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London, England, 1809-05-15 00:00:00

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I !sato N, APR/r. Tit.
Our last accounts. from the iteigitbourluxiti of
Oporto, inform ns of the death of the Vreisch Ce-
ntral Luisa°. Some accounts say he lost his life
in an angagetnent with the Portuguese troops,
under the command of General Silveira ; and others
say he has been assassinated. Dr. Payva, of tin.,
phicr, who was some
Regency on suspicion of treason, has this day had
sentence of transportation publicly read to him in
the street.

I.llgiOle, *PIM. e 3.
On the 22d inst. as English frigate arrived in
this place having General Wat.xest.str on hoard.
The people of Portugal rejoiee to see ag4in in their
country the Conqueror of Rolig* and
Who is alrmidy perfectly acquainted with the Portu-
guese territory and customs. The inhabitants of
Ltsbon expressed their joy by a general illumina-
tion on the evenings of die 23d and 24th. Yester-
day he was presented to the Regency ratite Realm
by the Knitter Plenipotentiary of his Lteisannic
Majesty. and attended to the Paliv-e by an am-
Invite concenrse of people under couti tttt Al :accla-
mations and allnuta of applause.
Our Gazette of this day chntains the fellowing
ofilefal acclamation from Marshal Beresturd ty the
President of the Regency :
Having been iutortned, that Ge,,eral Sault maks.• it hit W-
aimea to spread Alimp accounts rat lice arriril of consiamablit
renifureementa a.tairdthmaparte liimmlf at the head of ao,noto
urea. and that he ha, iiiireenle.l en.leludiug, by similar fake.
hoods. pert of the Papaw:wean /pail a ; I haws 'honed it right
la °rake the mewed Proclamation to he piloted at Coimbra.
and to publish the intercepted Miter which General Keller.
man MVOe to bias, sad which fell into my handy, is hopes

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that it will tend to counteract the Intrigisee of the enemy, for
which purpose, the above proclamatiou has been distributed
in Oporto, and all other places where its circulation appear.
ed to be necessary. Gud preserve your Excellency. Head-
quarters, Tomer, si At April, 1809.
Vf. C. HERESFOIIO,
Mesetiel end Commander-in-Cbief.
PROCLAM STION.
. Souls, oho sty ka Insurelf Governor of Portugal,
although he is perfectly aware of the critical situation its
,Lich he has plates himself, but which he endeavours to
Mite. al from the unfuitunate troops whom be sacrifices to
the boundless mithition of a tyrant, city ulatesfiliit reports and
intelligence of the near "nivel of Bonaparte at the bead of a
Emir h army of 40,03 n men, in order to dr:ehre the public with
regal to tlic danger kq which he is tine:nested ; Marshal Be-
esfuld,ist eider to undeceive the people i.t the north of Portu-
gal and the remelt arm% , an.l convince thi in of the falsehood
of the above report*, thinks it right to ',oldish the following
lutereeptert written to 3larshal snit!! by Gen. Keller-
man, who mays, that he continent!' the l'rearh forces in
Upper Spain ; and when it is aticertaineil that a tient:cal
publishes falsehoods in one case, his artn Mid the public at
large will know how to appreriate hie act:mods on other oc-
casions. Marshal Souk pcifixtly *Ware of the dangers of
his aituat iun, hut endravuo, s to conceal them how his troupe,
and the courier", of whose arrival he boasts, did prolsolily
arrive from wane part of the posit on of his roils:, two or
three leagues distaut. They could not at leu-t risme (rota
France or Spain, his con 111 l ustication with thine cUlltlifiell
being entirely intercepted.
LITTER snow (my. RELLERNI•II.

.VALI.41.101.11), SI•aCINIJI, 194 9.

Sro—Hig Imperial Nlajesty, having ordered the Buhr. of
Istria to juin him, has e:itrersted me with the command of
the French forces mu I•pper Spain. I retrieved tie tenets
which you wrote len. from I:ru•a. I seat copies thereof to
His Imperial 3lajesty cud the Prince of Neufchatel, and
traustnitted t►e letter a heels was addressed to the I)uLe,
bia Marshal Bessie:re. set oat for Germany on
the lath, and the imperial guard, with every peraow belong•
tug .to the Imperial Household, sin the loth. The aar
against Austria has been elect:wed, hut it is not yet certain
whether the Eruptive will proceed to the Ina or the Tar
liameutu.

lily position in Spidn is rather critical, but I occupy the
plain country with a considerable body of hoist, •Ithoogh
I sin destitute of infantry. I am watching the moven:lints
of the army of Austuriaa, and of the temps of Romani, aho
obstruct our ruminnnication with the provinces they. 'oci n-
py. lam not able to do what I could w ,:i, hut send *trate
reconunisiing pities to Bragansa and Als:anda, and do all I
can to k. eit the people betseen this place and Madrid in
order, whom I no to be disaffected. Your letter bits
arrived here:lint I do nut see how he will be able to rejoin
)oit, as hr wishes. The war in Germany, produced by the
intrigues and gold of enunot but be attended with
the most dreadful ronoqiien,s for as, and mils!, at least for
the present, render our situation extremely entice!. Yu*
cannot expert any reinforcement, maims the /Juke of Ekbin-
ru should he tilde to laud you sonar, of which I cannot
judge, as I hare not the least communication with him,
and all Galicia is iii a state ref insurrection. I scud you this
letter by a person in slam I place much etinfidedce, soil who
is worthy of yoms, &c.

• (Signed) KELLERMAN.
P. 3. Turkey has nude peer, with England; tilt le are
inaumetioisa isi ecer part of Germany.
Soldiers, ir ho comport the French army, sail are the re.
porta which our Commanders spread among lou, and orb
truea aLe intelligence slab the French If:Naval' en.ka-
cuur conceal (row the people, %Ito are aft •lertaliollite Of to
be OUNatltd to their power. •
Headquarter.i, Tuusart A prit 40,
(Signed) W. 0. IlLartroßD, Mental and
COW artrkler-las Chief.
•1.15H0Y, Antlll.
Extract of a letter, from Brigadier Francisco du
Silveira, dated Amirante, April 21
Eui several days past there have been skir-
mishes every day between the advanced guards. 1
had received notice that a considerable body of the
enemy's cavalry were un their march by (tuiineraes,
to take the bridge of Amirante, gird cut off any
retreat; I had however time to gain the said bridge,
and.eutrench myself oat the other side of the Ta-
mega, by this means frindrating their designs. 1
have been attacked on the 17th, 18th, 19th. '2.oth,
and likewise on the 2bst, with great force; but I
have always been alb, to repulse the enemy with
considerable loss, and preserve iny positions. God
preserve, &r.
(Signed) FCANCISCO DA SILIIKIIIA PUT*
1:9111111CA."
Orders have been sent„ to Coimbra to orepare
20,000 rations of forage fist 14,000 hnr'e, anti 500
artillery horses. Out the 03t1 lest. 6,000 English
set out from Leiria front 'Coimbra, and the next
day the whole English army took the snout road--
it is hoped that by the 46th or 37th, they will have
entered that city.
•Colonel Trant, the governor of Coimbra, is
posted with the troops under his command on the
%rouge : hie advanced goards oc"upy the other
bank of that river out the rood to Oporto, mud hare
already entered Albergttrin.

APRIL 28.
Since General Wellesley's- arrival the troop
hu . • All marched op the country se join the others
the whole. of theta are proceeding towards Oporto
by forced marches. and an eartgetnent is daily.
eapecteil. I believe their head-quarters are at.
present at Leyrin. It is generally thought that the
French in that quarter meat surrender: they have
uo.cninninuieation with their main body, mid are
not alive 10,000 strong. We have about 17,000
Engliik, and as sonny Portuguese. The Fri:abet
are greatly distressed for provisions, and several of
their foraging parties have heen cut otE In the
South, they seem to be .doing nothing. and, upon
the whole, we think every thing is going on well.

APRIL 29.
It is reported that a French offices arrived here
yesterday with proposals for the capitulation of
Oporto; he was art omp.suied Ly an English colo-
nel, and returned under • similar a • art.—lt is
said that the French force has retired from Opor-
to, leaving 2000 men to deliver dp the wee on the
bit terms they can.
General Craddock resigned the ecommatiil yes-
terday to General Wellesley, he is going Mimed'
lately to,Gibraitar.

• LIFSON, APRIL 29.
The Prioress Charlotte strived on the 2tit6, Lifter
four (Lays parrn~•r. The bake of Marlborough bus
been detained till this day.

TORTOSA. ATOM I.
The divi.tion of tho Loam, command.
ed by Gew•ral Blake, IA in this city. The French
are titisrelsing thwitigls this part ol• Arragon, for
Saragossa.
•ALI:NT/A, Aran. 4. •
We know that the town of Meipitnetizat, thong!'
it has Gran attneketk five times by the enemy, has
repulsed them completely with great his., notwith-
standing the small number of its garrison,.
Don Itanton Metes, and Dots Antonio Chamo.
(.114 the governor, and the principal to tgi.irriite (Al-
cites Moe), of Morella. inform u•, by a leen.
dated March StS, that the enemy evacuated that

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town at two in the afternoon of that day, sad re:
treated upon Arragon.
APSIL
The French entered Alcantara, and killed '2l'
persons—dtht have retired, and joined General Vic-
tor at Merida. Nothing particular has taken place.
The Spauianla ander C 'testa ure about 35,000 wen,
and are daily receiving considerable reinforcements.

THE BRITISH 1311ESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY. MAY IS.

A mass of foreign intelligence presses upon us.
A Lisbon:lnd a Goltenburgh Mail arrived yesterday,
the former with papers to tli•t ;loth last, and the
litter to the 3d ii.stant. We have also received
Rids papers to tith, I lamlnirgh to the 3d, and
Until] to the 12th instant, the latter containing
the Third Math-tin of the French army in Ger-
many. Li.viina was illuminated two nights in de-
monstration of the joy of the inhalatunts at the
arrival of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY.. On the Doll
Sir JOUN CkADDOCII resigned the ceminand in
thief to that General, reed the a hole army had
marelted in the direction of Oporto. Tate Freneb
under MOULT, it is understood, lied evacuated that
city, leasing only a small force, which had offered
to capitulate. The French General.Lutssum had
died, and so late as the tllst last, General VICTOIt
had not Advanced on the eastern vide of Portugal
lwyond Merida.—Genetal BERESFOIIO has pub.
fished a proclamation, mid au intercepted entre-
apondence between Sou Le and General KEt.ftft-
Si AN, who commands the French forces in Upper
Spain, which represent these two Generals in a.very
critical and petilons situation. The French, it itt
said, were preparing to abandon flareelona, and to
evacuate *ten the impregnable fortress of Moist-
jue ; and in the South of Spain, 'their affair* did
not Weer a more favorable aspect.

The Gotteaburgh Mail has not brought any in-
t•lligence of importance. The papers frotu that
city, to the 3,1 inst. state the destruction of a great
part of the tun n of Athol by fire ; the merchants
of Holinstatt have petitioned Sir SAMULL Hoop
for his abbi,tacce, in the protection of their coast
against ll.iwsh privateer.. The Duke Regent
had revoked the law %Inch prohibits the
tion of Freni h and Danish books into Sweden, and
appointed a Coinusittee to regulate the liberty of
the press.

111 Misters sent Matruetionl, with the salict!ati of
the KING. on Friday, to the High Court of Ad-
miralty, and the Judges of t.h.• Courts of A'ice Ad-
miralty, for restormg all ships and vessels belong-
ins to the Emperor of At:snit/L.

The Court Martial on Admiral fiaartr if find
for 51onday the 22d instatt, at Portsmouth. The
charge is. for using improper hingnage to Lord
the. Commander-in-Chief of the Chan-
nel Fleet; in consequence of Lord COMMIE
having been appointed to attack the French fleet
in Basque Roads. The Court will be composed
of the following .distinguished officers
Admiral Sir R. Curtis, President.—Admiral. Holloway,
Sir 3. T. Duckworth, Sir H. E. Starhope, Douglas, Camp,
bell, Wells, Sutton, and Otnay. Captains the lion. A. K.
Legge, Beredoed, Irwin, and the mat senior Captain at
the port. M. Grectliam, Esq. Judge Advocate -..Charks
!batten, Esq. the Admiralty Solicitor, is to assist him.

The offirers and crews of the Russian srpiadron,
lyiug et the Motherhank, will be stilt home, whorl
an aticaunt has been taken of their stores.--Capt.
laws", Mr. BRUIF (Master of the Royal William).
and another officer, are appointed Consinissioners
for this purpose.—lt has been agreed that Admiral
Si NIAVAN shall leave an officer and 20 men on board
each ship, to take care of thetas, with a superior
°timer to superintend the whole, until the squadron
can be restored according to the terms of the Con-
vention.

Captain GALWEY it tilipo:llted to the Dryad
frigate.

It is impossible not to admit that the latest ac-
counts of every kind received from the Continent,
even those of the French themselves, offer abun-
data matter of hope, mid are subjects of the 14.:rtn-
est exhilar.ition. To whatever quarter we does t
our view, the prospect brightens. Poland, Simo-
ny, the Tyrol, Italy, Hesse, Franconia, all these
countries hitherto compressed by the iron sceptre
of the conqueror, revolutionized, and chained
down by military force, seem to have considered
the assumption of arms by Austria, as a signal to
attempt their own emancipation. We believe that
when the facts slued become more ucenrately known,
it will he found that not only Simony, the secret
wishes of whose wise and beneficent Sovereign
in favour of Austria cannot be doubted; but that the
Duke ot Witeressattau, and even the Elector of
lisv•etz himself, reluctantly Hid the C4OllllOll
scoUrge of Germany and of Europe. We stapect
that the Co: skim had better • reasons, and more
pressing ones than he has thought proper to
divulge, for coming with the rapidity of the
eagle," from Paris to Dillingeti. A few toys
delay might bare been ettended with the most
fatal consequences. 11.1ort, indeed, after all, has
been the result of his pretended" victories at
Aliensber3,t, at Eektruild, 'nil at Itat4d)cat, up to
the 30th of April ? That, as he assert., the bear
tido General WaLin had entered SAltaburgli ou

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*lt 20th ; and that the French, honing repaired
'dm bridge across the River Inn, at Muldorf, were
passing it nit the 30th. NAPOLEON was consequeot-
-4 adenheing towards Vienna.
But, admitting this fact iii all its force, it cannot
lie esteemed decisivt of the event of the war, unless
lie had left no hostile armies in his rear. If, on the
contrary, the Archduke. CHARLEY, strongly re-
inforced, still continues in the vicinity of Itatisbuu,
may he not a second time attack that city; or,
marching down the northern bank of the Danube,
may lie not, as we strongly suspect he will, endea-
vour to •-xpel Maasso• from Pessals, and agate
re-appear to the south of the Darolie P BON APA kill
is critically situated ; and though his atiblinse
tory talents, aided by his " Napoleon d'Ore,"
of whose influence we are weti• are, may
cate him, with new glory, frow li;s present au %El-
tion ; yet has he exposed himself to a powebihty
of misfortune and reverse. It is, Pinked, of the last
necessity to him, that he should terninu-te the con •
• lest within the shortest possib!e time. Awl, et.
doubt; iu order to attains that object, he calcalates
not less tin the venality of the Austrian Generals,
than of the timidity or weakoess of the Austrian
Cabinet. Nor do we by uny ineuns deny thin exist-
ence or deride the consequences to be apprehended
from these sources of misfortune. We will not an-
ticipate them.
Its every other quarter, except where Hos t-
rain E presides in person, the Austrians appear to
have olitithied decisive advantages. While OM:
Archduke has defeuled the Poles and Saxon'', ate..
they Prince of that House penetrates ths..igli the
country of Goritz end the Friuli into Cie heart of
the ancient Venetian dominions. Saeile, the head-
quarters of the Austnin *troy. on the little riser
Levenzzt is not forty miles from % eitice.—EtmEN
JimAvaAasuls, the worthy step-son of the Co:.
*scan, seems, notwithstapaliug his boasted cabmen"
and intrepidity, to haie tmonfested nn toleuto to
war in his defence of I frontier entrnsted to hint.
The place from which he dates his official papers,
Treviso, to the west of the river Finer, in the vi-
cinity of Veniee„, sufficiently proves how adverse thv
events of war in that q.uru ter had been to the Freseh.
...Wintow, we ernmut doubt. has been occupied
by the Archduke Feanin•ma. The consternation
of the Saxon Court is sufficiently demonstrated
by the removal, or nether the flight of the Ei.strroit
arid hii Court to Neuenburg-oil town at the western
extremity of Saxony. on the borders-of Thuriagin.
Doubtless he did not consider himself wife. either
at.l.eipsie or even at Wittemberg. Meanwhile the
hew Moriorehy of Jkaoste evidently tremble* an-
der hr., feet, mid we should lint be surprised to hear
of his being dethroned, or even seized on lied rt-
tained as a hostage, by his Westphalian stil4etts.—
If Dresden and Wartzburgh are both in the hands
of the Austrians, as reported, nothing except vic-
tory and peace, attained by NAPOLEON, can pre-
rent Germany from rising against the Freneb. In
this recital, we should not omit the Tyrol, because
that porti9n of Austrian .erritones has been reco-
vered principally, if not exclusively, by the pimple'.
BONAPAIIIt, therefore, has not, it would appear.
been able to deprave. or to detach the Tyrolese
from their native Sovereigns, more than he alle•
coded with the Arragonese I These two exam.
pies may at least sufficr to manifest, that revolu-
tion has nut attractions fur every country ; and that
loyalty, Cyril in the present awful times, is not an un-
pile g term. Such is the aspect of affairs, by the
latest accounts, from every quarter. We dart; not.
however, venture to draw from them any sanguine
inferences, till we know the ulterior movements
and operations of the Cariticau Emperor. The
emergency will call into action all the powers of his
mind, anti all the energies of his character. Like
C'esait at Maeda, he may have to contend,' nut
fur empire. but for life.

The debate and the divi•-iiin on Thursday in the
Douse of Commons, ipso the motion of Mr.
~lAnocx%, for hearing evidence at the bar in sup-
port of his charge against Lord CASTLEREAGH and
Mr. PracevAL, have excited nitruh public no-
tiee. Upon that question Mr. PoNSONIIT and Mr.
TISANEv were opposed to Mr. t.t.'iteratteaus and
the latter affected to treat theireondoct as a 11414 g
all from that party of which Mr. Poasomnv is the
leader. Some of the Treasury Journals, a!tiding
to this debate, say—they viewed it with a :nixed
sensation of pleasure and sorrow ; but they have
not since condescended to gratify us with so exhi-
bition of their smiles, or an explosion of their
grottos. When any great crisis takes place, it must
be confessed they certainly stein a very distressing
dilt turns between their desire to serve their employ-
ers nod their fears of losing their sale by advocating
an unpopular cause. This trenining and sordid •
volley was most eminently displayed by some of ,
them in the case of the Duke of You, and if •
popular breeze should arise ou the question of Par-
liumentary Hiltons, provided that it does not en-
danger the existimce of the present :Ministry, it will
not surprise us to see them affecting the popular in-
terest, and plug lug over the same hypocritical game.
The ellitrge made by Mr. Msnoces against Lerd
CASTLEREAGH ;ilia Mr. Peacuras , stated that
they were to• the sale of a seat in
Parliament, ondition that the holder
should vote alto .tho,ptets : and Mr. PoSSONSE
etTeded tt l.ard this as a crime


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wing repaired
duldorf, were
8 con3equeut.

irce, it cannot
he war, unless
tr. If, on the
strongly re.
' of Itatisbuu,
that city; or,
the Danube,
e will, eudea..
3, and agate►
BONAPAKt
sublime will—
Ivor. d'Ors,"
, may 'sill.
present sriva.
a possibild:r
ear of the lAA
iir.te the coc.

le. Aud, no.
Fie calestlate.
jou Generals.
the Austrian
eny the exist•
appreliended
e will not an-

where BON 1-
MU appear to
While ow
Saxons, awn,
tt,w4wol the
Vie heart of

ile, the bead-
le little ri‘er
=e..--EuncnK
of the Cor.
stir! ea/tuneys
in talent* tut
anted to him.
licit', papyri.,
lye, in the TI.
rw adverse the
o the *French.
en) oycnpied
consteruntiou
deinuastratect
the ELECTOR
the western
Thuringia.
f safe, tithyr
centirthile the
tretnlites un-
itised *shear
on mad rt-

in the hands
g except etc-
DX, Can pre-
Freese's. In

,rot, because
as been tree-
iy the pe•iple.
'ould aypear.
the Tyrolese
hen he sin-
e two exam-
that revola-
•y
; and that
, is oot an un-
frairs„ by the
'We dart; note
any sanguine

movements
hperor. The
ikowers of his
.acter. Like
contend,' nut

mrsday in tilt
aim' of Mr.

e bar in sup-

.IREAGII end
public no-
us', and Mr.
f{R4•D, mud

et as a fHllaprz
sonny is the

al% a;:tiding

ith a inize.-1

,ut they have
with nu exl.i-
hion of their
,lac*, it moot
ry distreasing
heir employ-.
advocating
g anJ sordid
by some of
BK, and if •

stion of Ni-
ckell not en-

tistry, it will
r popular in-
against Lard
stated that
a teat is
the holder

r. PoNsonar
is as a crime

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upon the present men, when it was known 40
have been the practice of nil former Ministers.
This language was honourable and inst—for with
what fairness could Mr. PONIONBE cull for punish.
ment upon Lord CASTI.BREAGH nod NIT. PEW:R-
EAL, for a crime of which he knew his own ent-
-1 rrt4ues, when in ofilee.to have been guilty. SHARI-
irEABA's play of Measure
.17,r Meisystre has been
nary freely quoted isa the House of Commons iniice
the commencement of the proceedings in the
Duke of Vona's case, and wa believe the cha-
racter of the Lord Deputy, Ativti, is tint one of
tie most amiable. Yet tins is the character which
Mr. WHITBREAD would advise him friends, the
Members of the late Administration, to tissunie.---
TheSioliservations, however, we admit, avail MO-
tiling against the public. Justice ought to be done
to the public; although in the present cuse it does
not become the late Ministers In intl:ct it. But if
we cilium nive punishment fur. past offences, we
trust that we shall have securlty against future;
and that all parties will unite Mr. CUR-
Nvem's Bill for this purpose as eine Mot as tensible.
A dreadful tire broke out at eleven o'clock last
night io a erarehouse at Dice's-quay on the eastern
side of Ifiiliugagate ; the flames coin inti nicated to the
shipping in the river,and it heinglow water,all efforts
to save the vessels on the spot sr,re ineffectual, they
being a-ground. A brig laden with clieesofroio Li-
verpool first caught the Haines, which coininunierta
e.l to another brig, and a Margate hoy, which
were entirely consumed by twelve o'clock.
Five har;.els of gunpowder were taken out of
(me of the ships before it cangbt tire.
At 12 o'clock the flames had nearly reached the
Gun Tavern i and Billingsgate Dock. as well as
the surrounding warehouses. were considered iu
iwmiu^ttdanger. The concourse of people who
collected on London R-idge was so great, that it
was impassable.
The ore was bunting most furiously when this
Paper was putt to preys; but it was hoped that the
Gns Tavern, and the houses on Bailin flute
Quay, would be saved, an the firemen were busily
employed iu ,laying upon them. Six rennin have
been burned to the woter'a edge, two of them
Margate boys. 'file stores la the warehouses con-
sisted of rani, brandy, oil, saltpetre, augurs, SCC.
The loan of 1,250,0001. Irish currency, for the
service of Ireland, is to be bid for at the Chancellor
athe Exchequer's chambers, treasury, Dublin, ou
Thursday next. The bidding is to be in the three
sad a half per cent..
The convoy for the Brazils is waiting at Ports-
mouth the arrival of several mare ships from the
River. The Hindman and Dromedary, for New
South %Vales, expect to sail MI Wednesday next.—
The 73d regiment have embarked ea beard them.
. We are concerned to announce the Iris of the
Alcmene frigate, of Si gulls, Capt. TREIII.ETT,
upon the coast of Prawn!, off Nantes. She was
going up the Loire to reconnoitre, when she struck
upon a shoal and bilged. The officers and crew,
with part of the stores, have been saved. and
brotight to. Plymouth in the Amelia frigate. The
wreck of the Alcatexe was eel on tire, to prevent
its falling into the hands of the enemy.
The French Government have refined to ex-
change the French prisoners taken at Martinique,
who have been brought home to Quiberno Bay iu
the Itelleiste, of ms.

gn..
Saturday evening, Captain Moons, of the
Marlborough. arrived eat the Adaniraßy from Rio
Janeiro.
The late misunderstanding between, the British
and Chinese, at Macao, has been amicably adjust-
ed, to the interest of the form-r. It originated
in an attempt of some of the Mandarins to im-
pose extravagant impost* eta merchandise, alleg-
ing, that the privileg.es had been granted
to the Portuguese could not be transferred by them
to the English. Our Factory, however, decidedly
resisted the demand ; and on threatening to sub-
mit it to the consideration of the Emperor, it was
abandoned.
Friday morning the Janecutter, of guernsey,
PHILIP Funs's, Master, from Abeam, with a cargo
of brandy anal barillu, for Guernsey, arrives! at
Portsmouth. She touched at Gibraltar, and left
there, on the 21st ult. His Majesty's ships Baficark
and Voloattaire. On the 7th instant she was board-
ed by the Hero, off Ushant, with five sail of the
dine, all well. The Jawe brought dispatches from
General Dolma. at Alirant, which she landed at
Weymouth on Wednesday. She is under quaran-
tine.
The Brisaania, of Leith, from Lisbon, for Lon-
don, was spoken %sat on the 30th April, in lat.
43. 35. N. long. 13. W.; leaky, making from IS
to 24 inches of water on hour.
The Same! and thus, Dutectio, from
was captured, and carried into Treport, on the 14th
ult.
The Alfred. JAMON. from St. Meg, for Got-
teriburgh, was captured on the 14tla ult. und car-
ried into Dieppe.
A Coun-Martial has been held in the West
Indies, on the Master and remaining crew of the
Carnation sloop of warl' to acconnt fur the capture
of that ship, on the ed of October, off Martinique,
by a French National brig. The result was. that
the Master was honourably acquitted, fi! Serjeant
of Marines sentenced to suffer death, and twenty-
six of the crew were sentenced to be transported
to New South Wales, for cowardice. The serjeant
•f marines hes been since executed. The men
ander sentence of transportation are coming home
prisoners in the Belleisle.
On Saturday, at Chelsea, witnesses were eye_
amined in support of the Hon. CaSuiti Cucu-
AA/lea defence. Lieutenant-Colonel Et.t.rrr was
examined at his own recineist, he having been ap-
pointed by His MoJerrY to the Staff of the Army
in Portugal. He was to leave town this morning
for Purtsatonlb. The Court adjourned at three
, to to-morrow.
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