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The exportation of cotton has been prohib:ted by
an order of the Alinister of Finance, in °emitters-
non of the manufactories and of the present Lira

Ctliii6NUCes.

Analll. 10.

It is affirmed, that on the e4th inst. a perbowige
of dt,titictiun at riveAl at Bayonne, from
.Ituly.

MADRID GAZErif. EXTRAORDINARY.
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SUNDAY, btAftell 117.
raorL•ti•etov Pow Ter serras. DISCIPLINE OE THIS
PI/ASCII TROOPS-.-Olt DINED BY THE GRAN/ PIMP OP
PLUG TO Ml' PAINTLII &JR PUBLIC NOTICE.
SOLDIERS'—You are now about to cotter the espital of
a fricadly Corer; I recommend to you the bed discipline,
the best order, and the bust friendship ebb its ialsabstiants.—
It is Woation to which we are allied, and whisk 4.204 to Soil
is the Trench whey • true friend ; aid recollect the good
treatment cos bare already evens:aced is the piss ince
through which we base traversed.
Soldieis '—l hope this reeotasaradatian will he sidßeient
mine compliance with %%Lich I am guarstateed by the good
coudir-s uLeel. you hare already ellisersod but lad any
iudiudual forgetting that be is e Ereacltheas, be dish be
pumahed ; and any t acres shall he serstrelyperitsbed, Ise the
hies. h of libel' order:—That any Ofieer cues-
uiit tole any I rove, or neglecting bier duty, shall be deprtved
of his COnltUal,Sl..o. and be delivered over to a Military Coal-
Mission fur ji.stiee. MI Soldiers found guilty of rubbiig,
concealing, ur of violation, shall be shot. /toy Strjetut or
Soldier, convicted of aliusiog or ill-treating the Mbinhatonai,
shall be delisered over to the rigour of the law; if of anus-
der, to be shut. An!, Serjeant ur Soldier foiled drunk iu the
streets shall he condemned to eight days confinement in the
stocka:, mud the Surjennt he scut Mb the taut.. 411 the
Seryeauts or Soldiers Mond in the sheets alter the Inaba' A
the retreat—two day. impriounonent.
Generals, Chiefs of Regiments, and Commanders of the
['remit Army iu II oginal—Each of you will see, as far :is It
concerns you, that those orders are puiactuntly executed,
and that they be read at the Mad of even Company.
- (*Ned) JOAQUI
Lieutenanhatleeemat Commode, of the Van-guard of the
frcnch Arm), ned of the Troops cantoeed at dfadrid.
kCiseatersigned) EM. 'GROUCHY.

MADRID GAZETTE

ORDER OF APRIL s.
FRENCH ARMY.
Soldier* :—The pheral business of Sweden has retarded
for some day* the of the Etupetor; Gin dm even-
wit,' sissies of Fr,oice sod Kwcsia are already op their search
towards Stockholm, s hew they will unite, and the Emperor
sill to, • no time in putting hisseett at the head of bigamies
iu Spam It is ori,sary ttiat you should put yuerselves is a
state to typ,ar InsfJo. ho Majesty, sad to 'unit his appro-
Litton . Genet al I ill order Cast ridges isennitiately
fur the iutuntry to Lit wilt,. The brand Duke hopes to
ia-
furm his Majesty of the good ern.duct of hie group, and alas
I.opt, to have to praise Hems in no respects. Soldiers', I
see sub pleasure the good cutlet and ii.,eteisor that is simulig
to s, aal4 oleuse.alis the liomiimpe 4t!b. et.ctr, Ao
krevich and Spun,..dt armies; lam fitted saturfactitioa-•
The Spanish mature is &strain of all the best aishos are 7..00d
will of the Fresiti army, as, us their part, die/ dn .v its
to give us proofs of their kite end 'Gramm This miraing,
a soldier who hart bees condemned to msuishesest, wen theta
to toe delivered user to the bands of justice, bat the What-
tents of Madrid hare interceded fur ha pantos, which has
bora granted but Hirs roust be the last instance. Soldiers,
ndoithie your friendship with the iethellitauts, end cement
MOM sod Wort the dfsttion that mei* to Suite et.
• . JOAQUIN, Geniis! is Chief of the Stat.
Madrid, April t, taus. AUG. BELLIARD.

THE BRITISH .ARE SS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MAY u.

The enemy appear to be collecting a great force
otgun•brigs at E lushing, which they ►cud up the
Scheldt as they arrive.—A flotilla of 10 sail of this
sort of eraft, ou its way to that port from Flashing,
was lately attacked by one of our cruisers, which •
captured one of them, and sent her yesterday into
Dover. The rest escaped by keeping clove in- •
sho,e, whieh'they are able to do, as they only draw
three feet water. The captured boat carries two 9-
pu u fide rs, and one I s-pou oder in the Low, is of great
aid th, and capable of carr ing a ,Teat number of men.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCNICQUER last night
brought forward Isis phut to enable Ltee holders of
3 per Cent. Stock to transfer it for Government
Aruittities.

lu the Committee let night in the House or •
Commons, mum the Local Ttlilitia Bill, Generul
asked,ohethet it was the in-
t,iition of Uoveniancat to extend it to Irelimd ? To
v Lich iiiie-tion Lord Cast Lttimacit declined to
pie a direct answer.

The Ira/sinews packet arrived on Tues.lay at
Falmouth, in nine da)s from Gibraltar, with a
mail from Muhl', which place she kft on the 7t4
last. A gentleman who cuing passenger reports.
that on the lit of May there were great rejoicinis
and au illumination at Algesiras, as also with the
fleet at Cadiz *Lea the packet pissed it, from
which it was supposed that BONAPAILTI had ar-
rived in the Pi ;or to the WaltingArtm's
leaving 41ii:ta. lb* )lAJL,-rir's snip Sperm.* s cut-
ter had been sent in there to report that the cvm-
L,ilitil s(inadroii Ras nff Tarris7:‘, that the Wnr,c
fruui these hwi heea lauded at Corfu, and it wa.;
supposed they ogre bound back to Touicei.—
; Lord CoLLlsawoon was off Port Mahon en t} e
lith of Ala, wits. IG sail a? the fine, in conm-

(loePL'e of the afros b? the Srartuu. and ra douLt
is entertained of hi* haring afters Aids proceeded
to blockade Toulon.

A Mail from Tortola armed on Thursday, in 40
slays. We are wiry to dud thut Port d'Espagne,
in the Islaud of Tritiiii4d, Iris been consumed
fire. The cause of this dreadful disaster has not
transpired.

Several letters received from Holland, contain
the substance of the Decree relative to American
*hips, issued at Bayonne by BONAPARTE. We
understand the preamble states, that in COlll4 quence
of the Government of the United States havin;
laid an embargo on their ports, in order to prevent
their vessels from trading with the Posers of
Europe, tae Emperor of the FRENCH, in further-
ance of the same object, has also laid' an embargo
ou all American ships in the ports of his dominions.
How thi► act of officious friendship will be publicly
received by the Americans may be a question,
hut oldie private feeling whieli it will excite, there
can be little doubt. The American laerchauts
will be diaisosed to consider DON ArAKIL too civil
by half. '

Yesterday morning Their MAJEATTE4 and the
'PatscEssx.s left tows, for Windsor ; previous to
which the Priam ,of Wass., Dukes of Yeas,
And puid their respects.
The Earl and Countess of UAAAINGTON and fa-
mily arrived iu town. ou Thursdey evening. • Yes-
terday morning the Countoiii and her two daugh-
ters paid their respects to Der Ikla.moir apd
Pais opines.
Two very extraordinary characters attended the
Crullers of the Ilona,. of innns, last night : Mr.
JuLursos, of smtig4ling tettericey, and Mr. Len-
LAM, attended by his keeper. We ',resume the
former was interested in the inotioa with respect to
Sir HOME POPHAM. and the hatter in the Annuity
Project of the Cuseest,Loa of the ExciEnrxn. •
Baron Sstry, %hose charge to the Jury itt Wex-
ford, on the trial of Mr. Afrock, for the murder of
Mr. C alma, has excited so much observation
in the le s 1 circles, is the•nephew of Dr. De t-
Gesas !! !
A veiled has arrived in ten days from the coat of
Partuyil. Shoe briars letters, dated the !nth ult.
whiAt.tate, that a number of vessel. were thee tak-
in.; oft board cargos., 6( wine, and were permitted to
sail Cot any port fur whitii they chose to clear out, on
paying a duty of 365. per pipe. No person, how-
ever, was peratirted to ein'tiark ou board any of
these veare6 Is a passenger, sithout die permission
of Geo. JuitOT, and obtaantnA a passport, the fees
on which amount to 100 moolores. The Captain
contradiete all the reports respecting a scarcity of
preivWouS in Portugal.
We notieed-briedy, in a former paper. a gallant
exploit, performed shout three weeks since, by the
Louts of the Ny.aphe frigate and Blossom sloop of
war. tour busts from each of these ehipa, armed,
proceeded up the Tagus, under cover of the unlit,
Is order to attack a large Portuguese lari;;,,inount-
log 10 guns, manned with a French crew, which
lay moored above Belem castle, and immediately
off the City of Lisbon ; the boats got eery near her
before they were discovered, when a tremeudoua
ere was immediately opened upon them from the
ship, and also from several thousand troops which
lined the shore. Captain SHIPLEY, the COMILIIIIA-
der of the NympAe, headed the expedition, and got
first alongside vie enemy. aunt was the first who at-
tempted to board, which he had nearly eflicted
when he was uufortuuately shot by a issucket-ball,

aad immediately fell overheard, and was !CUL no
more ! This calamitous circumstance so damped
the spirits of the hosts' crews, and lindint; them-
selves opiossed by such an immense force, the on.
terpriae was forthwith abandoned, and the boats re-
turned down the harbour with the Irma of their
brave Commander, out: seaman kills.rl, and a mid-
shipman and three seamen wounded.
The following extract from a Lettla, dated Wa-
terford, May 4. coutaitw an account of the very spi-
rited conduct of the Parish Priest of Rathpatnek:
On Sunday last, the Rev. Mr, rITIPATZICIL
went to (dictate, at a awry early hour, at Glemssore,
between Waterfool and Ross. and arrived at the
ehapel-ard at half past six, whets he observed a
great crowd looking at the door of did chapel. He
asked what was the matter but receised no an.

suer and, on advancing. read qua 'suer. posted
on the hoer, most violent menaces of destruc-
tion to the property and persons of any that
should take any lands in the conntr, larony.
or perish. from any landlord, until the o'Ai truant
had refused to take thear--a warning to such per-
sons as ha.t taken grown's, so circumstanced, to
quit the county immediately, and a denunciation
of extrviae %enzeaace against any who should ven-
ture to take down. deface, or destroy that paper.
The Hee. Mr. Four MUCK, with his usual spirit
and propriety. immediately tore the paper down
arid destroyed it, saying he would he verb unwor-
ghy of that siihsi-tence winch he riceivrd from the
parish, if he allowed proceedings so destructive of
the real interest and happiness of the inhabitants
to take place iu it ; that be had lout his life
to lose, and cam very ready to stake it in such a
canoe. He then spoke at great Iciogth. and with
warm and ferveot exhortation, to the people ; and
Mr. STRAN4E, who was then about to attend
divine worship. .tiered a reward of ion guineas for
secret information, which would lead to conviction
of the person who wrote or posted the notice."
The New State Lottery, that is to commence
Dewing on the itth of neat month, June, presents
objects to attract adventurers beyond any former
Lottery, having Six Prizes of Twenty Thousand
Pounds. various other Capitals. and only Twenty--
Sve Thousand Tickets. Those persons whew
airy leads them to choose and select particular
Numbers for their adventure, should make early
application. to inevent being disappointed. This,
sod all parts of the Lottery business, are particu-
larly attended to, by itICHAIWSON. GOODLUCZ.
and Co. Stock-brolo-ri. Rank-buildings, Cotahill,
and facing the Gate of the King's Mrai, Charing-
CCU,.

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.11.1SOVERADES.

MRS. ORBY HVNTER'S.

This Lady, whose name is always associated with
fashion. elegance, and taste, opened her house in
Seyinottr-street, Portman-square, on Thursday
ut4ht, for the Gest time this season, with a masque-
rade, which stands unrisalleri in elegance of ar-
rangemeat, variety of character, and splendour of
casemate. The parlours were laid out for dancing;
the grand suite of rooms, on the first floor,
was sttperbly lighted, and trout the back
drawing-room. window a most beautiful garden
was formed on the leads, brilliantly illumi-
nated he festoons of coloured lamps, suspended
front the branches of the shrubs.
Pantluan Baud, dressed in hussar uniform, took
their station in this bower, %here they plated • the
whole night. A second band of musicians was placed
in the great parlour, and deli4lbted the merry coupe
with the sound of the harp and violin. *ix rooms,
on the attic stories, were appropriated far supper ;
the tables in which were covered with every'delicacy
of the season. At half past two the sit; -rooms
were completely filled. His knyal Highness the
Juke of Sussex's party were prom:ill:thy Litre-eyed
Niers of.*. Ctitheriacoad their Father Confersors.
It was near live o'clock when Ili,. Royal I lighness
and the Duke of Gliann.awree departed, highly
pleased with their enttertaiontent. Among the lido
aupported choructerswere:"—
lie Marquis ot Ittlrneurox and the lion. W.
Pottsox or. ripoLsdies of Foshiaa, dressed in spot-
ted muslin frocks, and silver .6auze whims, with their
Wielder and Cliessoloo hamoliserehiefs. 'l' hey *p-
rised perfect adept' is the language of the eyes
as well as the 111401141 exercise of the fan, and
wherever they moved attracted a crowd of admirers;
Earl Gowi.e, A Copmehin Friar, declared they
would mete ss chore g fowl for the convent"—
The Countess of BARRIMORE, an elegant fancy
drets, 'it' rich silver anal gold tissue, conducting
nipid, with his how and arrows, which he shot
with great d •steritv.--Anaceeots MOORE, Ili,
&raid, to a ;beautiful female fancy dress, tnumbed
with shamre Ls. The fair !liberals wore no mask,
the natuial couutenance tieing considered suiFici-
entle expr rave of the character. lliberaia had
/ler harp a her side ; the strings were not like those
of the on :Anal, discordant and out of tune...they
vibrated to the sweet voice of the Modern Ass+
cream in the softest rnelodws.—Mr. LE Matron;
.7atriliwitial Meth-esker. held a pole in his
hand, with a printed matrimonial scheme across at
the top, similar to the itinerant lottery advertise-
ments, which may be daily seen iu the city.
He had also his little manual advertisement,
which he popped shly into the hand, with as much
address as the most admit little fellow ever sta-
tioued by a Quack Doctor in the passage of Tem-
ple-Bar. The Mai /4-.lfalzer, no doubt, made one
mistake in hi, profession ; be popped his ticket in-
to the hands of nllitroll% awl apilbiters indieerimi-
nately. He ought to have known that, by the late
Acts of Parliament, divorces are not to he obtained
by every wife who wishes fora new husbaud.—The
fiillowing its the ticket :
GRAND MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY.

The fortunate Habit? ILI a Dreher )onagec
rich u, pour, hunisoure sr ugly, chaste as Dissa, ur pia)ful
as the Immo,' Zephyrs, obeli, se &wand, receive payment
of such Illubaud—Prue—as may fall to the Number here-
unto annexed. _ _

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The Ilriargrasos will be fiend fret and ready. and
tssscoaat chaise/ foe carrying the cereeauul nit,
itninadsite emaciation Hy Order of the Curnnwaanaeus,
Nu mew. PATRICK HYMEN WHITEMAN, See.

Sir T. GAGE, as The Original Cat and Fiddle, aas
one of the best chanteuses that Fanry ever pre-
sented at a Vanuerade. lie was a tine black cud
whites standing upon his hinder legs, and accompa
nied the sneaking tones of his fiddle with Nestling
and cattereauling motes, in the most prefect contu-
nun of discords—Mr. TntonoitE lions, imitatinic
a brother Grimalkin. execute,' some diteta with
hitu, in a style that deli;litesl nil the Tisokiet. The
character announced himself by the folios ins haud-
bdl—
_

_
Jost arrived from Cadalook, tire oandri frit original Cat
red the radiilc, who rrapeetfally beet Irate to inform for
liberal sod towering; public, that he is engaged to performs,
dor* the eutio!ng seaana, la all the places of Oishiciudele
sausirol revue in tin. metinpolts ; wher. t lie Orignial t at rod
the Fiddle alternately, to male and fratak attire, eu tate
malty. all the ►oup. duet., and cliornimira, is t►e aunt re-
{ablated origin, betekttat. Th.
enema' Cat and the Fiddk will read ieriRIVII co moue.: to
sekei assemblies., end brach lathes without rakes, sad
goatlenwii to sing, At In► (MU lodinigs, near the See en
Ladies *di please to tale notate, that the original
Cat and the Infillt is a Than t*,d."

A Mr. Paracon Pridogue contrivrd to kook limi-
t& i,llO all these as.truer, mud indulgi.4l his
muse iu the fv+llovoinx efforion

TO PRIVATE THEATRICALS.—Mr. PARAGON
LO(1L Pref. See. Brisk. Prim. Deem. Pm P. S awl
0. P. Emperors( all Actor% the Gnaws( ?lam is Is.
Sea the hornier to reseal a Prespectes of les mew
Histrion,c I ackiss, is shirt% he eagerea to teach Ladies,
Gruenw s. sad other% of all ages, sloes, sulk sod coedi-
t:ma, to to tome at truly great is the Seamee sod Practise
of Actin.-., as Himself' !!
Ye Phi. air Theatrical% " lend me titter ears,"
Bc I.e Margraviees, Millinery' •Prentices, Petrs;
All ye who to 1 repay live to be
Ia C•ardy ,Telo.nranie viehieg,
Itlio • utile in ,ting.oortr, to Farce olio male facet,
Or in Pantoiniaie bid Mesh sod tail. cliatize then places ;

P 11.14 4..0,1 PROLIX:VW, P.*. and (1 P.
he I cry Lett Actor that is se wf.
.4 come to twits-set ye, lig Mee seteetific,
To be glooot, 03, rouged, queer and torriie.

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To volt, !.e fair t (Writs, wyte,as are Aro doe,
Sweet .Poross of all that rectatrie a. 14 stir :
Se ,e few. brawn or 'also.. Wee spirits or grey."
Tea shall teach me to lace. aid VS teach pis I. play.
Your dimples or orishiee elan lire is resusa
As nab arch nen* or .11e! re. (roe •
Rage graolamr !ti ho. draft PISA frolic so nimble,
While Mimes " Weed helloed" shall sale-41u Gods trem-
ble:
Frail Daiwa al. ne at haarefv, virtue soloreiag.
And 11.. ids be oade 11.4:accods at rer? OHIO !

letu• diem, wbo scenes of soh blandishment amuse.
Irma are shall ye leafs how Su Pert:Raz "bow ,;"
('.mats Peers shall look Raessos,Mve-met and pretty,
And darters from Harrow. eclipse Momper Berri',
11 bile Beaus this 11 hal...hurl and Mansion beam ,trset,
Tbe Stag. las I as narQrraajLriconris ret ;

Tn.l-ITernen, in Germ, Asti in& lig *Mbar rat& ;
Brave Colutiels, w Ilo•spta, ,/or owe ere a battle ;
Lead Lau Wsi,tiall qua•rrr like EllaitAMU/ J ALDI,
Auil fat Cunaneitt-Cieuncilrlaen vault like Gal lo Akin.

VII tench you toot-cover new. ttals W pror.ouuce,
To It ei;th out your trona' by the pound or the ounce,
Mittel/feu you'd sire fin.te to stranedi suet!,

To drawl, Or to <3,Aiiii• like a frog itt .a
With a brisk I rash brogue, aalireo year ciw4ea,
ar.

If I don't, )eu may filralfasy beam fall of ditakas.

fleas ft its, (as say ioVnist I never lay strew es,)
111 fi-cely prairie at five calesis a easua •

.
The kru,r are dug-clamp ; Vary pupil be uo tog,
He not grudge his mosey to
PARAGON PROLOGUE.

The Honourable Mr. Eusstxr, An old Lady
of fashion, in her Court dress, with ahoop of
extraordinary diameter. The Honourable KEP-
✓ex CRAVEN, was A Madame De Steel, very ap-
propriatelv dressed ia the French at:, le, loud in the
praise of her own novels, particularly her Corinia.
Mt. and Mrc.MrwcalioAae,A ChineseMcns and
Women, bath inimitible. Mr. a flue*Board-
lag-school Miss, with an orange in one hand, and
a book iu the other—an excellent character. Com-
mandant D'Aetto, au excellent Pierrot, who made
way for Prince ansl Princess Cssxr LCICALA and se-
veral foreign Noblesse, who were in elegant fancy
dresses. Viscountess MELBOU.NE, a captivating
Ns*. Viscount PialigraTow, a Gextle /*mil of
the Dale. Lady HAMILTON, a Lady Abbess. Lady
Lusa' soros, a llower Girl. The Miss /trim-
) an+, beautioul Cottaaers. Countess of A NTCIM, a
Cherokee Girl. 11. I'll/GERALD, a Pi/grim,
supporting the amiable Linty th. Boni, en ilite-
rooting Nun. Miss 011MMY, a Virgin of the Sun.
There were set eral Tailors, Sailors, and Watch-
em, a capital Monkey, many Antiquated Ladies,
in rich silks and hrockadvs, a dill-,sticker, a
French Bather, a Watchman, Flower Girls, House
Maids, Titres. Carmen, u very good liar %t,
dashing French Dancing Masters, tic.