The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

"i. LONDOI;. -A.. MAIL frottj, Jkikilt ai-rived. thk 'Inorning with Swedish papers, fftkn which we have made the following extrac STOCKHOLM, NOV. 30. A meeting of tKfe.raeichants, &c.of this city was convened the day before yesterday, for the purpose ,ofniaking a declaration of the quantity of British property in their possession but it appears that the Decree of the 24th of April has been-so "vigor- ously executed, that no manufactures or Colonial pfodtice of that nation has feeen introduced. S% unexpected and unprecedented a procedure is here considered as but a gloomy omen of the benefits we are heareafter to derive from the new Dynasty. ■ BAYONOV. 7. A division of five or six English frigates afid some transports, which cruized in the Gulph Of Bis- cay, have been dispersed by a tempest, which has driven two gun-boats upon our coast. Many other ships, with their crews, have been lost. This f squadron had. on board many thousands of musliets# iand 12 or 1500 men, commanded by Macquisetto* Previous to being assailed by the tempest, this di. vision appeared to intend, a disembarkation at San- tona, but finding that evfry where all was ready to rieceiye them, it dared not attempt it j Troops Incessantly arrive in this place,, *ho -qre marching for Sj>ain. j Extract from the Supplep5jeiJt of th^ Abeille du Nord, of the 37th November \Ve have Just Jeftmc^ for Certain, that, the Count St. Lett (the ] Ex-King ^jf Holland) hai been called to Paris; 1 VvijAre he was t(}.repairas'*>onltiblé." I Ministers Iwve settled with the English Distil- lers, that if they shall continue to use sugar only in the distillation after: the 31st of this they will. propose1* to Parliament to equalize the i duty; thatis, abate the Dd per gallon, extra duty, which wourd otherwise attach on the expiration of the Act. The same proposition has been made to rpp6s a C. 0 the.Scotch Distillers. E vvas reported last night, that Mr. W, Pale hai resigned his yilace of Secretary in Ireland. ) Four hundred sets of dalhipg arms are to be im- mediately sent fromthe Tower to Portugal. A set,, consists of a short ci^t a^id^ thrust swoid, a shield, thrv and a cross belt. r,

r F11)Y.:2i. The recent coerced hostility of ..Swed(h against this Country-has hivolvdd that g.iIl ;Út 3;t-JJnfor; •tunate Nation ina state of^thp most <1; pl^inf le and hopeless epibarrassment. Four year/ !m<1 elapsetl our without a single bankruptcy at Gottenburgh, but no less than se-ep failures, ofooflSidetabltt magni, tude, have taken place duingtbc two months that the continental System has extended, its* baireful inilueBce over thfe industry and the commerce of thai country. •■ The ■Sequestration of Kritish property ha^' lyeen wholly unproductive of the desired efiects. At*the mt eting of the Merchants which was held at Got- ou tenburgh, for the purpose of declarmg the amount of British property hands, not announce of any thing was given tip. The meeting,convened at Stockholria, on. the like occasion waa attended by a similar rea^t. • •" • i The Court of Stockholm, at the date of the last letters, looked with infinite solicitude for advices from England expressive of the sentiments of our Government on their declaration of war. The people hoped that the necessity under which they acted would mitigate the severity of our hostility, and continue in general sincere in, their attach- ment to this country, although the influence of France is zealously and not ineffectually employed in rendering the whole maritime strength of the kingdom available to our annoyance. The Finances of Sweden, like those of Russia and Denmark, are in a state of infinite embarrass- ment, and a perseverance in the system imposed on them by France mu^t necessarily involve them all in national bankruptcy. Letters from France, under dateof the 18th inst. mention the failure of two great banking houses at Paris, namely, Messrs. Bassingand Co. and Tourton, Ravel, and Co. They also state that the French Government meant to support the latter; and that owing to the great distress in Holland, the severe regulations against British commodities had expe- rienced some relaxation; for a day was appointed at Amsterdam to burn publicly 400 bales of Eng- lish merchandize, but the day previous counter or- ders were received from Paris to prevent it. The followiug is an extract of a private letter from Jamaica, dated Kingston, Oct. 6, 1810:- Trade seems now to be at a stand here, and the soul of it (money) entirely departed. What we arc to come to is beyond human knowledge; but at pre- sent the prospect is dreary indeed. Having had a great deal of rain this year, the fall has been very sickly. Scarce a family has escaped their share.-— Never was house-breaking carried to such a height in this city as lately scarce a Jlight has passedfgr, some weeks without some instances of this sort.— Yesterday a. number of foreigners weije examined, found in ahouse where a large silver waiter was dis- covered, which had been taken a few nights before from.the house of a widow. The landlord has ab- sconded, and all that could be learnt was, that they knew Negroes wfere in the ha>k of coming there at atl hours, with articleaof every description;dis- in for' ic 'of t posing of them for Victuals,.&e. butaJ&of those ex— amined are of a description, not permitted to re- inaio in the island, neithej^haying police-tickets or g visible means of'existence. The Corporate Body are now considering some effectual means of secu- rity against these nightly depredations.

S.4trURD--dr. DEC. 22. SJOVRDJr,&EC. 22. Though some qf the last letters from the Russian Capital, represent the Ministry as actuated wholly by a desire to refrain from offensive warfare during Capital, represent the Ministry as actuated wholly by a desire to refrain from offensive warfare during the contest with the Grand Seignior, we areassured- that much activity is observably in all her ports in the Baltic.. In September and October, ..four ,84 gun ships were launched at St. Peteiv.burgh> iand two more were in a state of great forwardness, be- sides three fx-iptes and six sloops, which wde, ui a less advanced :ttu.t (o' t v The Ru^um Cabinet, it reported, have it in contemplation to prohibit entirely the introduction y t of British manufactures, and to impose an increased duty upon Colonial produce. .o' The mi ^understanding which$ook place betwe%. the Bev pf Tunis and Mr. Cox, the American Coils* sul, so fir.hack as Augast; bas not, we learn, been entirely adjusted; but owing to the rapacious and vengeful character of the African tyrant, stili^ie- naces the trada of the United States, in t, $IIa.. The dispute originated in the following circum- gin 'at, stance An American ship was captured by a French privateer, and cartied into Tunis, wterev she was purchased by a Minister of the Bey*s,r put ujpder Tunisian colours, and sent tp Slalta. former supercargo being there, appeaM.;to thè British Court of Admiralty to have her stppped, in consequence of someillegaiity in the coodenmation. They declined interferiilg, as out of their juritdiet tiQtl: Me then^applicd to tlie tribunal at Malta they stopped the bhipr an^ the _case is now in adju- dication in that Court.* ,> • ■- The Bey, on being informed of the detention of the yiesseJ/itoinediately congs^ted all the Amerir can propeity in Tunis, amounting .to 2(X),000 dpi- lars; and thougl) subsequently an offer was made to restore the vessel* he rejected ail advances 4o accommodation, unle^lUhe were permittetl ta retain the greater part of t^e property he had SQ unjustly possessed himself. v The Eitza, Capt. Scott, arrived on Thursday jat Plyoiouth, from Q in 44 days.. When the Eliza mailed there were nearly 40 sail; loodingt for England, all-of which expected to^get out of the. river before the frost set in. Orders were received at Plymouth oatlirirsday/ to make a return of all the frigates fit for service now in pgrt, and to select such as can soonest be got ready W thfe East Indies, tp i ep&^e the four fri- gates loSt uif th& tsle de Passe, m.^At%vuit law The Captain of an American v^sel which touch- ed at Norfolk, at the beginning of last month, mentioned that a report was gfevalent at Laguira, tho,t several pritateers f, at Porto Rico, were cruizing in theMora passage, apd capturing' g Laguira. "The. Cap- tain cam through th$"St>aibiero passage- to avoid falling in witli "L— MONDAY, DEC. 24.

FROM THE LONDON OAZITTE, SATURDAT, DEC. 22, 1810. Admiralty Office. Vice-Admiral Sir J. Saumarez, Bart, K. B. h-it transmitted to J. W. Croker, Esq & letter lie had received from Capt. Acklom, of R. M. sloop Ranger, giving an account of his having captured, and af- terwards destroyed, Melampe Danish privateer, of 3 guns and 17 men. Copy of a letter from Capt. Downie, of H. the Royalist, addr^s-g" to V ice-Admiral Campbell, auii trans- mitted to J. W. Croker, Esq. 14. M. Sloop Royalist, off Futtmp, Dec. lB. SIR.-I beg leave to inform you that the French lugger privateer L'Adventurier, of 14 guns and 50 men, was this morning captured by H. M. sloop under my command, Fecamp bearing S S E. five leagues.—She is a very fine vessel, only a month old, had been out a few days on her first cruise, and \had made no capture. I have, &c. G. DOWNIE. It is reported in the political circles, that as soon as Ministers shall have carried the proposed BiJI through Parliament, for regulatirlg the powers of the Regent, they intend to resign their offices, as a measure of delicacy and consideration to the Prince, who during the present incertitude afo the period of the King's recovery, might feel re- luctant to deprive them of the trust with which his Majesty had honoured them. The Bill in question, it is supposed, will be disposed of before the birth- day,, unless the continued amendment of his Ma- jesty's health should correspond with the present opinion of his Physicians, and suspend its progress. The following Letters have been received by the last packet from the British Head-quarters in Por- tugal; They will not be found destitute of inter- est: Head quarters, Cartaxo, No*. 30. 1810. Everybody in England will, no doubt, be sur- prized, to, bear) that the great battle, so much ex- pected, has not yet been fought; nor do I think there is. any probability that any will for some time. any We left Zobriera on the 15th inst. the .whole of the French army having retired* during fhe nu ht, and so that they were not missed till day'.ight, when not a vestige of them remained—so much fpr th good look-out of our advanced piquets, which wel"C within pistol-shot of them! We advanced that, day to a height on this side Soubril, andoccu ied huts which the French had left in the morning. On the ICth we passed Alenqufcr, which was the head-quarters of Massena, to a village called Musca where we lialted on the 17th; and on the; ;r 18th moved forward to Cartaxo, where we foi-ind: i Lord Wellington, whose head-quarters are still there on this dav. Geii. Hill, with his division, cros- sed the Tagus near Villa Nova, and has, we are'- told, proceeded up the right bank towards Abrantes. We found that the French rear-guard occupied t he strong position of Santarem, and that they .were to be attacked the .following morning by the left di- vision under B^igadier-Generar Craufurd, a bri- gade of Portuguese under Brigadier-General Hack, and Sir W. Erskine's brigade, support ed by the remainder of Sir Br^oi-Spencer's diiision.ACI, cordingly, on the mobbing of the 19th, we m0Vi& forward toward the points of attack, in full e^pec^ tafon of honour and glory, when we found-t he (r.e- my drawn up Teady t) r-Wive: -us,. ind -,appai 4#etermin6d.tb stand a dusting. The position is* oniftf ■ < ol^e strongest that can be conceived -Sanxateaa» otWk top of axangc :of hills, very higEa^^lmos^ perpehdiculai*, with a lower range in. front, \vh€3^ their Drtt he was di^awh iip, at the of which jruns tialo Mayor, a' branch of the Tagus, and a large portion 6f swairtjiy ground, whicii is im^y to be crossed by twoieausev^ays, and, wirlfthe brfige acfods the rivt" are complete y Qi, the f the enemy the ceiiffce pQi:The attack was to have conunçn('"edhy.GeICa:H:' ftird on our right, aijd, General Pack, with ^bc For- • tuguese, qn. the left,, tintirn their tJanks; JhgCentre -for d illi was fo? t he brigade of Guards, and"Sir WiUiaja Ers- • kitie's. Fortunately, I think, for us all, it v*(^de- layaj%y General Pack ndt Qjng' i ward a gun, w^ch was to give the to CQ«I- mence; for on General Speqcer he* was. almost petrified at the Idea, ano:d& %d it im- 'n r, practicable paid Wellington re Jaja x a Lill in t front till dusk, t wo^difficult/ and that the en eniy was in goiter force it ban ..r.e ':<■ expected, whic w le.k1wwtõoLbe the cake, the troops wejre inoved off in different directions. We a^e to sujjmo^tbl. ELDER'S UittaUqn of P'o^Puguese Ca«adoajT^light troops), whp h to de fend the bridge I mentioned above Ponte de Clerisa, in cas6 of attack^ hut that is for^thA'-preseqi ,i, present dered impossible by the lieavy rains we I ms we have which have eUed the riv-ei-s to such a degree, t|tat neither^ aimy can get at the other, let ttoeir icdi- ^n^iohs be ever so good. y he French take all the valuables and eatables they can carry- away.-We are but poorly oft hefp, and a good deal harrassed; semve a house js left in the country with a door or wiii(|pw-shutter— windows are out, of the question. A' boai J or two serves for a^iVie» and he is a lucky fellow w--a can find a chair; or a stool to sit on: beds we do hot pre- rSftiine to think Sjnoe we left Lisbon, lbal,40 nevertakenoffmore t^ -stock, and'shefets, and put OTL my boat cloak and hairy cap, and am ,pd.l't aplaœ toydown'?:i:k" 10; 1