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the rage and cr, ii nt neoiole neve uhrt..stoi.: -
o,le. They sallied to itiret the t're'nch, mill a
hasty and terri:ile conflict emoted. Porta.-
guesr completely destio, id the ties' advance of
sou French cavulr3 ; %tin the scrotal ilivisiou dies-
ritually buoreetleil, roil :Jou) 311,1 ,1011111.116 of 1111r,es
were captured and sent to k)i)Urith. Almmg.t. Vae
prisoners taken, are iiiiiiiiiers metre port of
artily. This suir.tedi peas
sentry of Braga 11:15 eallwell universal joy, and we
hope will be pioductise of stillilai
About its o'cliwk, this monolog, When tile pat:.
krt hell berm wider weigh more than en hour, Cap.
taus Harris received an order from the A iulosiwador
not to sail till the arrival ot the post ft ow Oporto.
have leen several letters trims Oporto. ot die
21st inst. wkieli fully confirm whit 1 *rote to you
yesterday, respecting Pie murder of the Portuguese
General, at firir4s. They sae, that such id the
Portuguese tronis, :Id mare:lea ii4most the
Were furnished with that* too larige for their ginis,
and this discovery void nut made till they Lame io
1111 l and that the movements ui these troops
were so directed us to tote the eueiny Lvery pos.
silac advantage.
It will he reeollected, in England, unit General
Sir Arthur Vu ellesley, gate
.ouie :ioloulat Of Ord. Bernartliiic's eutidoi•i,
lug the tiine he, Sir Arthur, wies iu this c •
Stone letter* say, that G4:11(4141 Berm, EteJen, Iti
the English service, wilt; succeeded ISClNAfllitir,
has hero defeated, and has nitre:dad to Otioito;
Others say that he has ganied considerahle
tee over the enemy, and has only fallen back to a
{setter posit:tub
They all seem to agree, however, that the enemy
is within a day's march of Oporto, and that the
city confusion. Ti, geneve opinion here 1,,
that the French have not aulkilent force in that

quarter to ina.e an attack. Oporto has been very
strongly fortified, and all the inhaloitunts that ai-its
able fleet atwed themselves in some way or other.
awl have goue oat to ioret them.
On the moth of this sutith, an engagement took
place in Santo Andre, between one battalion of
the regiment of foot, Nu. ti, thref companies
of the volunteers of Chaves, the regiment of
militia of Villa 'teal, and the French. Our
troops behaved with the utmost gallantry, amid
the enemy's loss was very litvete•OM who
witnessed the actioti, state. that the French est-
ploy.ed from •ten to twelve waggons to carry uhf
their wounded. A great Lumber of letters, rectiv.
ed from Oporto, agree in stating, that the French
hate beep deleated on the road of Braga. One of
them, of the 19th inr.-camtuivis the fintaiwing pass
sage;--" I have just time to inform yos, that,
et ten o'clock this wooing, aa, express arrived
from Baron Wont; with the pleasing hitelligoace,
that, yesterday, at four o'clock in the aftenatam,- a
sec 1 attack was smile by the carve under lois
command; the result of which was,that the French
were defeated with great lose, and 500 cavalry were
taken prasiwra, together v'sitii their hors's.
• His Royal ',Zees* the Pelotas Begeot Masao-
loiuteit Coo William Car 4larresterd, Frail
Marshal and•Coutinatider.au-Chief of the Poitu-
guest array.
It appears-from au extraordinary Gazette, pub-
lished in Seville on the Ist iast. that the division of
Spanish troops commanded by the Duke. of Alber-
querque was' attacked on the Ydd alt. iu the pia,-
uua olConsivigra, Ly a French force of 11,000 foot, •
anti 3011 horse, whose attack was made with the
enemy's usual impetuosity, but completely failed,
owiug to the Utleoll.lllll4l 1111rviatlity displayed by
the Spanish troops, that the French were re:pulsed
mid defeated with the loci' of upward. of 400 men ;
Field Marshal iieresfurd had issued the followiag
general orders :
•• His Royal Ilighuess the Prince Regent of Por-
tugal havisigpost graciously been pleased to entrust
to Fieldonerslusl Bertsford the command in chief
of his anuita, thinks it right, oil assuming the said
11111 l i4llll, to .tuts and declare to his contender in
arms his rentiuseuts oo this 00001.100.
. .

Th. Field-Marshal and
during the time he served in the army, which wets
sent by his Britannic Meiesty to support the *elm's.
ruble and prodigious along made by the Portu-
guese to recover their liberty and indepe,urtence. so
uniurtly attacked, hod an opportunity of becominz
intimately acquainted with the military character
of this nation; and although lie tliii.ks he her
given the most effectual proof of the favourable
idea he bed formed of that character by accepting -
the above command, yet he wishes and hopes to prove
in a still more decisive manner, that the command-
er-in-6614-f of the Portuguese army could not have
possibly been confided to any other ct cer, so tho-
roughly convinced of the .umateruilitaty talents awl
disposition of the Portuguese, who want nothing hut
some skill and uniformity of plan in the ditirtitm or
their warlike energies to prove, that they still are
what they have always been, if not the hest soldiers,.
at least erpial to the most valiant ond most intrepid
troops of Europe. The Field-marshal Commande.-
in-Chief will therefore exert himself with thematic
zeal and applii-ation, to render those quolitses as
efficient as they err accustomed to be. when they
are waited by ee .triet and well re.,;ulatod disci-
pline. It ersally acktiowledged, that the
Portuguese err 'oval to their Sovereign, obedient
to their lawful authorities who represtatt him. and
endure without murmurs the pm ations and intim,. •
sentences to which armies must frequently submit.
The pitriiitr.rn, energy. and enthusiasm, of which
they have but very lately given the most missies,-
tipaable proofs, the glory which they acquired in
Roueaillon. and the successes which they obtained
CO the northern frontiers, clearly 'hew their dew
tennitseil intrepidity and valour--qualities which
consent hut render thew worthy of their sucesiturs. •
and as fatuous as them.
" No nation, Portuguese, I. therefore ttetter qui., •
!died than >nu tire, to form the hest troupe. 'I lie
Field-Marshal Commitudet-iii-Chief, CISOIMIACIt Of
this truth, finds hurnrlf with the utmost pleasure
identified with the Portuguese nation. He is a
Portuguese Otlieer, and confides to the purtu4m to
lila character and honour, pet reedy *absurd that
'they will be preserved uniespoired ittui returned to
lam with gain.
it necessity to siaeurts that he will at all times
courtier it as one of hie tuna importent duties to
rei.e and reward merit wherea:r lit shell meet with

rdeemi

it; and that the only reetramenclati•n he shall no-
tice will be that derived fram zeal, activity, skitl,
valour and patriotism—qualities which shall at all
times find in bins a sure and zealous protector.
Tha Field Marshal Commander-in-Chief calls
the attention of all the geueral and %limiter,.
offiuers to the present state and improvement of the
army, and being convinced that the best method of
introducing discipline and a strict observance of
duty into a military corps, consists in the example
set by the officers, he hopes they will never fell to
give their men a lesson so necessary urns important.
" The Field Mershalleoininander-in-Chief feels
anxious to embrace the earliest opportunity of in-
specting the different corps which here already
taken the field, es well as the rest of the army ; and
lie shell avail himself of all occasions which oiler,
to promote the satisfaction, decorum, *IA wiva'i-
tege of the officers and soldiers who are intrusted
to his care."
He:U.4l4*nm, Lisboa, the 13th Mink, 1809."
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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

I Crit ACT UP • LiTTIIII FROM LIFUTBeI•NT-GE-
N,RAL SIM. JOHN Sloe•E, Ti, vtscourcr CASTLE,.
et tan. 11•Tii.1) COILVIONA, JAM. 19, 11109:
.• Situated 114 this army is at present, it is ims
pos-ible for ale to debut to yoar Lortl.hip the
events which have taken place, since I had the ho.
ouor to addrem you from Astorga, ou this 31st of
December : 1 hav • therefore determined to scud to
kinghood, lkopeltera. fetters! Cisaries Stewart, as
the Oill'Cr best 411411111.11 to give you every iiifors
motion poi can waut, both with respect, to our •
acted situatiomitut the events which have led to it.
" Your Loidelnio knows, that had followed my
own °Amon. 113 a military luau, 1 illOAki have re-
tired :it the army (min Salamanca. Tiic Sintai,h
:wooer were tied, beaten ; there was no Spanish
hirer to which we could unite, and I was satisfied
that no efforts would he made to aid us, or to fro
tour the came in which they were eis;reged.
" I ism sensihle.howtmer, that the apathy and in-
difference of thy Spailiands would 'fever luive.been
I elieved ; that had the British heeu.witkiderwu, the
loss of the cause would 'nave oreo imputed to their
n.tv,,it, and it was neeetwary to risk this army to
the people of England, as well as the relit
of :.ii•ope, that the Spaniards had neither the
pus oor the inclination to make any efforts
fur ivc4. It was for this reason that. 1
made tha morel' to Saliagan. ka a- clivermoo.
it 'succeeded ; I biniiglit the whole disPovable
force of the French smainat this army. awl it
has been allowed to follow. me, without a single
movement bet made to favour my retreat.—
'The people uf.eito.44eilieiers, though firmed, made
uo attempt to stop the yassisse of the French
tkroush their molintninv. They ehaodrined their
dwelliags at Mir approach, deuce away their cart*,
oxen, and every IMOg that could be of !beim:4llmA
aid to the army. The comicriuceice has bete, that
ear sick have been left behind; and when our
horses or les failed. which, ou such marches,

*oil through such a country, was *crave to a great
otteet, baggage, destnuiritton. 'tenet, &c. mid
even ',stoney, were itecomerily destroyed or alert-
" I am sorry to say, that the array, whose con-
duct I had such reason to extol on its march
through Portugal, and oil its arrival 111 Spain, has
total's, chictgird illclerwesersiince if began to re-
tr-at.' I can ley nothing in its favonr„ bat that
Millen there was # prospect of tigbting thy Latent!.
the men were then orderly, and setutefi pleased
and determined to do 'their duty. In /root of Vils
la Fruitea, the F. reach came op with the reserve,
with which I was orwcrino, the retreat of the army ;
they attacked it at Calealrelti=',. I retired, covered
by lire 95t1h regiment, and warehed that ought to
Ilerresisa„ and front thence to Nogales and !ANN
where I hell ordered the different divisions
whi:th prevent-ft, to halt sod. collect. At Lugo, the
French st4ai:a came up wait uy, They attacked
our atdraoted posts on the 61.4 sod 7111, and were
rrtlnlrcvl iu both uttemob, eon little lots on nut
Bide. I heard from the premiers taken, that three
dieisioel of the French army were come up, com-
manded by :Marshal Soult ; I therefore expected La
be attacked on the morning of thseatth. It was my
with to ensue to that isoie ;1 lied perfect emilithence
iu thy. •valour• of the troops, and it was only by
crippling the entmt, that we could lime either to
rettetst or to embark uomoloste,h. 1 made every pre-
paratieti to receive the ettack, irul eiv-w out the army
nr the tier nog tootle, laittle. Tiriewas not Marshal
Soolt's object. ii. either did tint ti,si t himself sof-
ciently strong, or hc wished to play a "surer WIMP by at-
tacking won our marrh, or daring onr emlnirication. -
Tke country was Intersected, ;lad bin positiou too
strongly tne tooth's& with an inferior force. The
waut of provision* stooldvot enable ant to wait lotc4-
er. I marched that iv itt ; and in two forced marches.
biveintaing for tax or eight ha we in the rain,l reach-
«d Iletionos un the 10th hist:mt.
" At Lugo, I was reinitiate of th.:impowilaitty of
reaching Vigo, which was at too great a dtstance,
rod Offered no advantages to embank in the face of
au enemy. My toteation was then to have retreat-
ell to the peninstila of 1114antoa, where 1 hoped to
fluid a position to cover the einharkoi,,n of the
army in Ares or Hades Bays; but buying sent an
er to reconnoitre it, by his report I was .1, ft-r-
-utin/6 to prefer this place. I gave notice to the
.I,lmiral of my intention, and begged that the
toinsports might be brought to Comfit's; had I
tumid them here on my arrival on the 11th. time
ruthurkittiou world easily have been ,•fleeted. lor
1 had gaiued several marches on the French.
They have now coma up with us, the 'reimports
are not arrived ; my Nutrition in front of this 'dace
is a very had one; and this place, if I sin forced to
retire into it, it, commanded within market-shirt,
and the harbour will be so comina.siledl by Lamont
no the onset, that no ship will be able tv lay in t..
hut -hurt, my laird, Generel Stewart wilt inform
you how critical nor situation is. It has been re 7
cot 1111 l ended to use to make a proposal to the ene-
my, to induce him to allow us to embark quietly,
in which case he gets us out of the country-son:I,
and this place. w:th its •storm, &c. complete ;
that otherwise we have the power to mike n
long defence, which must Canine the destructioj:.
t WWII. 1 ain averse to make any such mop. ,
I em cur, is.lingly doubtful if Olt would be at-
with any good effect; but whatever I re-
aolve ot, this heal, 1 hope your Lordship .41 rest
assured, that 1 Mull aecept so tense that ant- to
•

the least diglionhn rabic to tlir army or to the eottn-
try. I hied I hose Iwrii led into greater length.
3114 more detail, than I thouzlit I -hoishl have had
*new. for; I have written roost ,r interruptions, mid i
ith my mind viiiclt ocance-r1 with other mutter.
Ale letter, written so carelessly, eau nude he coa-
siiierer! ss privute. IVlien I have inure icir.ire, I
shall. write more correctly; in the mean yule, I re-
ly on (:encril Stewart far given.,' your Imedstito
tyre information sisal detail, whirls I !Hive outitted.
I *borsht regret Ins absence, for his servii es have been
very distingnislied ; bat the state of leis eyesMinkes
it impossible for him to wire. and this contitry is not
one in which cavalry can lw of much use. If I
silt ceerl in embarking the army, I shall send it to
England ; it is quite unlit for further oseniee until
it has beret refiner!, which can br,.t lie done there.
.4 'JOHN 31tiote."
•
" the Right HUM Lard trimmest Castlcagb, iei.
(4 letter from Meijer-General BRODRICII, to
Lord CA4TI.EREAOIR, dated Commis+, 13th 'An-
gina ltiett, has been also pnoterl, but we mint de-
fer its inserti-an until to-inorrow.l.

E BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MON WAY.- Arlin 10.
ADV4NCE OF TUE FRUNCH INTO PORTUGAL.
We have received LisbMi, Papers to the 25th
hot, vxtracti from which arc given in enr pry.
"ceding columns. It appears from them; that the
French had advanced into Portugal, within a day's
march of Oporto. Government yesterday receired
r4ispattchesi front Libbers, which, we understand,
announce the. rapid advance of the French,
under Manila! Sovt.T, into Portugal. Dis-
patches were in consequence sent off yestrrlay to
the several nutporte to•giticken the departure of
the treops destined:far that couatry. Those a.sem-
• bled at Falmeath had sailed, bat were forced buck
by contrary wimiit ; and there collected at Ports-
mouth *ailed on Saturday from Portsmouth ; at
which place Sir Asersima WELLEILLIf arrived on
Saturday night. Sir Maitre, we understand, hits
pledged I self to defewd Pertits,ml with a British
force of 28,000 men, aided by the rpirit of the
people, such as he ha. foam! it..

The letter of Sir Jou% Alonite, dated the 13th
of January, from Corneille, touismirted by Gene-
'•ral STSWAItT, has been sinuously :bought for by
.rathe Publig.—Ministers, after nsue.h hesitatioe,
doubt, and difficulty, have consented 'to publish an
extract from it. That esfraet is given in our pre-
ceding columns. It chews. that Sir JOHN
.illutsise,.
if left to himself. would not have advanced
hagan, and would have commenced ens re-
treat from Salamanca. In that ease-he wont('
.not have lost a man.—Those who goaded hint on..
contrary to his better judgment, to pursue a -ems..
trate course, are answerable fur all the malauelishr-
L and degrading consequences that hare followed. •
Those who coasider Botransitva es thlll greatest.,
model of profound ability and successful' ambition
presented in the history of mankind, assert, that in
all his pablic or official documents, he 1416. wisely •
made truth his invariable basis. .6 IC say they;
44 we 'Amine with the severest accuracy all if
Bulletins, from the beginning of his'llasi4itY,
campaign, no 1805, down to the Treaty of Pr 00,.,
burgh ; or, tf we review, with the mime oeverity,
all his publications, from the commtmecinent to
the close of his Pries:inn campaign ; from Auer.'
stadt to Friedland; he will never be found to have
deviated materially from fact. Even during his
late Spanish campaign ; in Ins narration of this bat-
tles of Reyuos.i, of Tudeta, of Siamosierra, and of
many other actions ; in the account of his capture
of Madrid ; lastly, in the affair at Curunna
he does not deal in 'fiction. It may be amplified,
and decorated, for tile palate of his Senate, or his
Parisian subjects; as. for instance, *hen he de-
otribes finding, ou the field of battle, the bodies of
three English General.. who never existed. But
his•materielsare sound ; and perhapagen. Howe's
Inter,' in the Casette. or (;en. Sruwailfs memora-
ble Speech in the House of CoMmotts, in enroolso-
ratios' of Lord CaavtLavaun's assertion. may be,
sod are, if rigorously rumbled, more remote from
the red truth, than N•POLEOIII.3 !ratifications in
the Monitevr. upon the same rolled."
• It must be confessed, that there is much justice
in thic,e observations. Mit, in proportion to awn'
rffe,l, moil to the conviction that they produce,
must be, our impression of muse powerful motive,
or o.er-ruling necessity, having recently impelled
him to arlort an opposite line of composition, alto.
getter suliversive of truth. That he should never
penult the defeat of Trafalgar, the capitulation of
na)len, or any other humiliating piece of mirth.
getter, to he officially published at all,' or 'wog..
16104 as hi t. :among the slaves who wear his chains,
may ..xt•ite on surprise; 1110/ does he alter, though
he supine's-es the truth, by thus observing a total to-
!ewe whim eto it. But, we must account On other
priliciplei, for his fabricating. publishing,' and die.'
seminar mg accounts of sictarne,orconquests, that
neither ever existed, nor ever hail any shadow of a
)I; alien 'he thus indulges his Casettes
in uotiois, lie followed the same advice which
(rude Toby in Tristram Shandy gives to Corpora/
Tri.a, on the ion( le of Giants ; namely, of plocsog
theme el; out of the wit) of inquiry, he might still.
obtain some belief. For instance, were Bon &PARINI"
to enumerate any advanni6es gained over the Spa.
•

nieuts in nm Castile, et in r-trtnnntiotits br in
I.frok, pests of that atestiesills. to *Melo oar arcyg,
tr euvedlitt;ly fit liDentt. trial ill *tom. "tate warwarti
tdiatiett atter') i„vionsatt ; hr wrigitt tisontentt?lry
(odium.' .tehiereoseot.lll:il he ctw'%. they Yea
old), stir., lake the lions and et netefiler,
I ;entfraidiers to their to•tit. art he interior of Atfrioti.
to ow. that it ow, the realm 0.1 Gills where.
tat coorwiwerice, tatty womlerr .oight be wwreiy
piturtragyed, or described, es wo Ludy could get
there.
But, when the wattle CORSIC A 11, who never
Unwires tri the dais k, sow tier entietteour, to irn-
pine Ott the italdee-annditsKs or fiireiges notions--
whatever hhi•rtier tor way take with his own people,
oulrin for great and drip tiurpow-p at auitistion mid •1

interest—when be so del riodire the deceioey and
'dignity of his publieatione, as to offer absurd falsi-
ties to the view of Eorepe, atoll to give then his
sanction, lie IHCIMS 10 deceive, mid he is reduced
to adopt such arts by necessity., lint, hate he not
notoriously done this' Ilas he not positively asserted,
if trot in the " Manifest.," at least in all his demi-
rotheitit Papers, that Stottht's detachments 111111
tered both Oporto and Lisboa e MM,, he not declare
is the same manner, that caber corps of his troops
weer approaching srosille; " while his fo'••es were
driving end'cliapersiug the Portuguese in all di-
oectinsh, like dust ?" To as, who keep up, in de.
Barer of the Usurper, a regular and uuinterrepted
intercourse with Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, Vign,
and other Swinish or Portuguese porta; and
who know that SOULT lane • never %centered
yet to approach within 7cf milts of Opoqn, or
within 179 miles of Lisbon us, these romances
appear only ...natter of contempt. lint he means
them for an atmosphere less bright, and fur minds
more uninformed, as well as susceptible of impres-
sion from his spell*, than ours. The tyrant is
desirous of terrifying Austria, Saxony, Prussia,
surf Muria. It is in the capitals of those coun-
tries. Vltre,Ae CRIS penetrate, but where we ClUltliOi, •
that these' legends are intended to operatejheir ef-
fect, augmented by distance and exaggerated by ter-
ror. Their falsity martie discovered too late. Infect,
however BONAPARTE may disguise and cossiseal his
spprelleasions, it is clear to ilemaiiitration that to
cannot be at hie cam. Spain is ems half subdillord..
Turkey is lissrailog hi. bonds. Ile can neither relY
oto the neutrality of Prussia uor of Ririe& with any
certitude. Austria iv its anus,. from Bohemia to
Carniola. Martinique is attacked. Cayenne is al-
ready lost—and lie is wow probahly at the eve of a
new war, which his invariable ambstlowand violence
have produced. His poiitioos. flowerer imposiag
and brilliant, is critical, perilous., and &II of
danger !
•' Yesterday seeming, htits mai oat, Princesses
Anit:sts,. Somata, *MI AMELIA, accompanied by
%owl ROLL, Ludy Tor lose, Generals Sr
\IwYNR6, and M tate cuma, rode to St. G
'rChlopel, Winolso: , and heard a sermon by
!Coos:see, from Paul's Epistle to the Philipikells-
Sid chapter and 10th retire, " That I might know
'Mht and the power of his resurreetiou:".airterwards
they returned to the Palace. '
The Drake of YORK left %%Incisor for Oatlands ;
in the evehing Hu Kayla Highness dined with Sir
DAVID Dumnas, sit Chelsea College, with a 140.
merous party of General Officers.
The Itor•s. FAMILY are expected in town to-
morrow.
On Friday Sir Davin Dux.oas' held • public
day, and gave audience., at his office in the florae
Guards, to Earl Parseaoste, Sir HARRY BURRARD,
Sir CHARLIMI Asatit., and about forty unlit/op
officers, upon business, and to pay their respects te
Sir Davos upon his being appointed to this in
of Commander in Chief.
'On Saturday Sir Aarnee WELLEILRY tHRIMIIe
Meted husinetoi with Sir Davin DUNDAII, for a
considerable time, at his office, previous to his set-'
ting off for Portugal, to take the command of the
army. In the evening Sir ARTHUR, accompanied,
'by General STEWART, COlOl,O BATHURST, bit,
Military Secretary, Major CA111.861.1., and his Aid
de i...7anapos, left town or Portsmouth. Last night
the remainder of'Sir Attuue's Staff set off to fol-
low him.
A requisition from tenni. Gentlemen and free-
holders of the enianty.of Berks. has been sent to
'the High Sheriff, who has appointed the 17th of
April for the meeting. at Reading, in order to ad-
dress a vote of thanks to Mr. WARDLE, and to
take into consideration the propriety of petitioning
for a shorter duration of Parliament.
A Reqnisitioss wns 'signed, on the sth instant, and
presented to the MAYOR of NORWICH, TICCIIIINAMIE
him to calls Common Hall, for the purpose of es-
pressing their Sentiments upon the abuses disdoefd
an the late impory into the conduct of the DfribliAt of
Yost. This request the MAYOR refused, Mrefills
'that it being custoomiry in that city for the 111111011..
bly of the Corporation to express their opinion in he.
half of the inhabitants of that city oa all public oo-
cnrrences, he was ready to call an assembly of the '
Corporation, and lay the proposal. which he had
received before them. This onswyr was, given oa.
the sth; and in cmisequesice of the MAYOR he.:
ing this* oleeliusel to call a Common Hall, notice
has been given, that • Meeting of the Inhabitants
will he held this day, at or near St. Andrew's
Hall, in that city.
There wits a rnasour yesterday, that the king of
Swantst had been released from his contiosecaeut,
through the efforts of the Dalecurlians, under Geo.
Tot.t. —This ruorioni appears do be without fouu-
dation. Gen. To I.i. is not die Governor of Older j
carlia ; and however loyal the ioshabitasta of that
province miry be, they are wholly ussprortildif miter
die aeons of oindertaking such an enterprise.
It is the opinion of persons well aoquatutad with
'the secret springs and motives of the late revolt.-
'tion in Sweden, and the feeling of the new GOVIIID.
went. that ell iustwoourse between that eoant7 and
En2land will be prohibited before the expiration of
two onontles.

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Oa thatafty damalag, ac_rootaly to the appaistagast of
Marais Cerowidlir, the Master of his Alsjestro scar
bonds, a Imola Majesty's brad, tuck place. Boos
aftffr ten ffe:4;cl, the Disks of Coatherlaad, with kis :Mend-
awls, arrived on Parabola Cusco.; where M. tot ;Pow
wants was is wailiag, with a aismitnous dap of talcums
sportsmen, who gave upon the nasal of his Royal
Hoariest, f '
far MD Deer to beturred out of the 'Cam t'or the
day's direratia. He set of with gre .t +millings, through the
moods towards Itabtrode, taking to the right' &MAO the
cutam.ss ; where he ran with much' speed for abut forty
situates, and thee gut tate the luebrairc. is. Mock Park, .
rid :tot ander cover. This was coradered on, of the sharp.
est runs that has horn mew iii that eamatry for oury years,
the busses all manning as if they hod bean racers; the
hounds, bourn, came ep in a abet tire, atoi dislodged
him from his cover, and he ,trot off is agate,
throwch the encloard SW. b. tangle!, sad got into several
rinds of water, and very Aoki! y ovt-notod himself from the
dogs, to the nu small diIMISCIUNO, of the huatiiisea. file was
at length taken sear Loogley Gown, after a magi wywarda
of two hours The Duke et Cornbread itiAiillllllllll 1111 We
chum daring the abuts tithe bag bast.
TH E4TR
DR. CA LLI.%) IVS CONCERT.
Never vase greeter tribute paid to thalami,*
of any professional man, than the assemblagee. '
fashion which graved this Theatrc gaturlay
Wight; all parts of the house were titre/Nil epee. '
and instantly tilled by all the raok and fashion of
this great me•mpolis. The selection was priori.
pally the worthy 13ortor's composition, which were
never performed before such an assemblage of his
friends, our were they ever heard with snore delight.
M hie PARKE., Madatne Buster, Mks. Vantinsar
and Mesers. Haaatsou, B4rtTLEMAst, Goss,
NEIL°, ELLIOTT, SALT, .1. B. SALL, and CAA-
era, lent their powerful assi.tance on the occa-
sion. A more splendid spa:tech. than the house
displayed was never wittiest... 4 : all the Ladies mid
Gentlemen were in full drew, and in the side-boxes
we did tier behold snore heauty and &shade than
graced the. upper rows of the gallery. Ainessigse•
' the Nobility present were the Doke and Deebees
of Mograowg. Mn:dhiotiemea of ligaitrOitD,
Svarreen;and Ilutresntec ; Fins Foavr.scux.
DARNI.LV, end Dseruouot; Courstesees (;os- •
rano and Foxes:scut, and nearly the shade of
the Nobility who attend the Great ItoOnssv is Han-
over-square. •
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. ASKS. ClArtic
This lady, we understand. ha. undertaken to
suppress her literary work, in consideration of a
sum of 7,0001. to cover her debts, fie. sad an
annuity of Mad. to herself and has children:-.- •
Ten thousand copies of the work bad ham workid
off, but therweeirbasseired le the flames en Sa-
turday, and all 1114 garde! concerned declared tepees
oath, that no vestige, is print or nmauscript. was,
preserved, except, a single copy. iii cornoliarice
with i,,e Act of Paaitament, nod the is ;wool
• 'oterler „weer' seals. .
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The Duke of Yoaa gives a sompbselas
this day, to a numerous party et his Issiose in ftie
Stable-yard. Among those ho Wed arts-e- • ,
Fins elsestertkild, Malmsbary, Camalas, asslebielmaster
Meows. Cwiag, Pererval, Purr, Low, ats4 Illroksostr.
The Duchess of You is expected
.ia tozu w -
Wednesday. •
Mow. fiesasissat luta the. Hee. Mies Soviet.
'are retemed to town from Brigr..en.
The Duchess of Lesetsiseg root, on
Friday night, at her iwuw rat ace,
wan attended hy. upwards of .$OO of tit; Ise Noe
• bility ; she arrangements fee,theseselacillhipisTed •
her Grace's usual style of tote and idagante.
Joan Cheatham. E.. left hie • hmee in Stan-
hope-street.' May-fair. on Saturday, fur a tour
round the fitssimLcOsid.
tiir Asauttte and Lady Amsztx end Miss
Ilene, left town; en Friday, for their seat at
Worinley Autry, Hertfordshire.
We approve the determination of oar ladies of
qsality to coatinue the disgraceful practice of suf-
fering haliea and French refugees to bate their
Betiefil Cmicirrts at their houses.
Corporal GIUWIDALII, who took iJeoeral Ls-
Fumes prisoner in the late campaign its Spain, re-
turned to Brighton ou Friday. friers whence he
went to Arundel on Saturday; he was very muds
caressed by all the fashioaables at Brightoo
The bars upon the fighting snatch. to-marrow, .
between Ritheload, the black. and laws Wiwi,
were last night 5 to 4 om Ricktmorril.
A friend @hewing to another a picture representing
the inside of a leaf mine. said, he intended to give
201. for it, Which he did not think dear, as it cost
the painter twenty days is. dimming : Pooh, says
the other, lay out your money at Latian's, No. 11,
Charing-Cross, where you will receive a Ticket to
whoa you to the inside of a gold seine, sad by only
.watt itay's drawing you may get enough to Pureha4.:
the whole exhibition.
The attainmein of riches by labour and indasfry,
though most laudable virtues. is generally slow ;
yet surely that ought not to prevent any one from
endeavouring to rim to sudden independence, es-
specially when the little sum risked by an advee-
ture is, if lost, a trifling consideration. More than •
commonly morose, then, must those cyniel be, who
will regret to hear that 111411 V individuals acquire,
possibly so soon as the day after to-morrow. come-
derahle wealth. through the medium of the Lottery.
that will then commence drawing.
Should there ever he anodise Lottery.it will not be
in the power of the Contractor to give su.:ls import-
ant advantages. Wisdneisday snort will disperse
many Priam of great magiiitinle among fietuee'a
favourites. HOIIIIIIBT and Co. intreit the Public
to partake of part of the Twenty or Tess Thousaud
Pounds Prizes, which they purpose to vend (45.
usual) among those who honour them with their
monomials, at either of thee 01.1 Established.
State Lotter,. Offices, ?6, Cornhill, or Se. Margaret's
Borou,gh, *ad no where else on tliair
Ludas.
• One-half of the Capital Prises in the last Lottery
was 'Alin Shams (including Two Prize. of Twesi-
ty Thousand •Pottritia) by Sir /AIM Baanecolas
and Co. at their Loch'. Offices. 37, Corishill. 11,
liolhgt o, 50.. Haymarket, and attn. Strarel.—lt is
supposed by the Public, that the whole of tbe Cs-
pital Prises (which are ennesally irunteroes) in the
tee Lottery. which commences drawing nest
nesday, will likewise be volit at the above
Liicky Dikes ; as. for the
_last three days, these.
Offices have been unusually thronged by the vete.
ries of fortes's.

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Lora Cidqkertri.', *nil a, itiog. I
Notice is !hereby give's, that there will tie 4 :Scowler;-two
It St. James's, eu harsday the troth Mel
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MILITARY PROIIOTIOII/4-9.
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W.q-gttic,, Aril a, I W)9. t .
I.:: Regiment of Oregano (Horde--Lieutenunt Robert %w-
-him, from the 77th Foot, to he Lieutruaut, its Rollout-.
try, who eacbsuges.
3d Regiment of Dreg,eine—,Captain IVm. Legh Clowts lOW
Meyer, by purtlinst•, vice Wood, who retires.
tad Regiment of Light Dragoone--Ldeatenaid-Cutonet Jolm
Earl of Portertington, from the loth rout, to I.
ketone', vi.. Ross, who ezehao„les
001ibtrento Regiment of Foul Guards—Walter George
Baynes, Gent. to Le F.usigti, by purchase, vice Lord A 1..•
'reeky, promoted.
ad Regiment of root (:aunt.—charles (Scut. to be
Ensige, by puichave,,cier Tltie, who eitthes.
h Regiment of Fout--I.ieutenent.Coloact the honourable
I:eary frum the Star in Nova ScutiJ, to be Livid-
Colette!, vies 31acteensie, deceased.
loth lAtto—Lieutiettaiit• Cohn:lel Patrick Ross, from the 233
light Dragoons, to be Lieutenaot-Columi, vice Lord
restarlisigtoa, elm exchanges.
SIM Dittu—Captain Edgard Device Sfaaricc to lie Miklos,
vies dirty, deceased.
iniEVET.
easat-Colonel Imehlari hlneowsmie, of the 7.311 Foot,
to have the Rank of Colonel in tilt Coloity ut- New tioath

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STAFF.
Major He LOUP, from the I ;tli Lighl Drazeinte, to he
en liisiwetiog l'ii-14.011ker of the Militia in Nova Cecil%
(with the Rank of Lieuteinut-lNitouct iu the Army,) vice
King, appointed tetbefiiii rent _

HOSPITAL STAFP.
To be ha, gems to the Forces.
Coarrison Surgeon Nodes Dic&eitsos,
4 iirviven Sitrp•nu Alesuodet
Servos Ldwart hoot the notls Foot.
To be Apolaireat • to the Futon,
Howls) :lla,te It:chard Sliothess
The King's llamado Legion.
rtn Battalion of the Ilite..eltajor I.e. is Baron llhiesehe,
Frain the oct Licht Battalion to he *Lieateraot-Cokol,
with knigewary kook. vice 11:dialeohl deceased.
Cosusivions is tie Itu)al London RetinlTlN.
by flu Milibbly's Commusaiqturr .11 Lieulcopeey fur !ha said
East Regiment. .
LieattsitantJolnt Palmer, to be (:aptain, ',tee Tame, re.
signed Dated Starch 1, test.
ditto, .•-e nighy,

Palmer
Freest-

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Lingoes* Thome ... _ e Siorme,
resigned. Dated February 22, 1500.
Ensign William Gomel to be Eno/loot, vies Redmond,
Doled March I, 100$.
Eir=t4tatas, Oast. to be Ennio, vice Mack, girentot•
ea. Mated Dotatehrr zgt two.
George Pore. GM& er be ditto. vim Genty. rromoted.w.
Dated March 1, leer.
CelltAllinießS Sepia ar tie flee- Li;ateatet re eke Crony t,
lot Degionet of honey Militia.
Ileary Mind, limn. to be Lteeteemit. rabid February It,
tun.
Demerit Connor. Gent. to be riaign. Dated 'larch 1,
teloe. . .
.inte.o. Eno*, Gni" to be dater Doted Meech e,
7' hewn Pearce, Gent. to be ditto DORA March. 7 , Ison
Tr' pat.--Ciarles Jame, Digit., hoGartaitheriec Frederick,
presootni. _Dated klorcab tistor.
PA In NEW( .
Jells 810011, Thrones J Thdnaus Al "OM `S• La'
Webster, of Helper, Derbi,- ovtbsnwore-MeirfaaaMitres, so
as r r •Ils the said Tb.sias Jerkwater Serb 04, Isim.
Pflectlla kwYf "" mill'faturiotkl.47fdletter Feelbstrcet.
Gromenoropare, drammakers. letorto mob ,
C. lftelsou 304 Akeauder Mein, of.Loespea. merriest,.
3so. 31,
Joie A/vb.* n and Jobe Bine"), of Aldine', (Nth-street,
Whom. April 4, 441.1196
heeles IllielyertkaoiJaters Lang, of Goitteber,:h. Ennuis,
brearmakets. Muck 20, temg. . • • .
John Japesalekttedl. Minton me yoonger, sad
Soonwl Saprier,- elf Wiewbed-ciert, Throgesemeweervet
Lowtor,alliwpiesibeets. April 4, farm.
Hear) laresitue, Thermo lhohi. sad John Hompirers,
4,1(36%006, latercbreti ou far as niers to the said Thames
March Ir, ore.
James Ihnenes and Wilhite Shiikeehaft, of Trestrio. Law
oeltinktobirserinakeit. Arrtt 4, laop
Jghe Leah him, Jobe Copp, and a illiain Wises. of •
Coeseaustreet, norlegia.eigerniery bents- MOTU gi
140m1 Sights 6/14 JAIN tiojic hi of Lowey a4t'ook-.olfells
Groventer-square. arhelden Muni J 4, ism.
Merlon Chivalry sad loam Dickson, of I.iverriad. April
5, eine.
Rielkeed Writ* and losonell Gregory, of Wick-lam, Old-
farms. Middloai, aesirre ni oak April 5, tow
Mealy Morgan and Julio Fetter, ui LIM iC.01,4.141, Stood,
lookers. April;, isna.
• Joseph Potter nirlbomag_Potter, d Mawitester, baker*.
:air 05. term. • •
Julio Tamer and ViiNia sr Clapham, (o.smo:hawk, &islets
led chapeve. Are4l.7, 1009..
it4k.A i)..NI h kg, of Newcastle opowTyue,
war +,,.s- Erb. 1, I ram.
Jame. Sidrboetoro, of NibetrovMost, Irlm‘hire, aka Leon
Lem, of Ilmeinsere„ cottoompiame April .0. intr.
Huaphrrn "onamed nitemsti Green, of thin), woll-street,
amrsparia-minkty„ ;tie a, 1009.
RANK fort
intepli lore,. of Pima Miry, eirrobtre; tearer, to sorrenier,
Mar 6,5, •-d stout Attwneys, %lawn Club,. gaol
Item. lbw aol Mr. Ralph Ellis, Corsitur.storet,
C bowery-low Loudon •
Lake Teatlnv, tot ..drake one cheroot!, to
ormeider,Apnl to, la, at loth", aud %lay int at ten, at the
Punchbowl, Porn... Oise Mt stet Ittakehke and Makin.
sou, Elio-evert, ewpie, Loudon ; owl M.. Vander., Not-
tingham.
Tbsimis Oran*, of Stonnerls"l„Stabllt., iromoonger, to
frommider, Aprd Is, at Cow, ;9, awl May ai_,i at eimsn,
tie Onto lon in Niettbiun.Ni4tl..l t, goguTit. Attorneys,
alfinors ItiaJerk7, boil% not lore, • .1/40S
ONFI Mr Richard Mead, :strobe'''. Market.
met. Beauy, of Falgbarituo street, V.:nuncio's+. ',M-
easlier, E. ter e, April al. an, and May -.21!, et enema,
et the White Hut law, is Mintankrone. Attorneys. Mr.
linetabir, Sgoolks. Ilmototry- sue, 1.04141/11; sod lit.
Siniera, Bietwoinue.
Smoot Herbst, of Morinuighiso, *err, Iv isernailler, •
Aril is, as, at eleven, tied May no, at ten, at (Jellaba;
London. Attorney, Mr. E. P 44100, Ham -coot, Temple:
Juitali Byline' Pilkinitoe, booster,euttoo-nten.
forturtr, co rime:Mee, April 17, 11, sad May to, at t. 46;
at the Pater. lan, Manchester Attorseri, Mr Itllliaat'
Edge, Back Ltaz,street, Manebeetto; sad Molatalph Elfis,•
coraltor-etreet, Cues/cry-lame. Undue.
. Dena LAW the premier, of Maoicio Ater, conotewbeeeme,
eementeider, April *6. VS, alai May an, at Mere.% at Ike
Spread Ifegfe, Marelireler. Ale wary.,' Willhoti Da-
niell, Illostoborter ; sad ate Milo sad Parry, Temple,
Lowden.
John Davenport, late of Alsoebeeter, baker,. to Pomo
. der, April at, zr. and May to, at tiro st Nisei /lead To.
tom Moselitnen. Attorneys, Mr. Fainitok, Doneeigawr

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Lieutenant eked.% flogliarid Bruitu to he ditto, Itire fligilt
Late) Van+
Fesiva George Felix Gratarrr to be Lieutenant, vice Palmer
protested. Dated March s, ling.
Dodge Timms Wliittliker to be than, vice Brews, promot-
ed. Getrii.Mereli g. toot).
Jame Ideottett, Gem to be Ensign, %lee Jack, resirned.--,
MANI Mont, teog
George Crown, Glatt. tube ditto, rice Blanchard, rrogned.
lgoted Mara 9, tug.
reeloed Frederick Themes ['whine, Glob $o be ditto, rice
Gilbert, promuted. Doted March es, tog.
nears Art» Peborr, gest to be ditto, vice Whittaker,
rainauted. Dated Marcia It, law •
Wet aeemsct.
Lienteinve Thome Itedeeued. se be.eaptaio, wire Simmers,
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