Star.
London, England, 1810-01-13 00:00:00

CALCUTTA, JULY i 5.

On Sunday last accounts reached Calcutta, via
Bombay, of the unfortunate loss of the ship Arran,
Capt. Ht .:m Wu.smq, of this port, on the island of
Karak, near the entrance of the Persian Gulph. No
expectation was entertained of saving the vessel, but
a quantity of treasure which she had on board, and
some of her cargo, had been landed on the island.—
The same accounts stated, that the ships Colonel Ma-
cauley and Minerva, both belonging to the Malabar
coast, had been cut off by pirates in the Gulph ;
and the whole crews of both vessels inhumanly mas-
sacred.

The latest advises from Bussorah mention the very
nnfavourable state of the markets in that quarter.

On the 25th of May, his Majesty's ships Chiffoirle
and Caroline, with the Honourable Company's crui-
zer, Mornington, sailed from Bombay for the Gulph
of Persia.

The Canton, arrived at Kedegeree on the Oth inst.
did not reach Calcutta till yesterday afternoon, her
passage up the river having been retarded by light

as she passed the garrison at Fort am.
Oa the 21st May, in her passage down the China
Seas, tbe Canton spbke his Majesty s frigates Psyche
and Doris, cruising in quest of the Canoniere and
Laurel.
On the 13th of May, in lat. 43. 80. S. and long.
30. E. the American ship Augustus fell in pith the
Nereide and Iphigenia frigates, belonging to the Cape
station. _ _

, His Majesty's ships Piedmontaise and Samarang
arrived in Madras Roads on the 21st ult.
On Sunday last, the Non. Company's ship Wal-
thamstow, came up the Kidderpore, for the purpose
of being docked.
The lion. Company's extra ship Tottenham is on
her return to town to be put into dock. The Warren
Hastings is on her way from Diamond Harbour to
Saugur, to complete her lading. The Boyne is in
Saugur Roads. The Venus, Captain ARNO?, bound
to Penang, sailed from Saugur Roads on the 10th
current.

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Lutchman Dowah, late Chieftain of Adjyghur,
whose family was murdered by his father-in-law, has
reached Calcutta, to lay his grievances before the Su-
preme Government.
Letters from Delhi of the 25th ult. mention that
the detachment under the command of Major Knox,
had taken the fort of Burriala without opposition. On
' the approach of our troops before the fortress, the
enemy fled, because it was a defenceless place. A
few battering shot would level the fort to the ground.
It was expected the detachment would go against
Buhul, a garrison of some strength in that country.
Colonel- Ochterloney's detachment is also stated to
have had a skirmish with some men belonging to i
Runjeet's Tarmah, at a Siek village on this side d
the Sutledge, in consequence of a refusal to supply
our cattle with forage, and having fired on our troops.
Preparations were made to assault the village, on the
event of its not surrendering at discretion. But the
Runjeet's heroes took advantage of the night, and re-
tired in peace. The gates were thi-own open the
next morning to our troops by the villagers. We
had one man and several horses wounded ; but none
killed.

Mr. WM. Rosnison is appointed to fill the situa-
tion of Accountant and Auditor.
C. T. METCALFE, Esq. late Envoy to the Court of
Rungeet Sing, reached the Presidency on Friday last,
by Dawk, having left Delhi the 7th ult.
CALCUTTA LOTTERY.—On Tuesday, No. 755 was
drawn a prize of 10,000 rupees, the property of Capt.
J. W. Taylor and Lieut. Dixon.
BANK OF BENGAL.—On Thursday last, the first
half-yearly dividend was made to the proprietors of
this Bank. It consisted of 9 49-64ths per cent. per
annum, being Sicca rupees, 488 4-6ths on each share.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CATTACK, DATED JUNE
27, 1809 :
The newspapers from your quarter have not touch-
ed upon all the disasters we have had the misfortune
to experience during the late storms, which have been
productive of very serious damages to us. The whole
of the European artillery in garrison were forced to
quit their barracks and seek shelter in the hospital.—.
The magazine buildings, being mud walls, and tiled
roofs, were reduced to a mass of ruins, and nothing
could preserve the stores from destruction but the
tarpaulins. Most of the -B ungal ow s, at the station,
have suffered more or less, and many were under
water for several days.
The following respecting Loodeaunah town, and
' of the nes. cantonments established there, may not be
unacceptable to many of our readers :
The town was formerly a place of importance, the
seat of au independent Chief, on the road from Delhi
to Lahon, and completely commands the passage of
the Sutledge, by which the extensive trade with Cas-
hmere, Motiltan, &c. is caned on, and with the advan-
tage it possesses of situation, could not fail, under a
good Government, to become opulent. Its downfall
has been great. The Sutledge left it about thirty
years ago, shifting its bed to the distance of four miles.
Since then it has ever been on the decline, and now
almost destitute of inhabitants ; but from the gran-
deur observable in many of the houses, we have evi-
dence of its former consequence and extended popu-
lation • it has however been frequently attacked, con-
quered, and plundered ; the last attack was about
nine years ago, by the Chief Bang Sang, to whom it
belongs.
At the western extremity of the town stands a fort,
built of pucka materials, which was delivered over to
us on our arrival here ; and being by us repaired and
strengthened, its fences improved and rendered con-
siderably stronger, and with a well-provided garrison
of British troops, enabled to resist the attack of any
native power, forms an excellent depot for the supply
of our armies, should they be called on to act on any
of the lines of defence between the Attock and that
frontier.

Our cantonments run out from the fort along a
deep sandy flat, their left flank is thrown as near to
she walls as the nature of the ground will permit,
while the right extends about 2000 yards, the whole!
within the range of our 12-pounders, and consequently
under the protection of the ramparts. Many difficul-
ties presented themselves before we could obtain ma-
te; ials for the erection of our huts, which are at length
completed, and exhibit a motley grope.
The climate is the worst I was ever exposed to ;
tornadoes from the N.W. are constantly experienced.
accompanied by clouds of dust, which produce the
most direful effects among us.

CEYLON GAZETTE, JUNE 14.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint Major EDWARDS, of his Majesty's ad Ceylon
Regiment, to be his Aid-de-Camp, vice Major B&i.
yea, deceased.

Richard Plasket, Esq. to be Civil Auditor-General.
Thomas Eden, Esq. Deputy Secretary to the Government, and
Secretary to his Majesty's Council.
A. Beatolacci, Esq. Comptroller-General of Customs.
Henry Layard, Esq. Collector of Mature.
W. H. Ker, Collector of Galle.
John Badger, Esq. Collector of Chilaw.
S. Sawyers, Esq. Acting-Collector of Batticallso.
William Orr, Esq. First Assistant to the Collector of Columbo,
and Sitting Magistrate at Negouthe.
James Gay, Esq. Assistant in the Paymaster-General's Office.
Charles Scott, Esq. Second Assistant in the Office of Commis-
sioner of Revenue.
J. Downing, Esq. Assistant In the Vice-Treasurer's Office.
W. Greenslade and Ralph Sneyd, Ears, Assistonts in the Chief
Secretary's Office.

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I

STAY/311MT Or HIS EXCELLENCY MARQUIS DE LA Ro,
MAWA TCI THE SUPREME CENTRAL JUNTA.
SIRE—Your Majesty being convinced that the exist,
Lag Government is not suited to the present stated
affairs, you have determined to alter it, and for di,
purpose you have empowered various individuals -
the Supreme Junta, who declared their opinion oath
subject on the 19th of September last. Since then, yoe
Majesty, wishing all possible assist ance on a subject
so much importance, nominated a new Commission;
which I had the honour to be included, that I
might inquire, and pronounce my judgment.
In order to form my sentiments on a concern
such magnitude, I have directed all my attentioqto
it, availed myself of the resources I possess, 1,14
avoided every thing that could divert my views intz
the true interests of the country.
Three motives, according to my conception, ought
to produce a change in the system of Government,-
Ist. When a nation, which ought only to obey, douiti
the legitimacy of the authority to which it is to rah 4
mit-2d. When such authority begins to lose its ,
fluence--Sd. When such authority is not only roi,
dicial to the public, but is opposed to the constitut4
of the state. Before exposing my ideas as to the p,
neral question, I shall endeavour to shew, that
existing Government, in all these three respects,k
liable to objection.
The doubts on the legitimacy of the Governnit
originate in the principles to which I am now to ac
vert, and in others, perhaps, of which, on account
my defective knowledge, r am not informed.
The Constitution of the Spanish C;overnment
Monarchical, and this character has not been resign.
on account of the absence of its Sovereign. Thei
practicability of the exercise of the supreme autho:,
under the present circumstances, does not justify
substitution of a Representative Government, und
which the oath to the head of the Monarchy must
disregarded.
That the Government being Monarchical, carrs
be represented by another of a diffetenc descriptio
without injuring the Constitution, is perfectly ob
ous ; so that a Junta composed of more than thin
members, in the rank of Sovereigns in their respe
tive provinces, instead of representing our beloe
King Ferdinand the Seventh, can only typify a su
fering people.
This Democratic form of representation is not oni
, inconsistent with the Constitution of the Kingdom

but is also inconsistent with the heroic loyalty of tit
Spanish People, who have never assumed a soul
reign character since the commencement of the of
pression to which their Monarch has been expowl.-
If they have acknowledged the Provincial Juntas, (
any other authority, they have had no intention I
deprive your Majesty of your supreme attribute
or to submit to any other will and command than th
of their unfortunate Prince. Surrounded by the bar
nets of the tyrant Napoleon, they have sworn wit
heroic valour that they will submit to no power, bi
to that of their lawful King, and to no Constitutit
and Government but that which is Monarchical.

Those who believe that the sovereignty of the
tion is not firmly rooted in the discetylants of Pell
forget the law of the Partidas, which prohibits
King or the Nation from alienating the Crown; s
both of them have sworn the vassal, under the ps

ty of being punished as a traitor, not to consent tots
dismemberment of the kingdom. It is one of the
revocable duties of the Spanish nation, which it i
faithfully performing during the present Revolutiz
never to assume to itself the Sovereign Authoritl
never to acknowledge any other Prince than the ick
lized Ferdinand, and never to depart from the Cot
stitntion, and the Laws of the Country. The Junta

which the people appointed in the various province
were not formed to acquire for themselves the SOVI
reign Authority, but wore resorted to as a temporal.
regulation, until the Legitimate Power should be n
stored, and for the purpose of fulfilling a desig
which Spanish honour and loyalty was alone to a
complish.
The Provincial Juntas had no authority but vii
originated with the Sovereign ; and they represenu
the Lordship of the Land, and of the Monarch, wl
in condescension to his beloved vassals, and to relic

them from distress, suffered in his own person
greatest calamities.
The Spanish people then having never departed
a moment from submission to their Prince, or to I
constitution of his kingdom, it is evident that they
not the Sovereigns, and that they have not pretend
to such a character. Neither the Provincial Jot

or the Central and Supreme Junta, have the author'
to govern the nation, since instead of representin
Ferdinand the 7th, they not only disfigure his sa
image, but would subvert the constitution of the
narchy.
These are not the only reasons which occasion
doubts existing as to the legitimacy of the p
Government. The usurpation of the throne, on
extent of perfidy like that of the tyrant to deprive
of otir lawful king, could not easily be foreseen,
anticipated by the provisions of the written law ;
but what the form of the Government directs as
its establishment during the minority of the kings
when he may be in a state of moral incapacity, oug
to be strictly and literally obeyed. it is in tins la
we find to be comprehended the situation of the Sp
nish Monarchy, as it now appears every speciesofg
vernment which is not conformable to the directi
of that law, must give rise to the doubts of its legiD
macy to which we have adverted.
The minority of the King or his moral incapao9
are cases for which the law has provided, and
which it points out the mode of supplying the ref°
sentation of the Sovereign. There is ground for 50P
posing, that when a King being insane, or under ar
he cannot exercise the government, the substitute
ought to be of a different kind, from that of the tas
when a King is shut up in prison in his own or iD
fa
reign dominions.
The Noble Marquis then proceeds to state son,
metaphysical distinctions, and next introduces the
marks which were inserted in our paper of Tees&
last. He then resumes his observations.]
We all know the necessity for unity-of power, all
the evils that arise from the contrary. Tghere can
no associates in the Spanish Empire, as the inunnty
Saavedra has declared the majesty of the State call
not be divided.
It was sufficient that a new government vrasdeter
mined upon, and this decision would render it on

among our brethren in Mimics's; 4 an intel past—T ailiatated that a dietams
a ws
Of the nation, and as legitimate children the same ii made annually hi far claw*: no such divia%..—
family. . • ... ,
7. The Regent, or Council of Regtiscia shall not : at yet taken illaLle; and all claim td the past of. the fu-
be allowed to molest the persons of the Deputies of tare is abolished by order of Sir GEORGE BARLOW,
the Cortes, or Representatives of the Nation, nor those ' which the Field Officers say is little ghost of
of the permanent Deputation of the kingdoms, nor to
proceed against theni under the Criminal Code from ' swindling. The Junior Officers entered conipleteli
, into the view's of theft superiors, by an order for re-
the time of their appointment, to that of the cessation
Of their powers, &c. 1 trenching their small salaries in respect to a certain
The Permanent Deputation of the Kingdom, as * allowance for their tents ; in Short, the military say,
the organ of the national voice; will watch over thethat Sit GEORGE BARLOW, after injuring the military-
punctual observance of the conditions under which
the Provisional Government is restricted ; and one of 1 Service as much as possible, thought it adviseable to ,
add insult to injury, and the result is before tit. In
its highest duties will be the formation of a new con-
stitution ; not only that it may be tbmpleted as soon 1 the memorial addressed by the Officers to Lord
as possible, but as perfectly as possible for the benefit . Morro, they say, that the Commander hi Chief is
of Religion, the King, and the Nation. To facilitate ' the Representative of the Army ; an expression not
this purpose, the Regent, or Council of Regency, will
' only improper but untenable in every sense of the
supply the Permanent Deputation with au the means i word,
of useful information. and as such, deserving the Censure of the
The said temperary Constitution should be corn- Governor-General; in short, considerable • blaMe
municated to all the provinces and dominions of attaches both to Sir GEORGE and the officers at large,
Spain and America, that the subjects may see the and it is certainly to be regretted that matters have
agreeable expectations they may form from a leg iti- ;
;—not merelyfor the reasons
Proceeded so far
mate Government, in which the rights of the Mo. -
' before stated, but because in any future discussion*
narch and the People are respected.
[The gallant Marquis, after some disquisitions on 1 respecting the renewal of the Charter, the people of
public law, as applied to the peculiar circumstances this country may be induced to suppose that some.
of his Prince, gives a rapid view of the evils which thing else is required in the Government of 56 mil-
have been the consequence of bad Government since lions of people, and an army of one hundred and
i the invasion, and of the miseries which the enemy has
seventy
men, than the knowledge of the
accumulated on every rank and condition of society ; i
he then proceeds to the conclusion.] i price of tea."
With these views of the disasters of the nation, I I
cannot (says he), separate myself from the common
lot of twelve millions of people, who must either be
the slaves of the most cruel tyrant, or the children of
the most beneficent Sovereign. Ought I, can Ibe
an indolent spectator of such scenes as I have de-
scribed ; must I not rather sacrifice to my beloved
countrymen all my personal interests, all my selfish
affections, and the whole of my existence ?

loopy j_
s, that the Supreme unta is not so thoroue,
Innarvinced as I am of the etpedience of destroying
even the recollection of a government which has
been so extensively prejudicial. It is a truth which
every body acknowledges, which has cost the world
Livers of blood, which in France, and in Spain, has
poured forth the ruby treasure of life, that to make a
hiultitude of men the (depositories of the sovereign
tower, it to introduce the most horrible unity, and to
establish on its ruins the fatal Empire of Despotism.
Recent events render it needless for me to refer to the
-ivil wars which have desolated every nation, and to
ote destrection and tyranny which has terminated
eve& Government like that of Spain, composed of
ftsany Kings, s.vho are no longer the subjects of the
tnonarch they affect to represent.
I have thus explained the motive of the complaints'
the people ; and I assert, that for the evils they
i.t'iffer, there is do other remedy than an entire change
in the Government, from which they originate. No
Democratic Constitution has been able to support it-
self from its own firmness and energy during political
convulsions, and has either ended in sanguinary fero-
,:ity, or in extreme debility, the Country and the Go-
vernment perishing under its own weakness. Al&
though I see with pain that such is nearly the situa-
tion of my own country, and the necessity for bold
exe:-t!ons to preserve it, I consider as useless the mea-
sures that may be employed by the present Authori-
ties, and therefore I direct all my attention to the re-
establishment of legitimate power ; and after deliver-
ir,g my sentiments on the new Government, I will
endeavour to point out the means by which the Su-
vreme Junta may be relieved from its terrible respon-]
ability, which otherwise might involve in inextricable
embarrassment both the Prince and the People,
The new plan of Government which has been pro-
posed, :1 this, to establish a Junta composed of a Pre►
sident and four other Members, who may be selected
from ;he Supreme Junta ; to confide in this body the
execetive power under different limitations ; to point
cut the forms of election, that the proper individuals
nay participate in the exercise of the Regal autho-
rity ; to abrogate all the sections into which the gene-
ral Government is divided, and this Supreme Central
Junta, not only to be the Sovereign of the nation, and
elect:'.: the executive powers, but to preside over
fie Crtes, and to answer to the petitions that the
Cortes may present.
[After some further reflections, most of which we
have notice d in the concluding paragraphs of our ex-
tracts given on the 9th January, the Marquis pro-
ceeds :]
Such is the Government that we require ; and in
order to render it legitimate and capable of producing
the beneficial effects I have pointed out, the subse-
quent regulations ought to be adopted.
The Sovereign Representation should be exercised I
until the time of the Convention of the Cortes, either
by a Council of Regency, composed of three or five ]
persons, according to law 3, tit. 15, part 2, and elec.'
ted in the manner there expressed. As in the present
circumstances it is not possible to assemble the Cortes,
with the celerity that the public safety requires, the
Supreme Central Junta should name the Regent, or
Council of Regency, without delaying an instant in
the discharge of this duty. Whether the Junta be a
legitimate or illegitimate representation of the Cortes
for such a purpose, is not very material. On other
occasions the deficiency of their lawful power has not
been considered any obstacle to the exercise of their
authority ; and it would be a proof of their genero-
sity
and patriotism, highly commendable, if in the
new Government they would exclude those belonging
to the old ; 'tit if the members should be chosen
from the latter, they ought to be those who are most
distingttished for their virtue, religion, knowledge,
and even physical strength, for the discharge of their
delicate and difficult duties.
Should the Supreme Central Junta deliberate with
the Cortes for the election of a Regent or Council of
Regency, it may be effected under the followi-ez con-
ditions as a temporary expedient
1. The Regency should swear to defeuel the nation,
to protect it from its enemies, and to deliver the
kingdom to our beloved Sovereign Ferdinand VII. as
soon as he shall be restored to Spain ; or if he should
not be restored, to his legitimate successors, vowing
to spill the last drop of their blood, if necessary, in the
discharge of this sacred duty.

2. _o preserve the integrity of the vast Empire
Spain and America, which compose the Spanish na- also, by a general order, have delivered his owie son- from that city to the Westphalian territory, appre-
tion, without alienating any portion of her vassals or timents and censure on every person concerned in it. trending some insult or violence from the inhabitants
her territories.
3. The Regency should execute the laws, should a reference should assuredly have been made to his having denounced four American vessels that arrived
interpret the decisions in cases where the meaning at Hamburgh with American papers, but which in
MAJESTY, and not, as suggested by Lord MINTO, to
should be doubtful, but its authority should extendfact sailed from an English parr. The vessels were
no further than as an irrevocable determination on the Court of Directors. BONAPARTE has frequently seized and sequestrated, and will no doubt be con-
the particular matter submitted to its judgment. called Great Britain a nation of shop-keepers, and we demned. This interposition, in no way appertaining
1.. It should not on its own authority remove the i may now admit there is some little truth in it, if his to the duties of Mr. FORBES'S situation, was warmly
public Agents, of whatever rank they may be, with- MAJESTY does not resent the insult offered to a Gene- resented by the whole commercial class.
out a i'n idical decision by a competent tribunal, in The storms have been so violent this winter in the
ral Officer, so high in his service ; of snch established
'lchiet-:::-,e case of the party may be determined ac- Black Sea, that sevral Russian men of war were
onchz to the security of public laws ;but they may reputation. and whose conduct through life had been obliged to run into 1 urkish ports, where they sarren-
Cant inLlgencies or retirement to those Ministers of so exemplary as an Officer, Soldier, and Gentleman. dered.
tate, and others, who ft cm the visitation of disease "It appears that General Macnowam. did not he. The scarcity of provisions is so great in the Tyrol,
that the Bavarians have been under the necessity of
o 7 the progress of years may be ren &red unfit for their issuing the General Orders, as received .
sitate in • '
.-I'.:t•e• withdrawing the whole of their cavalry from that
from Sir GEORGE BARLOW, ordering the release of
5. Declarations of War, Treaties of Peace, and district.
Alliances,
Colonel MUNRO from arrest ; but highly culpa- Letters have been received from Holland to the
allould be deter mined by the Coi tes, if sitting, and if ble he would have have been, if he continued to Bth inst. Though stated in former letters, it does
ppear that Louis had returned to his dominions.
not, by a Deputation of the Kingdom appointed for serve any longer after such an event ; he accor- not a
A letter of the 6th says--,, We are here in so much
rich purpose, consisting of chosen Ministers properly dingly resigned, and as the subject was of public
qualified by their wisdom and experience. In the uncertainty as to, our future political situation, that
notoriety, it became his duty, as a General Officer in
tingle case of an unforeseen invasion, should the Re- . trade is at present extremely dull. The prices of in-
rkeY or Council of Regency be empowered as Su- his Majesty's service, to state in Orders his reasons for digo and coffee are high, and probzbly will continue
preme Head of the Nation to make preparations for such resignation, which Sir G. BARLOW seems to so, as there is ground to suppose that we shall have
facilities for Maintaining an intercourse with Brabant
the public defence, as if war had been declared with consider as highly intemperate and improper, though
the customat y formalities. to unprejudiced persons it does not seem to bear the and France."
Another letter of the same date, states, that a Pro-
6. It should preserve to the National Represents- clamation for incorporating the Province of Zealand
firm the rights of which it has been deprived by the construction put on it by either Lord MINTO, or Sir
alit,* of power, and the Regent or Council of Re- GEORGE BARLOW. If the dismissal .ef the Adjutant with France, had been received from Paris. The
teicy, without dr grant and approbation of the andDeputant-Adjutant-General for obeying the or- Chief Civil Officer having rcfused to take the Oath ofi
Alleg!ance, without a more explicit and formal de- 1,
Cortes, should neitherbe allowed to impose laws, nor ders of their Commanding Officer, is Correct, we
, claration of so important a change, was, it is said,
vintribuzions royal or personal ; but, as under the •
ought to have an entire new Military Code, as we
immediately put into arrest by the Commander of the
"'.ting circumstances, the safety of the country re- . ' French troops, and sent to Paris, to account for his
lateen that all the authorities should partake of tht have hitherto been taught to believe, that, with the
0 I
ey:utive character, such grant and approbation of exception of treason again the State, all Military r- contumacy.
In Holland they speculate, as elsewhere, on the
11. V! Cortes may find a convenient substitution in a ders arc not to be discussed, but obeyed.
dissolution of Louis's marriage with the daeghter of
I.llta, under the title of the Permanent Deputation ~ Previous to the year 1802, Commanding Officers
, JOSIRHINE, preparatory to her becoming reigning Em-
^.f the Kingdom, which may represent the Cortex press of France. One of the letters says--, his Ma-
antil the time of its convention, composed of five in- of out-stations received certain emoluments, as did Sir
spirituous liquors, jesty went from hence a married, and returns a single
flividuals and one secretary, which the Supreme Cen- ARTHUR WELLESLEY at Seringapatam, on the sale of •
quors, and of articles brought to market: man.' We consider so unnatural an union as very
tral Junta m nominate, or otherwise, from their spir le
^ gri members, but it is requisite that one of the in- r.bo it that year, the Madras Government placed the improbab .

(Signed)
Seville, October 4, I 809.

MARQUIS DE LA ROMANA.

1111 E EVENING STAR.

LONDOI4.

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In the course of Thursday night a dreadful fire
broke out at the City of London Inir, at Dover, which
at the hour of three yesterday morning, had wholly
consumed that inn, with the stables, and otherwise
damaged or destroyed nearly a whole street of houses.
The intelligence we communicated yesterday, of
the repeal of the Berlin Decree, is confirmed by an
American vessel which has arrived from Dunkirk.—
The Captain states, that when he came away the
enemy's ports were open to the vessels of all neutral
powers. We understand, that in consequence of this
change in the French system, several commercial
edicts have been published. One decree of this kind
' contains, it is said, forty-two articles : but we have as
yet received only the following, which appeared in
the Paris Papers of the 3d inst. :
DECREE.
44 The ports of France, and all those under her
controul, are open for all vessels furnished with pro.
per licences ; that is to sac, they must be new ones,
of a date posterior to this Decree :
ARTICLES OF EXPORTATION.
" Vinegar, paper, paste-board, silks, embroidered stuffs, ver-
digrease, oils of all sorts, honey, perfumery, corks cut, and in
picot, turpentine, Spani.h liquorice, dry pitch, rosin, juniper-
berry, raw worsted, lamb and kid skins tanned and cawed,
linen of Britany, cloths and woollen stuffs of all kinds, velvets
and cottons, silk, worsted, and cotton hosiery, cutlery, trim-
mings, china, work of leather and skins. Thosearticles cannot
be entered in any greater quantity than one-fourth part of the
cargo. The other three parts of the cargo are to be composed of
primitive articles; those are corn, wine, brandy, and fruits.
IMPORTATION.
" Russian tallow, wax, marts, sail-cloth, deals for various
purposes, sulphur in flour, pot-ash, staves. row for fishing,
Spanish dollars black lead, lead, moor, lisbarge, Inwood,
pitch and tar, barrilla, 'unlock, arsenic, Us oil, hide', and lig.
num vim."
Though Colonial Produce is not included in this
list of articles permitted to be imported, we under-
stand that the arrangements with regard to America
go to place her trade in a state altogether unshackled,
by which expedient BONAPARTE, doubtless, hopes to
accomplish the great object of confirming the hostile
disposition of that country against Great Britain.
Private letters from Russia, received yesterday,
announce that it is the design of the Government to
impose new extravagant duties on exports ; and in-
stead of being payable in bank paper as formerly,
they are to be discharged in silver. Such is the de,
preciation of the bank paper, that this alone will oc-
casion a difference in the rate of the duties of 150 per
cent. The letters in general indicate a greater de-
gree of vigilance in the commercial police of the
Russian ports, and notice the arrest of a young Gen-
tleman, who is supposed to have offended against the
laws.
Letters from Hamburgh of the Ist inst. mention
that the American Consul, 'Mr. FORBES, has retired

INDIA.
The following Letter will put our Readers in pos-
session of some of the points in dispute which at pre-
sent distract the public attention respecting our Eas-
tern possessions
EXTRACT or A LETTER )ROM CALCUTTA, DATED
JUNE 20, 1809.
" The letter from Lord MINTo to Sir GEORGE ti
BARLOIA', is rather too prolix for general perusal ;
the subject may be comprised within a small compass.
If the conduct of Sir Grotteg BARLOW was right, was
it, at the same time, expedient ? The first point to
be considered is, the general usage among the mili-
tary records of this kingdom, as to the propr.iety of
releasing our officers from arrest before trial, and
quashing the proceedings, ordered to be instituted by
a Superior Officer against an inferior ; and whether
this can be done by virtue of any precedent, where
the Suprethe Civil and Military Powers are vested in
one person. Agreeable to established military usage,
no doubt whatever can exist, but that Sir GEORGE
BARLOW (as was done by Lord CORNWALLIS in many
instances) might not only have caused the proceed-
ings of the Court Martial to be revised by the Mem-
bers, if he did not approve of the decision, but might

of

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MMINIONIOD •
We la4e to eerreit error ad article reapeiti4
64 we* of our Army in Portugal, given in the STA*
of Thuriday. The nuMbert; by ion* agitate in
transcribing irons Our dOrresii6ndent's legit; Were
joined to wrong iiarticillars The follosiing is the
correct statement
The Mini originally wai
There remained fit for that -

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- spot,

By the average of weekly returns foe imomb,iise
number of sick and wounded was - - 6,600
The firiciatti therefore was - 13,000
Captain LEFEDVEN'S troop of Honie
which was ordered yesterday to march from Canter-
bury this morning for Portsmouth, to embark for Por-
• tugal, received a counter-order at ten last night to re-
main till further orders. Two more troops; Captain
R; MACDONALD'S and
,Cgptaill JAMES W. Smiles,
destined for the same seriricei are also made subject
to the same order.

The detachment Of the 82d Regiment, which had
been landed at Deal front Walcheren, marched from
thence on Wednesday, on its route by the Royal Mi-
litary Canal, to join the Regiment-at Lewes.
Lieutenant-Colonel tiALBIAC, or the 4th Dragoons,
arrived at Falmouth on Friday from Lisbon. He
has been obliged to return to England for the reco-
very of his health;
A detachment of the Royal African Corps, con-
sisting of 14 Officers and SOO men, under the com-
mand of Major CmsnotAt, is on the eve of sailing for
the coast of Africa. They are on hoard the Corn-
wallis and Crisis transports, now at Spithead.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH DOCK, JANUARY 11.
Arrived the Swedish ship Neptunus, ANDRELAWD
master, from St. tTbes, last from Lisbon, laden with
salt, bound to this port for orders; sailed from Lisbon
the 10th ult. in company with a fleet under convoy
of his Majesty's ship Comus ; parted company, eight
days since, in a severe gale.--Also arrived the CESAR*
80 guns, the ACHILLE, 80, and the IMPETUEUX, 74,
from Portsmouth ; the PICKLE brig of war from Lis-
bon ; the PLovEn sloop, from a cruise off Scilly; and
the Brunswick, from Quebec,.with timber for the
Dock-yard at this port ;it blows a gale at S. with ,
heavy rain, and din consequence of her missing stays,
she got on shore on Drake's Island ; but it being low►
water at the time, hopes are entertained that she will
be got off with little damage when the tide flows.—
The master of the Caledonia timber ship, which.,
foundered at sea on her outward-bound voyage about
three weeks since, came home in the Brunswick. The
PLOVER, whose arrival I have noticed above, sailed from
this port on Friday last, and since that time has taken
Hine French brig privateer, of 18 guns (14 mounted),
which she has brought in with her, and safely moored
in Stonehouse Pool : she has also retaken two valuao
ble ships, which were seen standing round Penlee
Point for this port about an hour since, one of them,
I understand, is the Pomone, laden with timber, from
Nova Scotia ; and the other a homeward-bound mer-
chantman.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.
Arrived his Majesty's ships CoURAGEAUX, MARLIN).
ROUGH, and PEAcOcK gun-brig, from the Eastward ;
RAPID schooner, from Guernsey ; ROYAL OAK, and
DENMARK men of war, OWEN GLENIN3I.I4 COQUETTE,
and TYItIAN sloops of war, horn offtherburgh.
DOVER, JANUARY 12.
The CHEROKEE sloop of war has captured and scat
in a very fine French privateer mounting 18 guns.
DEAL, JANUARY 12.
Sailed this morning the Ocean, Wexford,-and Win-
, chelsea East-Indiamen, for the East Indies ; also the
whole of the outward-bound, under convoy of his
Majesty's ship ORIEL, for Portsmouth.—Wind E.

YARMOUTH, lAN. ti.

with three merchantmen • she parted
companyslo
Arrived this morning from the Baltic the BLossou
fog a few days ago with die remaining
so
and about 4.06 merchantmen, out of
ips o
of w
w i
naa
rr a ,
which 170 are prizes to the ships under the command
of Sir JAIkES SAUMAREZ, and are hourly expected.—
The ships remain as per yesterday.
HARWICH, JANUARY it.
Sailed the Prince of Wales packet, Captain MAscox for Get-
tenburgh, with mails of the loth inst. Arrived the Lord Nebsa
packet from Heligoland, with mails and passengers: no news de
importance. The Beaufoy packet, Captain Notais, sailed from
Heligoland with mails (Ist inst.) on Saturday last, along with die
Lord Nelson, and she is expected in the course of this evades. 1
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Gm AVESZieneLs N. 12.—Arrived the Sira, Cryan, from the Rm. ,
ails; and the Christopher, Banda, from Seville.—No
'he Nautilus, of Leith, bound to Gottenbutgh, is
taken and carried into Norway.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE-HiS Excellency the
PERSIAN AMBASSADOR visited this Theatre, last niget;
to witness the performance of the Tragedy of
Lear, and the Pantomime of Harlequin Pedlar. The
instant the doors were opened, the pit and galleries
were filled to excess ; and, on the rising of the cur-
tain, with the exception of a few private boxes, there
was not a vacant seat in the house. Just as the Play 1
commenced, his Excellency entered the tenth private
box, on the King's side, accompanied by Sir GORR
OUSLEY, and another Gentleman. Such was the
attention of the audience to the stage, that he was not
recognised until the end of the first act, when he was
hailed with three distinct rounds of applause. He
was extremely attentive to the scene, and appeared
highly delighted with the performance throughout,
frequently conversing with his companions, one of
whom held a book in his hand, and appeared to be
explaining the business of the stage to him. At the
end of the Play, Mr. KEMELE paid hisrespects tohim
in the box, and in a few minutes retired. The see.
nery, music, dancing, and variety of changes, with
which the Pantomime abounds, appeared to afford
his Excellency much delight. He retired through
the door in Prince's-square, Hart-street.

OLD BAILET.

Yesterday Susannah Gernin stood capitally indicted
for uttering divers Bank Notes of £l, knowing the
same to be false and forged.
The prisoner was an old woman of 77, and lived

at No. 2, New-court, Peter-lane, Cow-cross, in the
parish of St. Sepulchre's. On Saturday the 21st of I
December last, she went to the shop of a Mrs. Clarke
• in the neighbourhood, and having purchased several'
articles, tendered a £1 note for payment. The shop-
man, John Croker, ou giving the change, asked what
name he should put upon it, as it was his usual
practice to mark the notes he received. The prisoner,
after some hesitation, said she received it from a new
married couple in the neighbourhood, but did not
know their names ; she would return, however, and
tell him the name and address, which she accordingly
did. On the Thursday following she came again to
the shop and offered to take it 'back, paying down
eighteen shillings, and peurnising to bring the two
shillings on the following day, as they seemed to
doubt the goodness of the note. They refused to re-
turn the note till she brought the other two shillings,
which she did on the day following. Their suspi-
cions, however, being excited by the apparent anxi-
ety of the woman to have the note returned, they
still retained it, and applied to the Bank to ascertain
whether it was forged. In consequence of this appli-
cation, the note being ascertained to be a forgery,
Thomas Glover, one of the Inspectors, went with an
off cer of the name of Ford to the lodgings of the
prisoner, whom he found there along with her hus.
band, who was a watchman. It had been previously
discovered that the prisoner had disposed of a note of
the same kind, at the -hop of a Mr. Osborne, which
had come also to Mr. Glover's knowledge.
On being interrogated by Mr. Glover and the Of-
ficer, the prisoner said she had found the notes, and
knew nothing farther of them. Her husband said
she was wrong not to tell the truth, for it was he that
had found the notes, and that she had received them
from him. The officer, on this, searched the person
of the prisoner, and found about her six or seven
seven-shilling pieces, and some silver. They took the
prisoner and her husband into custody, and locking
the door of their apartment, carried them to the office
for examination. They lived in the second floor of a
house possessed by Joseph Peirce, with other lodgers
on the first floor. These corroborated the circumstance
of the door having been locked, and stated that no
admission to it had been obtained till the return of the
officer and Mr. Glover. When the latter returned
to search farther the prisoner's lodgings, they found
concealed in the chimney eleven £1 notes, and four
£2 notes, all forged, and of the same date, from the
same plates, and having the same signature. They
found also a number of dollars, and nearly a thou-
sand halfpence, to the amount of above £a-9. This
money was concealed under a saucepan, covered
with some ohl clothes. In his examination, the hus-
band, Michael Gerain, had stated before the Magis-
trate that he had found the notes in question in St.
James's, Church-yard, Clerkenwell, which was part
of his beet as watchman, and not finding that they
were advertised, had given two of them to his wife
to dispose of.
These circumstances being all proved by the seve-
ral witnesses, the prisoner said in her defence that she
had received the notes from her husband, who had
found them, and called her landlady, Mrs. Peirce,
and another lodger in the house to speak to her cha-
racter. These witnesses gave her the character, as far
as they ha I observed, of a sober, honest woman.
The Jury, however, brought in their verdict—
Guilty—Death.
Michael Gerain was then brought to the Bar, and
indicted for having in his possession divers Notes,
purporting to be of the Bank of England, knowing
them to be forged.
The Court stated, that nn circumstances having
transpired during the last trial that could involve the
prisoner in uttering these notes, it was for the Jury
only to determine, whether he had them in his pos.
session, knowing them to be forged, which was not
like the former, a capital offence, though subject to
very heavy punishment. A great part of the former
evidence having been recapitulated, and the declara-
tion of the prisoner before the Magistrate read, the
Jury, without much deliberation, brought in their ver-
dict—Gailty.
G. Warner was indicted for stealing in the dwell.
ing.hotne of J. Clarke 15 guineas and nine RI notes,
the property of O'Brien. The priioner and
prosecutor were fellow-workmen to Mr. Brodie, an
iron-founder, and fellow-lodgers in the house of J.
Clarke, in Milford lane, Strand. On the !lst of Oc-
tober they went out at six in the morning, to work,
and at one in the afternoon, the prisoner returned to
his lodging, where, having staid a few minutes, he
went away. A short time after, the prosecutor re-
turned, and missed his money. When the prisoner
was apprehended, some time after, there was nothing
found on him which the prosecutor could swear to,
except the handkerchief in which the money was
wrapped. In defence, the prisoner said the handker-
chief was given to him by the prosecutor ; but this
the prosecutor positively denied. Guilty—Death.
THEFT, DELUSION, AND CREDULITY.
Margaret Conners and Richard Conner: were charg-
ed with a capital felony, in stealing in the dwelling-
house of Joseph Iredall, in King-street, Soho-square,
. three gowns, two pair of sheets, and a variety of ar-
ticles, to the value of more than Os. the property of
Mary Anderson.
The prosecutrix, a simple looking young woman,
stated that she kept a mangle ; in the month of May
last the female prisoner, who was then unmarried,
came to lodge with her, and continued with her for
some time. She afterwards assisted her to remove
to a different house in the same street, where the pri-
soner again came to live with the prosecutrix. Short-
ly after she came to live with her the second time,
the prisoner told her that she wished to try some
experiments. She accordingly began by laying the
poker and shovel under the bed during the night ;
then cut out rings of cloth, which she placed in sand
with sothernwood, and figures cut outin paper, which
she placed on the chimney-piece. After this she
ma.le a cake, prepared in a particular manner, and
broth, into which she put certain powders, and gave
to the witness to eat. One night a knife was thrown
at the witness from the opposite side of the room
• where the prisoner and she were sitting, • which the
prisoner informed her had been dose by the spirit of

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This was on the evening of the Sth or 9th of August.
The prisoner went to the window, and talked as if sbe
had been conversing with some one, but the witness
saw no body. She cut some bread and cheese, put
it on a plate, and held it out as if some third party
had been present to partake of it. She then desired
the witness to look on the wall, which she did, when
she saw on it the figure of a man about the size of a
large cat. When in bed, the prisoner again desired
the witness to look towards the wall, when she saw
the figure of a man faiudy upon it. The witness
asked the prisoner what he wanted ? when she infor-
med her that if she would lay some of her things out
of her trunk, he would let her know. The witness
rose out of bed, iznd being greatly alarmed, laid a
number of things out of her box, all of which were
gone in the morning. The prisoner made a noise for
a considerable time while this was going on, as if
some person was strangling her. The witness did
not see any of these things again till some time after-
wards, when she saw the prisoner wearing them.
The articles which she saw the prisoner wearing were
I not disguised or altered in any manner. When the
witness noticed this circumstance, the prisoner said
the apparition had told her she must wear them, and
that the witness must-consent to it, for if she said any
thing against it, she was to be turned into some dif-
ferent shape. The prisoner so completely deluded
the witness that she believed she had it in her power
to do every thing she said. The man prisoner lived
in the house, and had been in the witness's room
that very night; but she could not distinguish if he
was the apparition. It appeared liker to the shadow of
a man than to the substance. He told the wimps on
one occasion that he had carried off some of her pro-
perty on the 2d of October. The articles which she
had lost were casried off ar• many various times. She
did net see him in the room, however, at the time al-
luded to in the mantis of August, nor did she know
of any thing that he did that night.
On her cross-examination by Mr. SNAPP, the wit-
ness said, the man prisoner had one paid his ad-
dresses to her, and had since married the woman pri-
soner, but she was not angry on that account, nor
would have been sorry at their marriage, if they had
let her property alone The woman prisoner conti-
nued to live with her eleven weeks after the 9th of
August.
James Bligh, an officer, stated, that when the pro-
secutrix told him her story, he went to the house of
the prisoners along with another officer, and carried
them, and all the property he could find which the
prosecutrix claimed as hers, before a Magistrate.—
The woman prisoner pressed sadly to have it hushed,
and that she would make every thing right ; but the
witness told her it was a felony, which he could not
compound.
James Noble, another officer, confirmed this state-
ment.

Mr. Justice CIIAITISRE did not put the man on his
defence. though he confessed the suspicion was strong
against him, but men were not to be found guilty of
felony on suspicion. The story was a very strange
one, but credulity would lead some people a great
sway, and it was impossible to say what effect it
might have on a weak and uneducated woman like
Mary Anderson. If by any fraudulent contrivance,
a person was induced to open a box in which his pro.
perty lay, and to spread it out, and the property was
taken away, that was, in point of law, a felony. The
prosecutrix had been credulous in • the extreme, but
still she was to be protected by the laws of the coun-
try. As to the capital part of the charge, that must
be discharged from the consideration of the Jury, it
not appearing, that on the evening laid in the indict-
meat, property to the amount of 4.05. had been car-
ried off. The Jury would judge if they gave credit
to the story of the prosecutrix, in which case they
would find the woman prisoner guilty of stealing.
The Jury accordingly found the woman prisoner
Guilty of stealing thirty-nine shillings—and the man,
Not Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.
John Evans, for stealing five pieces of ribbon, the prop. sty of
Ann Smith. _ _

Eleanor Waters, for stealing 14 yards of cotton, the property
of Benjamin Marshall.
Andrew Leader, for stealing several articles of (wearing ap-
parel, the property of John Venner.
Charles Bailey, for stealing two deer-skins, the property of R.
and S. Savage ; and
J. Howard, for stealing ss. in halfpence, the property of J.
Watk in son. _ .

The following were acquitted, viz.
Win. Wellington, James Elwes, Thomas Williams, and Isaac
Green.

SURREY SESSIONS, JANUARY 11.

The Court was occupied through the whole of this
day and yesterday, in hearing an appeal in which J.
Carr, carter to Mr. Maunders, of Bermondsey, was
appellant ; and Thomas Mitchell, farmer of the tolls
on the Bermondsey-road, was respondent, against
a conviction for having passed Grange-gate, with
a cart and three horses, without paying the toll.—
It appeared, that among the exemptions contained in
an Act passed in the 43d of his astjesty for regu-
lating the tolls on this road, was one exempting car-
riages laden with manure from.paying. Till within the
last IS months, empty carts actually going tofetch ma-
nure were considered as coming within the meaning
of the Act ; since that time, however, it had been
suggested to the respondent that such carriages were
net exempted ; therefore, unless the cart actually
contained manure, the collector was ordered to en-
force the payment —Mr. Maunders, however, direct-
ed his servant not to pay, and in consequence of his
refusing he was convicted, and fined 40s. ; against
this conviction an appeal was made, which came on
at the Ryegate Sessions ; when Serjeaat Shepherd
was retained for the appellant, and after an hearing
which occupied nearly two days, the conviction was
quashed. The respondent, however, not being satisfied
again summoned the appellant for passing the gate
on the 29th of December last, without paying, and
the conviction at present appealed against took place.
After an attentive hearing, which took up two days,
the la -t conviction was confirmed by a full Bench of
Magistrates. Thus, after expending upwards of
£3OO in discussing this question, Mr. Maunders is
placed precisely in the same situation in which he
originally stood.

Tuesday afternoon, between live and six o'clock,
whilst a cart, loaded with various articles of house-
hold furniture, was passing along Norton Falgate,
some thieves stole out of it a bed, blankets, and coun-
terpane, with which they made their escape.

• , , . Ilidtben9VAßtilit7 w" ' r
,
INSPECTOR'S RETURN AT UXBRIDGE, lan.. U. •
Wheat per toad .. 221. Os. to nt. Qs.
Maley, per quarter 245. .—d. to 481. ....-d.
Oats 245. —d. to 1191. ....d.
Beans 455. —d. to 645..—d.
Peas 645. —d. to Sus. —'d • I
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
ST. j A M EeS. WIIITRCuAPEL.
Hay 41. 4s. to 61. IN. Hay 41. 10s.. to 61. Os
Straw 21. as. to 21. 17s Clover 61. 10s. to 71. 7s
Straw 21. 4s. to LA 12s

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD.
Meadow Hay SL Os. to 61. Os. Clover SL Os to 7L Os
New ditto 01 00s. to 01. 00s. Rawl's. 21. lOs to 41. Os
Straw 11.165. to 21. Is.
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET.

RAO& POCOZTi.
Bent.
0. lOt. to 61. Os. Kent 41. 15$. to 71. Os.
Susses 31. los. to 41. 10s. Sussex 4L Os. to 51. Os
SMITHFIELD MARKET, January It.
To sink the Offal per stone of Sib.
Beef 4s. 4d. to 6s. 4d. Veal 4s. 114. to 6s. ild
Mutton ss. 4d. to 6s. 6d. Pork 6s. Od. to 7s. id
HEAD Oi CATTLE THIS OAT.
Beasts, about 730--Sheep and Lambs, 3,400.
Calves,.loo—Pigs, 270. •
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET.

Per stone of ilib.by the unease.
Reef Ss. ad. to St. Od. Veal 41. 4d. to 6s. 4d
Mutton 4s. ed. to Ss. 4d. Pork 6s• Od. to 7s. 4d
Lamb Skins, Os. Od. to Os. Od.—Sheep Skins, Ss. 6d. to eft- Od.
RAW HIDES.

Best Heifers and Steers (per Ot*nary Ils. 6d. to Os. od.
stone) Ss. Od. to Ss. 2d. Market Calf 14s. Od. each.
Middlings 2s. 4d. to 2s. Bd. English Horse 14s. to 16s. Gd
PRICE OF LEATHER 1N LEADENHALL MARKET.
21d. 220. Calf Skins
Butts 345. 408
Ditto 23d. 2441 Ditto 348. S9s
Merchants' Backs 19id. 204 d. Ditto 265. 32a
Dressing Hides led. 19d. Small Seals Ss. od. Ss. 2d
Fine Coach Hides 19d. 20411. Large ditto IGOs. 130 s.
Crop Hides for cutt.l94d. 224. Tanned Horse Hides 19d 20441
Ditto 1741. 190. Goat Skins 00s. 00s