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London, England, 1808-11-10 00:00:00

1 °REIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DUTCII PA
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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
et 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 generyl 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 he
.no unworthy or personal motives to attack 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 : that 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 uncut, is on
its passage from Leith for the Isle 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, rarely
fuel, hut tedious, has prevailed.

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ORMSKIRK THEATRICALS. .t 1•
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MR. EDITOR—I-Het Tisurvday eveniag, I„i ha
negated the pertormance, at this place, or thatn, Bi,
of plagiarism, anachronions, arid inioo.c.t los
The Castle Spectre, by Mr. Tboriihili'a to, 11.'
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 of
IMI:111. Nnioeth°qluklitle4 cearViinloiZthl‘ierlhivelli.ll Th.
of Usmond is in Mr. Nichollion's line ; hoverer,
manifested a just conception of the ehmo,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.*.tma 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. 13
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 1a
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'aatio
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 return 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, !oiler
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, yeaterobt ,v while doing the honours of 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'ecuoirirn of Miss tii.eNewarreeln with Mr. Biiait
is
orYesterdayclsta.°ll.
the e
the beantiful duet in Knit. at Drurydanc, on Tot
day.—Miss LYON, unfortunately, was sick is la
ut the time !!!
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of onl SI
e 6fitiaivae
lrl.Yat'avlll
Rosenberg, both or *bid; were well represeAr
sttui, front awl ninny stelkatigliorsraitinca or !omir
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.