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cl. 14 KS'S ORDERS IN COUNCI i - s- Sdtvdsly mhf Gazette Coortths Q" Palace, th:24 tfjstExcdlant 'Majesty in Courv , ; Cll. . ' v. ' in Council pi vni? mu -y, fpi n lusij - LlUnd,to,be Subject tcrthe restrio-. " 'jenttoa si0cE.:4-"nS9rbu block tinoed fromfhi3 Majesty's former V the t ltiiof; November. ' 1 807 ; and LjrfvictrB have been received of, a cer tMoM areemeo entered into by tsty's r-vivoy iixurrjruiwiry wu ihui- lU&oicnuary'-- - m vmencaf wun ine- Unt ot tire unucw vDtaius, wnsreoy . jJl0r,d thut Mis iuajsty s urners m u'thP 7i!v Jaoa&ry -and ot the 11 to fcber, 1807, shall h$ withdrawn, so far. u,C(s,iic x',1'u .vw, ,.tr ; fiiereis, althougn tne sam provisional ,,nt u not such as was authorised- by ' t T ' Jj can approve, jit may already liava t),or may Happen, uiai pcrouiia, wmij aoftbc said United btates, may be lid Jince p. the1 sa.id provisional agree-. o enrage in trade with and to the 6aid l7j places ''of Holland, contrary to; and jiun of, the riStrisiiou imposed by the icFsot tiieyin ;ot January atia oi me Ksvembcr, 1807,) -as. el'.jrp by the jflhiaethof April last; His Majesty tr.to Trevcotjjany inconvenipceS; mat we from' the circumstance above recit leasediby and" with the 'advice of His jouocVli to order, and it is hereby ,cr l'haiths said 'several Orders sbatf be to, so hras is necessary for . the pro-r ofvesseJsof tno am united btates, so anJer the faith of thesaid provisional kDUiz; 1 Sat alter tns vui ciay ot !wtP0 vessels .of the United y StateBi M have cleared out between the 1 9th dkVand the 20th : of July Bstiing, isfdic.porst of Holland aforesaid, from lot of, the United SJates, shall be U or interrupted in hr voyage by tha pkrs of His Majesty's ships 6i privap aforesaid,' shall b? molested r inter ifftlie Commanders of any of His Ma te or privateers, unless such vesseF ive been warned not to proceed to arry1 waul HWilUUa l(V?uul Wlla isiiaii., iitMiding. such warning, be found" at. 'topioceed to any such port. iitis further ordered, that after the said P of June next no vessel of the said U. f which fehali have cleared out, or be Ntoany of the ports of Holland, from pr place n4 subject to the restricti- re said Order of thev2'6th of April f ttie notice of such provisional agree-.1 aforesaid, shall be molested or inter- f ifi her vova-e' bv the Commanders- of ships or privateers, provided !ssel shall have so cleared outprevious H notice of this Order at such place fce, or in defa-.dt ot proof of acta-. previous to the Uke pfnods of time oi tnis Urder, a& are hxed tor - uuiiyi, f Alia , , yiuvi" J1 Novembec,' 1807,' the Order J)th Hovenbtr, 180r, and of the 18th ?'8?8, at certain places and latitudes. niiQned, unless ; such vessel Mlall niftfornie'd of this Orderpn her voy-. llOt-iq ni-nri-ft-antffjrt of n an(l; shall, not withstanding such v atiem t - proceed - to any . such and the UtU. of. November, 1807; as altered tnost confu3;iotpwards 'iharantheaviog by the said Order of , the. Z Gift f April .last' .' ,;T'HeIiin(I '-: ien";:,five ; pieces r. ot cannonf t eight ' Provided also, that nothing; via jhi Drder l ammunition tstnbrUs, and p cOnUind shall extend, or be construed to ex- W 'The enem's lMs in kdled apd wounded in teiifl, to ptotect any. vessel hiclt shaU aiVemptJ this action has been verj: large, and they have to enter anv uortiactuailv' blockaded by;"any leftbeiihid them hi Oporto 700 sick and wound- otHis Maiestv's shins of war.,. '-rviv- ;;!.vi-'.,,-vJ.eu And the Right Honoui'able the IJords Com missioners of His fiajestys Treasury, His Majesty's, Principal Secretaries pf State, the 'Irdi,Comnirsioners of the ;Admiraliry,and tihe Judee of the Hilv Court of ' Admiralty, and the Judges tf the Courts of . Vice Admi' 'rally, are to vgive the neiJes,sary -j oirpcu ons, hertili a to. them may respectively 'ap-, pertain , v:vV?r-J' ' .. V,:-.' v . STEPH. COTTRIXL. ; ' VVAR PORTUGAL- j gxtrac't of a htttr Jrom Gen. Wellesley. -. ' - "Oporto, MajB :' My Lofd, I had the honot; to af pue your Tiot-dshipj.oo. the'Tth'jnst. that 1 intended that'; ibjearmy-' tiould 'inarch on the 9th from Coimbra, to di,sxssess the enem of Oporto. The advagl'f guatd - and the cavalry had marched ornheTth,.and the whole halted o the 8th, to afford time for Marsbfd '.jjerrei ford with his corps to arrive upon. tl;s Upper Donro. . . On the -10th in the morning, before da" ljghvtbe cavalry and advanced. guaid crosseti the Vouga, with the intention o surprise and cut off four regiments ff rreWch ctvalry, an.! a batfallion of infantry and ar'tillerjrjf canton ed at AllMeraria Nova and the1 neighlx ring villages about eight miles from thut river, inihe last of which wt,'failed ; but the su- i . -" j . i . j ners aim uuii" cannon irom inem ; unc in-.-advanced guard tpolr trp the position ol Oli viera. . ' ".' v On the arrival of the advanced guard at Vendas Neyos between. Santo litdor.do am Grijbn, they fell in with )e jt ut posts ot the .enemyA-advanctd guard, consis'tirig' of about four thousand infanfry, nfnd .some scjmacjioi.s of cavalry, stronglypbstedon the heights above .Grijon, their, front being coveted by wow apd broken ground. The enemy's. I:ft fl-Jtnk was turned by a movement well executed by Major General Murray, with Brigadier General Lpngworlh's brigade of the Hanove , rian Legion, whilst the 10th Portuguese -regiment of Brigadier .General Richard btewart'i' brigade attacked their right, and the riflemen of the. 5th, and the flank companies opthe 29th, 43d and 52d, of the same brigade, un der Major Way, attacked the infantry in the woods and villages in the 'Centre. Jbe attacks soon obliged the enemy to give way and the Hon. Brigadier-General. Chailcs Stewart led two iqitadror.s cf the 1 6th and 20th Dragoons, under the commai.fi of Major Blake, it is further ordered that no vessels of fed States, which sha'd have cleared ww port of America pt evious to the i next, for any other permitted aiifhsll during iier Voyage, have chang :Uition in consequence of infor- L f .1 . - ' ' ' 1 .v . 2 pwuiesaici provisional agreement, ana " rtl,-lf. ftf the -,ne.v. and deotrcved roanv T CttulT 7 , U Urn took many prisoners. J? . On the night qi the I Uh the enemy crossed the Douro, anMstro ed the blic'ge over that t fannbnt say do iroich in favor of the of ficers and "troops. They have, marched in 'four day's over- eighty imilei of most difficijlt coimtry, Lave guined many important pbsi-" tions and have engaged and ; defeatedrhree tlifierent bodies of the enemy's troops. -,'' ;. ' ; On'the ui ght" ti fie'r.'tne'. ' last'aVitioq,'. our" parties were kt tit, Out to trace t$e course of the enemy they Avri: blowing up their tum brils, .and" destroying their amuhition.; '.' .' - . In thejbattiea in PoituiQd previous to the. Ukmg of Opbrto, tlie - British had 42 killed, 1 65 wounded and -1 5 'missing.: " v ' 1 Names cf the. OHiiera" wounded in thebat tles in Portugalin Way, previous lo the re-' .taking',, of" Oporto-rieut. Gen. Page -lost his arm, but recoveViivji Cant; Hill, sliehtly wounded :!'Maer iiirvev. lost hi Tieht arrd' but dmrtg weH V capum. Hawker,' and 'Lieut., Snipe, dsgrdly ; Lieutenant Mor.agan, do y Major Erskme,' riight: v j captain Uinn'ir.g do ;' cepuin O wans, do : Lt. LoudersiMaj. buuihope, do ; r.aptein .M-eatman, do ; Maj. "Miij-ray, severely .jJjLt.,Han)lion) p; captain Li'.p'girclin, do,; Lu Tomkinson, do ; Lieut. Woodjiate, Uo. Oporto, May U. .'Return of Ordnance, A mmunition, and caiT;agvsfoar-poiindeh, one carnage gool i eigiit nc!,' i six inch ; French carsspns, 4 sei vireable, 36 unserviceable ; 000 batvtls. -f Eagliwa gunpowder;.00'00 hnglish peiiorityof the British cavalry' was evident j muikst'.cartndges ; round shot 2000 nine, thronhotit the day ; we took some.priso-l"i)undcrs, 236 1 tM'hts(.n pounders, 508 twelve . -j - it- ' .pounders. 656 eight poyndsrs, 508 four poun der?, -9j)')0 three pounders : shells 100 six inch, i.f.00 fjannel caitridgciitase thqtT120 six-inch howitzers, wheels good 8 guns, 0 howitzers, 18 carrs 60 handspikes, 12 tar raulin'j ; 30;v0 French fiints ; 100 stow macii ts ; 10' sptu.ges ; 30 copper ladles, ' G. HOW ART H. Brig. Gen. Royal Horse Artillery. 4 r . r nt Mftiestv is nle'aaed further to orr R't is ticrcK.. J u. 'iA co Of the 7tW of T N,.ISC7, as altered: by the said Or fr5.h of April last, shall also be PQfaras is necessary for the pro- ' ?11 dear "out to" any ports not declared. Frrm ' : !! betwzerrthe 9th : day of c P.-st day of July next ; provided n frothing that is contained in the Ktoi 4lll extendor be construed ;trayo5lUl3 to condemnation or dex ' lrom an . .. . . 9rds of the 7lh of Jaauary violation river. .' It was important, with a view to the ope rMions of Marshal Beriesfoi d that I shuldr cross the Douro immediately; and I had sent Majot General Murray in the morning with a battullion of the Hanoverian Legion, a squadron, of cavalry, ar(K tujix pounders to tntieavor. tor collect .oats, ard if possibL t oTross t helri v era t ( vin'tsrs-a bc'v: four jnr i i t s above Oporto ; and .1 had as many .boats as couldbe a-Jlected brougbt to tie i erry, im mediately above the towns of Oporto and Villa 4ova.x-'-. v -- U The ground on thiight bank of, the liyer at this ftny is proteCUd and commanded by the fire of cannon placed on jhe height cf Siena Convent at Vill Joya,udr tfxe 0 peared to be a gpod position for our5 troops on the rppoMle side of. the river, till they should be collected inefficient numbers. The enemy took ho notice of our collection of twatf or of the eriibarkatioii .of troops .till after the first batia)iion (the Buffs,) were land ed, and had taken up their position nndere command of Lieut, . Gen. ?agetr .on ihg op posite side of the river. ' They then commenced an, attack, upon f tTH-wTt WareeUyfeavalry, infantry, and artillery under the command jdT Marsh el I boult, wbieh tnat corps mon 8aiwi. - tainediill supported successfully by ;;the48th. and 66th regiments, belonging to Major Gen. Hill's brigade, and Portuguese bhttalliqn, and afterwards by the first battallion, of detach ments, belonging to Brig. Gen.. Richard Stew art's brigade- - 1 - Although the French made repeated, at lacks'upbn 'them',- they, made no impression, and at last Major Gevi. Murray Ijaving ap pearedon the enemy's-TefHanrbn his march from Ovintre, where he had crossed, and ' Lieut. General rSherbrooke, who by this time. . had availed himself of the enemy's t akess in ths town ot AiPorio, ana nan Douro ?t th ferry, between ttie towns of Villa Kov3uandOpbrto, having appeared jjpen , the rightiwith the bgftde of Guanls and the 29th Regiment, Che whoIe.TeHfcd in the ut- Ihuse of Litre!1?, My 25, Lord Sidmouift wished ""to be informed wbetVr it was mtenled to make any commu nications tsP&riianier.t respecting the state tf i.ur relations with America? ' Eail Bathur st saidv the negotiation being stdl pending, it was not intended to make any cetnmtinicatton to Purliainent. The arrange ment which had been er.te.rred into by bis ?.'.tjesty's minister in America and the Go-ver.-imun't i U12 United States was unauthor ized, the fevmer having made concessions v iihont denianding any of those conditions, tin- compliance "with which ought to have been made thsbusisif granting -such conces sions. V ' . Lord V.voii' asksd, if he was then to con skier the arrangement mane"by his "i'Virijestjr's Amistcr ia Amerkan"as v.lxlly upauthoris-: cdr . . IXrl liaihv.rnt answered in the affirmatiye. Karl Crey tlought from the txpVesiion used t.y the Noble Karl that seme instructions bad been eiverf to Mr: Erskine to make certain tojicessions, which the latter might have rnis uuderstood l"om the arrangement as pub lished in thewsparsj 'iteemssJLthe, measures adopted had been preconcerted, for every thing followed in such order and rule, that it was almost Impossible to believe; but what Mx Erskine, of whose ability he had the highest opinion, conceived that he was act ing sitictly;ac:cord'ing to "Kistnstructions. It must tfc.'cvident, that by .his disavowal of. this arrangtment, "the difficulties in the further negotiation with America would be .materially iiwi eased, and when known in America, it rnightigive rise to some imputations against the character and good faith of this coniflry, under the impression that a trick had been re sorted to for the sake of obtaining a little tem- norarvv advantage for ourstlve. A fearful responfeibility,: therefore, rested upon mini sterswid investigation' might take place. ; The Earl of Liverpool agreed that "the dis avowal of this airangemer.t must necessarily il 1-fC i.l.. I . . k. nn..nt.nli..n will. j A secret expedition lailedVestet-da) '"? T.lk ' coniinahd is ehtrasted tq Wg Gift,' Cr&r c m: j;Satuiay,the-BVish,m in the: trade; to . the cbpim with the Board ot Tfadei, ieh;LoilBa ' infoVmed theroy that-thc period; dfctl whictf ii4 Amerlcaji' vessels would;; be allowed; V er.tep the ports of Holland, wuld only ext?ifitiji'3 f : the ?t.hr 6f Jujjeito the 20th if iulyHalsd informed ihetri- th,at . YicanseA. ftr', piporidr-4 would be granted extciidhigjto thipswoJ 'V aiid imtort licenses, for one iirohth, y v ; -1 J The dispatches, received y goverumfPl and by the Austrian anibassadof are u?t fi so late a datea.the last Jl'retieh bulleti '' -All the. 'Atrtilin ar)nesYseeni iofojbiiifi th'-'f . ' direction to Hungary. Gml $dlciid$C:. X ' iPilsen, and tie; archduke Chaile behind &3 " Badbruze with about 120,000 meni ;ear;hf i duke FcrdinancLremains at Warsaw, but will 1 Austrian army;. Gen. ; Killer, wjth.v 5p)0Cji men, was; on t He bordersi of Jlllovsyia '-:Xi 'X arm of tjie aruke john, Tailing b ck? ill : good prdwv .ha recrorsed . the Tag'iairiemo and w di proceed , to Hungary. ' The brave ; 1 'TyroIee 'jnaking incursions into; the' heart oi biiabia, liaving pushed their parties aljrno'st to Augsburg and Munich. They haye been at Memmlngen, CXernpton and KaufTein. ?', ' i he irenth army is Urns distributed : . The main body, under .-Bopaparte,". is ' at Vienha. Bernadotte and Davoust are In Bo I hernia watching the archduke Charles' and General Bellegarde. A battle was exiegtetj to take place at Pilsen.- The duke of l)int zic's division, with the dUiision under G,ene-al ' AVrede, are marching from Saltzbiirg' to at tack Gen. Idlacbich and the marquis de Cas teiar. '4' ISuene'Bfanharnois is following ; the archduke John, who, if he had not been oblig ed to weaken his army by sending so-large a foice to Gen. Killer, would probably by this time have been at Milan. " . , ; 1 How well prepared Germany is for -a re volt, m a yjjitse ffn'bylihi nccess that Jiasl at il tended Schitl At first he had but a thousjand men,- but volunteers crowded 10 his standard froth all parts ; and we hear oMiim noy la "Hanover, and' In Hesse, and in 'Brunswick alarming the whole kingdom of JcrciiieTl on a pArte, who has not iiie courage to gd and raceC . lam. T America ; but that-could pot be imputed to ministers, 'Us .in making that arrangement, M:-. Erskine had not only acted unauthorised by his instructions but in direct contradiction to his instiucti iDS, lie thought it necessary to ?tne t his distinctly as the Noble Earl appear ed to have misunderstood his Noble Friend. Care would be takenih the Order, which would appear &s soon as Cefourse of business would allow that those vessels, which, in the Tnean timey had sailed in consequence of thri confjdence reposed in the arriinjement made" in America, should be excluded from the o peralion of that Order, and that tlsf persons w ho. had tlius embarked their Jjyods should not b losers As to the discussion of the sui ect. Ministers woc'ld be aiixious, wen Thc proper.tirne :-ar7ivedn'hareTeiry possible la formaUoa should be givcu tg r&rlianitnt.s . , - pARtsMay W. . The Monitjir f f this day states as follows ? "Yesterday evening' Coi.Gurneuen, Aid dev' camp to the Duke of Montehello, arrived at, the Arch Chancellor's palace, with dispatches 'from th EmpejFr, witji accounts that" the i, French army entered Vienna on (the 12tht s when the followi'ig Proclamation waV issued : " SOLDIERS, ' '";' ' ' .' ' ' i i( A month a jo the Austrlans passed tht? Inp. On the same day, and at the same time we have entered 'Vienna'.' " TheirSiation, thsi general insurrection, their bulwai ks, which have been raised by power of the Princes of the House of Lorraine haye not beeft" able to withstand your presence. The Princes of that house have abandoned their capital; hot1 as warriors of honor, but as as egotists yho are pursued by their self reproaches. Flying ironv Vienna,'their adu q to the inhabitants has been, fir e "and,, mCrdrr LikeMedea,'they ve destroyecItheir own ' children....; .7- r: ; - , ' . "1 he' people of Vienna shall be the object, of your regaid. 1 tfeke the" inhabitants'-.. of, Jiislown underony particular protection, ; but ny disturbances or if regularities lhall ex'em plarily punbh.' ' ' I ' T k4 Soldiers'! "behave well to the pepple of the country. Let us take no pride in our surces- ses ; let us only regard them as a proof of di vine justice, which punishes ingratitude and the want of faith. 1 . -" : ' NAPOLEON." ; ."AlTLW'jltfa-l 3. ;" A parr'nfahe army commanded byprmc' -Eugene, is already on the Taghamentoi- Th5 enemy fjUs witlt great rapidity. The ofncial Journal eontaihsan .acedtnt from Milan, dated. May 1 1 , which states iii susSitfce-ttrr Austrjans on the 12th of May unstained a loss of full 1 j,o00 hi killed, wounded k prisoncrisi,' Bf that the French in following up thtir adyar.ta- ; ges weie already "at, Udina. At the same time the blockade of Parmanova was raised. Ontli, Udi, the French head'fjtjuar.ter were a t 1 Daniel.;-; - ' -: ::-:" - ' 'r "' .'-' ' "w- p. SfocKHOt,' May 11. SDICATI0NT OF THE KING OF SWEDEN. The mcmbersj having produced their ' cre dentials from 'their ConstituentWed the Diet being duty constituted, ths , Stares proceeded! in a'Jbody, on the Cih inst. to pay iheirrespi:c5 to his royUTiiRhness, Tthe Recent." V;k1 10 ex press their mo i?re?fJLjnrjwledementS Ibrriher cealjrzcti tit y and :p at fUHfV e 1. ad J evincedV 1 lipquibbing ht xcmibits .'asj'
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