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SOLIM'QUIC Digias IALIUM ,AUDIAT ?

d' N. D 0 N,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1809.

We lament that we are still unable to communi-
Cate to our Readers any intelligence from Spain, but
sa we have the tisfa6iion of knowing, that if the state
of the wind prevents the arrival of any accounts flop
Spain, it i 4 most favourable for the Expedition that
sailed from Portsmouth, on Saturday.

We stated yesterday, that from.what we had heaqf,
the Opposition do not intend to hazard a division at
the opening of the'Pattliametitary Sessitm. We can-
not La supposed to know the secret movements of the
Plitt y, nor are we anxious to penetrate into. their
intended sygtem,, but if we may trust wport, the Qp-
posii lop do not merely intend to avoid a trial. Of their
strength by a division, but mean to adopt the appear-,
ance of moderation throughout the ensuing Session.
The lead ors of the Party, it seems, have had a rneetinsi,
and after a full discussion of the best mode Of con.
duEling the war against Alinisters; have agreed that
the teiziti.t.,;, "fierful, persevering .hostility which
they litve so long Maintained, wharever was the sub-
jai of debate, was cah,plated to hung disgrace upon
themselves, to excite public contempt instead 4 of
public support, as it tended to interrupt the bUsi-
nesa of the, nation, saithout its the slightest de-
gree weakening the security of Administration-7--
The Watt now its said to be, not only the
appearance of moderation, but of gentle' repte-
lension in some, poiptS, even of liberal CO9n•
sel and approbation ma others, and' not to resort to
the lat)g!iiNe of censure and complaint; except on
occasions whera it may be thought very easy to tnis-
lead the• public judgment, in taking advantage of
some occasional misfo,rttine. That. such a. plan as
this will tend' more' to retrieve the charaeler of Op-
position, and to give then some little Weight in, pub-
lic opinion, than the bitter revilings, the frivolous dis-
ClUsionit; and the 'inpatient anxieties which hate
hitherto Marked' their Pailiamentary eourse, must be
admitted ; but judging from the temper of some
of theirs we have little reason to believe,' that,

even to. gain some,, reputation in the eyes of man-
kind; they will be able to persevere in -Supporting
it. Lord GRENVILLE, we are told, weans to be
very regular in attending his doty in Parliament, and
his Lordship's habits Will readily induce US to enpea
such condutt .from him ; and, when we find that
Lord GAOL' is likely to be prevented from attending
by indisposition, however We may regret the cause,
We canno ' tit think that one obstacle will he 're-
moved it.:i.that gentle system of hostility width it is
understood is to be in future adopted. Lord Lumen-
DALt,it is said,,was nut one of the advocates for this
mild species of political warfare, but rather recom-
mended the system of secession; and if his Lordship
should put Ins own adviceinto praake, undoubtedly
a not htfi obstacle to the pacific system proposed would
certainly he rermved. We do trot, as we before said,
pretend- to voneb fer : the truth of this statement
which has been given of the intended course ef the
Party, but,
,whateVer condutt they mean to adopt,
whether violent or insidiow, we have reason to be-
lieve it will be,equally unavailing. Ministers will be
able to meet the:Great Council of the Nation with a
case so.strong, that they may bid defiance Iu open
bitterness or undermining subtilly.

. Yesterdayi about two &clock, the S.panish Am-
bassador, Admiral Aron4c4, wa's presented to-, her
MAJ ESTY, at the (111eC11.3 PlibCC, Wy Eto't NinwroN,
her M 4.1 E Tv's .C:hainherlain.,. and conkineted by Sir
STr ruF N COTTEILEL, the Master of the Ceremonies,
Upon his being' appointed EuKoy. Extraordinary and
Minister Pie a ipOtentlary ft-oin the Supremo Junta of
Spain. iiis Excellency had an audience Other . 'fA-
LSTY, and was must graciously,receivtd.

Ilia Excellency Le Chevalier Da liamckmANY,
the Swedish Ambassador,. was introdnced'io her
MAJESTY in a similar manner, and had thelike he)»
noun aim audience of her MAiEsTY.; and WI18; most
graciously received.

,
'Yesterday a
afternoon Cabinet Council was 'held
at the Foreign Office, which did not break up, till
nearly Aeven o'clock, at which were present his
Grace theOuke of PORTLAND, the Loan ell AN CEL•
toll, Earls, CAMDEI,I, LIVERPOOL, and HATUVHST,
Lords CASTLEREAGH aad M ULU AVE, .Mr. Secre-
tary CANNIND, and Mr. PERCIVAL.

Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Dnke and
Ducheis of You; gave-an elegant dinner to Lot'd
and Lady KrNNAIRD, • and a nbtmerons 'party of
fashionablei, at their house in the Stable•yard,,St.
James's.

There appelr:i,to.loave been no foundation for the
report of the St 4 z um. Of the two: British vessel fhe
RiSer Plate, which sailed from Rio Inner° with
goods for that market ; nor for that of the jealoe,y
of theSPaniards at' goods arriving in British bottoms,
as we find that the Fanny, Capt. Bousyrat.p, Iron)
London, had 'arrived there with a valuable cargo;
which was disposed of to the_ people of WenoS
Avres on very 2dVanlflcrentic tort.,

NAVAL NEWS:

FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Sailed the Lady Pe ley:
Packet, HARVEY, with•Maila for Corunna.

Tlio Lisbon, NeW York, and Jamaica Packet
will sail to-morrow morning, if the wind is fair.

PoRTSMOUTIAT, JAN. 17.—Airived His Majest's
Ship Racoon and Jasper from a crurze; the latter
vessel has captured a French Privateer In. the
Channel. •

liis* Majesty's Ship Brilliant is expeCted to sail
with the Fleet for the Brazils to-morrow, and the

East India Fleet on .Thursby.,

COWES, JAN. 17.---Three or font- of the Trans-
ports that sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday last,
for Spain, are put back into this Port, with the loss
of bowsprits, anchors, cables, B:.c. haVing been run
•
foul of by nther Ships the 'same evening, in Yar-
Mouth Roads; amongst which is the Brig Mill-
tourne, belonging to Shields, and another said to
have, on board the Medical Staff, destined for this
Expedition. The wind continues •to blow hard
from the North-cast,: so that the Convoy will' soon
arrive atlheir destination.
. .

,Dgar„ JAN. 17.=—Canie down from the River
the-Mary, • STAFFORD, for Jamaica, and temains in
the PoWns with the ships as per last.

• GREENOCK, JAN. 14.7:-. The Maid of the
Itus.,sur.; arrived laknight ;from Newlennaland, the
Captain of which reports 'that he saw three Brigs
astern (names unknown), one of them from Lime.
rick.

Arrived here, on Wednesday, theßrig St:l4t,
of London, Ports, from ' Grenada sailed nwith :oorts4
voy; Uct. 25%—from -St. Thomas, Nov. 1 --parteds
company, Dec. the 13th, feli in with the
driminc, of this port, with 6 sail, parted same,night.
Dec. 29, in 13t, 51.6. N. long. 18. o. opoke the
Brig itriercurfi, from Liverpool, for Kinsale, with loss
of main-top-mast, and part of her rudder gone, in
want of no assistance, Spoke on the 31st, the Ship
#esolation, WA LK.EII, from Quebec, boutid to cqck,
'out 35 days.-7.lAn. I, lat. 51.,43. N. t Arm: W;..
passed a Brig of War, supposed tt, be a' POv'rit.eq..9f,
16 guns. On the 3d; lat. 50. 50. N. i 2: W.
boarded the Sloop Truclqve, Pi N 1,41), of Bartuoutk,
from Seville to London, abandoned and water-logged)
took her in tow, pumped her dry, and pot three feet
plank in the deck which had been scuttled :-411i,
wine on to bloW a WO gale, lost sight 'of her in the
night, being hazy :-6th, Cape Clear, spoke the
Brig Hero,' of Aberdeen;. from Prince Edward's
Island, for Lqndon oll'Cork,,spoke the Brig
FranciszTaNlvi. P. 51A N, from Quebec, for Liverpool,
with lose olboats. .

The Rannah, DUNGAN, from Newfoundland, left
at St. John's the President Dll7Ol, STEWART, of and
-for Ciple, to sail in ten days, -and the L' Industrie,
lo:iding tor Spain or Portugal. Spoke
.the Pdizaboth, froM Grenada to Liverpool,
and pried" with berotTTorry on Sunday last.
Capt. FitLD, of the Elizabeth, which arrived at
Port Glasgow on Tuesday parted company otT the
Mull of Kintyre, upon. Monday last, with the Jean,
W;LbON., of and for Liverpool, from Nassau, New
"Providence, out IS, days, well.

The following_ is extradled from the log book ‘of
N
the Pilgrim, ictioLsoN, which arrived at Port,
Glasgow, on Monday, from Bethke:—
"00. the Guth December, at 7. 30. A.M.,
Clear bearing E. S. distance 2.24 miles, and Tory
Island N. E. distance 941 saw a brig to lee-
Ward in a very distressed situation, with no topmait,
4nd her mainmast gene at the head. At 8 bore
'up, and rag down towards her, in hopes of
saving the; crew, but when got near, could see
no person on . board ; then run iihin twenty
yards of her, and fouud that she was water-
logged, and her quarter-deck drove 'oy the, ftlfre
of the sea, and liqf Stern was_out. She
l'entlyiNorth, Country built, no hcad, with yellow
sides,: and her anchors lashed an oo:forecastle; no
cables bent, her jib4mOm rigged in, a studding sail-
bOOrn on the foretaStle; all her rigging gone twin
the hull, and all ilk; tyi.its off the dee;;.. The sea
running high, acconsimnied with a strong wind,
prevented us from boarding her."

An American Vessel is arrived in the River from

Charente, from whence the Captain tontrived to
escape in the night of the_3d instant, in ballast ; no
American being permitted, under any pretext what-
',ever, to take ina cargo of goods. Sonia few- Dutch
ships had been permitted to load and Id depart, but
the indulgence was not extended to any of the Ame-
ricans, who were not permitted to keep ,on board
their vessels more than eight days' provisidos: • The
'merchants at Charante, Rochelle, and. other places,
were in. the greatest distress and embarrassment, oc-
casioned by the total want of trade. Brandies were
so km as three livre,s per ,gallon; and claret. wines
proportionably cheap. .
An American Brig, from -the, Ginaries, reached
Plymouth on Saturday, the Master of which state,
that on the 20th ult. a Schooner Pilot-boat pout intro
'1" enOritrt; with Dispatches, and broUght idlormatien
that the Governor of the important port andlbriress
Of the liarannah, as well ,as the Commandants of
some minor establishments ;dependent upon Old
Spain, had been thrnwri into prison on chirges of a
treasonable attachMent to the French interest,'

- -
Another vessel. is.arrived from AMerica; she is
called the Alartlut Margaretta, commanded by
Captain Dituts, and is, we believe, a Swede. She
rallied front Baltiniore, tln .the 6th Of December, and
is arrited at airtmouth. She brings .alAciiit"A:tio
hogsheads of tobacco, 'mid some other tiWiele4'Wf
AmuricanprOdUce, which she had taken in previous
•to the laying on of the embargo, after which'she,was
not allowed to fill 'up her loading. Several iiassen..
gers are arrived'. in 40r, but en convoying the date
of her departure from America with those received
by the packer, it will be evident that the cannot
brine any 'him! new.

hi?4Zll.-3.

'I'.II3BASTIANS, (RIO DOAN EIRO) Dec. 1.-,--TlO4
• Spanis frigate Pretaba, 'of 44 guns, last
land, arrived here in lot ty-fonr days from L'lymouth.. . -
461.16 is a beautiful ship, is bound to Monte Video,
with the newly appointed GDvOrnor of that plartki
and his suite from Spain., She Baited for that port itt _
the night of the.26th ult. with a fairimind, and •ha,
arrived befere-this time. During her-stay with cti
the •G.-)vernor, his suite, and the Officers-. were.el,e-
gantly entertained .on board. the Foudeoyant, ors )i.,
Admiral's Flag Ship ; feStivity and joy prevailed un-
til a late ho4r. A few days afterwards an invita-.
Lion -was:given to the same party by the Spaniards,
who. provided an elegant repast for their visitors on
&re. Every delicacy which could be procured
was served at table, the Wines were, of 'the best and
citoiccist vintages. The first toast after the removal
of the cloth was, " The King of England," which
Was drank mith'unusual enthusiasm ; after the sa-
lute of three times three, twice given, uo person was
allowed again to use the glasS from which be had '
taken the grateful libation, and such was the rever-
ence with which the name of our gracious Monarch,
King GaoaGt was greeted, that not a chair, table,.
or any moveable article was_suffered to remain in •,
the room after the toast was drank ; they were
re-
moved to be usedonly on the like occasion, and
others were substituted in their stead : the even- .
ing was concluded with great harmony, • Sir SV.D.
NEY: SMITH, Lord STRANGFORD, GAMBIES, •
and all the principal-British .Residents,,were of the
part .
On the 28th nit. being the anniversary of the
departure of the PRINCE REGENT from Lisbon, the
day was celebrated with . great rejoicings. The
Court assembled ; and received the.congratulations
of the people; and a Royal Salute,was fired by the
British squadron..

•
111.0 DE JANEIRO I,cOV. 29.--The Surcev/lanle
frigate will sail from hence on the Or .17L11.0f
Dl. with a convoy,' which will consist 9114
or 16 sail.

Our Markets are glutted with goods' fluff gng"
land, and many cargoes are still on board the vesseti
which brought them out. Our safes are at present
very confined, the gteatest purcihasers consistn49
Spaniards, from Monte Video and Buenos Ayres,
whose means are limited. We have nuatolls'LliVi‘
at which many large lots of goods are sold muull
under their prime cost. Nothing but a treaty wil4l
.Spanish America can etnaually relieve uw.•
The I.3itish residents here are dreadfully afilloe4
by a diseaseleimed by the Faculty die " Cholera
:Morbus;" some have been carried off by it, others
Lave 'recovered:. The disorder is produced, w°
fear, by the indifferent (painy of the water and
the beef.

The Geographers in every Part or Europe, '
their dints, have laid down Cape: Frio as being 13
the latitude 22, 34. but it is, in, tad, in lat.
This error ought to be rettifiecyeeveral Ve44ls
bound to Rio de Janeiro baying been in consequence
'of it etubtiyed ; and crery one 1:1 ows that it is tier
cessary to. make Cape ifrio before be eau fret to IV")
etc u.
EXTRACT OF A LETTM, DATED ST. 4ALVAVOR,,
(uA111.9,-Nov. 1808:

" An insurreation arming the•BlaCks in this place
took place some, time ago, which was quelled with
. much' difficulty by the Gaernor De PUNTS, wh°,
directed the insurgents. to be fired upon, many 01
whom wee killed. DoWn to the present. time,
anr.Black, after a certain hour, is seen out of his ha:
bitation, he is -liable to be tired en; The avowed
„object of the Black* was the destrudion of ev,ol
White subjett in Bahia."

it;1„.
Yesterday, i'lle,Lotin MAyoa held a Cdurt
dermen, at which the assize of bread was ordered
to be raised half an assize, or a penny in the Pc`t.
loaf, to commence tomorrow, when the quar“l"
loaf wheaten. will be sold for is. 2}.d. and 110 r
hold Is. oid. •
Ffiday, the ad of March ni:xt, wasappo i
!htl
for Licensing. the 'several Vicluallers within
Licensee were granted to sundrypeople to ..3 as
Coal Undertakers for one year, under the, late °
Parliament for regulating the Coal Trade.
Mr. Baawtsr surrendered the'Otfice of one of 11,4
Serjeanis ot. tho
.Chamber, chid nominated In
IiRYNAL td be adtnitted :is one of the young n 1,211
the Lord. Mayor's MnisehOld, in his room. ~1
The Thanits of the Court were' unani mouslY "ib‘.fo
to the Rev..SAMuFa. Butctr, A. M. Chaplain to -.
Right Hon. the LOUD MAY, for his' exCalient 4
mon preached at St. Lawrerice Jew ry, on Plow
day I 'and he was: renuested to print the curie,
send 2 copy to every Member.. .
SELLItIti iVait -admitted' Serjearit
Macy: Ma of the Poultry Compter, in the room of V"l'la
CIS .ASSAII, deceased. '
The Loin Myatt will hold'a Court of
Council to-morrow at twelve. o'clock, at
to receive a communication from the Lords at I„;
Majesty's Privy Council .for. the Board of! I.lld,ft
respeling Smithfield Market, to. receive a J „P-A'
from 'the Niembers ,of•the Common Council, wl4O
are Governors,' ex ()Pio, of Christ's Hospital,
speaing the abuses of thi.ktaid Hospital
der a Motion-;—" ThatjtoMember of this t-•°;:;:,
who holds any .place 'al," appointment under 04
veptillent, from which he derives an einultitnent, ;It
who receives any income, salary orldlowati"
of the public money, shall' be elig,ible tt) serve tlrout,
-any Committee or Conunission under the
meat of this Cuort ;" and on Viaious Other
littess... •

It has•been stated, that Ministers have receiveaLl
account of 'the loss of part of the baggage be100.4"7
to the Light Horse under the, command ot J°ll,o
.0
.I‘,lootts. We uudetstand that the muleteer),, .`4l:
had been hired to carry !ht.- baggage, wok- fright -dt
the appearance of the French cavalry, cut the 1331,1, •
which kept the lAtckages on tilt! backs Of their nitt4e4t
,11'1)Ped, and Jett them to be picked up by
Toe, While they scampered off, and took slielterl,
their native' MountainsAt was .ntir owing trgtre3-cO,O
ery or theft, bin to peratanal fear, that the Dritotil
eir
that loss ; for thole I noleteos. are proverbial for
honesty. We are sorry to say that our OfOcco A
; iit getter:li too much isiiramiti t anti this milY