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most fatal. Cordova and Seville have fallen into
the hands of the French, and when Capt. SnurtirT,
who brought the dispatches for Government, left
Cadiz, the Enemy was tinily expeaed before that
place. The inhabitants of that city, are
posed to defend themselves to the last extremity,
but we fear the want of provisions will render it
impossible for them to resist for any length of

the DI ke of A.Laulauestaus,but ALAVA, the Admile.l
of the Fleet, is a person on whom no reliance is to
be placed. It has been a culpable neglda of the
Spanish, as well as of the English Government, to
have suffered such a man to remain so long in this
important command. Part of our army, we under-
stand, is colleaed at Ronda, and part at Granoda
but as soon as the French shall.advance to Parez and
Port St. Mary's our communication with the rest of
the country, will be entirely cut off, except by sea.
We are in expeaation of a reinforcement of English
troops from Gibraltar to assist at the defence of
Cadiz, and many thousand persons'are at work in
completing the fortifications on the Peninsula which
had been left unfinished."

NAVAL NEWS:

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 14.—The Master of vase
(lately captered by the Gascon privateer) an:. a
here this inerning from Falmouth, whither he wa
landed from... a. neutral vessel which arrivocl t.
from, Boerdeaux :—he states, that he was calrieii
into -1).6.4ge,-a town in Spam, from whence he w !c
marched to Bayonne ; left the latter ph"e o
I.Bth January, for the purpose of being conduae
a prison about 700 miles into the interio, of
France ; and was to pass through Bourdeatax : on
his arrival at the latter place, he heard \ that a
neutral vessel was about to sail for England, a a
short time after he found means of escaping on bo .d
her, and :sailedatheGth iestent. During his rc to
Yesterday accounts were received from Holland, to BOurdeatix ahe met several thousand. Freach
which contain fresh instances of the tyranny of. troops marching into- Spain, who Were to he reale,
BCO'.4APARTR against the unfortunate people of that pleted to 400,000 men. BUONAPARTE'S Gterol,,
country. All English property between the Scheldt consisting of 2500 men, bad arrived at Bourdeao
and the Maese, is to be sequestrated, and all colonial l whither he was expected to arrive about the 18th r
produce seized. American 'ships are forbidden to tgth of this month, to follow them on their way to
enter the ports of Holland under any pretence what- Spain.
ever; and, to complete they climax, he has ordered Atrrived his Majesty's ship Indefatigable from a
the principal inhabitants of Dutch Brabant to send ' crui'o off Bourdeaux a his Majesty's ship ()resits
their children to Paris for education. By this bar- from a cruise ; Dove, LORD, from Nawport ; Ann,
barons artifice, he not only keeps hostages for the Verreev ; and Golden Grove, Miees, from Nearli ;
condua of the parents, but has the children trained and the Ateona, MACKEY, from Cadiz..
up in sentiments calculated to support his system Put back by contrary winds his Majesty's slip
and his interests. But here he seems to outstep the Dreadnought, bound to Basque Roads. •
limits of discretion ; for it is impossible that the Sailed the Voyager transport (with part of the
children should not feel detestation towards the man French prisoners taken at St. Domingo), for Mae-
who tears them from their dearest connections. Iu laix.
fad, he sheays by this very measure, a conviaion of
theabliortence in which he must be held, for sa-
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 15.--Came in the Flora,
GARDNEK, and Betsey, BERKLEY, from the Down• ,
crifieing the freedom and independence of every the fowler for Nlogadore, and the latter for the M -
State at the shrine of his ambition. diterratseaue . a
Arrived the Hero, ROACH, from Sunderla id, d
In Mr. Ross's Observations, &c. &c. lately pub- the Emily, GAEOLN ER,. from Lonion. . •
fished, there is a very clear, though concise state- FALMOUTH, FEB. 13,—Arrived the Prince Erkest
ment of the retrenchments in public expenditure, • packet with a mail from Jamaica.
effected by Mr. Pere--retrenchnients directly opee •
rating upon the public expenditure, but in their HARWICH, FEB. 15.—This morning arrived the
consequences upon the patronage of Ministers. Earl (f Leicester and Lord Duncan packets, with
They amount to two millions, five hundred and ,
mails and paasetigers, from Heligoland.
• - •
ninety thousand pounds a year. Those who now
say that the system upon which Mr. PITT acted,
and which the present Minister follows, is hostile KINGSTON, .3 AN. 12.
to reform, would do well to consider this pamphlet ;
The Rainbow frigate, of 24 guns, Captain Wool.-
DRIDGE, and the Reindeer brig, of ta.guns, Capt.
they will see in it the difference, in point of effeEt,
between the reforms of a practical statesman, and
DOUGLAS, anchored at Port-Royal on Sunday, froin
Cork and Barbadoes, having under their convoy the
those of a wild theorist, or an insidious demagogue.
ships Jane, Eliza, and Pusey Hall. They sailed
It is one of the most valuable documents that has
from the Cove on the Gth of November, eith 31'
sail of merchantrnen for the West-Indies, arrived
at Barbadoes on the 12th inst. and left there the
i ships Concord,. Wiesoe ; and Severn, POW ELt
from Bristol. On the following day they quitted
Carlisle Bay, with 20 sail, for this island, together
with the King David, for Nevis; Ulysses, far St.
Vincent's ; and Betsey, for Grenada ; which sa
sets parted shortly after for their respeetive destine-

time. We are glad to find that precautions
have been taken for the security of the Spa-

nish Fleet, which consists .of fifteen sail of the
line; it has been mcored, as we stated yesterday,
outside the British Squadron. All the merchant
vessels at Cadiz have been put in requisition to bring
away the different Members of Government, and
such of the inhabitants as may choose rather to leave
their Country than to submit to the tyranny and
rapacity of the French. The sudden and unex-
Lpeaed irruption of the French into Andalusia must,
lof course, have excited considerable alarm and con-
; fusion, and it is therefore not surprising that many
.contradietory accounts should have been received
' from that quarter.—The following are among the
Letters that have been received :

" SEVILLE, JAN. 17.—The French are at the
fbet of the Sierra Morena. They have been repulsed
by the division of BIGADOT at Villa Manrique.
" The enemy have penetrated by the Puerto del
Rey. Our army has fallen back on Jaen. The ad-
vanced posts of ALBUQUERQUE, who is marching to
our assistaecea arrived at Guadalcanal. COUPIGNI
has advanced froth hence to cover Carmona ; but we
have no force to stop the progress of the enemy.—
The greater part of the Junta have left this place for
the Isla de Lean, and the remaining Members are
to embark to-night, and go to Cadiz by water." .
" ISLA DE LEON, FEB. -2.--NO sooner was it
known that the Junta had fled from Seville, than
the people took up arms, and having set at liberty
the CONDE DE MONTI3O and Don FRANCISCO PALA-
FOX, who had been imprisoned on a charge of con.-
spiracy against the Government, they surrounded
the Junta of Seville, demanding the immediate ap-
pointment of a Regency, and exclaiming against the
Supreme Junta as traitors to their country, who had
abandoned the passes of the mountain to the French,
and then fled to-Cadiz with the money which they
had received from America. The Junta of Seville
refused to nominate a Regency, but admitted Moe-
Tele and PALAFOX as Members of their own body,
and appointed the Marquis of ROMAN A Commander
of the army of Castile, in place of the Duke of
PARQUE. ROMANA, who had been earned about a
fortnight before Captain-General of Valencia, but
had not left Seville, accepted this command, and
took part with the insurgents ; and couriers were
dispatched to stop the Members of the Supreme
Junta, who had fled to Cadiz, and arrest them as
traitors to their country. At Xetex de la Fresno:re
Majority - - leis
the Archbishop of LAODICF.A, Piesident of the
We have great hopes that the report of the in-
junta ; VALDEZ, formerly Minister of Marine k sea-realm] and massacre at Ceylon will prove to be
and OVALLE, one of the Deputies of Estremadura, unfounded. The 19th Regiment, which is stated
were seized by the populace, and would probably to have suffered on the occasion, was not at Ceylon
but at Quilon, on the Malabar Coast ; the similarity
.have been put to death, had not some persons who of the name may have led to a mistake.
.had influence with the mob got them shut up in the A most sumptuous entertainment was yesterday
and detained them there as given at the City of London Tavern, by the Grenada
Carthusian Convent, Planters and Merchants, ,to Major-General Meer-
prisoners of state. On the news of these excesses,
LAND, G •
General CASTANOS, who was at the Isla, de Leon, A-person who held a situation in the Viaualling
exerted himseif to procure their liberation, and had I Department at the Cape, - and who is implicated EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE SECRETARY
with other persons, two of whom were executed ate OF STATE, PALACE OF THE THUILLERIES.—BY
them conveyed in safety to the Isla ; but as they the Cape, for raising troops and other high crimes DECREE OF 30TH JANUARY, 1810.
felt that their authority was now completely at an against the Government, has been brought home in 1 " All the English merchandize that exists in the
end, no sooner 'had they assembled at that place, irons. Mr. K--,t, having sonic important infor- towns and places situated between the A:hese and
Illation to communicate to Government, has been the Scheldt 'is confiscated.
with the other Members of the Junta, than they ap-
borne sent for that purpose, and expeas to obtain i " The produa is destined to repair the havoc and
pointed a Regency, composed of the' Bishop of his pardon. He is at present confined in a strong pillage of Fleshing.
cell, in Plymouth Clink, doubly ironed and strongly t "All colonic) tnerchandize is put in a state of
ORENSE; Of SAAVEDRA, Minister of Finance; of
guarded.
CASTANOS, Captain-General of Andalusia; of E. sequestration."
We have received Hamburgh Papers to the 4th
CANO, Minister of Marine; and FERNANDEZ De inst: The following are the only articles of their "4"4"T!" DE A DECREE OF THE KIEG OF H°L"
LAND, FEB. I, 1810.
Leote, Minister of the Indies; and transferred to i contents worthy of being extratied : " The first Secretary of the King's Cabinet being
ANCONA, JAN. 14.---Since the 25th of last month
these five -persons. the government of the coon- duly authorized. by Decree of the
itlst inst. informs
upwards of forty merchant ships have arrived in
the Direetor of the Customs, that is the posit:ve
try. This appointment took place on the eeth of this port. For this revival of our .maritime trade
intention of his Majesty, that provisionally no Anze-
January. we are indebted to the temporary absence of the
rzcan vessels shall be suffered to enter any of the
English ships of war, which have all left the Adria-
, " The French are in the mean time advancing . ports of this laingdom, whatsoever their cargo may
tic Sea, and proceeded to Corfu.
without opposition, Cordova, which was indeed VIENNA, J. 2.1.—0ur Court Gazette of this consist of, or from whatsoever port they may have
sailed : f, or
her . they have been in England, or
incepable of defence, has surrendered to them with- day contains the following article :—" Couut Spuc- have been overhauled on their voyage by the Eng-
calolf Lieutenant-General and Adjutant-General of
' fish or not ; bait that these ships shall go` to sea
out resistance. Their head-quarters are at Alcala de
his Majesty the Emperor of all the Ressies, arrived
Guadayra; two leagues from Seiille, and only 17 here on the 12th inst. on an extraordinary mission again as soon as possible, without having diachargt d
leagues from Port St. Mary's. We are as yet une ;from Peterslnirgbi I, and had, on the 15th, his first any ,part of their cargo le
." . •
he Decree le w tse spectally charges the Direetor
audience of his Imperial Royal Mitjesty."
to give the necessary orders t hat the ab ate
,posee e
acquainted with the fate of Seville, but. considering
tEYEACII, JAN. IB.—lt is reported that the Rus- 1
in Trieste and intention of his M:ijo.sty be executed punetesne.
the great extent of the works that surround it, and siert squadron squadron which is now lyine
the want of any troops of the line fin its defence, ' Venice, and consists is the whole of 20 sail, will 1 EXTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM semerreineal.
soon. be' in a fit condition to cruize against the I " FEB. 2.—Toe French are already at Dor-
we cannot flatter ourselves with the hope of its
English. . . drecht ; and it is confidently said that Genaral
making the least resistance. Our own situation . Wednesday evening, as a gentleman was going 00e9t, has ersee sto take military possession ()idle
would have been equally desperate, had not the through the croud in Basinghall-street, during the Coetitry:frorn. Nirneguen along the River, the Islands
morn- drawing of the Lottery, he had his pocket picked of between, the Scheldt and Meese, and ths... Zealand
Duke of ALBUQUERQUE arrived here this
351. in bank notes. ; IslapdOl. I.he consternation great On 'Change."
ing with 8000 men, which he conducted with The recent letter addressed by Lord GReNVILLE ; " FEB. 3'.—A Commission is to be established
great skill and success over the Marisma, which, at to the head of stlie Catholics of Ireland, has been I here, to investigate the importation of produce ; se
this season of the year was supposed to be imps- humorously denominated " The first Epistle to ' that such as cannot be proved to come from neutral
the Romans." i countries shall be condemned."
sable for an army. He was pursued by the French i a
Ccete-Exesteezelt, FEB. 16.—This clay there are 1 " FEB. 6.—Marshal Verhuelt into come here as
cavalry as far as Lebrixa, but finding that they could several further arrivals of Wheats with a continua Governor-General, &c. Business is at a stand, as
,-- :nice of large remaining suppligo of Foreign—fine people are afraid of kloisniciliary visits !"
not overtake him, they there stopped their pursuit
In request, at last prices—other qualities heavy sale ;• " FEB. s.—lt appears cettaite that the first ftini-
Before his arrival we had not above one thou-
Barley in great abundance—seconds and ordinary , lies in 13raliant have received. intimation to send
mud troops of the line to defend this ,place and 8 to 12 years of age, to the Lyc sum
cheaper ; Malt and White Peas nearly at late prices ; ' their boys, from
the city of Cadiz. Our fleet is at length equipped 13,eans of the two kinds likewise ; new Trick deems, at- hris 'in e der to be educated there. Our 5t04:1;3
. 355. 10 38s, per eearter ; Oats are in considerable decline Vincite -and niore ; the 7 per cents. are at 50
and ready to put to sea, and is now its the outer har-
- supply, and rather lower ; Flour remains at late pW'earitS a .and We continue in anxious expetation ef
hour. We have great confidence in CASTANOS and prices. t what is to take place." '..
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'JAIIIAICeI PAPERS.

issued from the press for many years.

ESSEX ELECTION.--The numbers polled yester-
day were as follow
Mr. Houblon - . - 1*

Mr. Burgoyne ' - -

Total for Mr. floublon . 239 z
Mr. Burgoj•ne - 777

tions.
The following vessels of the fleet are arrived at
the undermentioned out-ports: .
At Port Morant : —Ship Charlotte, Sale, of Bristol.
At Falmouth : —Ships Volunteer, Barwise, and TrelawilY,
Whiteside, of Whitehaven ; and Montreal, Fish, and Ann,
Thomson, at Greenock.
At 4..ticea —:Ship jamaica, Burns, of Greenock.
At_SSlt- River ; —Ship Clyde, Payne, of Liverpool.

FRENCH DECREE.