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TIIF, EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, APRIL 24.
EASTER TUESDAY.—Haday at the Public Offices.

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Yesterday morning, a heavy firing was heard at
7)3ver and the neighbourhood, from the French coast ;
',1,1t the weather being hazy, it has not. been ascer-
-:tined whether it 'vas occasioned by any rejoicing, or
any of our cruizers getting within range of the
l'rench batteries.

The American ship Adelaide has arrived at Liver; I
poi, after a voyage of thirty days,-from New York,
brings advices ten days later than the former
accounts. We believe that there is no prospect of
:4ny determination being had upon Mr. Macon's Bill,
until the temper of this country should have been
ascertained from the contents of Mr. PlNcxxEy's dis-
patches, transmittid in the John .Adams. The gene-
Al opinion in the United States was, that Congress
:could he prorogued at the commencement of the al-,-
14oaching month.

We have received Portuguese Papers to the lOth
Instant, from which wz., subjoin some extracts. They
tre the less interesting, as we have before announced
receipt of private letters to the 17th.
LISBON, APRIL to.
By a letter from the head-quarters in Chavis, dated
the 31 bt ult. the following intelligence has been re.

" Ror.quillo, March 27, 1810."

PARIS, APRIL. I:.

There will be an extensive promotion and a diplo-
matic audience to-day at Compiegne. Several of the
Ministers set out for that place yesterday morning.
We are assured that his Majesty's excursion to
Saint Quintin is deferred.

aeived :
" Since the 23d instant, Astterga is formally in- . COMPEIGNE, APRIL F.
vested by a force consisting of from 10 to 12,000 Friday his Majesty hunted on horseback. The stag
men, commanded by Jnnot. On the 15th some was killed in the river, after having crossed it two or
skirmishes took place, the result of which was fa- three times. Her Majesty the Empress, followed the
%flaw tisk to the Spaniards. It appears that General chase in her open chariot, accompanied by the Lady
Malty is advancing to succour Astorga, but all the in waiting, several of her female attendants in car-
troops in Galicia are not very numerous. ridges, and equerries on horseback. In the evening
" Don Antonio Arse, Captain General of Astoria, the play of the Cid was performed in the new gallery
has preceded to Eadajos, and the few troops who by the company from the French Theatre. '!'alma
are in that principality are commanded by. General performed the principal character.
Ponte. The Marquesito (a Spanish partizan) endea- Yesterday their Majesties took an airing in the
yours to collect a small force, but the whole track forest. In the evening Pkettra was performed—leAa-
of country, as far as the river Narcea; is occupied by demoiselle Duchesnois displayed extraordinary abili.
the French. On the left banks of • the
,Douro small * tics ; she was well supported by Damas and Saint-
p ties of the enemy's troops continue now and then Rix. The company will perform Andromache and
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to make their appearance." i IBritaenicue, and then make room for the performers
BADAJOZ, APRIL 4.
from the Comic Opera, who will give several succes-
Reynier's division, composed of 6000 foot and WO ;
sive representations.
horse, arrived in Merida on the 2d- instant, and on I
Their Majmies, the King and Queen of West-
the following day moved from thence in the direction
• phalia, the King and Queen of Naples, their High-
of Villa Nova de la Serena, whither it W:l3 to pro-
nesses the Enke of Wurtzbureh9 and the Princess
eted by forced marches. The light troops of the e.
Borehese, are arrived, and have taken up their resi-
van-guard of Ballasteros' army arrived on the Ist 0
der, ce in the Imperial Palace. The Vice-Roy and
instant in Azuailoollas, from which place the Corn-
Vice Queen of Italy, and the Grand Duchess of Tus.
wander, Don J. Vallodaus, sent an official intimation ,cuty, are exaected.
to the University of Seville to have the next day
3°oo rations in readiness for the use of the Spanish
army, which is on its march to that capital —On the
27th of last month 4000 French marched from Se-
ville to Chapatro, where the head-quarters of the
Freech are established, which is opposed to that of
Ballasteros, whose head-quarters are still in Ron_
In La Mancha are several flying parties,
some of them of considerable strength, which greatly
harass and molest the enemy's troops.
Letters are this moment received from Seville, of
the 30th ult. which contain the following intelli-
gence: 46 In this capital, and its suburbs, snore than
2000 French have met their fate ; in Quintellana the
militia of the province arid some flying parties, were
lately engaged with the enemy, whose loss was con-
siderable. Mortia informed the Municipality that he
should, perhaps, order the bridge to be broken down.
Joseph Bonaparte has returned to Carolina. It is said
that Victor is on the point of leaving the hie of Leon
for Corunna."
APRIL 6.—General Ballasteros has transmitted the
following report to his Excellency the Marquis
Romana
" Most Excellent Sir—On the 24th instant, after
the first division of Estramadura had formed a joist.-
tion- with me, I determined to attack the enemy in
St. Olalla, marching in different columns,• one of
which put itself in motion on the 24th at night, anti
the other on the 25th, at break of day ; but the
weather became so tempestuous, that el found myself
obliged, at two o'clock in the morning, to suspend
the march. At eight o'clock, the weather clearing
up a little, I put my corps again in motion for
Olalla, where I arrived at half past two, and learned
that the enemy had marched at seven o'clock Inr
Ronquillo, with a forie composed of 2,500 foot and
590 horse. 'Being desirous to come up with him, I
ordered the light parties to reach Ronquillo the same
evening, and to begin harrasssing the French ; while
1, with the rest of my corps, advanced within two
leagues distance from that place, where I halted.—
The three flying parties, commanded by Don Filipe
Vila-nit, Don Luiz Canal, and Don Jaime Botler,
opened their fire at ten o'clock at night, and conti-
nued it until six o'clock in the morning, when I arri-
ved. At nine o'clock, the firing having continued
mithcrat intermission, the enemy bega..'eo retreat.—
Being closely --pursued as far as Rio Huilla, he
halted, and engaged our advance& parties, which
being supported by the regiment of Congar, COM-
'inanded by Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Degar (the
Colonel having the command of a Colonel), and othrr.
cl:mhm:nts of different corps, which fought in line

PAMPELUNA, MARCH co.
Mina, who was at the head of one of the most nu-
merous bands that infested Navarre, was yestei day
wounded and carred by one of our moveable columns,
before General Duf,,ur, Governor of the Province.

TRIESTE, MARCH 2n.

We have received very satisfactory advices from
Corfu. Since the late fruitless &bat kation of the '
English, they have made no further attempt against
that island, the garrison of which is in a very respec-
table state of defence. The English have not a suf-
ficient number of troops to enable them to make a
successful descent. General Stuart, the Commander
in Chicf, being unwilling to weaken the defence of
Sicily, has refused to give Admiral Martin a few bat-
talions which he applied for. On the other hand,
the blockade of the island, by the English men of
war, is not so strict as to prevent all communication

with it.
In consequence of the number of robberies com-
mitted on the road between this place and Fiume,
the Governor-General has issued an order, rendering
the Communes responsible for the restitution of the
property taken from travellers, and directing that two
horses shall be taken from the Commune where any
robbery or assassination is committed, for every indi-
vidual attacked, and that they shall be confined in
our citadel until the culprits are delivered up to abide
the sentence of a court martial. The bodies of the
culprits are to be hung :a chains on the highway.
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VIENNA, MARCH 30.

The latest ad vices from Turkey state, that the Rug-,
sians were preparing to attack :he Turks near Nissa,
and important results were expected. The combined
Russian and Servian army was daily augmenting by
a prodigious number of deserters from the Northern
provinces of Turkey.
FRANKFORT, APRIL 7.

The ccrdon of troops forming on the maritime
frontier of the North, from the mouth of tl:e Ems to
that of the Elbe, will be forthwith reinforced by seve-
ral French and Westphalian regiments.
According tiiletters from Hanover, the greater.
part of the troops that have been for some time past
quartered in that city and the environs, have actually
received orders to set out for the coasts, and have be-
gun their march for Bremen.
None of the French corps from the Banks of the
Inn and Danube have hitherto moved down to the
coasts ; but orders are daily expected from Paris, to
regulate the definitive posit►ons which they are to
occupy.

HANOVER, MOCH 29.
Tiv. Imperial Commissary, aad Director• General

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for three hours together with ate Inmost intrepidity of the Extraordinary Customs, has published a noti-
and valour; they kept their ground, and the enemy fication respecting the provisional measures he is
found it altogether impossible to regain one single inch charged to adopt for the administration of the cus-
of the territory which has just been relieved from his toms in the Duchy of Lauenburgh, in as much as by
scourge. In this state of things I discontinued the pur- virtue of the first article of the Treaty of Cassel,
suit,because my troops stood much in need of food and which is explanatory of the Treaty
of of Paris of the
of some repose. The ground gained by hard fighting 14th of January, 1810,
the Duchy Lauenburgh is
is still in our power, and I did not retrograde an excepted from the cession made of the Hanoverian
inch. The enemy's advanced parties are in sight of territories to the King of Westphalia, and will con-
mine. All the troops under my command are in the tinue to be administered in the name, and for the ac-
highest spirits worthy of the Spanish name, and con- count of his Majesty the Emperor of the French.
tinually desirous to engage the enemy, whose loss in BERLIN, MARCH 31.
the above engagement was considerable. Ours can- 1 The re part is revived of his Majesty intending
not as yet be ascertained, as I have not yet received shortly to make an excursion to Silesia. The time of
the returns from the different corps. Brigadier-Ge- his setting off is not yet exactly fixed. It is, however,
neral Don J. S. de Contraras, Commander-in-Chief supposed that his Majesty will satisfy himself, for the
of the first division of Estremadura, contributed much Present, with visiting Breslau, and that he will not go
to the success of our operations by the prudence and to Upper Silesia. The Queen will accompany her
energy he displayed on the occasion, and which are august spouse upon this occasion, as well as in his
worthy of the highest praise. (Signed) journey to Paris.
"F. BALLisTEROs." In consequence of the order issued on the 6th in-'
stant by the police of this city, prohibiting the circu-
s— lation and reading of " The Bee," seals have been
A private letter from Paris, dated the 13th instant, put upon all the copies found in the bands of book-
repeats, that the common topic of conversation in sellers, and in reading-rooms, and the owners have
that city was, the re-establishment of a general peace, been compelled to make oath that they will not suffer
through the mediation of the Emperor of AUsliiiA. ;single copy to be circulated. .
The following are eztracts from Paris Papers to CONSTANTINOPLE, MATCH 1.
the 15.,11 iastant : j Tile first stone of the immense building, properly
called the Porte (the gate) has been just laid with the
usual ceremonies. This building, it is known, was
burned by the Janissaries. Under its ruins were bu-
! tied that bold and enterprising man, Mustapha Bai-
ractar, the mainspring of the revolution undertaken
to re-establish the Sultan Selim, which proved fatal
to that Prince.

SCHWERIN, MAkCH s'

The military conscription proceeds regularly in our
duchy ; but the exceptions are too numerous, and the
persons at the head of the recruiting department ton
indulgent. It has as yet been only applied to the la-
bouring peasantry—a regulation which will no doubt
he soon changed.
Our Government, on receiving intelligence of the
sailing of the English fleet for the Baltic, dispatched
commissaries to Wismar and Wagemunde, to M-
I quire into the means of defending these ports, in case
they should be attacked by the enemies of the Conti-
nent.
The system relat'nt! to the non-admittance of sus-
pected vessels is exeeuted here with more rigour, if
I possible, tnan in tlic. t eighbouring States. Sugar and
coffee have almost entirely disappeared.

Letters from Morlaix, received yesterday, commu-
nicate the arrnizd at rt, and departure _r Paris,
of Messrs. M'KENzir. And DicKiNsoN; who sailed some
time ago from Plymouth to negeciate an exchange of
prisoners of war. They also add, that they were re-
ceived with every mark of respect on their landing,
and proceeded on their journey to the capital without
meeting with the least difficulty or delay.
A Gentleman was on Change yesterday who has
just arrived from Lima. At the time he left Peru,
the discontents in the interior of the Colonies had been
entirely suppressed. About twelve millions of dollars,
in three Spanish ships of war, were on their voyage
to Old Spain. The Alp,esiras, which was the richest
of them, had left Vera Cruz, and might be daily ex-

pc ted Euiope.
Letters have been received from Buenos Ayres of
the (44111 January, by a vessel arrived in the Downs.
It arpeart by these that there is no truth in the late
:If:comas received from Monte Video of the Viceroy
CisxEuos orderii4 ali foreign vessels, without excel):
don, to depart, and that a proclamation to that effect
was about to be issued. On the contrary, the greatest
harmony subsisted baween the Governor and the
English, who were there'!)u commercial affairs, and
the different cargoes landed were selling off at very
good prices. The new Governor seems to be extremely
popular; he is using every rqthod to conciliate the
I people. He entered upon his government with very
disheartening prospects ; the troops iv ere quite naked,
and had not received any pay fur some time ; not a
1 single dollar in the treasury ; no replations whatever
; as to commerce, bales. of goods
,being landed on the
, coast without paying the least duty ; and in an open
state of warfare with the interior, from whence he de-
rived his supplies. Many salutary replitlations had
however been already adopted, to the generaitiatis-
faction of the people, and no doubt was entertained
of his being able to carry into execution the whole'oc
1 his excellent plans. _ _

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Letters from Konigsburg, of the 9th instant, state,
that in pursuance of the system to be adopted throUgh
out the Baltic, the Court of Denmark has issued a
Decree, which is to be enforced with the utmost
rigour, ordering that no neutral vessel laden with co-
lonial produce shall be allowed to pass the Sound,
or to land her cargo on the Danish territory; which
shall not have come from some port of America, or
direct from the West India Islands.
The Master of an American vessel, which has been
condemned at Christiansand in Norway, arrived in
Town ye'sterday. He states, that between forty and
fifty American vessels had been seized in Norway, and
were in course of adjudication. The slightest pre-
' texts were made use of to cover these piracies. Some
vessels were seized because they had been overhauled
1 by British cruizers ; others for irregularities in their
papers ; and in one instance a vessel was condemned
because the supercargo was empowered to dispose of
a share in her to any American citizen resident' at
Riga. A vast number of privateers were fitting out
in the ports of Norway.
A letter from on board a transport in the harbour
of Messina, dated February 5, says--,, We have had
1 dreailful weather here, and at Malta nine ships sunk
lin the harbour. On Friday night last three ships ran
1 on shore here, and were dashed to pieces : there were
200 women 'on board one of these ships, who were
t going up to Ceuta to their husbands : fortunately they
l were all saved."