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London, England, 1808-03-29 00:00:00

nothing farther has transpired: indeed, little can
transpire, till the public movements of the parties re-
move the veil ; for our accounts must chiefly come
through Austria, which is one of the parties, and
therefore interested in preventing a disclosure.
The ruin, and desolation brought upon Germany
by the Revolution has produced another scourge—
bands of robbers !

A Gentleman is arrived in town, who left Oporto
on the 10th instant. The Spanish troops wcr.: filing
off, at the period of his departure, to make room for
the French that were to replace them. The Portuguese
had not hitherto experience 4 any want of grain, and
for this reason : the farmers had received notice from
the French, that if they withheld their corn from. the
markets, it would certainly be seized, apfropriated
to the service of the French troops, without any re-
muneration being given for it ; but, on the contrary,
if a regular supply was brought for sale, they (the
French) would buy it at a fair market price. This
threat had the desired effect, and consequently the
markets will be supplied until all the granaries and
the country are exhausted ; and this will take place,
as this Gentleman reports, in less than a month.
Sir CHARLES COTTON had received instructions froiX
Government to afford every means in his power to
the Portuguese to emigrate—he was to take every op-
pottunity of informing them that such facilities would
be granted to them, and that the British squadron
would constantly lig off Lisbon to receive them. This
information has been published in hand-bills, and
distributed privately on shore.

This morning the Sheriffs of London went by ap-
pointment, to Windsor, to wait on his MAJasvy, to
learn when he will be pleased to receive the Address
of the Common Council.

On Sunday the Marquis of WEI-124E1c had a con-
ference with Lord MELVILLE, at his apartments in
Arlington-street, from one o'clock till near five.
Her Grace the Duchess of Gonoom arrived in
Town, from Scotland. on Friday last, having left
Edinburgh on Saturday se'nnight. Her Grace has
taken up her residence for the present at her son the
Marquis of HIINTIAY'S residence, in Wimpole-sweet.
The whole of Admiral Russetc's squn4ron, ex-
cept the Majestic, is to sail from Yaemouth the
moment the wind will permit, for Gottenburgh. The
ships are all victualled and ready for the purpose.—
Admiral RUSSELL will have another squadron ready
in a few days, in order to euable him to resume his
station off the Dutch coast. The wind has hardly
shifted from the Eastward since the gales on the 11th
and 12th of February. _ _

Captain LANGFORD, the gallant Commander of the
Sappho sloop of war, is promoted by the Lords of
the Admiralty to the rank of Post Captain. Captain
L. is t son of )r. LANOIO4D, Canon of Windsor.

Yesterday Captain JOHN SMITH was appointed to
the command of the Devastation bomb, now lying at
Woolwich, arid is shortly expected to sail for the Baltic.

The statement of all the sums of money paid into
the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, as
Droits of the Crown, and Droits of Admiralty, is at'
length printed. It appears that the whole of the money
paid intp the Registry of the High Court of Admiral-
ty, from the year 1704, to March 1808, amounts to
As Droits of the Admiralty . - X. 474,32.1 11 10
Ss Droits of the Crown - - 1,588,484 10 2
A mixed Account of both, out of which no.
thing has been paid, to Captors -

- 1,051,094 12 11

Malting the sum total of 41 the money . .
'paid, amount to - - - q 1113,905 1 2
Aupa *total of all Ike mum drawn by
the Royal warrant and otherwise 2,559,837 19 71

Anti the balance now remaining is .574,067 1 64
The Danish prizes are not included in this return.
A Letter from a French Officer at Lisbon states,
that the Portuguese are very adverse to the French
troops, but, with the usual vanity of a Frenchman
the writer adds, awe are making considerable pro-
gress among the women, and through them hope toi
reconc la our um; subjects to their Sovereign." .
A final sentence of Divorce was prenonriced in the
Court of Session at Edinburgh, on the 11th inst. in a
process of divorce brought by the Right Hnnourablei
the. Ea;l of Etorw, against his Lady, for acfulterr
with Roapnr Fencusos, Esq.
COVENT.GARDIN THEATRE, COOKE last night
resumed the part of Ingo, in SUAKESPEARE'S Tragedy
of Qthello, which was occupied, during his absence
in the country, by Mr. KEMBLE. We are compelled
to repeat, that, greatly as we admire the latter Gen-
tleman's performance, in whatever requires the exer-
cise of refined judgment and nice discrimination, we
cannot consider his lago so true a delineation of the
subtle villain as that of last night, which had all the
hold touches of a great master, with here and there,
an appearance of carelessness in the execution, which,
;father added to the force and effect of the performance,l
than subtracted any thing from it.
Eighteen of the unfortunate young men, belong-I
ing to Mln4NpA's enterprise who were captured by
the Spaniards, lately made their escape from the pri-
son at Carthagena. Of this number, fifteen were un-
happily retaken. The remaining three have form-
nately.reached the United States in good health.
On Tuesday morning, the 15th instant, as the
Rev. JAMES PALMER, Curate of Hillingdon, Mie-
dieser, and late of Headington, near Oxford, was
riding in compny with several friends upon Ux..
bridge Common, kls horse rap away, and threw him
with great violence against a stone, and fractured his
head so much, as to cause his immediate death.
A fatal and melancholy accident happened pester,
slay in Wych-street. The wheel of a coal-nia,ggon
caught a ladder on which a man was repairing the
front of a house, and, by the turning of the ladder he
elms precipitated on the pavement from the third story.
The poor sufferer was carried to the Hospital, bt.t
sqrstra4 a very short time, He has left a wife and
four children, who b ad no support but his industry.
The house of prumminer (or Castle Forbes), wai
jasAy partly destroyed by accidental fire. It magi.
paced in a garret Over. the ingrrooni, and rooms
adjoining, forming a wing !drilling the CP*: Which
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