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peesticelse bawe coat ahoec and millions is.lnsee Mosley. The
leased 1014 to elre.tlatlim ceteeeds'ln yalite ORM wnlliuue
The Court of Vienna-liar 411.4.11 off the plates of tlgaimt of
amigoate, for s. hies apart Id the mines of the Immarehy are
mortgaged ,• that is say‘ tbeir steunty. is a property al-
most chinstfleol, Ilbao over which the Liolikra of the paper
br• ro cosityrod. While a paper money which the politic
'veld lint rejaet; mid which daily decreased •So talue, was
; `los w dely maltiptiett,,tic Court, through the 4,:ilter3 of
v;eu •, tmught up silt the Told that could be procortal, and
ram it to a far.ign country. A month hes scarcely elapsed
::ore chests full of gold ducats, sealed with the il:tiscrial acid,
weer forwarik.l by the north oeerruatiy to Hudattil.
1. The militia, called the Laidtwehr, is disbanded:
A general annotate is granted to all who belong to the
and who shall return to their home*, at the far-
t i.i :. e. ithio 11 days after the entrance of out ti utiles into the
t....itury in which they have becu raised,
• If the officers du not return within the aforesaid time,
their houses ehallise be at, nod their property declared fur-
feited
4. The sillazee which hale furnished men fur this militia,
..e111••3 the I.auda else, shall be Inwood to reed them, sited to
deliver up the arms they placed ir
5. The Commandants of the several P..:i Owes are charged
with the access... 4 me :wore. for the excen,ti,o of this decree.
la our Imperial Palace, at Schoeubracts, May is.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
Sy seder of die Emperor,
ALEXANDER, Prince of Nen (chat el,
Major-General.
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T4O decrees of the I.lniveror Napoleon have just
been published. They are lath doted Ratishon,
April
The first abolishes the Teutonic Order in all thr
stater of the Confederation of the Rhine. All the,
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property and domains of that Order are united to
the domains id the Princes iu whose states the same
may be included. Thu Princes to pension such of
their imbj .cts us are Members of the 'order. From
this favour are however excluded, all who in the
present war against France, or the Confederate
States, or who, since the declaration of war.. have
reinaionl in the Austrian States. The territor,
of Mergelitheint is united to the Crown of %Videos-
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berg.
The second decree confiscates all the property of
Princes and Counts of the Empire, and :Member*
of the Teutonic Onler, who have wit conformed to
the 7th and 31st Articleat of the Act of Confedera-
tion, bat hayb served in military or civil capacities,
uuder the Austrian Government. One half of this
property goes to the Princes of the Coufeelenilion,
at an todemnification for the expenses of the war;
the other half to the Emperor Napoleon. to he ap-
plied partly to make good the charges of the war,
and partly to defray the rewards given to the officers
and soldiers who distinguish themselves during the
present campaign.
FROH THE PORII. MESE PAPERS.
LISBON, NAV 23.
Yesterday was a day M excessive joy for the in-
hithinseits of this city. By the post we leant that
the'Sseff, military chest, and seven thousand French
liter been taken by the combined army ; ell the
Generals have fal:en into our hands, with the ex-
ceptian of Swill, who fled, with six 1 lred
horse, in the direction of Chaves, where Marshal
Beresfard was expecting him ; but by a let-
ter from Chaves of the 17th, written to ns, it
it;years that Soillt also had been made prisoner
on the 16th. All the troops have covered them-
selves with laurels. Among the prisoners is Lieu-
teitatit-Colonel Serviii, of the 70th regiment of
iiihentry, well blown iu Portugal. Souse
divisions of the Combined Army are at Poste de
Lana. General Loison was beaten completely by
Marshal Beresfonl, at Penafiet, where he was mach
prisoner. Gen. Laborde we. wounded ; the seine
fate had General Lafoie, well known in Lisbon, on
account of having married one ofJimot's favourites.
Gen. Silveira has taken, with his division, the torso
of Sulainonde, where Souk was beaten, and where
the greeter part of his troops laid down their arms.
The Marshal General may say with glory over the
French, Viri.—( Lisboa Diary, May .23.)
By .deices from Mintejo, it is continued that a
column of the enemy, 11,000 strong,. detached
from the French army at Merida, attempted to
pass the bridge of Alcautarti. with the intention,
ac is suoposed, of coming to assist Sonit ; but about
1000 Portuguese, also were at the bridge, obliged
then, to fall hack, killing 1,600 of them. This

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nutoher, so unequal,, (thews the bravery of the Pia-
toguese.—( Lisbon Diary. May 20.)
LETTED. FROX Slit ♦RTIIUR WEI.I.EdLET TO DON
PISRFIRA PORJ
" VONT Tt.I.I,•TRIOUS lte Sr Mos? Flret.LeSte greets—
I hare the honour to inform your Excellency, that having
compelled the cavalry of the enemy to retieat on the too,
Instant, snit &realest Isis advanced guard no the tlth, he
that night ilestro)eil the bridge hetwetn Villa Nova and rho,
'city. I yesterday storming forced the passage of the river, which
meeasioued an action Iretween the troop. rominaitiled by
Mersbel %telt, and them which I commanded, in which the
evenly was entirely defeated, inside five pireea td artillery,
eight aintrinnition carriages, and malt prooners, retrratiee.
at the is-sine time, in the greatest cutifitsion, ea the side of
Antorritite.

" I re tuna coot Excellency to inform the wwwit eveettrut
Senora, the governors of the kingdom, of three eueeevaes;
and that, in the attack on the advanced gourd on the t ith
instant, 1 had treat reason to he perfectly well pinioned with
the conduct and blares) of the battalion of the Portogurse
regiincut, No. in, comas m.lrd 11) Senor CV!. Maelimit,.
" I have the honour, kr
ARTUVR ITELLESLtY.
Had-quartcrs, Oporto, May I t, )809."

LITTER F 11.01( MARSHAL BERESFORD, T 9 DON Ml-
put,. Ph:REINA FORJAZ,
MoiT tLLIATRIOVII AND Mt/4T EXCFl.lLfr't T
After hawing yesterday written to your Elitclirescy, 1 passel'
to the other side of the Dow°, to cause a strung reconnoiter-
lag party to tolvaere spun Nlezao- Frio, uuJ finding on my or-
al's' with Major-Gen. &Kellar, that the enemy
treeriated it, and that one cavalry had coerced it, I caused
the battalioa of Chasseure, Nu. a, to march thither, and
proceeded myself to the seine point, where I met with Major
Harding, whom 1 bail sent is the inoriiinT to recommitre
She enemy, attia Ito returned with informative that they had
all mitered A maninte. The moment I knew his retreat,
I sent as officer to Brigadier Silveira, adenine,: him nu Minter
to direct his attention to the road from Mesa.- Frio Villa
Real, but that he should proceed, with all expedition, upon
the enemy'4 line of twitch timacils A marmite. 31y troops are
now advanciug for this latter plate, eiltit. Ile, the
enemy nu muse expect no than they did the attack ea the
pith, on the side of Vuexa, by his Eteellency the Marshal
General.: It will emus: the enemy to euncentre all his
then b Oporto 1 am going this utularait to AlAisr4ute
Old INftlerre your ExtellitusT.
W.as C. 111:11.1:SFuit1),
" Marshal, and enintasu.lcr..
" Meakaartare, Lautago, May 14, peo9.

" P-S• The loss of the evenly, when be retreated on
alaseo Vrie was mere enolooderable than at was at first repo e
.68.14 d, imedelesid mot tie Ices the. is* killed and
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I met with IF bones .tad on tl.c rout. besides tiro which
Lad been already thrown nth) the Douro."
tissue I wrote the above, l hare received the fol-
lowing letter from Ceneral Silveira
Ni OAT 9,110'

:HOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND .. PtICRLLIEII?b,.../011
.—Yesterday the advanced guard of I:cooky arrived below
Orellia, where wsniall party of fifteen burst: migaxed a
fIIOINT number of he enemy. The commander of thi. port?, m
the cornet of cavalry, \o. ti, Alexanihr JA Costa cite,
himself greatly, and was reeerely wounded, I
reniumiend turn to the IteliPttertlft of your Execlltory, atio•
desert :lig of reward.
The advanced ;plant of Iliftntry on the new road obliged
the emniy to ehmige the ihreetion of his marl+, and it ap-
pears that lu look thr mad of Nlartii, but that is so !nut,
that tlre netillery caisitot be conveyed nlotig it. I had order-
ed the vast-goon :1 lowly:trier 11100111;atiatirs, nod I now matt-
ed it to yruceid to Amor:ode where it will he supported by
nll the forces hetaren both ate Rivers, which will immediate-
ly march upon Ain. CO and Cailaveres.
" l'umirrow I will coition ~,,, •ate to year Excellency, the
viiviees which 1 have received (Imo the 31inho, god the olis-
pusitioub which will he made to prevent the escape of the

enemy.
"1 Itavriiiit Err, irmt uilvicr, that a of the eneioy, ,
when it ritirvird reorit Ain,,rante, took the toad by Lisa,
*hence it '4,m, probable that it o gl/111‘ lu (immanence, or
Itraga.—Loxl ,erve your Lao:Miry.
" FRANCISCO OA SILVEIRA PINTO
1)4 FONSECA.
" Heaill-iptarteis, Villa Real, May iI, 191,9."
EXTRALT OF A LI;rrI.I FlOrl AN ENGLISH OFFICE&
WHO WAS IN 'filE Arrius rAit.t, DAT-
ED THE 14TH OF 31AV, AT NIGHT, FltOli THE
TAM' SEAR Alt tNTAIIA.
" This morning, al 1 o'clock, three of the enemy's co-
with artillery and cavalry, :Mocked for IV our
T10614{/11 isti the heitlit before this place ; the small force
the bras:. (•id MI I) ue, of the Loyal lassitaainll Legion,
i;iiierniir of Hie 11111-0; bail, C011%14:t.1.1 id' Leon men of lb:
eximent of familia, and Ono of the first division of the
10,2.01 11.0.611.1111311 Legion, aid, 43 pieces a artillery,
II The enemy loot to,iino infantry, 1,5011 cavalry, and
1 2 field Mixes. Oiir artilkyy nail infantry fought with ruch
fury, and sneli indeseribahle bravery, moil sun-set, that they
insintaineil the pass against all the effoi is of the mitiaiy,
whose superiority was Do excessive. The mil my kept up 0
fire from all his troops, whirl, was mote terrible ilia., can
our troaps suffered somewhat, hut nothing in
onaparteun with the loss of the enemy, iv knelt was 11111 Irss
than 1,2140 turn. The intrepid Colonel Grant, iteesigein
eommand, alio had licen wounded In a previous art ionilPlice,
with his. urinal comae., every 1404111/11'... to Colour' Marie,
which enabled him tv wake a antic regular retreat titan could
have been experted, saving all his artillery. •
" Tile enriny'e cavalry followed ur is the milling., but by
the judicious disposil mu of the Commanders, they were weir
able to tiarass us as they island, and still less to preveut us
Gem assisting the sounded, sail collecting the dispersed.
It is impossible for me to convey au idea of the roloves
due to the Otlicers and Sultrier' for their unpasalleleil and
iutrepid eitudnet ; it se useless to mentiou the sang fraid,
valour, mid steadiness, which arc natogal to the Eligiedi, and
which shouts') ersvietsously in Colonel Mayor mid Lent..
Calouel Grant
.; Agee experieace proves that the
fight not like men, but like lions. I shall eonclude by sett-
ing you, that from the beginning to the eml, the Loyal Lu.
'denial) Legion fought in a manner worthy of soldiers; the
use. may be said of the regiment of Iclauba. If you had
teen present in this glorious action you would blues sem an
intermit tire."
Mere folk,* the names of the Portuguese Officers killed
and wounded • the loss privates is ...Manned at ilors, the
greater part of whom bad been dispersed, but were mooing
timlefre qj May Ito.
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1.1980 N. MAY 23.
Tiris inament intelligence has arrived, that Stoat
surrendered nith his troops, on the 17th awl lath
inst. to the combiiied army. It appears that lie
left a corps behind, in Camellia d'Este, to obstruct
ours, but this was instantaneously defeated. The
&vision of Marshal Beresford had, by forced
marches, gained so tauch on tile Fremli in this
road from Villa Ponca al'Aquiras to Chaves, that
they had completely outinarched them. Aiwa of
the letters received oil this siihject affir.o, that Eve
regiments of foot sty rcudered between Salainoinle
and Pouts de Nlizatiuta, nod in the environs ; and
that Soult, with /mine cavalry, aas taken in the
viciuity of Montelegre. • Others merely state the
surrender of the French troops, with all their
richer, baggage, &e. Although smile difference
prevails with regard to the particular,, yet there re-
mains no doubt with regard to the fact itself, that
the French urmy ha, beret taken. Some stragglers
have fallen victlins to tile just resew &tient of the
peasantry. As yet we have wit received any uTiciul
account of that nopoi•tailt occiirreuce.—( Extraor-
diaary Supplement to the Lirbut‘ Gazette of May
23.) ,
The Coimbra Gazette, published by girder of Go-
vernment, of toe 19th Mat. gives the following ac-
t:omit of the operations, winch succeeded the action
of the 11 di May Alter that action, the French
made a precipitate retreat in the direction of Ansa-
route, probably with au intention to join the dif-
fereut corps, which were seattend over the province
of Minh°, and iu the vicinity of the Douro. '!'hie
very junction gave the et:mobilo il troops tittle to
overtake them, and, according to the latest intel-
ligence, winch was received in Oporto On ,the
Itith instant, General -Wellesley readied „Braga on
. Monday, mid hat one or two days before ti Freud'
corps. composed of 3,01/0 wen, had marched f
thence On the rrsul of Gionnaraens. Some di-
visions oldie combined army had reached Poute
de Lima, and, on the same day, the oath, Marshal
Berestbill arrived iu Prnafiel. having completely
defeated Gelieral Loissom .Generalsi.oborde and
Lalvie were wounded, the latter badly ; it is said
that Soult himself was wounded. A division, un-
der the orders of General Silveira, was to posses*
itself of the peas of Sislasnonde, and there cannot
thi-refore remain it doubt, hut that Soult and his
troops must consider themselves as perfectly lost.--
We shall /moot learn the result of one of the must
brilliant actions fought during this campaign.
The following letter was written on the loth
ins.taid, by General IVellesley, to Marshal Soult :
"flit?' KO A L !—Bat one moment in left you to deliberate
pan oiltiutiwti bus lorrouse your de-
r.irottitiii is inevitalft, noticsit you surrender at ilkrretioo. I
ant marrhiwt din ct to that dl-facedtown; awl Mouth!, below
rPresse fron yotll as affirmative noisier, the leave saidiora
1 command, ma alio, under my orders, have already preyed
a scourge to the French in Portugal , eume is sight of its
sails, Sot one of you will receive go Arter."—,
Moy
By offcial adrices from Badajos, of the 17th, we
learn; that the vanguard of the army of Curate ar-
rived at Merida, sod that he hail summoned the
French, whalus he found there, to surrender imme-
diately; Inn these nicking demonstrations of de-
fending themselves, relying on the entrenchments
they had thrown up, the said General boa sent to
Birliijos for heavy artillery to batter them, which
had already hates sent him.
General Citesta, with all his army, followed the
movement of his vanguard ; and if' Marshal Vict6r
dues not hasten his retreat, it is probable that the
same fate will happea to him, which by this time

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY. JuNg 3.

We have received Lisbon Papers to the ntirlast,
which state that the combined British and Portu-
guese army, under Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY mud
General Mitt Esro au, bud overtaken Sou t.T's army
in its retreat from Oporto. on the I.lth List, and
totallAidefeated it. Time details i are g. reit in oar pre-
ceding columns ; but we underistaied that, accord-
ing to the official accouhti from Sir ARTHUR WICL.
LESLEY, the reports in the Lisbon Papers are in
some, instance, uofounded or exaggerated. Sir
A. Wituucat.EY's;dispatches aril dated Oporto, the
21st, and state that Marshal SOC LT has effected
his retreat iiiteGallicia, leaving his sick and wound-
ed behind him ; and that Sir itimult, consideriog
all farther pursuit unnecessary, had resolved to re-
turn to Oporto. It is very probable that the
French army, under VICTOR, mar have made vonie
movements. which have reqnired the presence of a
strong force near the capital.

Dispatches were receive.' from the West Indies,
yestrrilay, which atmonoce the captine of the
Sointes Islands. The garrison were made prisoners
of war.
A Court of Psopriefora wus held )ester.lay at
the East-Int a Douse, when it was revolved, that it
should I,e recommended to the Court of Directors,
to re-consider their order for the !real of persons
in ludia, who had obtained their offi.es through
corrupt suedes.

• We ventured to hazard an opinion, on the pent-
sal of the ticertitls French Bulletin, thst BONA-
PARTE, whatever exultation or satisfaction he might
■flect ■nd express, was not at all satisfied with the
resistance of three days, made against the entry of
Ms troops into VIVIIIIH. Ili, virident invectives
against the Archduke iMaxtutt.tvx, aho had op-
posed his occupation of the Austria.' capital, suffi-
ciently proved to 113, how much the Corsican had
been irritated, and impeileil in his operations, by
the exertions of that Prince. All these opinions
and reflections derive strength from the lan-
guage and contents of the Eighth Bulletin.—
It is dated the Kith uf last month ; that is,
three days subsequent to his getting possession of
Vienna, iv. Fsis days after he first presented him-
self before the place. So considerahle a taloa of
time, under circumstances so critical as those in
which NAroLeox has placed himself, merely, if
we were to credit his assertion, in order to give re-'
pose to his troops, excite a suspicion. if they do nut
indicate more material emeatrrasifineffts. Besides,

the spirit of ill-humour, asperity, awl puerile ac-
Cll4ldloll or slalitcr, which pet voiles the whole com-
position, would better become a woman, or a Neaten
General, than the coligiieror of the world.% lin wishrlN
O. to believe that he has his foot on the neck of.tus-
tria. To what roil or purpose heap abuse m the
Archduke MAXIMII lAN ? The inhabttatits of VI.
emus, the Emperor Paws is, mid the people of his
states, can appreciate los voodoo?, will t the
aid of the invader. Ilis enumeration of the
individuals, who, as he pretends, " endeavour-
ed to prevent the present war," is only one
of his insidious, subtle, and Machiavelim
arts, designed to inspire distrust of the persons
thus selveteil from among the :Monsters or Coun-
sellors of the Soverentii. MANS'S* DI NI, 0 \ metier.
It is well known, was II crnor to the present Em-
peror, and to his brother the Arehduki (•UARILES,
during the life of their hither, 11.voriii.n, while
Grand Duke of TLSCANs. lie %US alt.:rwarils


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ei to 1.4101% AND, at Florence,' and now
resides ri 11:2 Count f that enpsitvirsturi
at Wintsirorgli, ins Franconia. MaKelleDlNt
has ,sot escaptal imputatams of a Jacebinical
inelioat ..... former periods of tune, though
perhaps unmerited. The old Prince de LIGNe
4 mom of eccentric talents, wtr, and vele-
bray t but we liz•lievit tie reproach has ever been
thrown ori his loyalty. Count CoIIENTIEL is no more,
and may thereinFe be safely accused of having held
any opinion. But it seems that the Archduke
CILARS Lss jeabissy vemalit 9of C thrt thou.
" purchased w ith Val glish gold ;" the " keit y of the
women ," t;:it "hypocrisy of MET Tearittu :" mid
the "ittri.:e the Emperor FRANCIb ;' all these
causes " have brought about this senseless and
treachernas war." The confusion of the Austrian
finances, mod the paper money in circulatien, 11):,
slit ute a anther ftill);.!el, of atinuadversion. Lastly,
as the Corieun never omits a good occasion of -
introducing the interference and retribution of Pro.
eidetic., manifested in his favour, he roncludes by
informing us, that " during the bombardment of
Vienna, only about ten houses were destroyed ;
and the people remarked, that this misfortune fell
upon the most zealous promoters of the war."—
Really, these querulous and silly remarks are un-
worthy of the great NAPULLON, and stein rather
to evince vexation or disappointment, than triumph.
It was not thus he wrote from Austerlitz or filen
Friedland. On perusing the Eighth Bulletin, we
are tempted to exclaim—" Ak! si sic entmia scrip-
sine: !"
-Issumesepiripmer..
Yesterday the Duchess.* Bet/NSWIICR, the,
Princess of WALES, and ttie Dukes of KENT and
CANIBSIDGE, dined with their MAJESTIes and the
PILINCLISEs, at three o'clock. At six o'clock the
Duchess of BauNswlex returned to Blackheath,
mid the Princesa of tY AI ES to KLII,i4VOII•I)4I4Ce.
On ‘Vednesliy naoriting, at nine o'clock. his
Royal 11.Nliurres the Duke of Ypae reviewed the
id Battalion of the IA Regiment of Foot Guards.
iu flyile-park. His Boyal.Liighness, yesterday.
purposed reviewing the 2il Battalion of the Cold-
stream Iteginr:ot ; but.. owimig to the unfavourable
state of the weather. his Royal Highness ordered
the men to be diminie.ed, and the review to take
place on Thursday next. His Kasai Higbusess. this
day. reviews the ttd Battalion of' the 3d Hegitnent
of Guards,, commanded by his Highness the Duke
of GEotreurree.—The Duke of Yee% appears at
the reviews in his capacity us Field-Marshal and
Commander-in-Chief of the Irrigatireof Foot Guards.
Yesterday the Dukeof Yune diced with Loud
KINNAIRD, and a select party.

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Yesterday °annum( the Duke of YORK had en
interview with the Duke of PORTLAND. at Burling-
ton-Douse.
Yesterday, her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Yogic entertained a select party to dinner, at York
Howie, Stable-Void, St. James's.
The co/lowing arrangements stud alteratious in
the • Churelt, it is gsdierally reported. will take
place :—l)swtur 111.41ERDII: to be translated from
the Bishopric of Chester to Hangar, in the room
ut Doctor Reenvi.ew, winn in appointed to tl'e
see of London. 1n sate of MAJI:NotE's trans-
_lotion, he is to vacate ins still at St. Petri's, to which
Sir. %A's:Ltd.:taxi, in in succeed, and vacate his pre-
bendary. IVostirtinnier-Alsbey ; which piece
Mr. TODD is to RI:. Mr. SPAKKE is to be the new
Bishop.
Yesterday it blew $ tremEnilmin storm from the
South-West. Several houses were unroofed, and
stands and rentry-hoxes were ilvvrt ti rtivd , but we
did not hear of ir•iy serious occident. One of the
large trees in the BinhCage Walk, St. James's
Park, was blown down. The Mall wit covered
with branches and leaves that were blown off.

CITY USINES:t.
A Court of Commit Connell o as held, yesterday, st,Guild-
haU, which was titswervensty attended.
The Accounts of the olet.eisgi.meirs of Sewers, for the last
year, were presented, and ,at , ordered to be printed, and
a copy sent to every Member.
The Committee for lieuenil Purposes presented a Report
of the Procreshop in Parliament u 6 the lilackfriars'AniCga
Sunday Tull Bill, which te as read and nreed to, and referred
back to he carried into execution.

The Court resolved to present a Petition to the Rowse of
Undo, in favour oldie Bill for ilealithiz St Geogr....a Fields,
and a draft of ■ petition being prepascil, was agreed ter;
ordered to be signed by the T. N-elnk, riot the Sheriffs ri-
quested to wait upon swam Lord iu Parliauseot, to get 11. e
same presented.
It wt. referred to the Committee of Temple bar sod Snow-
loll, to carry into execution the Act lately passed for com-
pleting Ike insprovensents on the south aisle of the Strand.
The Committee of City Lamb having lilted op die blanks
ill the Bill fur raising luta ise. for a supply for the Lund. is
SVorkhouse, the same was wad t third time, and passed into
an art of the Court.
Alter etrasiderable debate, it was referred to the C,outraiitee
of City Lands, to consider time expediency of continuing the
establiatiment of the Loudon Workhouse, amid to report their
opiniou to the Omit.
E. G. Smith, Esq. the Clcrit sod TM/IM~ Ia tint Cats.
missioncrs of pientenantry, &nestled bs4, awl
*Lulea the Account. Ur the receipts aid diabanseniest•of the
gold tttttttttttttttttt trona May :4i7 to March last, who'll
wiTC read.