dor graded by your fixositseuey fur the 4aportstion of English goods at the poet of Cache. it less bees pleased to direct that the introduction thereof be cashiered geserally, sad that for the pees's' the payment of dative he confernelde to what was charged laikiee the war of " I make this soussauleation to Eon Mosey, that you may dint emplane. therewith tithe proper °Mem. (Slued) " 'rhs Marquis de GRAMINA. (Couiteraipedy " MON ET." Saturday morning a Committee of the Prier Conned met at the Council Office, Wl,i upon the Prize Appeals, which RNA utte,ded by the LORD PRESIDENT of the Connor., Sir EVAN NEPEAN, and Sir WILLIAM WYNNE. Ja,t at their Lordships were about to proceed to business, • letter was received, and by their Lordship. per.. mi.‘ion read. It stated, that Dr. LAWRENCE Dad been suddenly taken very ill, tint kis lite our de spaired of.and that he was notable to appear before their Lordships. The Learned Doctor being remitted in moat of the images appointed to MOW ou liek•re their Lordships, they were in cousecluanCe pleeiscA to adjourn the Court, without meet-edit% upon an, business, till 'Tuesday the gob instant. --The Caplaia aithe Londe*, is appointed one of the Royal Chamberlains at the Palace of Saute Cram—mad has received a most distinguished !we an* from his Royal Highness of 40 bullocks, sad as tinny sheep, hop, and pigs, with two sale able cows, in calf, which, it is considered, is meant as the foundation for the stock of the farm, in tended to be given to every Knight Composure of the order of " Fidelity and Vaiver."—Captain Western is so great a favourite, that he is to be in stalled sue of the Grand Cross, in lieu of Commo dore Moore, who, in the most respectful manner, has declined this additional marl• of the Prince Regent's grad's' le, to officers who had the honour of accompanying hum from Lisbon.—His Royal Highness is universally esteemed, and has coude sceoded to accept from Captain Western, a most beautiful pair of brass pistols, mounted in gold, and which that gallitia oßeer particularly prized fur their being the fruits of land-earned victory, where in lie was personally engliged.—ln return for this marked attachment, his Royal Highness' has sent him a beautiful charger, richly caparisoned, and another fur his son, a midshipman on board the Ltordose. A spirit of patriotism has manifested itself iu this country worthy the cause; which Por tugal, as well as Spain, has so warmly at heart.— A subscription has been opened, which already summits to some millions. S. St. Sebastian% Oct 449 t.n9. " I find the Cheerty brig (lately arrived with dispatches from England) will be dispatched in the course of a day. I therefore add some additional extracts from my own letters, in the hope they may prove acceptable : 'lie Thais has arrived with a convoy ; the may missing vessel is the Earl Percy, and the Captain of the convoy reports, she kept away iu defiance of his signal, the clay he hauled up for the land, about Cape Frio. The probabi lity is, the brig is cast away, on the low land of Maransberg. The hopes we have that she may be safe, are Impaled on the arrival of the Sairsteillaste. Sir George Collier; the Las Jon, SirT. Western ; and the Pitt, brig of war, neither of which ships has seen any thing of a wreck on any part of the coast. he Cheer!, besets* arrived since my last, and the Steady, from the Bahia, having seen the trade into that port, and Pernambuco. A packet arrived a few days since ; but we have later news i,j a Liverpool brig, the Mary. I am happy to say we have carried oar points against the opinion of the Portuguese Mioisters, and that, though trade limy continue dull, many of our grievances are done away ; and, to show that we are not insensible to the goodness of the Priuce, a subscription we had raised, of upwards of a million oof mil-r . eas, for the Patriots in Spain and Portugal, has been suede public, to the amouishment of the Portngnese and Brazilians. This, with the other subscriptions, is to be sent home by the Portuguese man of war Conde Hearique, a remarkably fast railing ship of the line. It is reported at the Con sul-General's Office, that our trade goes uudrr convoy of the Sirrelltante frigate, Sir George Col lier. Sir stlichiey Smith gave a grand fife to her Royal nighties* the Pritscesa, at his country resi dence, % illa Braganza—a present to him from her Royal I lighness. The Spanish Officers were pre sent, deputes! from Buenos Ayres, who recognised in her Royal I lighne,s the legitimate heir to the Crown of Spain, during the imprisonment of the nearer male branches of the Blood Royal." TM?, BRITISH PRESS. /~