Star.
London, England, 1809-04-17 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

MR. MADISON'S INAUGURAL SPEFCH,
Delivered March 4th, at Twelve o'Clock.
• " WASHINGTON, MANCH 4, 11109.
" Unwilling to dt.part from examples of the most revered ic•
thority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to expris.
the profound impression made on me by the call of my countri
to the station, to the duties of which I am about to pledJe my-
self by the most salemn of sanctions. So distinguished a mark of
confidence proceeding from the deliberate and tranquil suffrafi
of .a free and virtuous nation, would, under any circurnstanco,
_have commanded niY grltitude and devotion, as will as filled rc
withan awful eclair of tbe.trust to be assumed. Under the var:c..:s
circumstances:which giye peculiar solemnity to the existing p::-
ricyd, 3 feel, tilt both the honaur and_the responsibility allotted %
me are inexpressilily enhancid. •
"'The present Situ:iiibn of the world is irn without a p-
rine], and that, ofi our country full of difficulties. The press,:r
of these too is the more severely felt, because they have Lillie
upon us at a moment when national prosperity being at a heirl.t
not before attained, the contrast resulting from this change 11.1
been rendered more striking. Under the benign influence of Ole
republican institutions, and the maintenance of peace with all mi•
Lions, whilst so many of tb •ra were engaged In bloody and waster:A
wars, the fruits of a just policy were enjoyed in an uttrivali...:
growth of our faculties arid resources. Proofs of this wet.; se, n
in the improvements of agriculture, in the successful enterprise's
of commerce, in the progress of manufactures and the
arts, to this increase of the public revenues, and the use made
of it in reducing the public debt, and in the valuable wort,
and establishments every where multiplying over the face of
land.

" It is a precious reflection that the transition from tfei
prosperous condition of our country to the scene v..hlch
for some time been distressing us, is not chargeable on any ter
warrautable. views, nor, as I trust, on any involuntary errors in
the public councils. Indulging no passions which trespass or. the
•
rights or the repose of other nations, it has bei7n the true ijori
of the United States to cultivate peace by observing justice,
and to entitle themselves to the respect of the nations at war, ly
fulfilling their neutral obligations with the most scrupulous in.
partiality.
" If there be candour in the world, the truth of these asst r-
tion3 will not be questioned. Pooerity at least will do justice to
them.
" This unexceptionable course could not avail against the
justice and violence of the Belligerent Powers. In their rage
against each other, or impelled by more direct motives, principles
of retaliation have been introduced, equally contrary to universal
reason and acknowledged law. I-low long their arbitrary teh,:i
will be continued, in spite of the demonstrations, that not even a
pretext for them has been given by the United States, and of the
fair and liberal attempts to induce a revocation of them, comae
be anticipated.
" Assuring myself that, under every vicissitude, the deter-
mined spirit and united councils of the nation will be safe-
guards to its honour and its essential interests, I repair to the
post assigned me, with no other discouragement than what
springs from my own inadequacy to its high duties. If I do i:ot
sink under the weight of this deep conviction, it is because 1 find
some support in a consciousness of the purposes, and a miff-
dence its the principles, which I bring with me into this arduous
fervice.
" To cherish peace and friendly intercourse with all nations,
having correspondent dispositions; to maintain sincere neutron!).
towards Belligerent Nations ; to prefer in all cases amicable t2F-
cusdon and reasonable accommodation of ditfcreeces, to a di co
sion of them by an appeal to arms ; to exclude foreign intripes
and foreign partialities, so degrading to all countries, at d se -
ful to free ones ; to foster a spirit of independence, ton
invade the rights of others, too proud tee surrender our own,
too liberal to indulge unworthy prejudices ourselves, and tod
voted not to look down upon them in others ; to hold the union.
of the States as the basis of their peace and happiness ; to support
the Constitution which is the cement of the union, as well in i.s
limitations as in its authorities ; to respect the rights and autho-
rities resezired to the States, and to the people, as equally incor-
porated with, and essential to the success of the general system .
to avoid the slightest interference with the rights of conscience,
or the functions of religions, so wisely exempted Irons civil juris-
diction ; to preserve in their full energy the other salutary provi-
sions in behalf of private and personal rights, and of the freedom
of the press ; to observe economy in public expenditures ; to libe-
rate the public resources by an honourable discharge of the pub:ic
debts ; to keep within the requisite limits a standing military force,
always remembering, that an armed and trained militia is the
firmest bulwark of Republican Governments ; that without stand-
ing armies their liberty can never be in danger; nor with largc
ones, safe; to promote by authorised means improvements friendly
to agriculture, to manufactures, and to external as well as shtt r-
tial commerce; to favour, in like manner, the advancement of
science and the diffusion of information, as the best aliment to
true libeity ; to carry on the benevolent plans which have been
so meritoriously applied to the conservation of our aboriginal

4,10,, from the degradation rantsd of savage k
.....:..rticiparion of the-unpGd rovem of which the hunian mind
5,410er0 are susceptible in a civilized state,. As far'
and intentions such as the.:e can aid the fulfilment of my
1-,or will be a resource which cannot fail me.
It is iry good fortune, moreover, to have the path in which I
• to tread lighted by examples of. illustrious services, success-
u rtoderrd in the most trying difficulties, by those who have
~.gMed before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor, it
..:••••bt at least become me here to speak—l may, however, be par
for not
suppressing the sympathy with which my heart is
rich reward he enjoys in the benedictions of a beloved
'40.0"
,try, gratefully bestowed for exalted talents, zealously devott d,
roßb a long career, to the advancement of its highest interest
ii"td* •ormess.—But the sourer to which I look for the aid, which
r (ail supply my deficiencies, is in the well-tried intelligence
sko
• vigue of my fellow-cinzensi and in the counsels of those re-
tentirg theist in the other departments associated in the care
'of the national interest. In these my confidence will, under every
e13:1:11Y, be best placed ; next to that which we have all been eii-
c,,oigrd to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that At-
,cr,trr Bt.'s°, whose power regulates the destiny of nations—
• bkisings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising
}t,,,,;711c, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gra-
int the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best
for future.

AN ACT.

TA ol:erdict the commercial intercourse between she United
y:,teg, and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies,
sid for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
seMatives of the United States of America, in Con-
.",enibled, That from and after the passing of
gas • • ,
ts Ac: the entrance of the harbours and waters of
tse united States and of the territories thereof, be
and the ,ame is hereby interdicted to all public ships
rd vessels belonging to Great Britain or France,
opting vessels only which may be forced in by4cLis-
,.,.ss, or which are charged with dispatches or btisi•
ttss from the Government to which they belong, and
:Iso packets having no cargo nor merchandize on
board. And if any public ship or vessel as aforesaid,
t being included in the exception abovementioned,
shall enter any harbour or waters within the jurisdic-
tion or the United States, or of the territories thereof,
shall be lawful for the President of the United
States, or such other person as he shall have em-
powered for that purpose, to employ such part of
the land and naval forces, or of the militia of the
United States, or the territories thereof, as he shall
deem necessary, to compel such ship orvessel to depart.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that it shall not
be lawful for any citizen or citizens of the United.
States or the territories thereof, nor for any person or
persons residing or being in the same, to have any
intercourse with or to afford any aid or supplies to
aly public ship or vessel as aforesaid, which shall,
contrary to the provisions of this act, have entered
;sly harbour or waters within the jurisdiction of the
eJ States or the territories thereof, and if any
per,on shall, contrary to the provisions of this act,
any intercourse with such ship or vessel, or shall
atr,rd any aid to such ship or vessel, either in repair-
L.; the said vessel or in furnishing her, her officers or
;raw, with supplies of amy kind, or in any manner
whatever, or if any pilot or other person shall assist
in navigating or piloting such ship or vessel, unless
it be f,a the purpose of carrying her beyond the limits
aad jurisdict;on of the United States, every person so
cffending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than
one hundred dollars, nor exceeding ten thousand dol-
lars; and shall also be imprisoned for a term not less
:Lin one month, nor more than one year.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and
after the 20th day of May next, the entrance of the
harbours and waters of the United States and terri-
tories thereof,- be and the same is hereby interdicted
to all ships or vessels sailing under the flag of Great
Britain or France, or owned in whole or in part by
any citizen or subject of either ; vessels hired, char-
tered or employed by the government of either coup-'
try for the sole purpose of carrying letters or
dispatches, and also vessels forced in by distress or
by the dangers of the sea, only excepted. And if
ship or vessel sailing tinder the flag of Great
:vain or France, or owned in whole or in part by
f citizen or subject of either, and not excepted as
roresaid, shall, after the said 20th day of May next,
arrive, either with or without a cargo, within the
limits of the United States, or of the territories
thereof, such ship or vessel, together with the cargo,
it any, which may be found on board, shall be for-
feited, and may be seized and condemned in any
Coln of the United States or the territories thereof,
having competent jurisdiction ; and all and every act
and acts heretofore passed, which shall be within the
purview of this act, shall be and the same arc hereby
repealed.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and
after the 20th day of May next, it shall not be lawful
t() import into the United States or the territories
thereof, any goods, wares, or merchandise whatever, JI
from any port or place situated in Great Britain or
2reldnd, or in any of the colonies or dependencies of
G:eatitain, nor from any port or place situated
France, or in any of her colonies or dependencies,.
r.,,r from any port or place in the actual possession of
either Great Britain or France. Nor shall it be law-
fulto import into the United States, or the territories
thereof, from any foreign port or place whateVer, any
goods, wares, or merchandize whatever, being of the
growth, produce, or manufacture of France, or of
any of her colonies or dependencies, or being of the
produce, or manufacture of Great Britain or
.relancl, or of any of the colonies or dependencies of
Great lkitain, or being of the growth, produce, or
manufacture of any place or country in the actual
possetsion of either France or Great Britain : Pro-
vided, That nothing heroin contained, shall be con-
:rued to affect the cargoes of ships or vessels wholly
owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States,,
which had cleared for any port beyond the Cape of
Good Hope, prior to the 22d day of December, one
!icasand eight hundred and seven, or which had de-
: :sled for such port by permission of the President,
the acts supplementary to the act laying an
urribar:,,o on all ships and vessels in the ports and har-
,,,nirs of the United States.
Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever
ally article or articles, the importation of which is
prohibited by this Act, shall, after the 420th of May,
be imported into the United States, or the territories
thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of
this Act, or shall after the said 20th of May be put
board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage,
with intention of importing the same into the United
States, or the territories thereof, all such articles, as
well as all other articles on board the same ship or
vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, belonging to the owner
cf such prohibited article,, ::tall be forfeited, and the

owner thereof shall moitver forfeit and pa, treble
tho value of such articles.
See.‘6. And be it further enacted, That if any ar-
ticle or articles, the importation of which is prohibited
by this Act, shall, after the loth of May, be put on
board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage,
with iorentinn to import the same into the United
States, or th,! territories thereof, contrary to the true
intent and meaning of this Act, and with the know-
ledge of the owner or master of such ship or vessel,
boat, raft, or carriage, such ship or vessel, boat, raft,
for
carriage, shall he forfeited, and the owner and mas-
ter thereof shall moreover each forfeit and pay treble
the value of such articles.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That W any ar-
ticle or articles, the importation of which is prohibited
by this Act, and which shall nevertheless be on board

of any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, arriving
after the said 20th of May next, in the United States,
or the territories thereof, shall be omitted in the ma-
nifest, report or entry of the master, or the person
having the charge or command of such ship or ves-
sel, boat, raft, or carriage, or shall be omitted in the
entry of the goods owned by the owner, or consigned
to the consignee of such articles, or shall be imported
or landed, or attempted to be imported or landed,
without a permit, the same penalties, fines, or for-
feitures, shall be incurred, and may be recovered, as
in the case of similar omission or omissions, landing,
importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation
to articles liable to duties on their importation into
the Uriited States.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every col-
lector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer
of the customs, shall have the like power and au-
thority to seize goods, wares and merchandise,

ported contrary to the intent and meaning of this act,
to keep the same in custody until it shall have been

ascertainei whether the same have been forfeited or

not, and to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house,
store, building or other place, for the purpose of search-
ing for and seizing any such goods, wares and mer-
chandise, which he or they now have by law in rela-
tion to rods, wares and merchandise, subject to duty,
and if any person or persons shall conceal cr buy any
goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be
liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons
shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum
double the amount or value of the goods, wares and
merchandise so concealed or purchased.
Sect. 9. And be it further enacted, That the fol-
lowitig additions shall be made to the oath or affirm-
ation taken by the masters or persons having the
charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving
at any port of the United States, or the territories
thereof, after the 20th or May, viz. I further swear
(or affirm) that there are not, to the best of my know-
ledge and belief, on board [insert the denomination and
name of the vessel] any goods, wares or merchandize,
the unportation of which into the United States, or
the ten itories thereof, is prohibited by law : and I do
further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter dis-
cover or know of any such goods, wares, or merchan;
dine, on board the said vessel, or which shall have
been imported in the same, I will immediately and
without delay, make due report thereof to the collec-
tor of the port of this district."
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the fol-
lowing addition be made after the 20th of May, to
the oath or affirmation taken by importers, consig-
nees or agents, at the tithe of entering goods import.
ed into the United States, or the territories thereof,
viz. I also swear (or affirm) that there are not, to
the best of my knowledge and belief, amongst the
said goods, wares or merchandize, imported or con-
signed as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise,
the importation of which, into the United States, or
the territories thereof, is prohibited by law : And I
do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter
discover or know of any such goods, wares or mer-
candise, amongst the said goods, wares and merchan-
dise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, I will, im-
mediately, and without delay, report the same to the
collector of this district."
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Pre-
sident of the United States be and he hereby is autho-
rised, in case either France or Great Britain shall so
:evoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease
to violate the neutral commerce of the United States,
to declare the same by proclamation , after which the
trade of the United States suspended by this act, and
by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessel,
in the ports and harbours of the United States, and
the several acts supplementary thereto, may be re-
newed with the nation so doing : Provided, That all
penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previ-
ously incurred by virtue of this, or of any other act,
the operation of which shall so cease and determine,
shall be recovered and distributed, in like manner as
if the same had continued in full force and virtue :
and vessels bound thereafter to any foreign port or
place, Aith. which commercial intercourse shall, by
virtue of this section, be again permitted, shall give
bond to the United States, with approved security,
in double the value of the vessel and cargo, that
they shall not proceed to any foreign pott, nor
trade with any country other than those with which
commercial intercourse shall have been, or may b
permitted by this act.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much
of the Act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels
in the ports and harbours of the United States, and ot
the several Acts supplementary thereto, as forbids the
departure of vessels owned by citizens of the United
States, and the exportation of domestic and foreign
merchandize to any foreign port or place, be and the
same is hereby repealed, atter the 15th of March,
1809, except so far as they relate to Great Britain or
France, or their colonies or dependencies, or places in
the actual possession of either : Provided, that all per
nalties and forfeitures which shall have been previ-
ously incurred by virtue of so much of the said Acts,
as is repealed by this Act, or which have been, or may
hereafter be incurred by virtue of the said Acts, on
account of arty infraction of so much of the said Acts
as is not repealed by this Act, shall be recovered and
distributed, in like manner as if the said Acts had
continued in full force and virtue.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That during
the continuance of so much of the act laying an
embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and
harbours of the United States, and of the several acts
supplementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act,
no ship or vessel bound to a foreign port with which
commercial intercourse shall, by virtue of this act, be
again pernutted, shall be allowed to depart. for such

port, unless the owner or owners, consignee or factor
of such ship or vessel, shall, with the mister, have
given -bond, with one or more. sureties, to the United
states, in a sum double the value of the vessel and
cargo, if the vessel is wholly owned by a citizen or
citizens of the United States, and in a sum four times
the value, if the vessel is owned in part or in whole
by any foreigner or foreigners, that the vessel shall
not . leave. the port without a clearance, nor shall,
when leaving the port, proceed to any port or place in
Great Britain or France, or in the colonies or depen-
dencies of either, or in the actual possession of either ;
nor be directly or indirectly engaged during the voyage
in any trade with such port ; nor shall put any article
on board of any other vessel, nor unless every other re-
quisite and provision of the second section of the
Act, entitled " An Act to enforce and make more

effectual, an Act entitled " An Act laying an em
bargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours
of the United States," and the several Acts sup-
plementary thereto," shall have been complied.with.
—And the par y Or parties to the above-mentioned
bond shall, within a reasonable time after the date of

the same, to be expressed in the said bond, produce
to the collector of the district from which the vessel

shall have been cleared, a certificate of the landing
of the same, in the same manner as is provided by
law for the landing of goods exported with the pri.
vilege of drawback ; on failure whereof, the bond
shall be put in suit ; and in every such suit,
judgment shall be given against the defendant or de-
fendants, unless proof shall be produced of such re-
landing or of loss at sea.
Sec. 14.. And be it further enacted, That so much
of the Act, laying an embargo on all ships and vessels
in the ports and harbours of the United States, and

of the several Acts. supplementary thereto, as com-
pels vessels owned by citizens of the United States,
hound to another part of the said States, or vessels
licensed for the coasting trade, or boats, either not
mas.ed or not decked,.to give bond, and to load un-
der the inspection of a revenue officer, or renders
them liable to detention, merely on account of the
nature of their cargo (such provisions ez:epted as re 7
late to collection districts adjacent to the territories,
colonies, or provinces of a foreign nation, or to ves-
sels belonging or bound to such districts) be, and the
same is hereby repealed, from and after the fifteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred andnine:
provided, however, That all penalties and forfeitures
which shall have been previouslkincurred by any of
the said Acts, or which may hereafter be incurred by
virtue of the said Acts, on account of any infraction
of so much of the said Acts, as is not repealed bj
this Act, shall be recovered and distributed in like
manner as if the same had continued in full force and
virtue.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That during
the continuance of so much of the act laying an em-
bargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and har-
bours of the United States and of the several acts sup-
plementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, no
vessel, owned by citizens of the United States, bound
to another port of the said states or licensed for the
coasting trade, shall be allowed to depart from any
port of the United States, or shall receive a clearance,
nor shall it be lawful to put on board any such vessel
any specie or goods, wares or merchandise, unless a
permit shall have been previously obtained from the
proper collector, or from a revenneoflicer, authorised
by the collector to grant such permits ; nor unless
the owndr, consignee,.agent, or factor, shall, with the
master, give bond with one or mire sureties, 'to
the United States, in a sum double the value of the
vessel and cargo, that the vessel shall not proceed to
any foreign port or place, and that the cargo shall be
relanded in some port of the United States. Pro-
vided, That it shall be lawful and sufficient in the
case of any such vessel, whose employment has been
uniformly confined to rivers, bays, and sounds within
the jurisdiction of the United States, to give bond in
an amount equal to one hundred and fifty dollars, for
each ton of said vessel, with condition that such ves-
sel shall not, during the time limited in the condition
of the bond, proceed to any foreign port or place, or
put any article on hoard of any other vessel, or be em-
ployed in any foreign trade.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That if any
ship or vessel shall, during the continuance of so much
of the act, laying an embargo on all ships and vessels
in the ports and harbours of the United States, and
of the several acts supplementary thereto, as is not
repealed by this act, depart from any port of the Uni-
ted States, without a clearance or permit, or having
given bond in the manner provided by law, such ship
or vessel, together with her cargo, shall be wholly
forfeited ; and the owner or owners, agent, freighter
or factors, master or commander of such ship or ves-
sel, shall, moreover, severally, forfeit and pay a sum
equal to the value of the ship or vessel, and of the
cargo put on board the same.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the act
to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares
and merzhanclize, passed the 18th April, Iso6, and
the act supplementary thereto, be and the same is
hereby repealed, from and after the said '2oth day of
May next : Provided, That all penalties and forfei-
tures which shall have been previously incurred by
virtue of the said acts shall be recovered ancedistri-
buted in like manner as if the said acts had continued
in full force and virtue.
Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That all pe-
nalties and forfeitures arising under, or incurred by
virtue of this Act may be sued for, prosecuted and
recovered, with costs of suit, by action of debt, in the.
name of the United States of America, or by holict-
ment or information, in any court having competent
jurisdiction to try the same—and shall be distributed
and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by. the.
Act, entitled An Act to regulate the collection of
duties on imports and tonnage' passed the 2d day of.
March, 1799 ; and such penalties and forfeitures may
be examined, mitigated or remitted, in like manner,
and under like conditions, regulations and restrictions,
as arc prescribed, authorised and directed by the
Act, entitled 44 An Act to provide for mitigating
or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilitie
accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed
the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-soven, and made perpetual by an act
passed the eleventh day of February, one thousand
eight hundred.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, Tint this act
shall continue and be in force until tile end of the next
session of Congress, and no longer; and that the Act
laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports

and harbours of the United States, and the sevfiral .
Acts supplement:try thereto, shill he, and the same
lire hereby repe.ded from ani.t.ifttr the next session vi
Congress. J. B. Vaitgbm,
Speaker of the House ut Representatives.
JotiN Mita-gawk:,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Mar"h 1. I'49 kpprovedElts;os.

'ru EVFAING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 17.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Congola, for money, tali—Ditto for May.'6Bl.
Exchequer :Sill*. 10*. to 12i. preen.—Omnium 14 prem.

We this day lay before the Public a Copy of the
American NOn-intercourse Act—Also a Copy of Mr.
NlADisoN's inaugural Oration delivered on the 4lPh

March on his elevation to the office of President.—

Tne length of the Gazette, and the press of other in-
telligence, does not permit us to offer any remarks.
His ntjesty's ship SUktVEILLANTE, with Sir .;6'.itTiluit
` ZLLESLEY acd sevtral other General Oificers uii

board, sailed loom Portsmouth on Saturday evening

I'ne IN TELL;GENT gun-brig has arrived at Plymouth ,
from Lisbon ; she landed two Messengers with dis-
patches, which chiefly relate to the occupation of
Oporto by the French. The British troops had only
prOceedc 4 about eight miles from Lisbon, where they
were encamped. Seven sail of the line, the remain-
ing part of Admiral DIJ,CKWORTII'S squadron, had ar-

rived in the Tagus, and were left lying there when

he INTELLIGENT sailed, which was on the 2.1 inst.

By a vessel from Gijon accounts have been received
from the Asturias, dated the 31st ult. ROMANA had
made a judicious distribution of his force between
Lugo, in Gallicia, and Oviedo in the Asturias. A
part of his army has descended from the mountains,
and occupied a position equi-distant from Villa Franca
and Astorga, and it is expected that the latter place
would be again occupied by the Patriots.
_ _

'We have more than once stated the disasters of the
Spanish army under General REDING, in Catalonia.
According to the official details to the Supreme Junta
at Seville, the theatre of the conflict was confined to
that district of Catalonia which is bounded by the
Ebro, the Segre, and the Lobrigat Rivers. The
most northern point was Vals, and the southern, at
which the French appeared, was Lapoblar. Tarra-
gona, to which the Spaniards retreated, is on the
coast, within 15 miles of that town. These engage-
ments were between the 16th and the 25th of Fe-
bruary. General READING, who was wounded, is
better, -and no serious consequences are now appre-
hended. FERDINAND the Vkith had been proclaimed
at Lima, and 16 millions of dollars remitted home
to support his claims. Hispaniola is also under the
coutroul of the adherents of FERDINAND.
Accounts from Paris, of the 6th instant, confirm
a rumour we before noticed to have been in circula-
tion in Holland, regarding an adjustment of the dif-
ferences between NAIVE sox and the Emperor FRAN.
us. The conditions of this arrangement is stated to
be the surrender of Trieste and Fiume, which will be
the final extinction of Austria as a maritime power.
Another humiliating stipulation is to be added, which
perhaps has not any precedent in the history of mo-
dern diplomacy, " that no Austrian military corps
should approach within twenty leagues of the fron-
tiers of Bavaria and Saxony,"
We this morning received four Gottenburgh Mails
—their contents, which are of little importance, we
shall give to-morrow. British subjects and their pro-
perty receive every possible protection in Sweden.

The Gazette of Saturday contains the details of the
surrender of Cayenne, and the capture of the French
frigate the Niemen, of 41 guns, by the AMETHYSTy
Captain SEYbIOUR.

At the Somerset Assizes, on Friday, James Taylor
was tried for the wilful murder of John Dyer, at Bath.
The trial lasted eight hours. The prisoner having
pleaded not guilty, the circumstance of his gambling
dispute with Johnson, Guyon, and Dyer, and of his
running up stairs for his pistols, with which he first
shot Guyon in the face, and immediately after shot
Dyer, who instantly fell dead, were - - -via,
The prisoner, in his defence, put
stated,. that when, on re.eritering
heard his mother's screams, and t:
in danger, he lost all government
moment of frenzy committed the
had..eversince most deeply deplore/
Jury considered that his going up
manifested that deliberate purpose
the crime of murder, of which hr
and sentenced him to be hanged,
dissected.

The Ticket, No. 91`23, drawn
12th t)1 April, a Prize of 4420,000.
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Proprietors of the Lucky Lotter
Holborn, No. :37, Cornhill,
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Drawn Prize above .115, No. 36.
Grand Lut of 1000 Whole Ticket
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them in the same number of S.
No. 19,06 a Prize of £5OO,
day of Drawing.

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"IrORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE 70 SPAIN.

(Concluded from Saturday's Sr.IR.
Copy of a I etc!. from theright Hon. J. H. Fa ERZ to I.ieut-Gen.
Sir Jon N MOORE, K B. dated Talavera de la Reyna, Dec. 3,1808.

Silt—Though I have little to add to the general
representation respecting the means Of resistance at
present existing in Spain, which I bad the honour of,
stating in my letter of the 20th of last month, yet
the report which is just brought me by
of the state in which he left Madrid, is so strong a
confirmation, or more properly speaking, so much
exceeds every thing which I had ventured to say cf
the spirit and resolution of the people, that I cannot
forbear representing to you in the strongest manner

the propriety, not to say the necessity, of supporting
the determination of the people of this country by all
the means which have been entrusted to you for that
purpose. I have no hesitation in taking upon myself
any responsibility which may attach itself to this ad-
vice; and I consider the fate of Spain as depending
absolutely for the- present upon the decision which
on may adopt. 1 say for the preJent, for such is the
e:lint and determination of the people, that, even aban-
doned by British, I should by no means despair
of their ultimate success.

You will see by the date of this, that the Junta are
removed from a situation in which they were exposed
immediately to be made prisoners. They have de-
termined to remove to Badajos, where I shall hope to
be honoured by your answer.—l have the honour to
be, &c. (Signed) J. H. FREAL
Cory of a letter from the Right lion,!. H. Flt FR t, toLieut-Gen.
SirJonNllTo OR L,K.B. dated Talavera de Reyna,Dec.3,lBoB.

Sin—ln the event which I did not wish to pre-
stippcse of your continuing in the determination al
ready announced to me, of retiring with the army un-
der your c;,mmand, I have to request that the hearer
of this, whose intelligence has been already referred
to, may he previously examined before a Council of
War.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) FRERE.
Extract of a Letter frnm I ieut. Cen. Sir Jon N Mona!, K. B. to the
Right Hon. J. H. ER r dated Salamanca, Dec. 6, 1808.

•
SIR-I had the honour to receive, on the 2d inst.
your letter of the SOth ult. in answer to that which I
addressed to you on the 27th November.
Had this army been united, and ready to act at the
time of General Castanos's defeat, much as I think it
would have been risking it, yet it was my intention to
have marched on Madrid, and to have shared the for-
tunes of the Spanish nation. If I could not have sus-

tamed myself there, I thought that by placing myself
behind the Tagus, I might give the broken armies
and people of Spain, if they had patriotism left, an op-
portunityto assemble round me, and to march for-

Ward to the relief of the Capital. That this was my
intention is known to the Officers with me who are in
sly confidence ; it is known also to Lord Castlereagh,
to whom I had imparted it in one of my late letters.
I wished to have my opinion confirmed by yours, which
was my reason for addressing you on the 27th ; but
had you seen the affairs of Spain in a different light,
and had you been adverse to the army being com-
mitted in the heart of Spain, your opinion upon such
a subject would, I may say, certainly have decided
me to have altered my intention.
With respect to the determination which I made
on the evening of the '2Bth, upon receiving from Mr.
Stuart the account of Castanos' defeat, I should, had

you been with me, have communicated it to you, but
should never have thought of asking your advice or
opinion, as that determination was founded on cir-
cumstances with which you could not be acquainted ;
and was besides a question merely military, of which
I should have thought myself the best judge.
At-that time the army was divided in three different,
corps, and could not possibly have been united before
the 13th or 14th of this month, before which period
there was every reason to believe that it would be at-
tacked by all the force of the enemy ; and after Cas-
tanos's defeat I knew of no Spanish army from which
it could receive the smallest assistance. army I
commanded was weak from separation, and when
collected amounts only to 26,000 men fit for duty. I
had been left without any communication with any
of the Spanish armies. I expected no assistance from
any, and it behoved me to consider the safety of the
British troops ; I therefore directed Sir David Baird,
whose corps would not have been collected at As-
torga until the 4th of this month, to fall back on
Corunna. I directed General Hope, by forced
marches, to join me here, where I intended, if I was
permitted, to wait his arrival ; and I took measures
for retiring with him into Portugal, with a view either
to defend that .frontier, and ultimately to retire on
Lisbon, or to return to Spain, should any change of
affairs there render it eligible.
The resistance made by the people of Madrid Las
occupied the French, and has prevented any corps from
being detached against me. This example of enthu-
siastic patriotism in the Capital, if it holds, may be
follow ed by the most happy effects, if the flame com-
municates, and the example is followed by the pro-
vinces. There has been no example of any such re.
sistance in any other part of Spain ; and though I
hope this will produce it, I have neither seen nor heard
of such enthusiasm or patriotism elsewhere. Though
I trust it will prove otherwise, I cannot but consider
it as doubtful whether the people of Madrid will con-
tinue firm when they come to be pressed. If they
yield, the whole is gone.
I received yesterday a letter from the Junta at Ma-

drid. I have ordered Sir David Baird to march back
to Astorga, and I have stopped my preparations for
retreat on Portugal. I have put myself in commu-
nication with the Marquis of Romana at Leon, and
without being able to say exactly in what manner ;
every thing shall be done for the assistance of Madrid
and the Spanish cause, that can be expected from an
• x•my such as I command. I cannot make a direct
movement on Madrid, because the Passages of the
Guadarrama and Somosierra are in the hands of the
French. Besides, until joined by Sir David Baird, I
am much too weak.. I have thought it my duty thus
calmly to explain to you the reasons which have and
41) actuate my conduct, and I wish anxiously as the
King's Minister, to continue upon the most confi-
cLntial footing with you—and I hope, as we have
but one interest, the public weltare, though we
may occa3ionally sec it in different aspects, that
this will not disturb the harmony that should subsist
between us. Fully impressed as I am with these sen-
timents, I shall abstain from any remark upon the
two kiwi; from you delivered to me last night and

this morning by or on the message which ie.
companied them.

Copy of a Letter from the Right Hon. J. H. Farat td Lieut.
General Sir JOHN MOOR!, dated Truatilla, Dec. 9, INS.

SIR —After the representations which have been
made to you from other quarters, I can hardly hope
that a further,remonstrance on my part can produce
any effect, where high military rank And authority
and the influence of persons whom, I am told, you
honour with your private esteem, have been found
unavailing.—The advantages which Mr. Stuart pos-
sesses in this iespect will, 1 hope, enable him to urge
ydu with the warmth of personal regard, what I may
be allowed to state at least with impartiality and can-
toviords a person with whom I am no otherwise
acquainted than by the honour which he has done me
by his correspondence ; I mean the immense respon-
sibility which you take upon yourself, by adopting,
upon a supposed military necessity, a measure which
must be followed with the immediate, if not the final
ruin of our ally, and by the indelible disgrace to the
country with whose resources you are entrusted.
I am unwilling to enlarge•upoll a subject in which
my feeling must either be stifled or expressed at the risk
of offence, which with such an interest atstake I should
feel unwilling to excite ; but thismuch I must say, that if
the British army had been sent abroad for the express ob-
ject of doing the utmost possible mischief to the cause
of Spain (with the single exception of not firing a shot
against the Spanish troops), they would, according
to the measures now announced as about to be taken,
have most completely fulfilled their purpose.
That the defence of Gallicia should be abandoned,
must appear incredible. I am, &c. •
(Signed) J. 11. PURE.
Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir JonN Mower
K. B. to the Right Hon. J. H. FIUME, dated Salamanca, 10t1:
December, 1808. _ _ _

Colonel 'Graham, whom I had requested to go to
Madrid, returned last night. He got no farther than
Talavera, where he met two Members of the Supreme
. Junta, from whom he learned the Capitulation of
Madrid, with the circumstances relating to it. I own,
I cannot conceive how the Duke of Castel Franco and
M. de Morla could have given up the town, if the
inhabitants had been very resolute in their determi-
nation to defend it. It is, I suspect, like the cry of
the armies, who, to cover their misconduct, accuse
their Chiefs of treachery, and in the instance of Gene-
ral St. Juan, put them to death.
Although I have little hope of the success of the
Spanish cause, for I see no marks any where of en-
thusiasin or a determined spirit, either amongst the
people or the Government ; yet, as it is possible that
it may be roused, and, as it is said, that forces are
assembling in the South, I. shell unite the British
army, and, in concert with the Marquis of La Roma-
no, undertake such operations as shall appear to us
best. I have not yet received an answer from the
Marquis to my Lite letters, hut I expect one hourly.
I do not know the number of people he has collected,
but I hear they are not of a description from which
.much can be expected.
I have now with me General Hope's division, the
artillery, and the whole cavalry, which last, however,
as yet amounts only to 2200 men. Madrid, ;n the
state it is, must occupy a considerable portion of the
enemy's force. Saragossa still holds out, and the le-
vies in the South will attract his attention.

The whole cannot be turned against us, and in a
♦ery few days I hope to have the army in readiness
to act. I shall begin to-morrow to put a part of it
ill motion, and my wish is to unite it at Valladolid.

If at this moment this town, Ciudad Rodrigo, and
Zamora were armed, they could defend themselves ;
it would he of considerable service, as otherwise, when
I go towards Valladolid, my communication with
Almeida and Portugal, from whenc.• I draw my re-
sources in ammunition, &c. may he intercepted.
A man of energy, as Captain-General of this pro-
vince, residing wader the protection of this army, and
explaining, in Proclamations or otherwise, to the pea
ple, the services expected from them, and which they
might perform, would be of infinite use. The peop.e
are left too much without direction, and we cannot
get even for money common intelligence. It is only
by Colonel Graham last night I knew the Capitula-
tion of Madrid, which happened the 3d.
I take the liberty to state these particulars to you,
as perhaps by means of the Junta, remedies might be
applied. I shall thank you not to mention any direc-
tion in which I meta to move, but to say in general,
that the British army will act in conjunction with the
army of la Romana.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) JOHN MooRE.
Extract of a Letter front the Right Hon. .1. H. FMK to Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Jour; Alooax, K. B. dated Merida, 14th
Dec. 1808.

I was last night honoured by your letter of the 10th ,
and was sincerely gratified at h rining, that, wit'i
hopes infinitely less sanguine than I confess myself
to entertain of the success of the Spanish cause, you
had determined to make an effort in its favour. A
resolution taken with such views must have been in
a great measure founded upon feelings similar to
those which you have seen very strongly expressed
in a letter of which Mr. Stuart was the bearer, and
of which I wish now to say nothing more than this I
feel highly gratified in the idea of your having par-
taken them with me, and that, without communica-
tion between us, the same sentiments which at that
very moment were influencing your conduct, were
guiding my pen.
Your letter happened to be delivered to me while
I was with the Junta, and I communicated such
parts of its contents as were most important and gra-
tifying to them, with the resertre which you pointed
out.

You know, I presume, that General Romana is
invested with the authority of Captain General of
Leon, Castile, Gallicia, and Asturias, and I can con-
gratulate you on having to do with a man whom you
will find perfectly of a right mind, and determined
to keep every man to the performance of his duty.
The placing the towns which you mention in a state
of defence suitable to the means of attack which the
enemy might at present be able to direct against
them would, I should imagine, fall within the limits
of his authority ; but I shall state the subject to the
Junta, and 1 have no doubt of their approbation of
any measure which you suggest; The one of giving
a temporary species of defence to the open towns,
has, 1 think, great advantages in a country like this,
which is not overrun with luxury and timidity, and
where a kind of provincial pride'exists, not only in
every province, but almost in every town, th 6 people
would be anunated not only against the enemy, but

In rivalry with each other. The enemy would be
obliged to overcome at the price of his blood, nbstk-
des which had been opposed to him by mere labour,
and a thousand barriers would be interposed.against
that deluge of panic which sometimes overwhelms a
whole nation at once, and of which at one time I
was afraid I saw the beginning in this country.
With respect to what yen mention of directing the
public mind by Proclamation and other means of po-
pular impression, Marquis Romana is, with Vey few
exceptions, indeed the man most capable of judging
rightly that I have ever seen. I send inclosed an
ordonnance, which has been published in Arragon,
and which has not yet appeared in the papers. I will
thank you to forward it to Romana by your next op-
portunity, if it is not printed in the mean while. You
will be glad to hear that it is much approved of by
the Junta, and that they are well persuaded that it is
only in this way that things can be done. The ex-
tinction of popular enthusiasm in this country, and
the means which exist for reviving it, would lead w
a very long and delicate discussion ; I would only
say, that if-I am at all right in my judgment of the
cause of the evil, it is already done away by the acts
of the Junta, and I trust that its effects will not long
survive.

I have been pressed to write to the Commander in
Chief in Portugal to reinforce the army under yot r
command with all the troops that he can spare, and
have already transmitted home a representation to
that effect.

No official report has yet been received of the ca-
pitulation of Madrid, nor is it as yet by any means
certain that any formal stipulation existed. Nothing
has been heard from Morla,Castellar,or Castel Franco,
nor is it known where they are. An order has been
drawn up, and is to be published, prohibiting all per-
sons concerned in the capitulation, or holding any
command in the town, from approaching the residence
of the Junta.

The army of Arragon have repulsed an attack on
the 2d. Palafox's official Report represents the un-
fortunate action of Tudela as an exceedingly bloody
one, and that the French confess to a loss of 4000
men. All the reports from Madrid represent the
force of the French as very much reduced. I have
heard no estimate above 26,000. Indeed all these es-
timates are vague but officers who were witnesses of
the attack are confirmed in the opinion of the weak-
ness of the enemy by what they observed of his ap.
pearance and mode Of approach. The Junta are on
their way to Seville. I follow them hence to-morrow.
This province is raising horses and men with great
zeal, and sending them forward to defend the passes
of the Tagus, particularly to Almaraz.
The Junta have been received with uniform respect
by the people, and with great deference by the inferior
Juntas.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

J. 11. FREItE.

THE BIR'T'H-DAY OF LUCK !
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Tune.—" Vicar and Moses."
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The simple word Next,
And frctn it a theme I'll rehearse,
Which will please you, I hope,
But the drift of my scope,
111 begin to unfold the next verse. [Tol de rol, &c.
Some hope, as they own,
For a slice of next loan :
(To be next to a good thing's no crime)
Then some borrow away,
And, when ask'd to pay,
Only promise to do it next time. [Tol de rol, &c.
Some folks get no more
Than to Fortune next door,
And that's next to nothing to win ;
But her next smile, who'd wish,
Should make int'rest with Biszt,
As he's prov'd himself to her next kin. trot de rol, &c.
And at 9, Chasing Cross,
Next to the black horse,
(You'll find it the next time you go),
Or at 4, in Cornhill.
With Bush meet your will,
And next Great Prize buy of him, you know. [Tol de rot, &c.
Next Lott'ry, why, we
May none of us see,
Then this should be next, I am sure,
To their minds who would seek
For Fortune next week,
And the next lucky number secure. [Tol de rol, &c.
By next purchase you may,
On next drawing day',
Five Hundred Whole 'rickets obtain ;
Thence possess ev'ry prize
Which the Lottery supplies,
Awl this none but next drawing can gain. [Tol de rol, &c.
Lucky Numbers and Days,
Have been held up to praise,
And faint heart has in sorrow oft' stuck
Lucky Numbers of Bis it,
You'll buy if you wish,
And next Friday's the Birth Day of Lush. [Tol dC rol, &c.
• FRIDAY NEXT the 21st of April.
First Day of Drawing the present State Lottery.
—No. 18,031, a Prize of Twenty Thousand Pounds,
was sold the 2d of last month in a whole Ticket, by
RrcltAttDsox, GOMM:OC, and Co. The second Day
of Drawing will be on Friday next 21st instant.—
Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn, are on sale
by RICHARDSON, GOODIXCII, and Co. at the Old
Offices, corner of Bank Buildings, Cornhill, and
facing the Gate of the King's Mews, Charing-crosss.
The immense sum of seven millions sterling is sup-
posed to be the amount of the dividends due the sth
inst. and now paying at the Bank of England : this
(with the application for Tickets and Shares in the
present interesting Lottery) is the cause of the great
influx of persons every day into the City. The next
day of drawing is Friday the 21st, when the first drawn
Prize above £l5 will be entitled to Five Hundred
Whole Tickets, in which there is already a £5OO
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Thousand Pounds.
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the 500 Tickets then to be given, and the List pro-
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of Capital Money Prizes, must be deemed aq o,ject
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