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tIBD.ON, LY .9.l—According to letters frma
?otes, General Mende4ebel has set out upon a..,!e
era expedition. "
• On the 6th instant, C-etzeral• Trant was ex,
Pected in. Oporto.
MAY9.—According to.. letters from the Alen-
tejo of the 6th inst, Scnitt has"set. out from Se-
t Ile for .Los •Poi.tos.,- with SW horse: Fourregi-
m'nts
from• Cadiz haVe arrived at
.Badajoz,. and
anong them the regitnent of ...I-len, in order to
form the garrison of that pace, or be otherwise
enplOyed. Field 22arshal Don. G. Martens, who
served with the Marquis Romana, and was chief
of the Staff of Governor Menacho, is the Officer
named as Governor of the fortress of Badajo-2. . •
• MAC 10:—Otir head-rmart:4-sl. are at Fuente de
GUinaldo. The enemy, according .to the most
authentic accounts, are stated as follows :—Mar-
mont at Salamanca, Drouet at Arnaga, and Soult
at Seville, part- of whose corps- is still inclining
more to the southward.

It is said that general sir 1. Graham is to,
base the first-divison, aed to_take the command
of three divisions upon the. DOuro. Two divi-
sions have gone to Ahnendralejo to teplace
Hill, who -has moved to Merida,. and has
Vith him 2d.pontoons, a number of ladders, and
a new formed brigade of iron 2.4:pounder howit—
Very large depots are forming at Eivas and
clajn7.. It iR.a very generally receivetL opinion
here, that-Lord Wellington will, in the course of
the present campaign, completely clear the south
of Spain of theeneiny
AlAy 5.,--General Ballasteros, equally-skilful as
a Warior and a politician, has circulated many pro-
clamations throughput the ATI d alus ia.So inviting,
Qn condition of pardon,. .the Juramentados, to
abandon the colours of 'their perfidious -.enemy.—
There effect was such as might, have been. evpect7.
ed• It appears that more than'l,soo have desert_
to the Spaniards, with their arms and ninny
Iterses. It -is certain, that lAyanionte, some .
900, including dispersed and xecruits, have been
tufbarked for Cadiz." • •

AMERIC'd. •

The
Gossipiunt.arrived on Thursday at Liverpool
from the Savannah, .and the A.V. Lawrence from
' .I%lew Orleans. Both vessels have brought papers
and letter from New York, to the 21st ult. On
. the'l4th ult. Congress passed an Act; prohibiting
!he exportation of specie, and of goods, wares,
• tad merchandise, of. foreign or domestic growth
Or manufacture, either by land
,or water, during
,-Itteenntinuanee of the Embargo Act,. under the
Penalty of the forfeiture, of t.he vessel, carriage,.
tlte. so employed 1000 dollari, on conviction
(*the owners, or any person knowingly concern-
ed in such transaetion. The President is autho-
ised to employ any part '.of the military or naval
4gree in execution of the Act... -The farther con-
aideration of the bill, for a 'temporary suspension
14 the Non-importation Act was fixed for, the
20th;; but it was generally supposed that it would
Pin be put off to the Ist. instant. A letter had
lizreen. received by a Gentleman at Washington,
Mr. Barlow, which, after stating, that
.his
osPects of a satisfactoey arrangement with the
reach Government were very discouting, adds,
‘`lf the Emperor turns a deaf ear to the renion-
4tl'ances and petition's of twenty of his principal
annercial cities, can it be expected he will lend.
'lllore favourable one to - the demands of a fo-
ki„ •
0.1 Government i,"
Oa the 16th April, -a Mr; Wheaten presented-a -
t °test to the House of Representatives against
A
capture- of the. brig Comet, by the French,
11i,eh, after considerable discussion, was referred
the Sectetary of State, by a large majority.,:
he, New' York Gazette, of the 17th nit: states;Dat Mr. Foster, had, written to the Chevalier
that-the .General Government had 'given.
.01°1 assurances that' he conduct of General Mat-
t e„Nvs, Colonel Smythe, and Commodore Camp-
Ell
is bigi:lv disapproved of, and that Amelia
:-`111(1 will forthwith be delivered lip to the §pa.. •
Comniandant.
ta.l Ile elections throughout the United-States are'
114 to be decidedly favourable to the Federalists.
4 431 towns in Massachusets, they had a ma-
ItY of 1,260, where their opponents last year
a. majority of. 4,742. ,

11:11?i 'Nan VII: and the Defiance, ships of
fLhne, arrived in the Downs on. Friday,from
to 4 •n4' The Eleplkiiit sailed the same day
z •
Join the blockading fleet. z -
tit:urions'Occurrence.—a,,lFElES, MAY 19.7-One
titk. and mysterious circumstance, connected with
ti-e. assassination of the Prime Minister, we can-
-4'4 omit to mention, as, however strange and
ttlecountable it may appear, we can safely pledge
pion credit; and we are authorised likewise to
14`ci'.ge the •Credit of a much respected and' highly
0 ,tc,!"-.1 friencl in vouching for its truth.
10, night of Sunday, the 10th inst. twenty-
hours before the fatal deed was perpetrated,
liilePort was brought, it is not yet known from
mir quarter, to
.Bridekirk, a village about two
Ilia!! from Annan, that Mr. Perceval was shot,. in
the 7, to the House of Continoo, the door or in.
ik°oll of that house.
ta,l}l.d3 inost remarkable fact the whole inhabi7
hi: of that village are ready to attest, as the
Li quickly spread, and became on iliandaY the
rsal topic of conversation. The Clergyman.
it,4l:4°l°. eve have alluded, and who allows us to
of use of his name, is Mr. Yorstoun, Minister
ztmloddoin. This gentleman, wit,h a laudable
Al*. %rent to the spot, and carefully inve,,tigated.
hltti;,lllllou.r, with a view of tracing it to its source,
ha, 'ats net hitterto been successful, although he,
kiavi."tained the most satisfactory proof of its,
rthtit existed at the trine we have mentioned.--.
Tmfries and Galloway Courier)
ht,
first stone on the Denbighshire side of the
i4,ridge'near Overton, was laid on -the 11th
ittit4t, by W. W. Wynne, Bart. the Lora
:the fie.nan't of that county, and the .first stone on
yatr4ltshire side by the Right Bon. Lord Ken-;
design of this bridge is neat and
eollSiStillg a one eliptical arch, of one hull -
4i4 -
g 4 twenty feet in- the span; and 'forty-
-1'4417a the surface of the water to •the soffit of
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GERI►MAN PAPERS,

WAn5Aw, MAy courier has
hire with intelligence of a rencontre having taken
place in the-neighbourhood of Radzilow; betwen
'a detachment of
,the allied troops and the Cos-
sacks. It appears that the latter crossed the Bohr,
and attempted to advance. along. -ne left bank of
the Wysa, for the purpose of plundering the v&
lageg-, When Collinel- Wenzlow attacked. them
' with the Polish and confederated troops, and put
them to the rout : he, afterwards pursued them
across the Wysa,
„killing and wounding ninety-
six of them;, and making twenty -two prisoners.
It is said that the Rhssian Commandant of Go-
nindz has disavowed this act of aggression, and.
requested :the, particulars, in order to transmit
them to the EmperOr.
The march of troops through 'this 'place con-
, tinues daily. Our contingent of 30,000-men. are
all in the field:
LElrsie,. MeY 7- T 1 from Elbing,
that the troops Of .his Majesty the Emperor, and
those of the Rhenish- Confederation, form a seg-
ment of ,extending from. the Behrung to
the borders of 'Austrian Gallicia—in -some parts,
the forces -of `France and her allies are within four
miles of the Russian corps of observation.
'There are various rumours in circulation ;
hopes are still •eirtertained of adjustment. It'
is certain that whatever affairs ma hvve occurred;'
they are not autholised bythe Commanders.
PETERSBURGII) APRIL 24.--,There have been -
sonic modificatioo in the, late levies of troops---
it being found impossible, to raise the required
numbers, many inalca. have been taken under the
Age of 18 and above that of 40 years.
Three corps of reserve_ have been formed ; one,
at Pskow, consisting of ten thousand troops ; an-
t other between' Tharmapol and Bhitomie, of twelve
thonsaml.i and' a third at' Biallistock of fourteen
thousand, Which will ji6 augniented. They are
well, equipped.
FRAIIKEoIiT,. MAY 18.—The Russian Court
Ga-
zette of the 4th ult-. contained an ukase, forbid-
ding the departure of the inhabitants "settled on
the western frontiers to the interior. They are
promised
,p,rotection from- any ' predatory foreign
force, and'indenmifiCation of all losses, an account
of which they me directed to transmit to head-
quarters: The are likewise ordered to 'supply
horses and' waggons for the conveyance -of troops
and stores, and a certain quantity of' grain, &c.
for which latter they are to be paid.
?another ukase, of a date prior to the .above,
forbids subjeCts of Russia serving in the armies
of a foreign continental potentate, under the,
penalty of-confiscation Of property.
A third ukaSe directs the return of all Russian
subjeets from the dominions of any -Continental
power within a limited' time, 'under :penalty of
receiving no indemnification for loss of property.
which they may sustain in consequence of remain-7'
,

ArrENIcA, MAY 10.—The troubled aspect of the
times has occasioned' the departure of some hun-
dred Russians, who have spent the winter in this
capital; they have taken various routes :—a num,
ber of them- are likewise returning from Italy to
their own country2_ •

' COPENHAGEN, MAY B.—A corps of 6000. men
have been orde.red to-assemble in Holstein, under
the cominand of Gen. Muller. They will guard
the coast against all insult on the part of the
English. • "

The troops who were permitted.to return home,
at the conhuencement of the winter, have been
ordered to join their regiMents without delay,
circumstances having rendered their services in-
•,,.dispensahly necessary to their country.
'BUDA, MAY 4:--It is confidently reported, that
the negotiations between the Russians and Turks.
'have terminated abruptly, and that the Plenipo-
-Ontiaries of tile Inger -are preparing to return to
Schumla. The Porte insisted upon the ,restora-
tion of the conquests made from her, which was -
refused ; and the resultiS,. that she is actively,:
employed in preparations for resuming the.offen,'
sive, avid driving the Russians from their con
quests. All the great Officers of the Ottoman
Empire are convinced that peace is unattainable;
and extraordinary taxes will be levied to defray
the expellees of the war. The Grand Vizier has
received reinforcements from all parts of the em-
pire ; he has rendered Schumla impregnable, and
put his army in the best condition ; the Russians,
on the contrary, have weakened their army, by
sending detachments to, the westward : the fleets
of both powers Would quit their respective ports
for the Black Sea the beoinning of this month.

Letters were received'on Friday from Manches-
ter) which communicate .the unpleasant intelli-
gence, that dufing the last few days several vio-
en
•lt outrages haVe been committed by the Lud-
dites. No fewer -than three, persons have been
shot in different parts of the country without any
discovery orieven suspicion of the murderers.
Theserjeant of the Local Militia,' who, it is
supposed, was murdered: by the' Luddites; was
naffed Moore : he was quartered. in Manchester,
and he.parted from his
.friends for the purpose of
going home, accompanied by a. young Woman.—
On going up Aticoat:s-:street, they .were met by a
party of men, rho,: it is conjectured, precipitated
them oyer the bridge into the Rochdale. The
neighbours heard -a. cry of murder !, and rushed
out, but could discover.no one in the water ; but
noticed several men walk away at a quick pace.
Moore had incurred the resentment of the Lud-
dites by his refusal to take their oath. The two
`bodies were taken out of the canal next morning.
Faig4t persons 'have been committed to prison at
Manchester, for administering oaths and rioting
since Sunday, the, 17th instant., • ,
• Letters from. Nottingham state 'the following
alarming fact, viz. that no sooner has a person
taken the oath of traitorous union in that county,
tilart.
,he receives that constant pecuniary supply_
which: enables him-to support himself and family
without work.

Last week, at, Ymnouth, W. Hammon4,
wherry-Juan, and his wife,. throwing potatoes at
each other, one of them hit her on the head, when
she, withoht .cvil intention, threw at him a clasp
\vbieh penetrated through his ribs, and,
einsci inimediate ',.death. The Coroner's
jaiy brouglit in their verdift—lllansiaughter and
zne fuliv committed for trial.

PE LIEF OF TF E 41/INUAICTURERS.

. .
On Saturday a respectAgit; fhottgli not-very nip-
, • inerous, meeting of Noblemen; Gentlemen, and
others, was held- at the Freemasons-Tavern, for
the purpose _of taking into.. consideration the
means of affording •relief to the diStresses of the
manufacturers in.various parts,of the country.—
, Besides the Duke of York, who was in the:Chair,
there were present, among others, the -Duke- of
• Kent, Cambridge, and Rutland, Lord Rolle, Mr.
Justice BaileV, Mr. Wilberforce,. Mr. H. Thorn-
tan, Mr. Babington, Mr. Stephen, &c.
Mr. 'Wilberforce regretted, that liciwever re-
spectable the present meeting was, a greater num-
ber of persons of all ranks had not been brought
together by an, object interesting as that for
which they were now met.- „ Indeed, as the
distresses which prevailed in the manufacturing--
districts were so very extensive in nature,
it might seem to wine an object beyond the means
of a meeting like/the present to afford them reLq;
but still those who originated this measure wouh:.
feel gratified by doing as much as they were able,
if they could -not do all they wished, and
at least a'beginning would be given to exertions
which might be more extensively followed up,by
others. lie thought that the first resolutions to
be adopted by the Meeting should be of as general
a nature as ; and that their first object
should be to appoint a committee fur the purpose
of receiving contributions, and corresponding with
local committees in various parts of the country,.
so as to learn what claims were most urgent, and
also in what- way relief could best be applied.—
'The attention of the Committee snould also be, di-
rected to the best means of. husbanding the re-:
sources of the country amidst the present dearth
of provisions, and particularly of forming soup.
establishments in various districts where they
could not fail to, prove highly useful. .11e'fi'usted,
that the example set by the illustrious personaeps,
now present, would be followed by the highest,
ranks of society.; and concluded with moving. see
veral resolutions, which. went generally to declare
the necessities under which many of'the manufac-
turers laboured, the duty of affording them relief,
and the propriety of appointing a Committee with
that object.
The Duke of Kent, in seconding the resolu-
tionS, observed, that the object of the meeting
was not to consider the causes to which the diS,
tresses of the manufacturers might. be owing.
Discussions of that nature, connected with .qoes-
- tions of policy, were foreign to their purpose;
and their first object was now to consider the
,evil as it stood, and to unite all classes of society,
in furnishing relief to the families of manufac-
turers till the next harvest, whiCl he hoped
would remove the temporary preSsurejntising
from the high price of provisions.. , .
.A Birmingham Manufacturer, 11:hose name. we
did not learn, begged leave to recommend -the
general wearing of buckles and metal buttons. If
the- illustrious personages now present, and
others in 'the higher ranks of society, were to re-
:store that fashion and make it general, it would
open new employthent to the mechanics of Bir-
`mingham, and do much to relieve their distresses.
Air. Stephen alluded to some remarks which he
.had read in a morning paper, the tendency of
;which he deprecated as calculated to induce peo-
ple to keep aloof froth relieving immediate, dis-
'tress, while professing to recommend the removal
of the, Orders in Council as the 'only cure. But
if these measures were wrong,• which he denied,
the labouring classes were not chargeable with
the errors of Government ; and the proper in-
quiry was, not whether the distresses. of .the

nufacturers were caused by this or that measure,
hut what should be done to afford them. relief , iri

the first instance. Having heard that this meet-
ing was recomended by the Deputies from the
Potteries and from Birmingham,.,he had expected
that it would have been attended .by some of
those Gentlemen who thouht differently from
dim as to the policy of .the Orders in
initherto the pure stream ;of public:charity hatrin
-country been uneontamurated by party.po-
fitiCs ; it NV as humanity alone which shpuld form
iTeNond of connection on the present occasion ;
anirhe hoped that thousands of those whose dif-
fered in political opinion would contribute their
exertions to remove distresses which all must la-
ment.

Mr. Oddy wished .to impress upon the distin-
guished personages whom he lad the hon Our to
address,, the inexhaustible resources which the

conntry.might derive from the cultivation of the
waste lands, and the improvement of the fish-

cries.

Mr. Justice Bailey proposed that the meeting
should adopt a Resolutions recommending to the
higher classes of society, to limit the consump-
tion, of bread in their families, and to leave off

the use of pastry. This might produce a saving,
equal.in effect to a considerable subSeriptiOn.
Mr. Wilberforce begged to suggest that a tacit
agreement of this sort might be preferable to a
public resolution.p He trusted, however, that.the
attention,of the Committee would be particularly
directed to the Opining an increased suitply of
fish for the consumption of all clauses of.s9eiety.
The take of Cambridge also recommenclecl to
the Learned ,Indge to postpone his resolutioA,
Mr. Justice Bailey's resolution was 'accordingly
withdraWn, and a Committee was appointed which
comprised all the Gentlemen whose. names we
have already.given, together with several other.
individuals.

On the motion of +the Puke of 'Rutland, the
thanks of the ineeting were voted to the Duke of
York, for the zeal and alacrity -Which he had
shewn in the husiness,of the clny ; to which: 114
Royal Highness made .a suitable reply,

The Budget--the Loan.—The pevy;Oter
expected to contract for the Loan, and bring for-
ward his Budget in a few days. There is another
Budget, however, which attracts the attention of ‘i
the Public at this thne-,--the Budget of Capital;.,l
Prizes, which is to be drawn on thOiing's:Birtil
Day. Of the contents of this Budget, those who
delay their purChases can have-no chance, as there
are but 8,009 Tickets, hardly equal to the con-
sumption of a Country tow 4,

J. Jones has effected lit- escape from Mont-
gomery .gaoi, where he IV4 c9niined under sen-
tence of death.

POLICE.

!Mansion-House.—Saturdava,!f
who under one a prilr.ite
days, since,-.x.Carged with AeAing
hundred'pounds in bank notes
house, where he aeted'as a clerk, w .!

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to the ,bar. It appeared, npOn the
suspected an taken into CuStody, he c0,13'-“?,
robbery; and told where most of the rnoTu:y
deposited', which was in the chestof a -youn-.;
man whom he associated with, and where Cham-
berlain, Ore:officer, found above eleve;i hunch -ea
pounds, which.he produced. The young woman'
was likewise detained in 'custody, but no proof
appeariti.k.pf.her.knoydedge of the i.ntoney 'being
stolen, • she Was dischari,red. ,The male prisoner
was remandedfor.further exam' illation.

Union-Hail =l,aac
Wood, the waterman, of
pugilistic notoriety; , who fouglit Pi.if.:11,.12T0 tin;
• black, was on Friday. night apprehended by, Gar
and Clerk, .on a. Jud-ge's warrant, charged with
-essaulting lfr..'Tleadle, a -custom-house_officer,
wNlst-in.the discharge of his • duty. officers
took into.(tistody la little 'before twelve at
night, ai a,on the'wziy to the watch-house near
Blackfriars-bri on the Surrey side, he escaped
'from them,:.ruti down the steps, plunged into the
water, aid swam to a boat moort:d at some dis-
tance from the shore ; fin-ding her, however, too
well Securcd for • him .to unmoor, and perceiving
the officers had' followed Thiin close behind, he
again took to the wirer, and made for some float-
ing timbers, still fu-rther from, the shore ; is at-
tempting to get upon them. they gavo way, and
he again sunk, but regained.them at one end as
the of:leers mounted them at the other; and End- .
ing it impossible to escape fnrther,•he put dims t'.''
in an attitude of defence, and. a desperate battb:
,ensued,. but Superior skill and science were; obliged
to give way to.superior numbers ; he was secured,
tal- en on shOre, and next morning coinniittA to
Newgate, to be:taken from thence to Maidstone
for trial at the next Assizes.-

• , .
An alteration in the dress of the-Ma.rine. CorPs.
is about to take place : caps arc to be snbstituted,
for hats.

The great Aggregate Catholic Meeting is ex-
pected to take place in Dublin early, in June.
The Gazette of Saturday contains an Address of
'condolence to the Prince on the occasion of the
ever to be lamented death of Mr.. Perceval, and of
approbation and Thanks to his Royal Highness
'for his. patriotic conduct, from the Loyal Livery of
London; the county of Selkirk, the towns of Be-
verley, Ashburton, and Peebles, and the county
of Dumfries.

A friend of the late Chancellor of the Exche-
quer conversing with young Mr. Perceval upon
the virtues and merits of his father, the modest
youth immediately exclaimed, "- Oh, Sirl I feel
'but too conscious how unworthy I ant at present
of such a father; but I trust that the day will
come when his friends will-not have any cause to
blush for me !"

Mr. Vansittart enjoyed the office of Chancellor
of the Exchequer but one single day : the, shortest
tenure of that high office that the Ministerial re-
cards have hitherto notified.

The Anniversary of Mr. Pitt's birth-day will be
celebrated this year at Doncaster, Leeds? New-
castle-upon-Tyne, North and South Shields,Edin-
burgh, and at various other places.

A large vessel, laden With timber, supposed to
be the Brutus, of Hull, was fOund on the coast
of Scotland, near South Hist, the end of Februar\!,
without auy person on board, and towed into the
Island of Ereskay.

CORK, MAY 18.—We were sorry to observe a
,disposition to riot 'manifested thi, day by some
of our fellow citizens. It 'seems some evil-dis-
posed persons circulated a report that there were
some potatoes lodged in a store belonging to Mr.
Callaghan—in consequence of which representa-
tion a considerable number of persons proceeded
to break open .the doors; when Dan. Callaghan,
jun. Esq. arrived, and offered to open the whole
stores for their inspection; in the mean time the
Mayor arrived, with a party of cavalry, and tran-
quility was immediately restored.
A lamentable accident happened last
,week in a
coal-mine at Orrell, near Liverpool. The work-
. men had been ;warned not to approach a certaia
part with tire or li ht ; notwithstanding which,
one of them entered it with a lighted candle, when
a tremendous explosion took place, by which all
in that-part of -the.inine, consisting of nine men
and one woman, lost their lives.
is said there Will be an encampment this sum-
mer in' Sherwood Forest, the famous haunt of
Robirc Food; and another at Litchfield.

Two divisiop. of
.the Itoyl Denbigh Reghnent
of coP.nmanoid- b) Sir W. W. Wynne;
Bart. have ma-zehecl ft.* Sheffield to Hull.