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A rRTVATE LEITER.—LISBON, APRIL 2s.

It is impossible for any person, unless he is an eye-witness, to
form an opinion of the miserable state of this Place. Mr. Ste-
- phens is still a prisoner, as are several ether Englishmen who re-
mained here ; some have been liberated on giving bond for their
appearance once a week at she Minister De Pernam-
bate cotton is selling at the unating.prite of 700 refs per lb. On
the arrival here ofour protectors, a balance was taken in the India-
house, when it appeared there were 39,000 bags of cotton of all
descriptions. This gave else 'to an assertion'in the French Papers
of there having been found hive 30,000 bags belonging to the
English Merchants ; 'tis a barefaced falsehood. It is equally um
true, that thirteen vessels have arrived here with flour and grain
from America; only three ships have arrived: 1000 barrels of
Dour were lately sold at 14,400 revs; butter is 600 refs per lb.; pp-
titoes 1200 rein per alquier, Offs. per bushel), and beef 140 7tlS
per lb.
The whole of the Portuguese troops, in number 12,000 men,
in two divisions, are under the command of Gomez Friere ; the
other, under the Marquis De Lorna, have begun their march to-
wardaSpain. The only native troops remaining here are the Police
Guard, and nearly 400 of them have already deserted. A new
.Minister of Police has lately arrived here : you will 'find 'inclosed
his first Edict. Since the departure of the Royal Family 19,000
inhabitants have left the country. Numbers have destroyed them-
selves; and others when reduced to the extremity of distress, have.
become prostitutes. All those, with the reception of a few Who
were employed in the Eraria, Custom-house, and other public In-
bunals, have been discharged; and even the few who remained'
have had their salaries 'reduced to hatf what they earned before.
The soldiers are put into the convents, and the officers quartered
en the inhabitants. The church plate has been carried to the Mint,
and coined, and is to constitute a part of the contribution of forty
millions. The French troops are reviewed every Sunday, in the
Rocio, by the General in Chief. The Portuguese arms are all
abolished, and those of France now only appear; this is the pre•
sent situation of things here.
Foreign coins, with their value in specie, now pass current
In Portugal, by virtue of a Decree of the Government of the 17th
of March; among which are Dutch and Italian coins, but they
balm no fixed price like those of France and Spain. The ex-
change on Paris is se low, that those who hOie sent cottons to
France, rather than draw, hote received their returns in Louis and
Napoleons, which are brought here by the Couriers. This mode
of traffic has left immense profit to some speculators. The cot-
tees are sent to some distance up the river, where cars, drawn by
mule's, are ready to receive them. Each tar carries eight bags.
It was at first intended that these can should bring the returns in
wheat and barlet, and the plan was put in execution, but it did
not answer, for the beasts consumed the corn before they it a:hed
the frontiers of Portugal.
The inhabitants on the otter aide of the water are ortigred to
illuminate their houses whoever the Enapems and King may
pass • a similar order is expected to be given here in a few days.
A guard of honour, consisting of 100 horsemen, is to be formed
out of the principal merchants herc,for the purpose of accompany-
ing his Majesty during his stay in this country. The Palace at
Qneluz is preparing as fast as possible for his reception.
PARIS, MAY 1.
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Some days ago, one of our newspapers remarked,
that hatred and party spirit appear to have had a
great share in the imputations upon the late State
Minister of Spain and the Prince of Peace.
To-day we find in the same paper the following)
article, which deserves attention, and diffuses a fur.'
ther light over Spanish affairs in general, of which the
principal contents are as follow ;
s, We daily receive the most contradictory
gence from Spain, arising from the opposition of par-
ties in that kingdom. It was said that the fortune of
the Prince of Peace amounted to more than five hun-
dred millions Livres Tournois, and that a great part
of this money had been placed in Paris, Genoa, and
London—now we are informed that these reports,
propagated by the enemies of the Prince, are univer-
sally contradicted—that their absurdity strikes every
man, and that it is proved that the Prince of Peace
has no money in foreign countries. The investing of
such large sums as two hundred millions at Paris and
London, and one hundred millions at Genoa, could
not well be altogether a secret ; and the merchants of
Paris and Genoa at least can declare, that they knew
nothing of this.
11 Persons have gone so far as to maintain that
King Charles voluntarily abdicated the throne. This
great question is still to be decided before the Court
of the Emperor at Bayonne. Were we, however, to
hazard a preliminary judgment, it would be, that the
abdication of King Charles was not voluntary. He
had announced, in a proclamation, that he meant to
place himself at the head of his armies, and a short
time afterwards, namely, an hour before his abdica-
tion, he saw his first Minister, his friend, dragged
through the streets by a mutinous soldiery, and al-
most murdered in his arms. He saw the Queen in-
sulted, even threatened, and almost in danger of her
life. All this leads us to believe that this unhappy
day, and the conspiracy of Aranjuez, are in fact
the successful terminations of the conspiracy of the
Escurial.
4, It has been further affirmed, that the Prince of
Peace had a secret understanding with England—
hut this accusation is like the others—he may have
governed Spain ill, but it is sufficient to cast an eye
upon the situation of that country, in order to judge
whether he has betrayed its dearest interests. What
has Spain lost during the fifteen years within which
Austria has lost so large a part of her dominions
Prussia, which stood aloft, has sunk to a low rank
among nations. Sweden is on the point of falEng—
the thrones of the Houses of Savoy and Naples have
vanished, and the Commonwealths of Genoa and
Venice have bean annihilated. Spain has remained
Unhurt amidst these great calamities—it is trut , her
commerce.has suirercd, but this she has endured in
summon with other countries,-and futtuity will chew

whether tuceessors of the Prince will govern het.
I ter. Spain crtiy be better governed, but the Prince
of Peace was no 'King, I)he Prince is 'reproached
'with 'vanity and ostentittion IA satiety, with levity itt
his 'manners, and,corrupt'morats j but does • it there-
fore follow that he sold his Master to England, and
was a traitor to his country ? Does It follow froth
hence that he, at the cost 'of the national revenue, in-
creased his own fortune to five or six hundred millions
'Pournois in it kingdom, the annual revenue of which
amounts to It() millions ? In these calumnies there
is sottleihing mean and iticonsiderate, something that
is too easily htAieved of .wfak princes, and 'which
readily gains admittance among the thoughtless mul-
titude.

4, if King Charles had freely abdicated,then those
persons who govern the measures of King Ferdinand
(whose imbecility 'is confessed) should have been
ashamed to afflict the heart of their -Monarch, by ill
treating his fiivourite before his e'yes, and dragging to
prison the man who had so long served him faithfully
—then they ought ndt, on the first day of the new
government, to have called back those persons 'who
had conspired against the throne. It is not thus a
Prince is treated, who freely yields up the reins of
authority. Such tericius events werendt preceded or
accompanied by an assembly of the populace, by
acts of violence and disorder, nor the excesses of hired
soldiers. It was otherwise with the abdication of
Charles the Fifth and Philip the Fifth. Ittt both cases,
months elapsed before the abdication actually took
place, until the Ambassadors of foreign powers were
duly informed of the will of the Monarch. On *both
occasions the people 'remained passive from the mo•
men's the Sovereigns announced their intention to re-
sign their power, until the new Sovereigns ascended
the Throne, and the peace, fidelity, and obedience of
the tnoeps remained unchanged.
Let us compare these proceedings with the recent
disorders at Madrid. Seditious movements had al-
ready tom the Sovereign from his throne ; but
Charles the Fourth had not abdicated. At noon, he
still governeda.at one o'clock, new conspiracies an-
nounced new acts of violence. At the same time the
act of abdication was published, and the new King
proclaimed. Here a remark ocean which will escape
reflecting man. The coincidence of an abdication
of the gcwerreinent with disorder among the troops,
and tumult in the metropolis, is a strange proof that
the abdication was altogether voluntary. IC King
Charles were indeed willing to abdicate, he should
have proved it by remaining some days longer upon
the throne t he should have given notice of his inten-
tion to the French Ambassador and Generals, whom
it was so necessary to convince of this facts On the
contrary, it was the first act of the new government
against the first Minister, the friend of the King,
which announced to the Ambassador and th! French
army, that the sceptre was passed into other hands."
MAY 2.—His Majesty the Emperor has issued se-
veral decrees 'concerning the city of 13ourde mx. Se-
veral buildings belonging to the domains he has ceded
to the city ; and he has offered a loan of three mill'ons
to the owners of vineyards; but each of tile bidders
for the loan ate to deposit wine as a security.
The Empress arrived at Bayonne on the 26th of
April. The latest letters from that town mention
nothing of the arrival of the Prince of Peace there ;
yet the itrgus affirms, that, through the mediation of
the French Emperor, the late Spanish Minister has
been released from prison.
MAY 7.—According to letters from 1) ,lmatia, we
learn that his Majesty the Emperor has conferred on
General Marmont, who commands the army in that
quarter, the title of Duke of Ragusa.
Several decrees have been published respecting the
Imperial Marine. Sixty battalions of marines are to
be formed, who are to serve as the crews of 50 ships
of 74 guns. All the sailors who an: to belong to a
man of war are at the same time to be tannoneers ,•
the officers are made responsible for the instruction of
their crew in manoeuvres and firing.
Ten battalions of marines have been organized for
?the flotilla. Each battalion of marines is to consist
of 491 men, officers included. Each battalion which
is to serve in the flotilla shall form nine companies,
consisting together, officers include], of 1,254 men.
A corps of 25,000 men is on the coasts of Nor-
mandy, concerning the destination of which various
opinions are formed.
The Moniker of yesterday state; a variety of cir-
cumstances concerning their-Maje ;ties the King and
Queen of Spain, who arrived at Bayonne ott the last
day of April, where, as well as on the road, they
have been received and treated with all the honour
and distinction due to their rank. In half an hour
after their arrival his Majesty paid them a visit,
which was of long duration. They reside in the Go.
vernnient Palace, while the Emperor and Empress
have taken up their residence in the Castle of Marrac.
Among the Spaniards who waited upon King
Charles IV. and Queen Louisa, was the Prince of
Asturias. After the usual salutation their Majesties
retired ; the Prince was desirous to follow them: but
the King prevented him, saying, in Spanish, “ Prince,
have you not yet enough insulted my grey hairs ?"
This made a deep impression on the Prince and those
n-ho were with him.

King Charles expressed, with all the feeling of an
offended parent, his pain at the conduct of the
Prince of Asturias, repeating often these words.
" Your Majesty knows not what it is to complain of
a son : this is the most cutting affliction that can be
conceived."

On the Ist, the King and Queen dined with the
Emperor, in the Palace of Marrac.
On the (2d, the Emperor and Empress visited the
King and Queen. The Emperor introduced some
persons of distinction of his Court to them, who were
to serve their Majesties in several of their concerns.
NAPLES, Arita. 20.

We have now received certain information of the
cause of the explosion which took place on the might,
of the 30th and 31st March, which destroyed a part of
the palace of the Minister Salicetti. A machine had
been brought from the islands beset by the English,
filled with gunpowder, and placed' in a hole which
had been made in an inner wall of an house adjoin-
ing that of the Minister. The keys of that House
were in the Irtnds of the Apothecary Viscardi. It is
said, that minutest circumstances attending this
calamity are known, and though not all the actors
and confederates -are yet discovered, at least some of
them are in the hands of justice. The extraordinary
commission to whom this affair was entrusted, will
deliver their iudgnient without delay.

DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY of CUCKFIELD,
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Raised for the Defence of the Country, and the Sleeping Guardians
of the Castle.
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7 0 much attention bus tPII.gtURY's P
ANTJSCORBUTIC )RODS glassed:in 'choice.:
Excellent alteradie has blip presitibed for, Mit'in the'.
'or Scrphupi, Erhistions, if/Creased actiph
eases depEbdittg bison obstructiim of ite 'tligelitivs: bros.,
bechlite the .iiraecice, front itv celebrity. to Apriy to h
appearance of these evils, bt in the removal of Sent huit
made Affections, or Ulcerations, extsiinerom iv.urt
elderPr people. . .
'Phis medicine is no* sold in Bintlee of ss. ttl.-3
'ties 100.--ausl. larger 11. 4s. duty included,. having •
By the King's Patent—expreased on the Bintle, Bill'
and Outside Wrapper. The King's ditty ']i's()
ink. An aluwasace 4,6 d. 41 ear bottle on taking. half F,

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Clot:lll.lidtAS. MU)AS. CoNiltits
R:01313-ERD's BALSAMIC ELIXIR. •
Llreps. Tbefe jUitly'celebrated DiOps.tiy dirt
itninediatellfedt removing the muttobliinaleVou)
earths, and all tendency to Coolliraption, render thew
Family Medicine. 'Ana when we voneder the v;
our COniate,wbicb conitantly Induces as to each
'frost this taking cold originates amnititude of difeares.
ealifs in the Chelt, Offenfive Breath,lilunmatien
and Confansinion,witis a long train of oak—no
rally llniuld tic down Winuiut a (mall fuliply at teat,
*loft inflautaneous remedy. Many theufand polar

'the happy effeets they have received front I:, *Min
Medical Militancy had failed. .
A 'CAU PlON—Obferec the Milne of R. Ilutler,No..4, Cheat
fide. is crigraved on a black (tamp, which is alt led to etch
all others arecouterferts.
Sold at Mr. Butler's . No. t, Cheapfide crania. of Pifetvolter.
row ; and retail by Cap. Calmer of Spring CardensCClatk,i6i,
Bereoglt; Mr. Batter, Edinburgh arid Glafgois : .561,eitay Schaal
of sitott Comitry MedicineVenders, in becks at tarpd radix aid:
FO DR.. SOLOMON, 11VhPiiid01::
SUFFOLK-..Copy of a Letter from Mr. Dingle• *644,4
and Stationer, fluty Si. Erliitind's
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A PERSON who had feireral tinies'fint 107.
L Ed bottle of your Cordial Rem Of Cliliaii,lue4i.calledhpbh
me for a bottle, and informed triethitit had d..ne hint a Wt ukri -
'ful deal of good—he had been graditally declining for a Icor Vet
•••=:shadfpent a great deal of money for a..vice.artd tor.ndsci6hrittit
paid one Surgeon I'6l. another 61 but all to no purpt;fe
the tittle be fent for the firft bottle Of your CyrdlißahretkGileah
be could not walk soots the houfe Withtiht flu*
one to heiphist—indeed he Mal totting ivef,ittillif —lit had ii(k
taken the Gilead hut a Yew 40,;agrecitile 'to the dir,dliOnl,Wh,4%
he fotindlelmfelf much better. He coirinuestattiog it iit'tilisairn;-,
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Wilhcs Ms.& 'what you pleafe with the kbove ftwecitenr, whieos
literally as helold It met 1 ant„
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thiife who with to have the Medicine itakediatdy from
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be retuined in the hoz, or orders with cads ruclufed Will be duly
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Proper 'drreckiont 'for every cafe, to ernbte perfoCslo care
thiM-
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IkEbTOKATIVt TOOTI4.
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ry of teunienance, and 'tar_
tuieS, are iflotOled to 'thsritaigish rt a ilnosb WWI IV*
Proprieteir Btiti..E/Cs To 'Dft. writ Pi5K WEN* VOg 'taste
to feraliga his Connirp:Wothen this the .ostre Sir thtirCharrds
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rotten and unhealthy •appiNsranee--this is theintiretitleirettrable,al
the 'prestalt vtiirirstton affords the infallible satins* Miaow/ft
every blemish of the enamel, and is safe in itS ahrAdoia, %dig
Composed of 'Vegut abte4.
It is recommended to the attention of all rank as aka' rini•
away every fmpei'fection, either in the +ecotone, or the deeiy of Ate
'Mantel of the Teeth, as rendering the Breath tweet and ilitictr-
ble, and making the Gsitris of their proper shape .hid
hue ; and a certain preventive against the 'tooth-aoie. Wei 01(1'1
position of thisiihd esier drought for Ward to puTdic noritre, ht
met such universe? approbation ; and the Proprietor has to tea*
that it is in daily lase of Royalty itself.
Sold, wholesale and retail, by lkir. butler, Na. 4, Cheipsidts,
corner of Paternoster-row ; and retail, by Crisp, cotter of Splitik
Gardens Piddingb '765 Oxford-street; Clarke, 36d, l!irough
Hester, Edintnargh and GLisgetv ; and ht most Country • I
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Dlt. STEERS'S DPODELDOI.
In the Stamp, round each bottle are engraved the words" F. Nctio
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spurious.
HE success of this Medicine has liven 'rise to!
great number 6f connterfelts,,as weft as to eve lairof
brotattons, Pastures, Liniments cc.l &c. some of tibia v* ha
hot and strong, as often to etr.coriate, to calm blisters, or Mtn trt
contract the sinews ; and others arc so Weak as to be of no ell
—but this Opodchloc, by its IrappY combination, by Ore union'
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it is a most excellent remedy for eiternialiteannitlinn; }Ad Wink
strengthening powers, it speedily restores the 'par* which are WI
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naming circulation tit the limbs when in a paralytic state—ft it
likeskist partlealarly successful in Chilblains, aft* if used in dale%
Will pretreat their breaking, but lot dal complaint a little of it
should be dissolved 111 a spoon, and applied %Nitwits
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iMPORTANT
THE Advantage the Public must always defive
from regulaili tiliteated professional men directing ittidat
exclusively their studies to one iptst its of malady, Was never Mae
de:My- demonstrated than by the unekainpled 1/titres's Which hit
attended the administration tif their new remedy,and the extranY-
dinary cures it has performed. l:tr a tong stiles of year's, hfeisit.
Culotte and Co. Surgeons, fortnerly in his Majesty'
sservire,disc
Made the Venereal Disci* the pardeular object of their invesi-
gation, and** happy in having discovered a medicine suneritifo
mercury in the cure of that tom Plaint; it IS sufficient to observ:l
that the Wert, of this remedy are diamettically opposite to thole
of mercury, for ihbugh it completely enklietttes every Vestige of
the virus, in its mast confirmed stags, yet It does not it Iftektit
injure the constitution ; on the'cont'ntry, it to noratei the littlit
in all its natural fanetiOns, promotes appetite, and factliratet di-
gestion thus instead of reducieg i strung and Viet:Milts coattkis-
tiotr to the frightful canditii:n that mettury does, it not Only pre-
serves that constitution in its primitive state,
,tutt restores a Wei*
and debilitated one to its natural strength and rigour. Nambei -
less instances are on recent record of the impetior direct of tk.s.
medicine, its inherent and speCific virtues acting is a perpeuts,,
corrective to bodily debility, whether proceeding from an met:
of conjugal or illicit pleashic, Or frOnt the mote insilions,tbrarfs
not less destructive, Indulgence or itmAutiotti youth of both sear:
in a certain pernicious habit. Amidst the Melancholy variety ei
disorders Which are the cOnsetinenee of this soihary rice, there 7.tc
none mare alllictiag thsn that distressing tn-le of I:bility 'And de.
ficiency Which prevents or ttubitters the matrimonial trier ; the
unhappy sufferer breeds o'ver his misilartune, ttihamed to seek
lief, until he is reduced to such a state df weakness as to midi:
life oppressive. To such persons it mast be a consoling retkiil
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treatment, be: motored to that grtatet of al human blessings,
strong, manly and vigorsin eonstitutitin.
in all cases of debility, deficiency, front Whatever cause
as well aft in every species of venereal infeetidn, Messrs. Cifillt-
ma Co. may be consulted by pitients of eithei Set With tit
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Ganfen. Patients in the country deterllfing the particulate fi
their Complaints, by letter post paid, enclitfing a L'ank stil
have the necessary htedigille anti advice lent, to any part of tie
kingdom. NO; 107, Hatti OA*
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