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THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY. Ju Ng 21. It will he 'wen in our Court News, that Vice- Admiral Sir ROBUT Comae was yesterday pre rated to His MA3L4TT, upon his appointment to the command it Plymouth. Sir HUBERT CALDER, wiih an inferior force, defetited the combined Beet of France and Spain, and took two ships of the Fear this victory he was brought to trial, and the sect. wee of a Court•Martiol declared that he had not done his duty. We always thought his fate rather hard, cousidering that he is one of the •td school, sod not one of the dashing Admirals reared under the auspices of that father of modern lime.. the brave and venerable Earl of ST. Vile. MT. It is, therefore, with more than ordiwary pleiuore, we wee him re-iastated, in some measure, In the good opinion of his Sovereign, and his name rescued from the censure, which. without this mark of favour, must for ever attach to it. The House of Lords will meet, this day, at half post two o'clock, and the prorogation of Parliament ie expected to take place itt Over. At that mo ment the authority under which Sir FRaticts Boa litcrt is confined in the Tower. will cease to exist, and be will become entitled to his discharge. Ilia liberation, however, will not he effected until the het of the prorogation is officially notified to the Earl of Motu, the Constable of the Tower.— finch communication will, no doubt, be made *nit all possible celerity ; as otherwise the worthy Suomi, it litigiously inclined, might bring his action for false imprisonment, should be have demanded his freedom after the prorogation, and been refused by the Constable, altho.gh the law does not allow the fraction of a day. His Lords;dl) had a long Interview yesterday with the Duke of Uwe; at which, we understand, the course to he idlopted no the occasion, formed the lAtllliefi of their conversation. The form and late of the procesiiou in which Sir FLINCH will move from the Tower to his house iu Piccadilly, were given iu our Paper on Wednesday ; hut although the persons who design to attend it are requested to assemble. at Our, ut their respective stations, it probably will not set out from the Tower until about five. The following further instructions were issued yesterday : " Gentirosen who Mitsui walking its the Procreates' tre to assemble on GI sal Tower-bill, and form themselret iu the order of match, 'six a-breast, with fruit towards Cooper's- "Gentlemen who intend riding on horseback, nre to as sertible in Muurfichls. "Gentlemen who intend going in carriages, are to as- semble in the %nutlet, a carriage will he placed at the south corner of John street, with the horses' heads towardi the north, behind which the ushers are to fall iu as they . arrive. " Gentlemen on horseback with while wands will attend on Tower-bill to marshal the lout ; others will attend in the like manner in SluorGelils to marshal the horse, and direct their ninech to the Tower, where they will join the brut ; other,, in like masher, sill attend the earria;es in the Illinories. The Proeesiiion will pass Sir Francis Bur dett's house, and Gentlemen will immediately diverse, by going up the streets ou the North side of Picc■dilly. " The time fur Gentlemen to assemble will be announced as early as possible. "The Committee of the Rituals of Sir Francis Burdett, who intend to express their respect and gratitude to him by escorting him from the Tower, earnestly recommend to every friend to freedom not to allow any circumstance to irritate them, and carefully to avoid every thing that .ajc lead to tu rmoil sod disorder." " JAMES POW F.LL, See." " Crown and Ascher Tavern, June 20, 10110 A letter was received, yesterday, by the Lord Mayoa, from the Right Hon. Mr. Rv DER. Serie tary of State. intimating, that as he understood a procession, oa the liberation of Sir FRAXtId Bue. Hater, vv,,uld pass through the City, this day, he trusted his Lordship would take the necessary tun. cures to preserve the peace of the City. The long-contested cause of the Roxburgh estate and title was concluded in the House of Lords yesterday. It is eventually determined that the claim of Sir JAMES Ims Kiss fully entitles him to the right of the Rokburgh 'estate, but that 110 sufficient evidence has yet been adduced which can decide the ►itle to the Earldom or Roxburgh, We have received Anotrivaii Papers to the 231 ult. Their contenis ure not important. A Bobtail Paper of the I lth ineutions the arrival of the Ids* Adam in the Cheatleak, but pipers of a later date take uo notice of her arrival. A letter from Dover, date►t Wednesday evening, says :—" One of oar boats is just come on shore from it large hrg, which is gone past from Dieppe, bound to London. The Master states, that he left Dieppe on Sunday night, being hurried to sea by his merchant, who told him, that souse bad news had been received, and he was fearful the vessel would be atopped, if eke did not sail before the next day. It was generally nodes:aloud that a battle had been fought iu Portugal, which had been ' unfavourable to the French, and that the French people were very dissatisfied with the corn bring sent out of the country, and in some places ripe for revolution against the Government. Every exertion was made to finish loading the vessels that were taking iu corn, to send them to sea, before an embargo should take place." We give this day, in the back of our paper, an article entitled" A Letter from Brim A PARTE to the Queen of NAPLES," not his sister NIVRAT. bat the legitimate Queen of Naples, previous to his mar riage with her niece the Princess Maims Louisa. Now that Parliamentary Debate is over. we may expect to find some of the papers atteriipting, in the vacation, to fill their columns with effusions of this kind, as an agreeable change from the stale device of private correspondenee from •" The Shores of the Bay of Biscay." We have more than once ex posed these tricks, and we will do so azajo. if at tempted to be imposed upon the public, as authen tic information: As matters of amusement. in the absence of real intelligence, we have, however, no j objection to them ; and, as such, have . copied the article in question. The Marlborough Packet, Capt. Burr. is ar rived at Falmouth, with a Mail from -Lisbon. after a passage of 14 days. The lettets and papers from that city are to the 3d instant, and con. tams accounts from Lord WELLINGTO% . 3 army, on the Portuguese frontier, to the 30111 last. At that date no battle had taken place, nor was one immediately expected. The French army, under Marshal Massa NA, called "The army of Portugal," consias of four diviaions, amounting in the whole to 70,000 men, extending from Salamanca to Mu llis. The van of Lord WELttsGTON'S arusy was sit St. Felines, with the British head-quarters at Cele ricos, and the Portuguese at Formes. It thus ap pears that the French army forms a riz,ht line pearly north and south, through the middle of the Spanish province of Eatreasadura, while Lord . WrALINGTON'S army remains within the Por tuguese frontier. The amount of the latter is not mentioned. but we believe it exceeds the French by several thousands, and is further described as in high health and discipline. and eager for the impending conflict. We are sorry to find it ad mitted, that the formidable appearance of the enemy had spread terror among the natives, as this dis position is likely to increase the longer an action .. delayed. Tile war in the vicinity of Caiii proceeds Tratle"is represented as brisk,• and provi sions are plentiful in that city. It is confidently asserted in the Cuban Papers that AUGEREAU has quitted Barcelona, and retired with 12,000 men to the French frontiers, carrying with him a great treasitre, and seserid of the principal persons of Barcelona. He has left iu Barcelona. Gerona, and othur places, no more troops than are absolutely necessary to garrison theta. The Spanish army under O'DoN st. has it► consequence approached nearer Barcelona. The Sax Doadwge. Sir Wows° STRACHAII, ar rived coo Tuesday in the Downs., from off Flushing. and is expected to sail in • few days for a foreign station. He will be succeeded ip the command ott Flushing by Sir Euweitu Num. who will hoist his flag ou board the Christian VII. The latter vessel is arrived at Plymouth for that purpose, from a cruise off Basque !loads. Last morning the following Gentlemen waited upoir the Cuatrcehhue of the'E;tcrte.uvr.n. - to hid for the entruingtottery, when the Bidding, were as under Mesas. Richardson, swill, and Co Lin S S Hensley, Pulley, and Co. 17 12 6 Menai and Co. Dish and Cu l7 7 3 Cope auul Co .. 16 18 • MMIISM RICHARDSON. Sevier, and Co. being the highest bidden, tero of course declared contrac tors. The Lottery to consist of 9.1).000 Tickets, to be drawn ou the igth October next. The KING came to town, yesterday, as usual, from %Viodsnr. His 114.m5-re arrived at the Qukart's Palace about twelve o'clock. Just be fore His Als.sEst y had entered the Palace. the Duke of CUMBERLAND, who hod taken ink siring in his carriage, Inc the first time since his alighted, to rec.live his Royal Father, together wills the Dukes of KiNT. Sulam and CAM. MUDS*. His MAJESTY appeared highly gratified to find that the Duke of CUMBERLAND was so far recovered as to be able to come out to see him.— His Royal Highness wore a great coat—both his arms were io slings; he has not die use of either hand. His head was bound with black silk, and he wore a black silk cap. His Royal Highness looks pale ; but is not so much reduced as might have hero expected; he, of course, is rather weak from the great loss of blood he has experienced. . His Mascara , held a I.:vee sOOO after two o'clock. IshiCh was attended i s The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Pennant of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellie of the Ent Miser, the riesILSNM of the Admiralty, the Alaster.Gencral of the Ordnalicie. . three nectetartes of State, the "Wildest of the Deana of Centhroul, the President rat the Huard dTrade, the Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant of inland, the Lard amashertaiu, the Lied Steward of the Household, the Deka of Montrose; Effie d Harrowby, Harrington, sad Elmo likleeciambe Leeds St. Helen% (in seal )ti.4 Hemilield (gold stick) Sired. Teo arid It. Calder; Geseeals Nam mud Campbell, grooms is waiting; Colonel Freer; awl Masses. itublueur sadravrkeser. The lullossing had the homer of beiog presented Yo His 111AJzsyr":— Captain Sir 311111C11 Yeo RN. M sistirleg His Majesty's posisisioa to accept the rink of a Lisle of St. Benito, of Avis, and the harbour of SAW' Koiskibsol: Yiee-Adiairal Sir Robert Calder, ou his appoiatiseat to command at Plymouth. . Migadier-Geueral Balfour, on his appointment to the instal - Nava-Scuba, aod upon his departure thither. Mr. &Amain', on Ins being appointed a Lord of the Ad miralty. The Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Fraser Commandant of the Ist Reginand of the Inverness-shire Loral Militia. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which his speech, to be delivered this day by the Lords Commissioners for proroguing the. Sessions of Par. liament, in His Mair arrv's name, was read, when we understand it will be prorogued to the f let dAy of August. His MAJESTY gave audiences to Mr. PERCEVAL, and the rest of the Cabinet Ministers. The Duke of MAILLSOKOUGH and frankly an. rived in town, yesterday, to dinner, front Sinn House. A splendid Dejeutti ala Frascati was given by -Mr. BRAHAN and Madame Sioaaca, at their ele gant chateau, on Hearne Hill, yesterday. Ills Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and a nu. nitrous assemblage of Noblemen and Gentlemen, were invited. A mungst the vocal visitors were, Mrs. BILLINGTON. POOl.ll, NALDI, &c. Fashionable departures yesterday Sir W. Green, front Graftorstreet, fur Canterbury. E. Protheme, Esq. from Marley.strect, for Bristol. Mr. Fusion, from Caireadish.optare, for Shubdun, near McMinn% Surrey. G. !thee, Esq. from Minchexter•square, for Muddyford, near Christchurch, Hams R. Mackenzie, Esq. from Portland-place, fur Richmond. Among the most splendid dresses, at Mrs. CHl resumes Masquerade, on Monday, was Sir WK. Sturm:4ol:nm, correctly habited in the Spanish tostame. In °or Paper of T ues d ay, it was stated, that an . . affray had taken place on Sunday, at • public house in Paved-alley, Pall-Mall. This statement is incorrect. The affray took place, not in Paved alley, but in the neighbourhood. There a not a more proper or orderly house to dsat vicinity than the ha l m all u d e d to . A fire brake out yesterday afternoon at • large unfinished house in Montague-square, the interior of which was entirely consumed. Au adjoining house, which was only built up to the second story, suffered much damage. Th• accident was occa sioned by some shavings catching tire. Forty en gines repaired to the spot. A General Court Martial has lately been held at Vises, on THOlikll RICHA UPSON. Clerk in the Cots minarist Department, no a charge of embezzling the public loonies, by fraudulently receiving SI. per cent. oat of payments made by him at different times at Merida.—Upon which charge the Court sentenced the prisoner to be committed to gaol for three months, and also to refund the sum of 1611. sp.. 6d. being the amount received by him in • fraudulent manner; and it adjudged that the Prisoner is incapable and unworthy of again "ervsnat His MAJLITY in any situation of trust, civil •r military; which sentence h►s been confirmed by His MAMMY. the intelligence of the actions which we have men. two e,l before,and that the enemy hay retired beaten to the frontiers. They assure us; that the retreat of the French to Belgarde and Perpignan is coati dried as certain ; and they also confirm the %mi llenaryGe action at Lerida. neral Jerome has circulated proclautationa st Malaga, exciting the Poles to forsake the bat,- pe r of the tyrant, the effect of which has beets such, ti.at ineu deserted the next day, of whom thirty hoe already reached the camp at Gibraltar." • A MARICA. NEW YORE, NAY 15. Wiisliington letters roams the report of trouble in the National Cabinet. The President and Mr. Smith here jarred, and the latter has left Wash ington. It is said Mr. Jackson will be invited to r eturn to Washington, and resume negociation ! What a mutable world we live in ! Who will be lieve in the ces s a tion of miracles, when it is found that President Madison has become • Jacksonite General Moreau gave a very splendid. ballot his 'house in Pearl-street, New-Turk, last Monday evening. Among the ladies and gentlemen of distinction, present, were Mr. Jackson, (the British Es• Minister), and his lady. ERTRACT 01 A LETTER PROM MR. FINKS= TO TEI . SECRETARY OF STATE, DATED LONDON. ern. igg. " I have received from Gen. Armstrong a letter, and have, i n c onsequence, made a written inquiry to lord Wellesley (with whom 1 had before commu nicated personally on the subject), as to the inex istence of the blockades to which it alludes. lam not without hopes, that the reply to my inquiry will amount to a declaration (ratisfying, in sub stance, the condition mentioned in General Arm strong's letter), that these blockades are not in force ; and, if it should, I will send immediately to General Armstrong. t have prepared au official artier to you on this head, which, with such addi tions ss circumstances may enable me to make to it, will be sent by the corvette John Adams." NEW THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY,y Ju ne 21, wiU be acted, Hse Traged KING JOHN. Jolla, King of England, Mr. Knishle; Faulconbridge, Mt. C. Kimble; Philip, King of Froucc, Mr. Murray. Quote gleam, Mn Weston ; the lady Constance, Mn. Siddoita. To which will hr added, the popular Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND MOTHER GOOSE; OR, THE GOLDEN EGG. Mother Goose, Mr. Simmons ; Hartman, Mr. Bologna, Jim; Clown, Mr. Grinsalsli ; Columbine, Miss Adams. LITPII.It THEITRE.—ENGLISH OPERA. TIIPS EVENING, THEW:GAT, lase ei, will be acted, a Comic livers. called THE H.tUNTED TOWER. bop of Oakland, Mr Onwto• • Loyd William, Mr Phil. lip; FAward, Mr. Knight,lbeiwg big first appearance In that eharseter.) Lady Minter tie Courey, Miss E. Bohan, (her Intl appearance in that &mere, Adtla, Miss Kelly ; ICately„Mrs. Terrill; Man.!, Mrs Henley; (being ;heir fits! appearance is these characters.) After which, t ith time, a new Pantomime Bullet, called THE CASTILIAN MINSTREL. The Principal Characters by Mr. Robert, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Beardin, Miss %midi, Miss Luppino, /se ice. A New Open, is three acts, and a New.Eaternimsietst, is ton acts, are is reparation, and will be predated in early sornsaies. IHEATRE-RUY4 L, HA Y-MARK E7'. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, June 21, will be acted, • Comedy, called THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. - . Mandl, Mr. Holland; Archer, Mr. Jones; Scrub, Mr. Low Durisils, Mn. Eyre; Mrs. Sullen, Mrs. C. Kernble ; Cherry. Mrs. Gibbs. 74 Wed will be added, a Masks! Farce, called KILLING NO MURDER. Bag* Mr. Molise' ; Mr. Apollo Belli, Mr. Listou. His Nam, Mrs. Mathews ; Fmoy, Miss H. idly. Tieieerreir The Heir St LAW, and Mistrisseay. •.•• Tie Oise of this is restored te N.. eppealile the Lyceum TYsatre. pfi esepiested that all lams, Orders, he. far ths may be directed WOBURA SHEEP-SHEARLIC. SECOND DAY—Tosiove. After a public breakfast, in the grand Saloon, at Woburn Abbey, such. of the Noblemen and Gentlemen present, as are members of the Smith field Club. adjourned to another room, and held a meeting—his Grare the Duke of flevvono, the President, in the Chair; when the Judges, fur the next cattle-:hew, in December, being appointed, and other routine business done, •n adjournment took place, to the Freemasons' Tavern ; the 14th of Deeetnber next. The company hating assembled again, they re paired to Crowley Heath Form, to view the plough. mg-match, cud trial of agricultural i...uplerneuls. There were tea ploughs started, on a piece of seeds, intended for turnips, vie.- 1• Lord Ludlow, a suing ploug►, made by Hill, held by .Saauurl pe ll. e James Uhver,• of Duastable, a Leicester wbrc•lcd plough, held by T. Sumnserfield. 3. Jllllll4ll Potts, of Eversholt, self, held by self 4. whdbresd, of Aseptbill, s Nark& wheeled plough, held by Witham Limes. .5. Duke of Bedford (Matilde. Farm), Norfolk, held by James Cole. b Duke of Redford (Park Farm), Northumberland, had by Juba Green. 7. Colonel Wm. Cunningham (Scotch), held by Robert Angus. a. Henry Hugh Hoare, Esq. ;Scotch), bide by R. Ilwannsl. q John haslet of Houghton Rigs, Litanie s wind ed, held by J. Combo:flied. in. Mr. Juke. Goodness; of Everhult s Nortbumberland, held by Wm. Ireland. On our relent to the farm-yard, we noticed Louis XV 111., and * number of his attendants, among the crowd, viewing the sheep, implemeits, and other ob,jecta of the day's meeting. • fhe impltments, exhibited in action, in the farm yard, consisted of a portable e-home threshing mill, by R. Salmon ; a hand thrashiog-tuill, by Mr. Cos ; a windmill, to raise small quantities of water, by a chain ; a fire-escape, on a new -construction, by Robert Salmon ; a 3-row drill, by Robert Sal mon; a portable weighing engine. for cattle, any Shephatti ; a gate, ou a useful and simple construc tion, by. IL Salmon. At 3 o'clock, a more numerous and select Com pany sat down to dinner, in the Great 11011, and two tadjoiniNg rooms, than we remember, on any former occasion, to have witnessed. As soon as the cloth was withdrawn. the toasts proceeded thus: " The Eing"--" The Plough"—a The Fleece"—" Breed. lag in all its beanches“..." The Presides* of the Board of Agriculture, sad prorperity to that Institution.' Sir Jolla Suicidal' row, and after thanking the Noble Host and the Company, said, he could congratulate them add the country, that the Cniiidy 'Reports, au which the Board had been so long em ployed. were nearly completed. Sir Jous con* clnded by giving as a Toast " The House of Russet, nol may Agriculture and that House lung flourish together." His Grace iu returning thanks assured the com pany that be should;always exert his best energies for toe intere,ts of agriculture and his country. The toasts procraded " An improved system of agriculture"—" Mr. Croke, tad prespesity to the {ltalians sheep-shearing" Mr. COIL& returned tartars ; and then gave— " )lise fleece ass a gaud carcass." Hsu Grace announced, that both Mr. Coke and hiller , * wen making swaspasistiva caperisiteata with Merino.sheep, of whose 'faults the public abould he duly informed hereafter ; and he gave— .. !kir Weatcar, 'loathe Gassing luterest of England."... ...re( Farming Society of I relaad "—" Sir Wash's W. Wynn, and prosperity to the Wynastay Media( sad the Agriesltara of the Principality." Sir W iTLIN returned thank* ; and proposed— " The Duchess of Bedford, and Home of Roswell." Among the company at the dinner, we noticed—. Eadr—Wireighes, Fortescue, Talbot, Dudley, Ossory, Ludlow, and Demooglisnore. Lwitel—Sooternile, Whitworth, Bradised, Dandily Castle- reagh, aad Kiag. Sin—Joneph Banks, John Iliaclair, Wm. Rombey, John &bright, and H. W. Wyss. Beaisalia•Flobbosse Esq. • Thomas Mika Coke, Eq. • Bridgman Simeon, E;q. ; W. Adam, Esq. ; Minim at Anomie, Esq.; $ diem Berney, En.; Jan Fmk, Esq. Davies Gidsl„ Esq. • J. B. Pried, Omsk, Rowley, W H. Homer, Landes, B.4lammer, —. Talbot, 011ky Crewe, Kennedy, Wm. Child, J. Wiag, Peplos. hieelair, IDA Womb., Tollett, Elliman, Gong, Pre. farm Davy, G. Garrard, J. Ferry, Col. Casaiegbsos. Col. ritsroy, Major Mama, Rev. H. I Dudley, T. Preston, L. Lorene Spun R. C &north, Dr. Ilerlasa, .Rev. R. Laredo:, T. F. howerbaak, Seagram, Wm. Drake, J. Whigs, C. Kipling, Dr. J. Wells, Rev. Lg w omby. s mo ky. and a long list of 'meteor sgricultorists. OD the return of the company to the farm-yard, the sale of South-down sheep from the Park-Farm commenced, and much keen bidding was eahi bited. Let le. toilworn—. 36 gonna% Mr. Ennuis 13. 10..diti0.... 54 ditto 14. t0..diit0.... 49 Mr. Hill it. to—ditto.... 49 Mr. Latouebe 16. t0..ditt0.... 46 17. to 2.y.ewee.. 41 .. Ditto 1111. 10 5-7 ewe►.. 47 19. 10..ditt0.... 30 ..... Mr. Towers 10. enroll-mouth ewes.. at Ditto al: t 0.... ditto 3O Ditto A Desire cow, ears old, No. 1 I. a 4 guineas, Mr. Stepp. A Davos Heifer, J.yrs old, No 1. 211 piness, Ditto A Hereford ditto, lie. 7. 35 g 005404,84 Simon Clark. A ditto, No. 5, 4141 Edward Platt. The Lettiugs of Sonth-down Taps thca took place as follows, via.— Twookeors, No. a. at as pintas. 6. is -- 9. 9.5 Mr. Hillery. 141. to Mr N Three-skews, No. s. N—Nr. Foster. io. 30 - - it. .10 Mt. itnll‘ IL IS 13. f 0 Mr. Talbot. 17. IS Mr. Royal, Fuur, alums, Nu. Q. Lord %VlM,'lath. 4 IS The 'het% ing and letting of five pure oue-shear Merino rains, partly bred from His Majesty's flock, and partly front lleritio,4 more recently im ported into this country, then commenced. His Grace having d-clinert to put any price on the hire of these tops. a , being the first he ever offered to let, a long hesitation prevailed before any otters were made, or bidding, commenced; when, &Pee snore rather kern biddi.ig, they went eff as full loss, sir.— Nu. 1. at so piaeaa, Earl Dank,. * 15 Jobs Eliseo. 2 as --, Lord Whicaortb. • 7—, Mr Rayarousb. • 41 --•--, Henry Hugh Haar,.