JANUARY.

An intercepted letter, dated Cor biel, Dec. 17, transmitted from Portugal, has the following cu rious assertions.

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Tappears that general Junot, jealous of the general command given to Massena in Portugal, produced a failure in one operation by not obeying his orders, and effecting a junction necessary to the suc cess of the operation. Massena therefore deprived Junot of his command, arrested him, and sent him to Paris: the emperor confirmed this measure, and the general, it is said, will be shot.

2. Prince Ferdinand is to marry the sister of our empress, and to ascend the throne of Spain; reserv. ing Catalonia and Biscay for France, the former of which belonged to France under Louis XIV.

3. King Joseph returns to Naples. 4. The king of Naples is to be king of Poland; and in order to form that kingdom, the emperor of Russia has been asked for his part of the old partition of Poland Austria cedes her part voluntarily. 5. Prince Berthier is to be king of Prussia; and hence it is not necessary to ask Prussia for her part of Poland.

6. Massena is to be king of Portugal, and must conquer his kingdom by the aid of the French and Spaniards, who will be united under

the same colours: it will be the same Prussia-the new king must go and with the kingdom of Poland and conquer them from Russia and Prussia. It is probable that our force, and the forces of Germany, and all the Rhenish confederacy, will be united for the grand opera tion.

Such is the news of the day, which is derived from good sources. 4. The trial of Alexander Cahill, surgeon of the 2d battalion of the 25th regiment of foot, charged with the murder of captain Hugh Blair Rutherford, of the same regiment, came on a few days since, at Edin burgh, before the high court of justiciary. It then appeared, that in consequence of a dispute which had taken place, relative to taking newspapers out of the mess-room, captain Rutherford sent a challenge to Mr. Cahill. The parties met, and after the first fire, by signal, without effect, captain R.'s second proposed to Mr. C. to apologize, which he declined; but added, he would quit his ground and shake hands with the captain-this was rejected. They fired again, and captain Rutherford was wounded. He, however, called out to load again; which being told Mr. Cahill, he said he would receive the captain's fire, but not return it. Captain Rutherford then fell, and was conveyed to the barracks, where he shortly after expired. Mr. Cahill made his escapes ( A 2 )

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but afterwards voluntarily surrendered himself to take his trial. Several witnesses gave him an excellent character, and represented him as a quiet inoffensive man. Thejury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, with the exception of two dissentient voices.

Margate, Jan. 8.

The tempestuous weather of the last week has occasioned great loss among the shipping upon this coast. A gun-brig was driven on shore off Deal. The Goodwin Light disappeared from her moorings, and great fears are entertained for her safety. Our Margate boats on Thursday werebusied in assisting a vessel from Ostend, in ballast, and conveyed her to Whitstable Bay in safety. On Friday a large American ship from Valentia, with wool and fruit, under quarantine, was run on shore in Westgate Bay. The cargo is unloading, and it is hoped the vessel may be got off. Part of the wreck of a vessel, supposed from Norway, as several casks of the Lichen Islandicus, or Iceland moss, and a great deal of stock fish have been picked up in Larning's Bay. The oldest inhabitant scarcely remembers a time in which the mischiefs occasioned by the high winds have upon the coast been so many and distressing.

11. Antonio Cardoza (a Portu. guese), Mary Rogers, and Sarah Browne, were indicted at the Old Bailey sessions for the wilful murder of J. Davis, a waterman, by giving him several stabs in the back with a knife. The two latter were disreputable females; and having quarrelled in the street with the deceased, called upon Cardoza, who was known to them, to espouse their quarrel, which he immediately did by stabbing the deceased. The learned judge stated a distinction to exist between the cases of Cardoza

and Sarah Browne. There was a quarrel and heat of blood between her and the deceased, but none be. tween him and Cardoza. Cardoza was found Guilty of murder, Sarah Browne of Manslaughter, and Mary Rogers acquitted.-Cardoza was executed on Monday the 14th, opposite Newgate. He persisted to the last in asserting his innocence. Previous to his being brought from the Press-yard he cried bitterly; but on mounting the scaffold he acted with becoming fortitude. Af ter being suspended the usual time, the body was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's hospital for dissection. [See British and Foreign History.]

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

11. At two o'clock precisely, the deputation from the two houses went up to Carlton House to present to his 1oyal highness the resolutions to which the two houses, after long discussion, had agreed. The lords and gentlemen, all in full dress, were ushered through the superb suite of rooms to the drawing-room, where his royal highness stood; his chancellor, William Adam, esq. and earl Moira on his right hand; the duke of Cumberland and Mr. Sheridan on his left; behind him four officers of his household, Mr. Tyrwhitt, colonel Macraahon, colonel Bloomfield, and general Turner. The deputation advanced according to their order of precedency: the lord president, the lord privy seal, the chancellor of the exchequer, Mr. secretary Ryder, the president of the board of control, and the master of the rolls; and they made the usual reverences.

The lord president then read from paper in his hand

a That they were a committee appointed to attend his royal highness with the resolutions which had been agreed