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arrive daily at Bayonne : they had been 1 t at
et
various places in Spain. . .
The King of Spain received a loyal addrett from
the Junta of Arragon and Saragossa ; and on the
same day his Majesty issued a Decree, containing
regulations for the purpose of repairing the ravages of
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war in Saragossa.

The 5 per cents. are 77 francs, 10 centimes.
" ROTTERDAM, APRIL 4.
66 Letters from Germany speak of a Congress
which is about to be held on the Banks of the Inn,
and at which the Empettrs Napoleon and Francis
will be present : it is also asserted that the French
troops in Sfiabia have halted; in the mean time Count
Stadion, having taken leave of the Bavarian Courf, has
proceeded towards Vienna, although all the other
Members of the Austrian Embassy still remain.
No letters have been received from Paris to-day,
the 31st, having been Good Friday."

MADRID, MARCH Is.
The Court Gazette contains the following article

We this moment received intelligence from Mar-
shal Soult, which states, that the corps commanded
by Romana, and composed of a large number of
peasants, was completely put to the route on the 7th
instant, on the frontiers of Portugal, and 5000 men
taken prisoners.—The further particulars are ex.
pected."

VIENNA, MARCH 18.
Within these few days five Couriers have arrived
here, two French, two Austrian, and one Russian,
from Petersburgh. Our prospects become more
gloomy, every day. On the Isth inst. a large number
of horses were sent from hence to Upper Austria, and
artillery and ammunition were constantly sent off for
the use of the different armies.
In Hungary the utmost exertions are made speedily
to organize the insurrection. A corps has been
formed near Wets, whither several battalions of mi-
litia have received orders to march.

In Bohemia several corps of militia are also in mo-
tion to march to the frontiers.
Letters from Stockholm state, that in the room of
Baron Ehrenhelm, the late Swedish Ambassador in
Petersburgh, Baron Stedingk, has been appointed Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, and Baron Lagenbjelke,
Minister of the Home Department. This piece of
intelligence stands, however, in need of confirmation.
VIENNA, MARCH 18.

On the Bth inst. the military of the capital under-
took the garrison-service of the regular troops, which
they perform with so much order, accuracy, and zeal,
that no difference is distinguishable between them.
On the 6th inst. a general congress of the Hunga-
rian counties of Pest, Pelesch, and Solther was opened,
to prepare the necessary measures for the ensuing
rising : on the 13th inst. the united counties in the
circle of the free town of Buda assembled : in the
other counties, on the frontiers of Austria and Bohe-
mia, considerable progress has already been made in
this measure.

AUGSBURGH, MARCH 20.

Yesterday, being the birth-day of the French Em-
press, was celebrated here with great festivity by the
French troops under General Oudinot. The Com-
missary-General of the circle of Lech, Count Reisach,
gave a splendid Ball to all the French Generals and
Officers.—A considerable part of the corps of Gene-
ral Oudinot has broken up for Landsberg, to make
room for other troops which will arrive there from
Ulm.

On the 15th inst. Count Von Stadion, Envoy to the
Court of Bavaria, left Munich, having obtained per-
mission from his Court.

The exchange of Couriers between the Courts of
Vienna and Paris still continues very frequent.
The divisions of Le Grand and St. Cyr are on their
march towards this city, and those of Boudet and
Molitor through Upper Suabia.

ULM, MARCH 23.

The Marshal Duke of Dantzic has arrived here
from Paris, but probably will not continue long in
this city. The troops which passed the Rhine at
Strasburgh and Basle pursue their march through
Suabia ; the greater part, which are taking their way
by Stockach and Memmingen, direct. their march to•
wards Landsberg, where it is expected they will be
joined by the Bavarian division in the Tyrol, and
also-by a strong French division. The command of
this combined force will, we are assured, be given to
the Marshal Duke of Rivoli ; at any rate, there is a
report that this commander is expected at Inspruck.
In this circle are expected some regiments of cavalry
and the new-raised battalions of grenadiers and volti-
geurs from Strasburgh.
The Bavarian troops are assembling between the
Inn and the Iser, where, as it appears, they will be
joined by theWirtemberg and Darmstadt contingents,
as also by the French corps under General Oudinot.

The Bavarian General Wrede arrived on the Bth
at Landshut ; and as soon as the troops under his
command shall have formed an army, the hereditary
Prince is expected. The Bavarian corps between the
Inn and the Iser, will, we are assured, be augmented
to 30,000 men. It is now cantoned between Strau-
bing and Landshut, and between the latter place and
Muhldolf : the head-quarters of General Oudinot will
next week be removed to Munich ; and those of the
Marshal Duke of Dantaic are expected at Augsburg.
On the Inn, and on the frontiers of the Tyrol, there
are but few Austrian troops. The accounts from Ca-
rinthia speak of the assembling of an army in the
Circle of Laybach, which, we arc assured, will to

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NI by the Archduke Charles. The Arch.'
duke Ferdinand will command the army in Gallicia ;
who wilhave the command in Bohemia is not kirown.
There is a report that a great Army of Reserve will be
formed in the Circle of Vienna, which will be joined
by a part of the Hungarian Insurrection.

FRANKFORT, MARCH 26.
It is understood that the contingent of the Prince
of Nassau will arrive within a few days in Fran_
conia. The troops of the Grand Duke of Wurtz-
buigh are complete, but cantoned in Wurtzburg
and along the Maine, and nothing is yet known
of their further destination. Detachments of from
2to 300 men arrive at Mentz almost daily fronui-
devant Belgium, and more are expected from the dis-
tricts of Aix-la-Chapelle and Liege.
According to the accounts from Saxony, a division
of Saxon troops from Dresden has been detached to
Lausnitz. A French division, under the command
of General Morand, from Magdeburg, is expected in
the circle of Dresden. There are also expected in
Saxony 15,000 men from Hanover, from the troops
which were under the command of the Prince of
Ponte Corvo, as also the four cavalry regiments
which were under the command of General St. Ger-
main, and lately posted in the circles of Jena and
Weimar. •

SPANISH AMERICA.
Our Readers already know that by late accounts,
it appeared that a ipirit of hostility existed between
the Administrations at Monte Video and Buenos
Ayres. A letter of a more recent date confirms too
clearly the fact to which we allude.—The following
is an extract :

" MONTE VIDEO, DECEMBER 11.

" The state of our country is truly afflicting. The Govern-
ment of this town, understanding that the Viceroy of these pro-
vinces, Linlers, was suspected of disloyalty, and taking warning
from the fate of Old Spain, (whose ruin was brought about by
the incapacity of its chief magistrate), impeached him before the
Real Audiencia. This superior Tribunal was found as corrupt
as its head, and unanimously voted in favour of the Frenchman.
They then consulted with him about sacrificing us to their ven-
geance, and endeavoured to deprive us of our upright and honest
magistrates, and adopted other most hostile measures ; where-
upon the people here asserted their rights, and voluntarily formed
a Junta of Government, which they established, independent of
the Viceroy. This is the obvious path to a civil war. A party
among the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres being misled by their
leaders, and having some forces at their disposal, entertain hopes
of success in their iniquitous projects; but we confidently hope
to defeat their expectations, prudently waiting till the Court to
whom our disputes are referred shall have given some decision.

‘i In the mean time, we feel that these proceedings here are
shameful at a time when European Spain is so oppressed and af-
flicted ; bur we have the satisfaction of knowing,. that we have
no other motives and interests than the defence of FERDINAND
VII. and the Spanish nation. I shall hereafter remit you various
documents relative to these

Yesterday morning his MAJzsrir and Princess Au-
GUSTA, accompanied by Lord HARDWICKE, Lady
THYNNE, Generals SPENCER, GWYNNE, MANNERS,
FITZROY, Hon. Mr. VILLIERS, and Colonel TAYLOR,
rode in Windsor Great Park; and returned at twelve
o'clock. .

The QUEEN and Princesses SOPHIA and AMELIA,
are much better ; but the weather being so very cold,
they cannot yet venture out of the Palace.

The Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND dined yes-
terday with General HuLsz, Lieutenant-Governor of
Chelsea Hospital, and a numerous party of General
Officers.

A Cabinet Council was held on Tuesday at the Fo-
reign Office. The whole of the Members were pre-
sent. They sat from two till half-past three o'clock.
Mr. WALLACE* of the Board of Controul, is men-
tioned as Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY'S successor in the
Chief Secretaryship of Ireland. There will also be
a vacancy in the office of one of the Under Secreta-
ries of State for the War Department, it being under-
stood that General STEWART will resign his office as
well as Sir A. WELLESLEY. Mr. HENRY WELLESLEY
Will be succeeded as Secretary to the Treasury by
Mr. ARBUTHNOT.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain JOHN WILLIAM
EASTFIELD, of the ship Earl Howe, took leave pre.
vious to departing for Madeira, Madras, and Bengal.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day.
The French Imperial corvette la Gobe Mouche,
captured by the NEREIDE, is understood to have been
the bearer of very important dispatches to the Gover-
nor of the Mauritius, containing instructions by every
possible means to excite the native Princes of India
to revolt against the English, and to hold out to them
promises 9f support from Russia as well as France.
The dispatches were transmitted home by Admiral
BERTIE, for the information of Government.
Letters from Madeira of the 23d of February con-
tain a very unpleasant account relative to the outward
bound West-India Fleet, which sailed from Cork on
the 22d of January, consisting of 123 sail, under
convoy of the Druid frigate, and the Fylla and Phipps
sloops of war. It is stated, that shortly after they
sailed from Madeira, the fleet was dispersed in violent
gales, and only four ships reached Madeira with the
Druid and Fylla ; the Phipps put back dism:w.ed.—
About 45 sail of the fleet also put back, many of
which had met with damage. Upwards of 70 sail
remained unaccounted for. The Augusta was lost
near Fequerra.

The Neptune, Brassey, from Liverpool to Lisbon,
with a valuable cargo, was lately wrecked on the Bo-
rough of Ballyteigue. This vessel first struck on a
small rock near the Saltee Island, when the Captain,
21 of the crew, and three passengers, immediately
got on it. She soon after drifted to Ballyteigue,
where she went to pieces. The unfortunate sufferers
remained on the rock two days and nights, without
food, and in danger every moment of being washed
off, as there was scarcely sufficient room to stand (n,
when they were fortunately rescued by some fishing-
boats, and carried to the Castle of Ballyteigue, whet e
they received every attention.

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EAST-INDIES.

We formerly mentioned that a peace had been con.
chided between Persia and France, and that an island
in the Persian Gulph had been ceded to the latter.—
Advices to the same effect have been received at the
India-House from Governor DUNCAN, of Bombay.
They are dated the 30th October and 4th November
last. They state, that Geiternor DUNCAN had hitherto
prevented the Emissaries of the enemy from forming
any establishment on the Western coast of Guzzurat,
or in the Bay of Katch, which separates• Guzzarat from
the countrieslying along the Banks of the riverlndus.
—Governor DUNCAN likewise informs the Directors,
that he was under serious apprehensions, that Gene.
ral GARDANNE had induced, or would prevail on FA-
TALI SCHAM, King of Persia, to cede to the Corsican
Emperor, more than one important port, or island, in
the Gulph of Persia. No absolute certainty had been
attained, when Governor Dr NCAN'S letters came away,
respecting the places u. train of negociation. The
two islands of Ormus, and of Kislarni, were unques.
tionably among the number. The former, though
only about five miles in circumference, was, as is well
known, previous to the discovery of the passage to
India, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and the
arrival of the Portuguese under GAMA and &nu.
QUERQUE, the Queen and Mart of the East. In 1625,
it was destyed by SCHAH ABBAS the GREAT, in
conjunction with the English East India Company.

At present it is only a sterile rock of salt-petre,
scarcely inhabited, and almost forgotten, during rear
two centuries ; but its position, at the narrow entrance
of the Persian Gulf, between Gombaroon to tl:e
North, on the main-land, and Muscat, and Arabia,
will always render it most important, either to'France
or to Great Britain. Close to Ormus, to the south,,
lies the island of Kishmi ; as much larger in ex-
tent than Ormus, as Oleron, on the French coast

is to the neighbouring isle of Rhe. Kislinti pro-
duces the finest grapes and raisins of any place in
the Persian territories. Both islands belong to FA-
TAL' &HAI, and it was much feared that he would
cede them to France. We must retake them at any
risk, or leave the commerce and communication of
the GUlf of Persia to the enethy.—lt was likewise
reported at Surat, in October last, that the small
island of Carek would also fall into NAPOLON'S
hands. It lies much higher up the Gulf, neatly
midway between Ormus and Bussora, on the Eu-
phrates, near the two :actories of Bushire and Bun-
dericke, which are great marts for the East India
Company's broad cloths, and other articles sent an.
nually into Persia.
There is anothi r small rock or island situate'exactlly
at the narrowest part of the Red Sea, between the
Arabian and Abyssinian shcr,!s. It is very small,
sterile, and has no water-on it. But, like Ormus, its
position renders it most important, in a military, as
well as in a commercial point of view. We occupied
it in 1799 and MO, while the French held Egypt ;
but we have since eva,:uated and abandoned it. NA-
POIIEON will not neglect or despise Perim, though Mr.
CANNING may.
These facts are at least as much deserving Minis.
terial attention, as examining Mrs. CLARKE, or writ.
ing treasury letters, to- enforce attendance from the
most distant quarters of the kingdom, in order to
acquit the late Commander-in-Chief of a fact,- of
which the whole country' believe him culpable.
It is a fact that Mr. FOSTER'S nephew, the Member
for Dublin, was on board the packet,, and under sail
for that city, from Holyhead, when the Messenger
dispatched by Ministers overtook him, and broug:it
him back, like a man in custody, to London. We
do not find this Gentleman's name in the list of the
Minority, on the Duke of YORK'S case.

Lord and Lady HOLLAND have left Seville for
The Duke of YORK left town this morning, fir
Oatlands, to accompany the Duchess to Windsor,
on a visit to their MSJESTIES, where they will remain
till Saturday. •
On Friday, as. Mr. Ro3E was passing through the
Horse Guards, on horseback, the middle gate being
shut, he proceeded through the foot-path gate acro,s
the pavement, whey his horse fell down, and Dir.
ROSE was severely hurt.
Sunday se'nnight, as the Guard of the Defiance
coach was passing through Belgr•ive, near the Talbot,
he was, while in the act of winding up his watch,
thrown forward* by a sudden jerk, and the wheels go-
ing over a part of his body, sobruised him, that he
died in less than half an hour afterwards.
A brutal fellow, whose dress is very genteel, has
for some days infested Mary-la-bonne grounds, Pad-
dington, and Hyde Park, whose object has been to
treat with the greatest indecency the female sex.—
The most respectable dressed women are the objects
only of the monster's attacks, and such he treats in
the most indecent manner, as a nurse would use a
rude child. A Lady of the name of PIERCE, who re-
sides in Jermyn-street, was attacked by the ruffian
near the King's Head and Artichoke, in Mary-la-
bonne fields, on Friday evening last, and he tinted
her in the most disgusting manner, for nearly ten mi-
nutes. Miss SAND, Companion and Lady's Maid to
Mrs. CROFT, in Bentinck-street, also fell into the
monster's clutches on Monday evening, and his brutal
conduct threw her into hysterics, in which situat!oa
she was found in Park-lane. He was luckily tak:ll
into custody on Tuesday, in the neighbourhU•od
of Walham Green, and safely lodged in the cage tor
an assault o t the two Miss COURTLEY'S, at Turnham
Green. This Monster is supposed to be a man of
property, but lost to the nicer feelings, his method
having been to torture those whom he attacked. He
has been very active, as be committel outrages in
different parts in a very short time.