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London, England, 1811-04-16 00:00:00

no doubt accurately, to,lhititil,waltrof previsions. I
is acknowledged that on'tht Ist of 111 arch, the Frencll
army had only 15days supply-of biscuit, and-that it
was impossible to procure any further means of sub-
sistence. There appears also to have been i grea
want of shoes and clothing, and in addition to this,
the army had not been paid for six months.
The confession of the distress of the French army
forms a striking contrast with the boasts with which
the Illoniteur not long since.so lertiley teemed of the
great achievements it *was to exeente. Instead of
driving the English into the sea, and planting the'
French eagles on the walls of Lisbon, the Morateur
now, merely with all humility, draws a source of con-
solation from the recollection that the army of Portu-
gal has lived for siz months upon the resources of the
coantry, and that it hat at leasth go: into a good po-
sition, where it can be supplied with food anliclething.
But what this peararmy is co do after being refreshed
and newly clothed, the lifeuiteitr doe's not *mature to

anticipate.
The retreat is. italticho have been skilfully con-
ducted, and there appears no reason to doubt the as-
sertion. We must upon the whole do the Editor of
the Monikur (whoever that personage- may be) the
justice of acknowledging that his account of the re-
treat is fairer than could have been expected. The
fact, indeed, of the retreat he cou►d not conceal,. the
little victories with which lie has embellithld it, will
pass at the usual value of 'French literary currency,
the tone is certainly a subdu.ed one, and we never re-
collect to have observed the Ahniteur so meek and lowly
in its promulgation of military intelligence.
There are two ships in. -from Portugal to-day, the
one hai arrivekin.the River Thames, the Fortune,
WILLIAMS, frou►l.isbon ; we do not know her date of
sailing; the otheratDartmouth, the Blagdon,Wurrz,
from Viana, in ten days, (sailed the 4th inst.) and
brings an account that Massmy's army is reduced to
30000 men.

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By the Anbok Mj l of yesterday letters were re- I
ceived from St.. Petersbergh. to the recent date of the
20th ult. The eichange had unexpectedly risen to 14d.
an advance of about 18 per cent. in the course of the
last month. Troops and artillery continued to be for-
warded to the.Pplish frontier, and a war was not °ply
genera*, hot lOnalr and confidently talked of against
France. Mr.-Deoce hars.lately been arrested at Ham-
burgh, he having been.guilty of the offence of visiting
England : and also Mr: .lEataze, at Berlin, who-has
beep charged with the slouble crime of visiting Eng-
land, and writing in myiterions characters, commonly
tailed short hated.
Letters from the French coast, received yesterday ,
mention that the Government at Paris had resolved
not to ?rant any more licences allowing vessels to pro-
ceed,to England, unless one-third of the cargo is corn.
pesed of manufactured silk. The master is also to en-
ter into bonds, under heavy penalties, that he will re-
tar* to the harbour from whence-he cleared out, and
with the same number of seamen, excepting in the
event of the death of any of them. This arrangement
applies retrospectively to ships under former licences.
Government, we understand, yesterday refused to
Olicencer to any ports of the Baltic West of the
Oder.

• Accounts from the Caraccas to the Mho( reheat
ry state, that La Guira and Porto Cavallo were both
blockaded by a Spanish squadron from Porto itico.—
English vessels, however, were permitted to enter.
Great difference of opinion is said to preyail among the
insurgents, many of them Swishing to return to their al-
legiance.
The PRINCE REGENT, as we yesterday stated, dined
with the Duke of CUMBERLAND, at Kew, on Sunday.
During dinner, and afterwards till the party broke up,
the Duke of Cumberland's Band, and that of the Staf-
fordshire Militia, played a variety of tunes.
Mr. Wall, who kept a library opposite the Castle
Tavern, at Richmond, went on Sunday, with two of
his young children, and a female servant, to Kew-
green, to get a sight of the Prince Regent; but a very
short time before the Prince's carriage drove up he fell
down between his children, and was carried lifeless
into a neighbouring public house, where bis body was
kept till an Inquest was held on it.
The result of. the Meeting of the Commissioners at
the Town Hall,k Brighton, on Thursday evening, in
consequence of ihe ittot of the preceding. ight, as
stated in a formeiPaper,ivis, that a Memorial should
forthwith be presented to the Commander in Chief,
enclosing a request, that the South Gloucestershire
Militia should be removed from that town, and which
Memorial received various signatures from,che house-
keepers of die plaie during the progress of Friday,
and with which .the High Constable, by the mail-
coach, set off for London on Friday night, to present
it to the Commander in Chief.
BOXING E4TRAGILDIIIRRY....—II has been before stat-
ed, that by :pedal imiitsitien Molineux and Richmond
bad gone to Birnsinghattiot town where pugilism is
held in high estimatninstand whilst there, the crowds
assemblert'to see is man Of colour, who had become so
formidable amongst our native professors, was ex-
cessive. The pugilists, after having received the card:
of most men in the fancy 'at Birmingham, took a cir-
cuit to Nottingham, where setting-to was the order
of the day. This county boasted of being able to
produce a man who would box with any ene in the
kingdom ; and after the ebony professors had set-to
with some amateurs of consequence, a direct chal-
lenge was sent by this man, whose name is String, to
fight either of the Blacks. Here the honour of the
boxers was at stake ; and Molineux, at the request of
a gentleman amateur, offered to contend with the
countryman with the gloves, in a Fives-court form:
This amicable set-to was in a minute reversed, and
Molineux found himself engaged in actual battle with
a .man six feet in height, of proportionate strength
and make, and one who had milled the whole county.
A very sharp conflict ensued, and the exchange of
bits were awful, even with the gloves. After about
ten rounds, in which the Black had a decided advan-
tage in what Crib had over him (science) the Not-
tinghamshire champion gave inr after having been hit
• down aloost everyzond.

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