The National Register.
London, England, 1808-09-26 00:00:00

It is said, that orders have been dispatched by Govern-
Trent for the inunediate recall of Sir Hew Dalrymple and
sir Harry Hurrard. The army in that country will then be
placed under the command of Sir J. Moore. Sir Arthur
Wellesley, it is said, has marched with ls,ooo men to the
support of the '.itttuisli Patriots.

The following. Extract of a Letter, received by a re-
spectable House in Liverpool, trunk their Correspondent in
Jamaica, Mill doubtless be read with great satisfaction :---

".liingstan, 31st July, NOS.

" Ten dais ago an express vessel arrived here in 22-dis from
Cadiz, ith dispatches to this Goverunicut, and accounts of the
revolution iu Spain, which have already opened an intercouse
between this Island and all the neighbouring Spanish Colonies
of Cuba and the Alain, for which immense purchases have al-
ready been mane iL.re in dry goods, for Vera Cruz, Cartimgenn,
the Caraceas :tad Cuba, and which n ill open a very large vent
for the manufactures of Nlancliester, in hich the demand for
these colonies principally consists, viz. printed cottons, coloured
velverets of all kinds, British muslins, platillas, cotton stock-
Ines, hats, &c.
" The influx of Spanish traders to this.port, has, within these
few days, been so great as to have drained the market."
The French have abandoned their original intention of
waking a stand at Burgos. The situation of Burgos•is ad-
antageous fOr a small detachment, but not for so nume-
rous an army as 40,000 men, which is understood to be the
amenut of the French force. It is a large irregular city,
szandaig on a mountain, from which it extends to the rapid
river Aleneon, over which there is a good bridge. But if
the mony should have been finable to have kept their po-
sition at ilnrgos, their retreat would have been vcry diffi-
cult, if not impracticable. Burgos therefore was aban-
ooned, and, draw ingoff their army, they proceeded in a
north-eastern direction to the banks of the Ebro. They
have concentrated their force at Logrono, a fortified town
of Old Castile, on the right bank of the Ebro. situated in a
delightful, and fertile plain. This position is 'cer-
tainly an advantageous one. If they have a large body of
cavalry-, it can act with advantage, and in case of de.tint
they utav be able to retire to the northern bank of the
lAiro, and fall back upon the strong fortress of Pampeluna.
The Province of Navarre is strong by nature, and may be
easily defended.
The transports, with the first division of the Spanish
troops on board, arrived off Yarmouth on Tuesday. On
the same day the troops embarked at Harwich, which are
to term a part of the Expedition collecting at Falmouth,
sailed, and on Thursday they arrised in the Downs. The
Spanish troops will probably accompany this expedition.
The life of the brave Palafox is said to have been at-
ti'mpted by three Frenchmen. The report is very probable.
'faose twin Bonaparte cannot beat in the field he will
enueayour to take oil by assassination.
Capt. G. Hewetsou, of the 2d battalion of the 9th foot,
has been tried by a Court Martial, and found guilty of
c‘ercharging the regiment for various articles of &rah-
Mg, ;ot unfairly charging carriage on sundry articles;
ot taking from the regimental stores four yards of cloth ;
and of having produced for signature a false account of the
expenditure of the half-yearly ordnance allowance. The
Court sentenced him to be dismissed his Majesty's service,
which sentence has been confirmed by his Majesty.
'the Danish Government pays monthly 670,000 rix-dol-
lars fin the maintenance of the French and Spanish troops
On its territory. This
,sum amounts to more than the
revenue of his Danish Majesty in times of peace
and prosperity. The French remit large sums of specie to
trance, and thus drain the country of if. The French
soldiers make a common practice of laying hold of every
piece of plate, or other valuable article, which they ob-
"'!'ve iu the possession of their Danish friends. The Danes
:ten remark, that it is preferable to have Treat Britain
1... r an enemy, that France for an ally. Provisions and lire-
"oud have risen above 100 per cent. in Zealand.

THE COL KT.

Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, Ilis Majesty arrived from
Windsor at the Queen's Palace, where tie was received by
the Dukes of York. Kent, and Cmtiberland. At two
o'clock, Ills Majesty held a Private Leve, when the
following had the honour of being presented to his Ma-
jesty :--

Vi'count Chetwyod ; and Captain Halsted, on hi% arrival
from the Tagui.

CITY.
AUCTION WART.

We have seldom been more grntitied with a public exhibition.
than we were on Tuetclay, at the laying the first stone of the
Auction Mart.

The Lord Mayor, attended by the Sheriffs and several Alder-
men, the Directors, awl a numerous company of Proprietorr,
assembled at the motor) Tavern, and from thence went in
precession about three o'clock.
When the procession arrived on the ground, it was greeted
ith the aeclamatimel of the surrotonling milltitude, and SO/W..
quently by an assemblage of several hundred ladies, for w hi-e
accommodation seats had been prepared on the scite of the build-
ing. Mr. Shuctieworth, the projector, nest advanced, and de-
posited coins of every description that had been issued during
the present reign, with medals of distinguished Senators, and
Naval and Military heroes. The Lord Mayor was now pre-
sented with the silver trowel, and, at the same moment, the
stone, weighing three tons, was slowly lowered, the band strik-
iit,•; up " Cod aure the liiug." After the Cefe111011) was 1111.1•
eluded, the ladies partook of a cold collation, and the rest of
the company proceeded to dine at the London Tavern, where
every delicacy of the season was pros The Lord Mayor,
in the Chair, was supported to the right and left by the County
and City Members, the Aldermen and the Directors.
A Court of Aldermen was summoned to meet at G ildhall on
Tuesday ; hot a sollieipit number of Aldermen not attending to
constitute a Court, the Lord Mayor ordered the price or bread
to be raised two assizes, or -Id. in the peck loaf, which took
place on Thursday. The (pal tern loaf wheaten is now sold
for Is. '2 d. and household Is. Id.
Wednesday, the Lord :Slay or, Sheriffs, and. other City Offi-
cers, went in state to Christ Church, Newgate-street, where an
Annual Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Dilly. After
which they heard two of the oldest scholars of that excellent
seminary deliver orations, the one in Latin by Mr. T. Dell,
and the other in English by Mr. J. (;illy.
Thursday a Court of Gommon Council was held at Guildhall,
which was numerously attended. Several petitions and reports
were presented to the Court and read, and referred to Com-
mittees to carry into execution. After which, Mr. Waithman-
gase notice of the following motion, which he intended to move
at the next Court :

" That an bumble and dutif►tl Address and Petition he pre-
sented to his M;6esty, expressing their grief and astonishment at
the extraordinary and disgraceful Convention lately entered into
by the Commanders of his Majesty's Forces in Portugal, and the
Commander of the French Army at Lisbon, praying his Majesty
to institute such an enquiry into this dishonourable and onprece-
dented transaction, as mill lead to the discovery and punishment
of those, by whose misconduct and incapacity the cause of this
Country and its Allies have been so shamefully sacrificed."
A General Court of Proprietors was held on Thursday at the
Bank of England. The Governor read a recommendation of the
Court of Directors, that the half ear's dividend should he five
per rent, the same as for the last half year. Agreed to, after
few Msservations from Mr. Jackson.

TIIE THEATRE.

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