The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-27 00:00:00

" 116 d-quarters were, on the 7th instant, at (;al-
legoo." .

Wortley a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo-
reign Office.
The Board of Trade has come to a resolution in
favour of a strict adherence to the sth article of tne

Treaty of Commerce with Portugal, and has accord-
ingly recommended to Government,
" That notice should be given, that from and after the first of
July, ISt?, no wort shall be permitted to enter in any !ma of
Great Britain as a Portuguese vessel, unless the same shall have
been built in the eontithes belonging to his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent of Portugal, or in any of them, or snail have
been tams :ry any of the ships or vessels of war bclongine to
the Portuguese Government, or any of the inhabitants of the
dominions of his Royal Highness the Prince Rment of Portu-
gal, having commiwions or letters of marque and reprisal from
the Government of Portugal, and condemned as lawful prize in
any Coart of Admiralty of the said Portoguse Goverment, and
shall he owned by the subject* of his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent of Portugal, or any of them, and whfreof the Master,
and three-fourths of the mariners, at least, shall be sobjects of
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal."
It Is said that only six licences have been granted
by BONAPARTE, for the importation of silk into this
country. They are under the Sign Manual of the
Emperor, are all dated on the sth December, and
the privilege of export is confined to the ports of
Rouen and Havre de Grace. Three are granted to
each of these places. The quantity of silk to be
sent under each licence is limited to 25,000 kills-
grams, but this weight may be forwarded in two dis-
tinct voyages. The returns to be made are to be in
Russia produce, sail cloth, hemp, &c. and not to
a greater amount than the value of the silk; but it is
not a condition, that any returns should be made,
the ships sanctioned under the licences being at li-
berty to come back in ballast. Four American
ships at Gottenburgh, laden with tea, are said to
have obtained leave of BONAPARTE to forward their
cargoes to France. They will run the hazard of the
ice, and proceed to Copenhagen, from whence they
will cross over to Keil, and from the latter the ar-
ticle Kill be transmitted by land carriage to France.
The last di4rttches from Lord NV sta.iNwrort are
dated the Ist instant, from Freynada, u here his
head-quarters still were. It is said they announce
his Lordship's determination to advance aniast the
enemy; 1(4 it is reported, that in consequence of
the preparation and strength of the Allied Army,
MARMONT bad countermanded the march of a co-'
ltinin.on its way to reinforce SUCLIET. On the 28th
of December, the French army occupied a line ex-
tending from Toledo to Talavera. The French head-
' quarters were at the latter place—Avila, Momboltan,
'fietar, and other places had been fortified. General
BRY.NNIER was at Placentia. The central army
amounts to 42,000 men.
TUE POPE.—Upon the authenticity of the follow-
ing most important intelligence, though not mention-
ed in the London Papers, the public may confidently
rely :—His Holiness the POPE, having complied with
the wishes of BONAPARTE, by nominating to the va-
cant Bishoprics in France and its dependencies, has
been freed from all restraint, and granted a palace at
Parma in Italy.—[Freeman's Journal.]
A flattering account is given in the French Jour-
nals of the progress made in the manufacture of beet-
root sugar and woad indigo. The former, they say,
sells at 18 sous per lb.; and an expectation is held
out, that by improvements in the process of manu-
facture, itmay bereduced to 15 sous. To giveit pre-
ference in the market, it is announced that BONA-
PARTE intends to continuer for several years, the
heavy duties imposed on colonial sugar by the tariff
of the sth of August, 1810.
The will of the late Sir J. Stepney, Bart. who
died some months ago at Trieste, has at length been
proved, by which, to the astonishment of his rela-
tives, it appears that he has left his whole estate, of
more than 40001. per annum, equally between Earl
Xholmondelev and the Hon. Mr. Bennet. His eldest
son, now Sir Thomas Stepney, derives only 3001. per
annum, which, as property in settlement, legally
devolved to him.
On.Saturay a Coroner's Inquest was held on the
body of Mr. Fox, late clerk, at the house of Messrs.
Pellatt and Green, St. Paul's Church-yard. The
deceased left the office on Friday evening in apparent
good health, and was returning home, when he fell
down in Blackfriars-road, and was found lifeless.—
Under these circumstances the Jury returned a ver.
diet—Died by the visitation of God.
• Another fraud, we hear, has lately been disco-
vered by the Admiralty Board : it" chiefly relates to
the forging of the seaman's discharges, a practice
which, it is supposed, has been carried on to a great
extent. •
* Martial w-

extent.
Coen! mArriAL.--on Monday last, a Court Martial was as-
sembiod tin beast the Mesegleell, le the Downs for the trial of
Lieuterast tAmirlee Clarke Dtstoww._forrserlv CO-,mander of the
1:.6 Bta;v *l for a breech et the -tith article of war;
MI it tartColir the trial had not been insti-
tip the twelve menthe etter his arrival
l• she Act racikildell +pod/I•Wy enjoin',
lie
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