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Ceylon ; the Spaniards were for the same red.
,entided to comnuseration, yet we took front them
To return the ships, would be to tell Eu-
In'tiat welts(' committed an offence, and were now
°lll.f our fault. Such a measure would be clan-
our ally the Ring of Sweden.
r..•.--jAgES HALL supported the Address; when
0u......ti0n being called for,. the House divided
niittblTAddress44—Against it 105—Majority 61.
'".z.,,,ned at belt past nine o'clock.

wicuTITE EV ENI T G STAR.

LONDON.

• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30.
190,01iTOCKS. THIS DAlltt; AT ONE
.O'CLOCK :
Col4r-o• Üb' q1154}4. Bills, .ditto
Ss. preen.—Navy TT; lun
Pzern'
lludoor. STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Aike shut • India Bonds, par Is. aSC tile.
C0p.1414, " • Ez. Bills, Is. es. pr.
English Tickets, 211. se.
IFICIIL Cr'
l
,L3pfgCsa tons. for ace. 544
13.16thi
*AP.
irie wee the first to announce that Government
gasstiog "Noe thoughts of taking possession of
cluti, co the African coast, opposite to Gibraltar.
Ice bee* that nothing prevented this from being
(wigaga, but the necessity of paying attention
Is* situation of Portugal, while its government
at to the line of conduct it should follow.
marriage of a dispatch about the same period
Ito occasioned some unnecessary movements of our
isto in the Mediterranean. It is now understood
General pasvosr's Expedition is intended to co-
te with that under General SPENCER, in an at-
act tobe made upon that place, prior to its proceed_
sg to iwifax, which is its final destination. General
hoar left Englvd in the PIO:ELOPE frigate on the
igtb of February, accompanied by the BANTERER
frig*, ad a fleet of transports, having on board the
7th, 9th, 13th, and 22d regiments. The Expedi-
itco it is supposed, will rendezvous at Gibraltar.

IVeanderstand that the ships of the fleet preparing
ft the Baltic are to sail in divisions or singly, as soon
as they can severally put to sea, and not wait till they
„, all ready. There is certainly no reason for delay,
they have no chance of encountering an enemy on
It pone.
Sc Sannzt.Hoon has hoisted-his flag on board the
(raanr. Two other sail of the line.have also worked
sods Downs—they are destined for the Baltic. Sir
iffi SAVMAREZ,. Commander of the fleet, has re_
r his final instructions, and has left London.
;sleet will sail the first fair wind.
The Dutch, it seems, are actively engaged in all
septets in constructing gun-boats. Above .500 are
sd to be already in a state of readiness. The in_

igrr oldie Government is unremitting in its endea-
lust° promote the augmentation of its naval force.
he aid that a treaty has been negociating between

fan and Denmark, for the manning of the French
kith Danish sailors. BONAPARTE offered to take
loins pay Danish seamen to man twenty sail of the
he, which he has completely equipped for service,
rid have soon in a state of perfect preparation.
Pi Courts were agreed upon the terms, when the
oltn, who were informed of the arrangement, made
their determination not to fight under the corn-
or in the service, of any foreign Power what-

er. They would tight the battles of their own So_
nn, but would not condescend to become merce_
es. This impediment was not altogether removed'
m the last information was transmitted ; but we
*rstand, that it was expected that's junction of the
vu forces of the two States would still be effected,
'reit is, after all, a point of etiquette which prevents
thErimmediate union, and BONAPARTE, we believe,
*hot sacrifice any imagined or expected bent fi: o
augur of ceremony. He may sell or lend hiss) ips
to the King of Denmark ; they will still be employed
the same warfare, and, whoever be the nominal

Coma :alder, will act under the same orders. There
:eaething however in the resolution and indepen-
awe of mind which the people display in this instance,
t':ch we cannot help applauding in an enemy.

gereral lenerc were received yesterday from Lisbon
C 4 dates to the 3d iastant. One of them, in particu.,
c'or, is from high authority, and states, what has
l'erl already atEnned before, that the kingdom of '
Ntngal is now on the eve of a famine, a calamity
long been foreseen and dreaded by the tin_
..rtaaate natives. The town of Lisbon having been
racer than any other place in Portugal overrun by
htich troops, is the first to experience the effects of
v""rtitY• Flour, which is sold in America at two
"l 3 per barrel, in Lisbon will fetch thirty-two.
,a
1 lower classe; of people, who are destitute of
1"le7 to Purchase at that extravagant rate, are li-
-1111 starving in the streets, and the most distressing
'motes arc daily witnessed. General JCNOT dispatches
parties of horse daily to scour the country for corn ;
hotthe fact is, that the nation is completely drained,
and that the farmers never ceased to furnish the
lurk ets as long as they had more to spare than sup
lied their own families. But now, wherever the
?tenth come, they seize all, without considering the
&tante state of the owner.

Advices fronlSevillehave reached town to the
17tillast. That place is Ailed with French, and the
PritPle are astonished at the daily arrival of fresh
rralch forces in Spain, now that Portugal is cern-
Pittely
nuoued. The French force in Spain is not
1111111 an 100,000 men.