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here ; the French arevaid to have at Burgos eOOO mei% sod several • anise of infantry and cavalry iu hies de Osass, Anted% and other towns iu the ineighbourlsood. The division of Ney, which pissed duos. Bono% is atationed between Salanisuica and Toro. tibt; IMPT. 5. According to intelligence from the Supreme Jun. to of Arrays ; the French. from Alcauis, have rm tired to Saragoom. and part to Castile. The re trograde movements of the French, in Le Mancha, are confirmed. Our cavalry has, by this time, passed Mansanarez. In the army of Estremadura, whose bea,l-quar ten were established on the 30th ult. at. Truitilln, every thing is organising with incredible u ctiv i . Already are the bridges prepared for again passing the Tagus.—( l)feria de Lisbee. 14th Sept.) ♦ALENCIA, •liG. 27. Persons employed by our Generals, for the com snuniurtion of intelligence, state, that the enemy has, in Madrid, in various hospitals, bCtween sick and wounded, Wm* men. In consequence of the battle of Almonacid, they demanded 8000 beds, on account of having a great number wounded. LISBON, SEPT. 15. • rt'itliin these few days several ships have arrived, with Ellglirli troops on board, to reinforce the army of 11Lirshal General Wellealey.—/ Gazette, Sept. 15.) extend from thence to the months of the Vistuli, and of the Oder. Even the ground upon which Petersburgh itself is built, was part of his domi 7 ; Mobs. The duchy of Pottier:to:to, and convideruble. territories in Lower Saxony, along the batiks of the Elbe, which had been ceded mid confirmed to Sweden by the peace of Westphalia, rendered the Kings of that country powerful immhers of the German Empire. CHAULES XIII. is now redneed to the possession of t h at slender, sterile, anti narrow portion of Scandinavia, included between Norway and the Baltic, or the Gulf of Bothnia. ALEX- Issa, master of all the duchy of Finland, from the river Kyinew to Abe; master of the fortresses of ifelsingfors and Louisa; of the whole tract el. tending to Tornea„ at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, and even threatening to descend through the provinces on the western side. towards Stock hohn, may lid said almost to hold Swedes at his disposal. Even the isle of Alain!, which nature seems to have placed midway between the coasts of Fittland and of Sweden, as an advanced post or bulwark, is in the !sands of the Russians. From thence, if the British squadron, which now cruises at the entrance of the Gulf of Finlaud, were with drawn, a Russian armament might, in three days. he lauded in the woviucenf Sudertnania, slid sp. pear before Stockholm. Under circumstances so deplorable, or rather desperate, without pecuniary resources, exhausted, drained, and depopulated, it is not easy to see what terms can be obtained from ALVIANDEIt, ex cept such as he may be pleased spontaneously to grant. Assuredly none can be extorted from him. We may safely antic:pate the cession of all the pro vinces that his arms have conquered. Sweden, then, whoever may nominally reign at present, or may eventually succeed to the throne, most sir.k to a level with the weakest European kingdoms; even with the revolutionary ones of Wiitensberg. or of Westphalia. Nothing. indeed, except the naval protection of Great Britain, or the more po-verful support of ICAP,OLEON , can, according to all ap pearances, prealitit Sweden from being, on the first rapture with Russia, overrun, subjected, and swal. lowed uu ill CIA vast empire. To the Corsican, it is probable, if not ce, Goo, CHARLES XIII. has al ready applied, to extend his interposition. and to rAscue him from ALEXAN MA'S overwhelming in. Atmore. He must purchase such a mark of NA. Arntron's favour and aid, by the complete re ...sitiociation of ail commitnication with Englaud• '"and by shutting every Swedish port against as. le a word, by sulmaittitig to all the privations and sacrifices, under which Denmark, Prussia. sod even Russia herself, continue to retain the name of states. Such is tile probable termination to which the imprudence of GUSTAVUS IV. and the errors of the present British Ministers, will conduct the only Baltic power, which, up to this time s hie continued in alhanee with us. THE BRITISH PRESS. . , STATE OF SWEDEN. While the final results of the aegociation carry ing on in the vicinity of Vienna, still remain in suspense; and While Minister% here at liorneoie expiring amidst their own weakness, dissensions, and unpopularity ; it may not be uninteresting to take a snort survey of the great events which have recently taken place in the North of Europe. Though more remote, and of less Immediate in terest, than the transactions in Germany, Spain, and Holland, they nevertheless bear the tame revo ltitionary stamp and character, which distinguish, throughout every part of the Continent, the com mencement of the nineteenth century. 13ataA. rearm, iudeed, the scourge of so many unties., has Rot been the instrument of the deposition of GUT ties the Fourth, which appears to have been elected altogether by internal and tuitional causes. We may u Juspeseioaate the individual (Ate of that unfortunate Prince; but we mist impartially clue- ' fess the urgency and force of lint political nett'.-. city whisk produced his fall. It was not, ouch the utilities of his uncle. the Duke of SUIPLIIJI AN lA, es the series of errors and Mbonities that marked Guseavas Governrhent, whir 4 have placed CUAIIII.O the XIIIth on the throne of his nephew. History does not record any revolution which has been effected with is little violence, op position, o► resistance. The nation, weary of the mal-administration of its Sovereign, seems unani mously to have withdrawn their allegiance to his person, and to have called his neck to astatine the . - first place in the state. Cvsraits, universally abandoned, is already forearm. "Sri completely. indeed, is he destitute of supporters, friends, or adherents, that it is probable, ill him, t(se use. Lion of the prisons and graves—of Kings being; al ways contiguous. will not be 4611(41, or realised. His insignificance secures hini: Cram further perse cution, and will induce the States of Sweden to alio., bins to reside, as en individuel, *about the limits of the Sweslish dominions. If. however, CHAILLES the Xllfth has found it so easy to ascend the throne, he seems to hate ex peri e nerd , and be is likely to meet, the most seri ons ohatneles in maintaining the Prerogatives of the Crown, and still more, in extricating the country from that abyss of misfortune, into which the im prudent pertinacity of his predecessor has plunged it. Even the succession to the sovereignty it-elf, is. up to the present time, unaacertaiaed and foyer tain. The new King. declining in years, and des titute a i 5..., may say of the States. us Macbeth &N or the witches— " llpeet my head Obey Owed a fruitless crows, " Add rot a harm were in my gripe." In order hi remedy this extraordinary evil. a Prince of Ileum ItsAv onvcce souse, collaterally rs laved M the reigning Swedish Iles*, has been solemnly 100101 lo swept the Crown. on the demise of Ilia present lIIAJESTT. CIIILISTIAN AUGUSTUS, on whom this choice bas fallen, is only a soldier of fortune, in the service of Denmark; his elder brother, FREDERICK, the reigning Duke, having married a sister of F ICI( the V Ith, and a niece of Groans the 1I id. Nor does it yet appear that the Prince, who is Viceroy or Governor-GG•ueral of Norway, has given other titan a qualified accept. ance of the dignity and kingdom thus tendered hitu,referring hi. complete acquiescence or consent, to the time when peace shall be re-established be tween the Crowns of Denmark and of Sweden. That peace cannot, indeed, be in all probability, tither very remote, or impeded hr any serious dif ficulties; but • far more arduous and painful task for the new Swedish King, is, to obtain froiu Ruse fie such terms as may jrave to him, and to his people, any shadow of security or of independence. Sweden, in 1909, presents, indeed, only the-ema ciated remains of departed poia cud gremlins& Scarcely a twittery ago, in 1709, before the battle *1 Polinen. CM4IILLI XII. possessed not only Fin land and Carclia, but all the rich provinces that LONDON, TUESDAY, Strrastsgs 26. We have received Spanish Papers to the 7th, and Portuguese to the 17th instant. According to the latest accounts which they contain from the armies, the Critish heati-quarters were at Batlajos, and those of the Spanish army, lately under CuEves, at 'lsmaili°. The army of the Marquis Ro st so •, estimated at 30.000 Mil, Waq deliertllding to the Tagus, in the direction of Zamora and Ciudad Realrigo. As the division of NET was posted in the same quarter, between Salamanca and Toro, the latee► would probably make na attempt to obstruct Rusistrs's progress. The French, under SOULT, had gone into cantonment, at Plasencia and Coria, and both parties appeared to await the issue of affairs in Germany. A Rot al Decree has been published by the Supreme Junta at Seville, abo lishing certain imposts, oppressive to commerce and manufacture. If this be intended as the com mencement of a system of reform, it is matter of deep regret that it ass not adopted long ago. Exactly, as az foresaw, the sitting. part, which tile Cabinet Duellists and Invalids kft behind them, %shell they ran away from their bed of roses, has proved unproductive. A Council was held on Saturday, at which it was determined that the coun try required the art-vices of Lord GRF.N VILLE and Earl GEL Y. This opinion was communicated by the Earl of Ely F.RFOOI. to the KING, on Saturday after. noon; and Ilia 11 , Lueicrr having most graciously ap proved the advice, two Messengers were sent off from Windsor, in the evening; one to Lord Demi LLB, in Cornwall, and the other to Earl GREY, in Northumberland. As his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES arrived on Friday, at Windsor, and the Duke of YORK remained there both on Friday end Saturday, it is supposed tbey con curred in advising His MAJESTY to send for Lori) GRENVILLE and Lord Date.—. Tis this complexion, it has been long announced, things must come at last ; and it is quite amusing to recollect the ridicule with which the suggestion was treated, within these few days, by The Courier and The Meriting Post ; both of which now ap platil the wisdom of the determination, and declare theaiselves ready to forsake their old employers, and to eater into the service of the new into. " Eat," say these Para Ate?, " the invitation to Earl Lord Gap vi L Lit,•is not to arrange a to neyt 3Lmstrv, htit to wake a coalition with the .Ministers who have not run away."—To give weight trolhis'iiniertion, they estimate the sitting part so left behind; as consistin 4 - of six Members, viz. Lord EL DON, Earl of OUTMAN, Earl BATHUitiT, Earl of LI VEIWOOt.. LOKI Mt: LGRAV 6, and Mr. Pcnimma L; al thongh, as is well known, Mr. PzacciraLtewsleredlits resignation ; the Earl of CHATIIIM stands in a dill-a /Ma light ; and, in fact, Lords ELDON, situ MUI.GRATS, are all that actually remain of the Cabinet. We do not pretend to say that Lord Gas e• vt Lt.e and Earl Gage may noifind some corner for these people, et least bar ;I I i) , 14 most assuredly, if they do return to office, they will form, in system and practice, a totally new administration. By the shutting up of Covent-Garden Theatre, two hundred innocent British subjects, and their families, are deprived of bread. The devtructien of the two ‘linter Theatres had thrown the whole theatrical corps upon the world ; but the rebuild ing of Covent-Garden Theatre, it was hoped, would restore oue half of them to their former cbm forts. Scarcely, however, was the cup raised to their life., when a base and selfish intrigue dashed it to the ground—for the inquiry and report which the Proprietors have proposed, must occupy, not days, but weeks; and, in the mean time, Bri tish genius may go and starve ut leisure.— We have already stated, owl again repeat, that the present disgraceful and degrading humiliation of the Theatre is the result of a miserable intrigue, set on foot, not by the friends, but by the secret enemies of native genius. Mr. I ng,:ani, one of the rioters of Saturday night, was, we suppose, a patron of native genius ; and those fellows who assaulted Mrs. LISTON sod jlrs. DICKONS, oil Saturday night, were all admirers and patrons of native genius. Thaw patrons and protectors of native genies, who, we see, are already spiriting up the populace Of Dublin to degrade and disgrace themselves, by shouting their doors against CATA LAN', will of course attend the Opera-house in the Haymarket, and take care that Jelin Bull's money is not wasted there upon foreigners, en muse; but that it shall be all rest rved for native genius— Oh ! no, the Old Tailor of the Opera-house may fleece and cut up John Bull at his pleasure. He may charge half-a-guinea for one of his pigeon holes, where the Proprietors of Covent-Garden ask ally one shilling far similar accommodation. He say give io,oool. to any Italian dancer and singer, sad he will be applauded by the Fagnanis, and ether patrons of British genius, for his liberality. It is melancholy to see many good sod well mean. ing people, the dupes of this base artifice, aiming a mortal blow at native genius, while they fancy themselves its best friends ;mad supporters. The Amelia frigate, during her late cruise of! the coast of Spain, took two Preach tuggers, isitoone of which she put Mr. La CORNEY, the pilot. and four men ; and a master's mate and the like nuittluer of men on board the other. When 01l Gijon, being in want of water, they tell iu with Spanish th • pet.oide in which iiiiorin ed them the place was in po..session or the Sim. niard=, which induced them to go iu ; wlrru they were 01l captured by the .31Ctil! . . . Letters received from an tfilicer of cm. of 11 regiments with Gen. Cftsurt!tits, dated Au:;. on the frontier. of Sp:1111, that, all the of Gen. CILAUFI , I;DIP brigade. they were order':: suddenly to halt, and were titre hutted in a ero, and olive grove, and well snimlied with fresh heel, (though, by the bye, from their own exert ), us the Portuguese, geiwrallj speaking, drove off their cattle 011 the approach of Ceti. C.'s little urmy ; which our soldiers, by some stray bullock. georixl ly fount out. That the heavy baggage was ship. pet] on the Tagus for Liason, and that this little compact army had been joined by the I.t battalion of the 11th regiment. from Madeira. Au officer end two privates of the Seth regiment of foot had been drowned, battling in the Tagil., by the rapi dity of the current. General Caacreno was in hourly expectation of being joined by Marshal BEII6IFORD. The Princess Elisabeth naCket arrival, on Fri day eveniow, nt Falninuei, in eleven days from Lisbon. Private accounts date, th.if Lord IVEL LINGTON had arrived, with the British army, at Ahnintes,sbout BO English miles from Lisbon, and halted there. Abets, tww•Mmdred and fifty of the 3d Regi ment of Guards, arrived in town, yesterday, from Flushing. The frigate that carried out Mr. J scatost, was spoken with by His Majesty's ship Paosper, within two days sail of the Cisesapeak. The Antericau sloop of war Wasp, had sailed from France with a Messenger. Our Falmouth letter of Saturday, 'announced the arrival of the Augusta, from st. Thomas's, after having lost Capt. ST. AVIIIN, and several of her crew, on het passage. by fever. Among the victims to this disease were— Mr. John Melhoish, (mate,) Hears Gandry, (gyarier,) Haar, Williams, (cook,) Joe. Thesoas.Martau Webber, Wit ham Parkes, Nich. Butler, James Melhuish, W. Wastrel, Rabert,Thomaa, and John From, mamas The Baronets of Ireland a•nount to about 191) only, while those of Euglainl exceed four times that slumber. An aagtnentution is shortly to take place, by raising to that order the heads of the fol- lowing families; Richardson and Brunelow, both of Arntazhalurr I.a fowler, of Carlow ; liageuall,liareell,Savale, of Do rtuhire ; Laureates, of Yllkeany ; Butler, of ditto; Ford, a it. county DOwn ; Canaan, of tiores'a County; ill , Fits. getaltl, Vereker, he. The Feeding packet arrived ou Friday. at Fal mouth. in 40 days from Jamaica. 'llse hurricane of the hit 'August did not reach that Island ; but one of our frigates that was cruising had beat dis wasted by it. • 44 ' . ' .0. r 4 , ; '7 ,. . •• • 4 ^: • l i t• II -..., -...... ' . I -.; • - ''.,,,,v_ri, THEATRE. LYCEUAII. This elegant Theatre wad reopened, last night, under the management of Mr. A !twilit . , for the winter heason. The company consists of the late Drary-lane Performers ; and all the vocal talent and native genie,, that afforded so mach delight to the public, in the Ei•glish ();,erns, during the summer season. The iiturtainments %vete, Mr. SHERIDAN'S Opera of me Detene, Soil the Farce of The Mayor of I;arrat. Mr. Dowrox resumed , art of Isaac Mendoza, in the Opera, which I. • !MEd with all that mellowness and chaste. ness characterise all his performantes. Mrs. Naval,'" was the ILsaita of the night, h o d Mrs. BISHOP the • ('lard. They both tang theif songs with gnat taste and sweetmeat, and were very well receited. Mr. PHILIPPS. its Corks. was, as usual. encored, with euthesia-m, in all his songs, —The Opera went oat' with very great spirit. Miss McomE, for the tint time, performed the part of Mrs. Sneak. in the Farce. She dis.: plii3•ed uncommon spirit and vivaritY. Mr. Bus. SF !XS Sneak is one of his best performances. Mr. Doveros never played Major Sturgeon with more excellence. lii the interval between the Opera and the Farce; the frillor mug placard was hencled . down from the gallery to the pit, where it was read aloud— " Jelin Pall virtoriout.....tnreens lit the Drury-lase coin. puny—Fair priers—Native talent--.lho foreign imurperir.... GoilSave the King." .. . . . The audience" did not take the least notice of this in►idious attempt. lbf PROMPTLY, ex A . TOP No ming nue MAO V•LLEW If LOTS WIT* A 9 AMIARLIS GIRL. %ARLO STUTTER. Go ask you bashful youth the name Of her, whine shim. ruisttl Wit flame He stilt, a tts gin IS, but in such dunce s That all hut answer is--a STI; TT L ! Dedham, Es*c.r. Earl SPENCER %R.i in town the teltrAe of yegterday, and in the evenirg his Lurthbip returned to Wimbledon. The lion. Mrs. Doubloon') BURRELL is nearly recovered from her accouchemerst; and us soon as her cards of thanks are issued, she iutends to kare town for Scotland. The Coniit.sa Dowager of ORMOND arrived yes terday at itADDISUE'S Hotel, 111 St...l.ilticA's-street, from Harrogate•. Arrived at GOUDE'S Tavern, Ply onnatlv—Baron DE ROBECK and fain ly, Lord Viik:oant N maim, Sir WY. CoLa, and Mrs. 131.TTCIWORTII. Ildrs.Joanan (says the Liverpool Paper receir ,, ird yesterday) has, besides Peggy, to which the made her first appearance on Monday, since performed se— vend other of her principal characters. We never sew her look better, nor petforia with more animation, humour and simplicity. She has been received, every night of her , appearance, by numerous and elegant audiences, with the most rapturous applause." 1101,414,1 has jollied the theatrical corps id the Isle of 11'i 4 lit, being engaged to perform a few of his favourite characters both id. Newport and Cowes. He is accompanied by :Kim HULiIAN, Wile is to perform anti him. The arrivals at SWNliSeli are Sir Julos Getfaid,, Bart. Mr. Pailliarah, Lieut. Cole, R N. Mr. Trion, Capt. tad Mrs. Deaver. Mr. Aruistruag, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. and 7.lsatrr Band, Mrs. liwynne, Mr. and Mrs. Sao bridge audtaurily , Lard and Lady I))dievor,&c. iIIIS day in Yorkshire. Lord I)**Liscaos's 'hounds take the lead; they are in tine condition. The li,rkeley hound* were yesterday sold at . 1 . 4 TIE RSA ; arty were put up in bee bus, anti Kieifed about sixteen guineas. Couple. tienral•of the limiters also :'itched a good prim. The diereury metre, clam of Smasher, by Star, died last aet k aiih a colt foal in her, by Sliattle. She was the property of Mr. (.:Lotaus*LlNTON, and ass bred by the late Sir JOHN Wean, Bart. and was out of !Hy-Ane, hy florist!. The races :i w t Litc n hfield were vi.ited by several of the Frtiich prisoners taken at Flashing ; nit 1111 l g whunt were, Cul. SerionN, and the Rev. Mr. dully. An odd iminciat.on Mr. CitA env', of Putney. well known in the weild for Iris excellent peek of hounds. commenced hare-hunting, for the first time this veer son, last Monday ; and ye.terilay. the hounds were again thrown oft on Wimbledon Common • the company did not muster strong, on account rf the weather. This Gentleman intends to throw off every Monday, at nine o'clock, at the same place s during the season. • On Toe-day the 12th inst. a, skiff belonging to 17 Lester Humus. Esq. a Lieutenant in the Ro3 al biarvy, of Ciroveileitel, - went - Swansea. in ...which he bad proceeded to Bristol, and was no morn with • quantity of household furniture. we. picked up by the PerseveraNce, of Newport. near the mouth of Bridg.warer liver. moil towed into Burn ham shore. Her side was beaten out, and Mr. HUGHES, with too men he lied engaged for the trip. perished. A bay r who was also on board, seed his life by swisoinia g to the shore. Po:A . II6AL Dets.—Mr. Wilkes fought in Pim.. cession, Lord .Tallstlt and Mr. Martin. in deli nee of his principles. Mr. Wilburn Adam fought M. Fox. in consivience of some reflections cast by the latter, on the intimate coni•ection of the• former with Lord North. during the American war. His Royal Highness the Doke of York fought Colonel Lenox, now Duke of itichnioud; in consequence of the latter hat leg given the health of Mr. Pitt in the company of certain personages writhe Royal Blood, during the violence of the defiates upon the Regency. Mr. Tierney fought Mr. Pitt; in conse 7 quence of o arpinfible in the House of Common., in the course of which the Speaker haring stated that the House would trait for the ezplitmaties of Mv. Pitt, that Gm:Conan iustactly replied, " the House will ens a greet while, if it waits for an)explana tion from tue." Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Cars niug, two of the Cabinet Miuistcrs of Ergland, have fought. iu consequence of expressions of dis approbation, by one of the portlier, of rhe couduct of the other.