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London, England, 1808-10-03 00:00:00

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Should we be able to drive him Out of this poSition,
it is probable' he will throw himself into his en 7
trenched camp that covers Lisbon.
,It is the opinion
of judicious persons that we run some danger of
beink surrounded from the Douro; and that our dis-
positions have been made too late.

pain,
We forgot to say, and we mention it w.lO
that General SPENCER'S corps is quite ae:trcytd ;
while the Duke of ABRANTES had only i vall, of
his force in the field on the 21st."

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The Muniteur has extraEted from a London Paper
of the §th and unit, the following paragraphs, to
which the annexed observations are subjoined, as
notes :

" No-news from Portugal since the battle of the zrst at
Viniera."

You have no news, but only that your head-quar-
ters were at Villaverda, and afterwards tell back upon
Maceira, on the-sea-shore. This is no symptom of
v idory. •

" An express has been sent to Sir David- Baird at Cork,
with orders for him to sail immediately."
The English are obliged to send reinforcements to
their army in 'Portugal; and, if we could believe them,
they are to be looked upon as conquerors. How
could. they do otherwise when they were -beaten ?
This circumstance, added- to their confession that
their head-quarters had been removed backwards,
leaves no doubt as to, the result of affilirs.
" The troops have orders to leave their baggage behind, and
the soldiers not in a conditibri to go with the expeditiOn are
to remain at Fermoy,
_:-.- According to tht latest intelligence from Paris, Napo.
4ton has declared in his official paper th*t he would make.
Arse of no-cc, awl viiijitjte affairs or Spain were irrevocaoly
fixed. The Spaniarirs- will have no reason now to complatn
of the treachery of their enemy. Treachery having failed, hq,
flies to undisguised violence, and tne Spaniards will certainly
avail themselves of this profitable observation, in order to
attend only to the danger of their situation, and .to extinguish
any petty eavils and personal, jealousies, which would be tit-
tat to the common cause."
Treachery is one of those things that the French
know nothing of. It only belongs to the weak.—
ii ..yoking to the French army in Spain, it will be
Iseen, that they have only bad too much confidence.
r-Were nor the garrisons of Barcelona, Patnpelona,
t and St. Sebastian, in ' Madrid, surrounded by the
1 French army ? And if thjs army bad paid the least
attention to a pru6fit foresight, would they mot-
'have.disarmed the troops of the lint; dismounted the
cavalry, and secured the Officers as hoStages ?
The Marquis DE RoLviANA deceived the Prince of
,PQNTE COAVOO because suspicion forms no part of
the French charatier. The .Spaniard suffered him-
self to be seduced by the misrepresentations of the
English. EL: *has broken his oath, but his dishonour
is the best encomium upon French integrity.
," We hope the Spaniards will soon be in a situation to sup-
port the great contest, and our honour calls upon us to assist
then with al triur force. I t is time for us to.wipe off the stain
with which our.charaeter is aspersed4 or surf:l-mg our Allies
-to perish for want of prompt. and adequate assistance. Our
Ewmy's farces are every svnere in rilOtitill. Eighty thousand
of his veterans are passing the Pyrenees!, and the English
:troops have already shewn they are not afraid to face them.
All depends upon the energy of Ministers."
They say that GeneraI.WELLEsLEY is in Portugal
with a respectable force; General JUNOT, apprised
of his march, and the circumstances attending it,.
has taken measures to procure provisions, and con-
ned his defence with that of the Russian. Squadron.
Nothing can he murk& . agreeable to the French upon
the Continent than to see the English at last throw—
ing oil' the mask, and entering the lists in their own •
proper persons. Would to God that 80,000, that a
100,000 English would present themselves
.before us
in the open field. The Continent has at all times
been their grave. As long as they are secure of a•
retreat to their ships the English people. will Only ,
affeet to deplore the calatnities of war. Their gold
is wet with tears and blood.
"We have received Dutch Papers to the 9th. The French
troops in the Prussian territories are mu-ciltog to France, and
will certainly proceed to Spain. Buonaparte must either place
the most implicit confidence in the pacific disposition of the
Emperor Francis, or, entertain the greatest contempt for his
mental energy and military power. It is not unlikely also
..that he reckons upon the co-operation of Russia, and that the
army which is asseinoled on the frontiers of Poland is meant
to control Austria . " •
'Curious speculations these ! Yes, more than two
hundred thousand shall pass the Pyrenees, and still
France shad maintain, for the defence ofherself and
her allies, upwards of four hundred thousand in Italy
and Germany. Russia .is the ally of France. She
stands in the same degree of declared enmity to Eng-
land that France does ; and in the mean time the
English cannot perceive without astonishment, that
the-Russi4n armies should unite with the French, it'
necessary.

To this ridiculous reasoning the English add a sup-
position still more •absurd. The Emperor of Austria
and the Austrian nation • will have nothing to do with
you. The example of Sweden has taught them what
is to be expected from your alliance. The nations
of theontinent, whether they conquer or are con-
quered, nut cease to respedt each other. You
only are the object of their aversion.

4‘A vessel arrNgd front Malta has brought an account of a
most gallant and success:al action fought by the Seahorse
gate, Capt. Stewart, ~4f the Dardanelles, with three Turkish
Frigates, oneot which c-,.:ned so guns, and the two others 4
each. That of so guns ws.s taken and brought into Malta.
One of the tor:y-tours was stvk, and the other escaped. The
Turks are said to have had zoo killed and goo woutulecL We
Lai six killed and live wounded."

What a brilliant triumph is t;,;is ? What misehief
have the Turks done you 'that yoi should declare
war against them ? Tneir crime has bt:;!.1) that they
did not surfer you to burn their Seraglio.:ind their
capital. If you ciantinue your system of self-inorest,
hypocrisy, and treason ; if you assist your new allies
' sincerely, and at the hazard of your entire force,
then we may easily predittm all Europe, that yoor
subje6lion. is at no great distance, and that it will
. very shortl,y follow the annihilation of your armies.

The first corps of the Grand Arnly will arrive
'here in detachments of one regiment each, this, day,
and the 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th inst. At one
O'clock to day, the _Municipality of Paris will pro-
ceed to meet the first column. They will receive
it at the barrier of St. Martin, and present it with
the two gold crowns voted two years since to the
whole of the Grand Army. From the barrier, the
procession will be continued to -Tivoli, where a
dinner will be provided for the troops. The Mu-
t nicipal Officers will perform the honours of the
• ttible. A similar repast will be given on the days
when the troops pass through, not only to the other
_regiments belonging to the first corps of the Grand -
,4,rmy, but also to those composing the 6th corps,
and who are expelled here on the 2811,4 29th, and
30th Suptetuherk and la of Odober.,

NAPOLEON

Several detachments of cavalry came In here yes-
terday from Mentz, which are intended to serve as
an escort to his Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON,
or to keep guarikin the towns ,through which his
Majesty shall pass. The Preteo of the Palace, M.
BEAUSET, passed through Mentz on the Hob for
Erfurth.

From Erfurth we learn, that, on the 13th a Cou-
rier arrived there with orders for all the French
troops quartered in that place and its environs, and
also the park of artillery, to march oil' with all ex-
pedition. All necessary means had been taken to
execute these orders, and a nturiber of horses had
been pressed for that purpose. Preparations are like-
wise making there for the reception of certain great
personages.

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PROHIBITION AGAINST THI3 INTRODUCI lON
OF 'COLONIAL PRODUCE.

EXTRACT FROM THE • MINUTES OF TAB OFFICE OF.
THE SECRETARY OP STATE.
Palace of Si. Cloud, Sept. 6, 1808.-
NiiiNTLEON' ; -Emperor of the Freud), . King of
Italy, and ProteCtor of the COniederation br the
Rhine:
On the Report of our Minister of -Finance, our
Council of Stare having been hoard, wehafedi:deed,'
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and-do decree, as follows:
Article I. The introdueliOn of Colonial Pro-.
duce coming from Holland and Spain into France is
prohibited until further 'orders.
Art. 11. All Vessels freighted with such articles,
which shall enter. the Elbe, the WeSer; or the J d'e;
shall be seized and confiscated. •.
Art. 111. *The present Decree is not to eontravetio
that of the oth of June, by which we reserved
_to
ourselves the right to allow the importation of cotto
wool, under certain circumstances.
Art. IV. Our Minister of Finance is charged wit
the execution/of the present ,Decree.
(Signed)

NUREMEURG,H, Sem 14.—We have, at lenath,
received news from Constantinople. .Tranqui ilitf has
not been interrupted since the i 3 Ist of July. Mus-
TAIMA BARAICTAK has consented to accept th'e (Affix
of Grand Viziet, and displays- muelt activity.'- He
places little confidence in theianizzaries, and wishes,
according to report, to, profit by the existing circum-
stances to give them a new organization. In order
not to have any thing to apprehend -from them.; he
haS assembled, -4 the environs of Constantinople,. a
very large body of troops, of whose attachment he
is secure. •
Captain ROCHE has received orders toexpedite the
equipment of the Fleet,;and to pass the Dardanellei,
fur the purpose .of thaintaining the"' freedom; of the
commerce of the Archipelago. •
New disturbances'haVe broken out in Asia, par-
ticularly at Aleppo-, and its environs; but none of
the details have been received. s It appears that. the
Weehabites are making fresh incur.sions.
VENICE, SEPT. 10.7—Yesterday a violent tempeSt
burst over Venice and its environs. The lightning
struck a magazine Of the 'fort ,St. Andre .d'el 1110, and
set lire to it. The explosion of the magazine de-
stroyed- an adjoining chapel and barrack. Another
barrack, in which the.cannoniers of the garrison were
.quartered, was also much damaged, and one of the
walls of the half-moon was thrown down.
BAYONNE, SEPT. l'3.—The post 'from Spain has
brought nothing new respelling the state; of the
a mies, which tenia:ned in their former positions. •
From Nlallen, a town in Aragon, not far from
the Ebro, we learn, that the Polish division had
there killed '2OO of the Arragonese, and made 300 of
them prisoners. The French army every where ocr
cupied the strongest positions, and the insurgents,
kept at a great distance.
M. LAHORAi the Spanish Consul at this place,
was last night taken into custody.. This proceeding
has been-occasioned by his applying for passports to
go to Aiicant, the plate of his nativity, a circum-
stance which increased the strong suspicions previ-
ously entertained of his condu.% P.c has been corn-
mitten to the Castie.of Lourdes.-
WARSAW, Auu. 29.—Several Couriers arrived
here on Ate 25th. • .I.'ne Duke of AUERSTADT has
received orders to evacuate this Duchy with the
tßiops under his command, and to proceed to Si-
lesia. The troops broke up yesterday morning,
;Since which time the road to Beiiin has been crowd-
ed with soldiers,. artillery, • and carriages. A great
number of horse's have been put in requisition. We
have only ;a single regiment of French troops now in
garrison here. The garrison duty continue to
be performed by this.c.orps and the Polish and Saxon
troops, under the command of PIInCePONIATOWSKI;
as the Senior General of Division.
PRANOKFORT, SEPT. 20.—Letters received here
oa the 18th inform us, that the estate belonging to
the Prussian Minister, VoN STEIN; in Nassau-
lisSingen, has been pUt under -
According to Letters from the North of Germany,
the 400 Spanish Grenadiers, who served as a Guard
of Honour to the Prince of Po NTE CORY() have been
disarmed.

On the 16th hitt, his nuSsian Imperial Majesty
is expected to arrive at Konigshurg•l4 and thence to
proCeed through Leipzic Weirtker, there to have
a - meeting with his Majesty the Emperor of th
RVStGq. Marshal TANN ES, 'Who is at itenigshurz,n,
is to congratulate the Emperor ALEX/INI)L11
'name of his Sovereign, and he, will also accoitilpitlf
him to Weimar. -.Count RoNAsiow had arrived at
Konigsburgh on the .1 nth inst.

The LORD MAYOR has issued tiLitels of invitatin4
to the whole,ol file volunteer regimerlt of w
is- the Lienteliant-,Colooe, to dine"with him at the
Mansion-House. on '''vedtiesday next. cry nee
is to appear in hiSfull unifortn.
The system of cropektg the hair of the soldiers it
altlie point of being followed, fel) actoptiou
tr plan which will, no doubt, &aye equal sati,sf:-
tion .to the whole ai-tee ; we mean the abolishing
of that absurd. pradice of polishing the arms; which,
iiiftiiiire—regiments, has been •cartieft rush ex-
' ceitktoirlitliiterial:Y iiljore the pleee, aaii render
it totally unfit fit- use, in halt the. time esti:wired
for •Thir wear in usual service, l'ireleeks upon a
nei.v.prindpie, -with brown locks; and haerels, hj u
'been alreedy issued to the light ceinpanies.: of several
reglinents, and the Board of Ordnance have received
orders to complete the issue w the remainder of the:
army, with till the, expedition possible ; in coose-
quence of which a requisition has. been wade of the
gunsmiths in the several regiments staioped in the
homeldistrit9,. to repair without loss of time to the
lippil,.Manufaetory of-Arms at Lewkhatn.
Ai tempts are making, and we hope. will be attend-
sUceess, to introduce into the :I,Yest
the palm, in India called the ejoo; this beautiful,
stately, and valuable plant produces each year on an
averaggiix leaves, and from the base of the leef,
about ten or twelve ounces of black fibres, resem-
bling horse-hair, grow and embrace the trunk of the
tree—these 'fibres, which are detached without in-
juring the plants, are very strong, and are employe3
in making cordage.—An agreeable wine is extraaed
from this palm, as also sugar, and an ardent spirit,
and when it arrives to maturity, its sap is otte of the
verietas of the 'sago meal, and is used by the nati‘ez
as food.
The cultivation of mahogany in India his b!en a.-
tended with great success. Two plants (the first
known in India) were sent out by the Court of
Dire6ters,to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta; from
these two,..uwards of a thausand,piaets have 'been
reared, and they succeed so well, as to promise in a
.few years to.be a valuable acquisition, to thccouotry.
The fl,c,p,erkginal trees were last year neatly /tar feet
in circumference, and,sere.ral of the,:.others two or
three feet.
Lest Wednesday the Swedish 'Ambassador intro-
dUCV.l.4.-001013e1 GYLLENSROLD £0 Ins MAJESTY.
Thj.-iiimuished Officer, who is his Swedish Ma-
jesty's Adjetant of the Navy, was the bearer of
the flag t•aken by Admiral HOOD from the Itu-isi2n
.Ship iSeveled,, of 74. -He also'delivered to his KA-
JEST'Y a letter written by the King of 9\i'4.I3LANT. , with
which his MAJESTY seemed highly pleasvd. We
understand it contained, among other things, a re-
quest• that his :Nasasry would grant, permission to
his brave Officers to receive such tokcns of the es-
teem' of that Monarch as he felt hitnself bound to
offer them. Several Russian Sloops. of 'War have
been takett''hy the Swedish flotilla,
.off -SweabdiEg,
which,hav
e;beeti sent to the Combined Itleet, and
straits ay converted into • fuer of u hie h
lay waking fora fair wind to be sent in aini.,keft, the
RussiatiFleet.
The-. Swedish AmbasSador, Baron Dena)thuTtec
is recalled by his Sovereign. He is going to Sea
and will be replaced at our Court. by tire-Swediih
Ambassador, at Berlin. We cannot -but rtettret the
departure of a Gentleman of so amiable eekereeiee •
ter as his Excellency, and so di,tinguis:ied for his
attachment to the British Nation. He' has beet
greatly iustrumeutal in preserving that perfettem-
deratandiog and friendship which subsists betWoen
Sweden and England, and which is so truly conform.,
able to the interests of both. .
Saturday, nt half-past three o'clock, the remains
of Peter Fish, late Foreman to the Plimuix Fire..
Otce, who died in.
,St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in
consequence of being so dreadfully bruised and burnt
at the late fire in `Covent-Garden Theatre, were
interred in the burial-ground of St. Martin-in-the-
Fields. _The -procession was very soletnn ;- twenty
Firemen with crape hat-leands• and black stockings,
preceded the corpse, led by the new Foremen, bear-
ing a silver- figure of Britannia, with. a PhLenix and
shield, -covered with .crape'; next two mutes; .a.Ed
of feathers,; shp Body, witii Coat and badge lying sin
the cocrin ; six firemen, as pall-bearers; folloWed by
tv,•7 elve =timers in cloaks and hat-bands..

ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 134.—iiis Excellency C. F.
VAN JMAA NUN, the Minister of Justice,' published
the following notification at Utrecht, on the 2 iSt
instant:--" The iNalinister of Justice and Police, be-
ing duly authorized by his Majesty, hereby inter-
dicts and prohibits all printers and publishers of
Journals or Newspapers from inserting any articles
relative to the National Institute, unless they shall
have preViouSly appeared in the Royal Courant."
As a proof ofthe ae.,•tiVity.of the Royal Gens-d'Ar-:
merle, we have the satisfaction of being able to state,
that on the 31st ult., they seized, at Elfelclain, in East
Friezland, eight waggpns, Wen with 65 bags of
coffee, beans, 27 bags andlive Chests of sugar, and
five bales of cottons and linensl that on the Ist and
2d inst. they seized at Yarel. ••i- waggons, laden SM-;THFI.ELD _MARKET, 0er..3.
with'2oo bags of sugar, 85 .bags of coti:.:es, 57 bags This•-day's market was well supplied.with prim
14 cli6sts, and 5., c isks.of. indigo, t 0 balcs-aCznaim- beasts, and the sho of cattle In oilier respeas was
faci.ured gOods, and two boxes;of-Cotton-tiyist ; that very good ; Beef, Mutton, and" co are
Veal, cer
on the ist they seized at Jever 51 bags of fee, than our last report ; Pork supports last price,heap and
and two bigs and one cask of sugar ; and finally, the trade in general was some What brisk.—The sale
that at Veschershuizen they have seized a Sloop, on in the Hay Market werepretty eonsiderable; Straw
board of which they tbiind two bags of coffee, and, has got. up,in.price since Friday's market; Hay and
a small cask of earthenware. . Clover sold at last prices. •
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AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 22.—ACCOrdiOg to a letter CORN EktCII.ANO F., OCT. 3.—There is-hut a mid-
from Bergen, dated the ?oth-islie .advice has been dling supply 01' cheat to-day, and the general Sales
received there of ,the capture of three.richly laden at little guktAlation-i Prune Old
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Chinamen by a .Prench. Ship of the Line in the East Barley ratitert cheaper; very little Maplter ;quarter ,
Indies. Pease full I us. dearer ; Beans nearly
'White
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there are tolerable supplies of Oats, .andthis trade is'
at last prices;
Paats, SEPT. Q4.--The Emperor, who .sei out
fionl Pals at live o'clock, arrived at six at Bondi', pained nearly at our ,last currency; Flour likewise.

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wi t...e 40 pOsi-horscs vvi...tc lb v4aiting roi- tin. Eir 1)...
i ro and. hits Suite-. ',.
. • Her•livialesfy the Ctieen of the Tv,-c; Sit:4l..tf:4 r;r-
riVed at Turin on the 13tivinst; . • .
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.-- - HAtIBURGH, SEPT. *QO.--LA Danish East Tudia,
Man- has arrived at Bergen with the Governot• o
Batavia' on board, and a part of his property. Thi-1
. Ship - sailed in company with two other Dinh '
Ship;, but parted company off the WeSterri Islatido,
in consequence of hazy went her.-A Danish Priv<:-
ieer has taken two "Vessels laden with- slig-.1.r and
CollWe,...n.rid brought thein into .Skragen. . . .
ST. PE.TERSBURQA, AUG. al .---C(jillli ROMAN.
N.zowiAlinisfer.of Trade and Foreign Affairs, is to ss.i
out td-day.upon a mission.. of-imp rtaoce ; tie ,iii
VAS' through Vienna to Franckforty on the Main,
as3nVai it is understood) proceed to Sjr.4shurgit, l'i,
journey., as hasty as it was' unexpeaed„ 1);ig ~.,ivf-,it
„rise to tbe supposition that very important aTairs aiti
'Upon the tapir. I.'he exell;.ing-e of Couriert between.
Pais and St. Petersblrgh has bee.ti uncointnoti:y
frequent,