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THE t VENiNG STAtt.

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. We have just received the journal of our Cones-
pohdent it? the West Indies. It is
A rise in tin PRICE of NEWSPAPERS having been sanctioned
by the l
pique, the 27th March; all was then bustle, General
atizstaruifit, we need add nothing to the reasons ad- dated at Marti-
tie
by the CH A WCILLOf Of the Eictirouza and Mr. Hus- BacKwrrat having determined ,to. proceed with the
lc issoN in support of the measure. The present setting price of t rrtly to co-operate with Sir AI.ftANDLR COCHRANE
Sixpence was settled in 1797. Since that period Paper has ad- in the destruction of the French fleet. The Com-
vanced 30 per Cent. Types 80 per Cent. - Printing Ink 30 per mander in thief had wiul him the 13th Foot, corn-
Cent. Wages I 0 per Cent. Correspondence 100 per Cent. &c &c. .
so that, eyed with the allowed advance of One Hal manded by Lieutenant-Colonel KEANE ; the 15th,
irtennyi News- •
paper Proprietors will still be left in a worse situatirn than at 63d, and 90th, ditto, hy Lieutenant-C(4onel
the period Oldie last arrangernent.—The Bill received the Royal the York Rangers, by Major HENDERSON ; the York
Assent this day, and THE STAR will in consequence be ad-' Light Infantry, and the .1d and 4th West-India Re-
vanced to Sixpence-Halftenay on Monday. giments, under Generals MAITLAND, COLVILLE, add
SATURDAY, MAY 20. I GeEDSTAN ES.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC/C. Sir GEORGE Paavosr and General HOUGHTON had
Consols, for money, 88f--acc. 6811-omnium 14 pre. prCceeded with three regiments to Hispaniola.
Red. 67H.—Exchettuer Bills. 19s. pre.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. General BEcgwrtar's force, with which he wail
Dan Stock 9464 246 I Long Ann. 18 5-16 proceeding against the Saints, consisted of 7000 men,
3 per Cent. Red. 671. I Imperial 3 per Cent. 86f
S per Cent. Cons 118f1 India Bonds 17s. 155.175. prem. all in high health and spirits, and confident of success.
4 per Cent.B3 82/ 83 Ezchoq. Bills, I 15.145. prem. I It is determited immediately to send 10,000 more
5 per Cent. Navy 90}114,1 Cons. for acc. esii
troop, to join Sir ARTHUR WELLEsLEY ; 8000 of them
A Gentleman who left the Bay of Lisbon one day , will he dispatched in about eight days. •
later than the date of the letters received by the mail ! The troops first destined for service from the Ker.-
of yesterday, states, that the British troops on their tish district are (as before stated), the Ist battalion
march to Oporto, frequently advanced thirty miles in of the 52d, and ten companies of the 95th Rifle corpse
twenty-four hours. The whole force was estimated which are to form a brigade, under the command of
at 26,000, ( f which two regiments of horse and some Colonel ROBERT CRAWFURD. The embarkation is to
ini'antry had taken an eastern direction, with the de- take place at Dover, and the. point of time depends
sign of reinforcing the garrisons of Elves and Bada. solely on the arrival of the transports for their recep
.jos, and perhaps ultimately of joining General CI:ETTA. tion at that place, which are however daily expected.
It is estimated at Lisbon, that CeasrA's force on ! Monday morning, Lieutenant-General Sir dorm
the junction of the troops under ALBUQUERQUE and Hoag reviewed the Ist brigade of Guards. stationed
UItRINA, amounted to 45,090 men, of which 10,000 at Chatham, under the command of General DISNEY.'
are said to be cavalry. The report was very preva- Ten companies of the Royal Artillery, one troop of
lent at Lisbon, that Curs .*A had quitted the confines Horse Artillery, and a division of Artillery Drivers,
of La Mancha,and proceeded towards Toledo, where ; under General LAWsoN ; and the Royal Denbigh
he had encountered and defeated the enemy, after.a militia, under Major Foutags. The General expres-
long al.' sanguinaiy conflict. CUESTA had received sed himself highly pleased with the general appear-
the highest testimonies of respect from the Spanish ance of the troops, and of the rapidity and exactness
Government, and was adored by his army, into which with which they performed theirvarions evolutions.
he had introduced a system of discipline that by such The gallant General made some very particular en-
authority alone could be enforced. quiries respecting the G uards, which have induced a
So confident was the expectation in Lisbon, that general belief that they will very shortly be employed
Oporto would be surrendered, that many British and in active seas ice.'
Native Merchants, formerly resident there, had taken
their passage on board the transports with the sup-
plies for the itinerant army. Lisbon appeared to be
deserted, all the military having left it, and. thoce
troops which were progressively arriving were to halt
only for a short repose, and then to proceed to the
Eastern frontiers i the force to the North Ling sup-':
posed competent to the duty to be performed. The
public feeling at Lisbon was in a state of extreme irri-
tation ; the mere sound of the word Jacobin° would
assemble a crowd in an instant, and the suspected per-
son was fortunate if he escaped violence.
The Native Army, under General BERESFORT), was
supposed to be 26,000 strong. SILVIERA, at Am-
rante, had with him 18,000, including the right wing
commanded by Sir P. WILSON, consisting of four
thousand rnea. ROBIANA had under his immediate
orders ten thousand men, well equipped and provided;
and eight or nine thousand Spaniards and Portuguese
had entered Chaves. Braga, Valencia, Orense, Tuy.
and the whole country in that direction, North and '
South of the Minho, (Oporto, Corunna, and Ferrol
excepted), were in the hands of the Natives.
SouLr's torte, at Oporto, was estimated at fifteen
thousand Men, but we have seen a letter which states
that his whole forte there does not exceed three or
fonr hundred meni the others having gone towards ,
Amarante and to Pinkeim, at the latter of which he
had his head-quarters.
The dispatches received yesterday from SirAartmiii
Wat.t.aster were in substance what we stated. The
enemy had proposed to General Thurt to,surrenderm
conkionsl the proposal was sent to the Commander_
in-Chief, by whom it was rejected i and a battle was
expected on the 6th or 7th inst.—We ley thetefore
expect some important intelligence from that quarter
in a d.ty or two.

LONDON:

This day the Royal Assent was given by Com-
mission to 69 public and private Bills. The Commis•
sinners were, the 'Loan CITANCELLO3, the Duke of
Motirnase, and Lord WALSINGIIAM. Among the
public Bills is the Bill for incteasin the price of
Newspapers.
Monday last Mss R. daughter of Mr. N. a very
respectable farmer, in the neighbourhood of Coventry,
eloped wi.,11 Lcrd G—r, a young nobleman, not
many miles from Rugby. They made their route to
London, 'where they were pursued by the Lady's
father, but to no purpose.
A trernendons thunder storm passed over the Me-
tropolis yesterday afternoon: some of the claps conti-
nued, without intermission, for nearly a quarter of an
hour ; but as they approached, they became more dis-
tinct ; the lightning was ti commonly vivid, the
rain descended with an impetuosity seldom to he pa-
ralleled. We have hitherto heard of no accident ex-
cept.a horse being killed by a flash of lighming in the
City-road, but are apprehensive many others have
occurred.

Last night, about eleven o'clock, a dreadful fire
broke.out at a Sugar-baker's, at Rateliff-cross, which
entirely consumed the same, and did considerable da-
mage to the adjoining buildings. The flames were
extremely violent for upwards of an hour, and threat-
ened the most serious consequences, as a considerable
time elapsed before the arrival of the engines. Their
fury abated, however, about one o'clock.
Tuesday evening; between seven and eight o'clock,
a well-dressed man, apparently labouring under a se-
vere paroxysm of the tooth-ache, knocked at the door
of Mr. Maysey, dentist, on Redcliff Hill, Bristol, and
asked if he was at home? On being answered in the
negative by his daughter,. a young woman about 18,
he enquired if there was any other person at home who
could take out his tooth ? She told him there was not
a sod' in the house but herself: " That is exactly as
I Wished," said the villain ; 'and, locking the door,
insisted upon her sheaving where her father's money
was kept,-•-at the same time threatening her with in-
stant murderif she made the least noise or resistance.—
Trembling with apprehensions, she sheaved him a bu-
reau; the leek of which he picked, and toolcfrom it
abc.)iit 20 guineas, and a draft for a considerable sniff;
drawn in favour of Mr. Maysey ; he then pocketed all
the silver spoons, &c. he could meet with ; bait either
not satiated with his plunder, sar,to prevent detection,
he knocked the poor girl down, and beat her so un-
mercifully as nearly to deprive her of life—and whilst
she was in this situation, the miscreant actually filled
her pockets with live coals from the fireplace ; after
.which he effected his escape, and has not since been
heard of. His unfortunate victim lies in a dangerous,
If not a hopeless state.
BCW•STRERT.— Yesterday was appointed for.the re-
examination of Miss York, charged with shooting at
two young men at Sunbury. About eleven o'clock
the lady and her servant appeared at the bar, and Mr.
GURNEY attended as her Counsel, but the witnesses
were not to be found, though several of the officers
stated, that they were at the office door at the time
Mr. GURN.RY entered; and it being observed, that
they were in conversation with the bailiff of Mr.
Wolfe (Miss Y.'s uncle), it was naturally supposed
that he had been tampering with th.m ; on which the
Magistrate observed to Mr. R. that it was a very im-
proper return for the lenity shown.—Mr.
_R. hoWever,
denied any knowledge of the circumstance, and the
Magistrate committed Miss York to the New Prison,
and admitted the servant to bail.

Prom Spain, too, we may shortly expect to receive
some pleasing advices. It is reported that General
REDA'G had already gained a great victory between
Barcelona and Villafranta ; and it is certain that in
the South the enemy begin to lose ground. It was
understood, that as soon as the conquolst of Marshal
SOULT'S army was effecte4, Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY
would enter Spain by way of Zamora, for the pura
pose of attacking General NEE and as Marshal Vic.
Ton is already kept sufficiently in check by the Spa-
niards, the general aspect of affairs on the Peninsula
is higlily encouraging:

Yesterday, her MAJESTY Completed her 65th year'
which was celebrated at Windsor in a private manner'.
—The Duchess of YORK, Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and
SUSSEX, and Lord ST: HELEN'S arrived at Windsor on
Thursday night fur that purpose. Yesterday morn-
ing the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the Dukes of
YORK, KENT, and CUMBERLAND arrived at Windsor
upon the occasion.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at
Guildhall. The Court agreed to a petition to the
House of Lords against the intended Commercial
Road across the river Lea. The Committee for Ge
neral Purposes presented a report to the Court, that
the Commissioners of the Property. Tax had issued a
Warrant against Mr. Alderman Nevri:ham, for the
artiount of the duty on coals for the year 1807 ; it was
referred back to the said Committee, to take such
measures as they should be advised, to bring the mat-
ter to a decision. The consideration of the Rep:.rt
of the Finance Committee was deferred till the next
Courts

Miss York is of the middle size, about 25 years of
age, and personally genteel, with an interesting coun-
tenance, and fine dark eyes. She was dressed in a
spotted muslin veil and white bonnet. She appear-
ed easy and unembarrassed, until she was informed
that she must be.committed to prison for fi.rther exa-
min Won, when she evidently became much .istressed.