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tied to the fmaileit credit. tntelligence of fo late a date as the 7th inftant has been received froth Ton niogen, at which time it is afcertained the French had not entered HoMein. • It was yefierday reported, that Government were is poffellion of the Secret Articles of the Treaty of Tilfit ; and that they contain forme hbQile fliphiations pipit the maritime interelt of this country. 14r. SHAW', whole departure for St. Petettburgh we yefterday announced, tarries with hits inftrueions to make the neceffitry arrangements for fecuring the Britifh property in Ruffia, in the event of any ettra• ordinary meafures being reforted to by the Court of St. Peter &arab. Mr. COATES of Clifton, his daughter, and fervant, arrived on Wednefday tan, at Dartmouth, on board of a Cartel, from Morlair, in prance. Mr. COATI: has been detained four years, but was permitted to travel in the beginning of the war on account of ill health, by the Mininer, the Duke of BENEVENTO. Mr. COATES fpeaks highly of the attention paid him in the towns through which he palled. We have received an American Paper Cthe Norio!' Ledger), from which we have extrafted the correC 1 pondence of Commodore DOUGLAS with the Mayor cf that city. It is not improbable, that the Corn. j ntander of the firkins fquadren has interrupted the j navigation of the Chefapeak, a meafure which would certainly lead to fame aft of retaliation on the part of the Americans. We find, from a New York Paper of the t tth ult. that intelligence had reached that town on the preceding evening, from Philadelphia, that the Britifh *adroit had bombarded Norfolk. JAMAICA FLEET. The fhips Higginfon, Senior, Captain Dif.notrat.r., and the Enterprize, Lawsom, from Jamaica, are ar rived at Liverpool :they failed from Negril Bay on the 27th June, with the fleet conlifting of about t t 8 fail of veffels for Great Britain, &c. under convoy of his Majefty's fbips ELEPHANT and Cuba, and parted conspany on the 25th July, off the Banks of New • fnundland. LEEWARD ISLANDS and LISBON MAILS. A Mail from the Leeward Hands has arrived at )Falmouth, brought by the Lady Arabella packet, which failed from Tortola on the t 2th of July. The queen Charlotte packet, from Falmouth, had artiVed at Antigua on the 2d of July. A Lifbon Mail has alto arrived at Falmouth, brought by the Princefs Elizabeth, which failed from Lann on the 2d inft. on which day the Wallingham packet arrived there from Falmouth. The letters by the above Mails will not be delivered out until Monday. . . The Duke of YORK'S Birth-day was celebrated to. 1 day at ()viands, on account of his Royal Highnefs being engaged to review the t 3th regiment of Light Dragoons, on Monday, on Hounllow Heath. Yefterday her Royal Highnefs the Plinctfs WALES, accompanied by her venerable nither the Duchefs of Bausswtcx, vifited Somerfet Houle, Where the remained a confiderable time. 13 , th nn their arrival and departure their 11. ,, y.t1 liighnefre, ' mere loudly cheered by the moltirnde, whom their appearance rpeedily attracted. There augull per fonagei came in a plain curricle and pair, attended only by two fet emus. Yellerday the Chancellor of the Excheqrter and fa mily left town for their country feat near Hamptlead. Sir Charles Mogan and family y:flerday even ing left their town-lioufe, in Downing. heel, for Brighton. They were to tleep lall night at Reigate, in Surrey. Lnrd aid Lady Melb,arne arrived in town yef terday evening from 13rightnn, vitit to 1.4 ( 1y G. Lamb, who has been delivered of a daughter at Melbourne Houfe. Tamar, Sovvit WALEs.—This delightful place is filling very faft. The Affembly is open at the Globe Inn, which is fitted up in a very band tome fine. The hot and c• hl Blebs arc going on vary rapidly, under the direetion of Sir W. Paxton, who is at relent there. LATt An ft t VAl.3Sir W. and Lady Paxton. freer Mir, P.:xtrins, Earl and Con n tclinfOrniond. Lady Monfell,l-lon. Mrs. Mts. King and Mifs Kin. Rev. Mr. Probin, Chan ecllnr of St Da nil's, and f.wrMifs Probins, Col and Mrs. Bland, Mr and 1.113. Ilan. Col and Mrs Stewart, Captain Stewart, Mrs Ball, Major Harris, Mr. BaSecrville. Mr, Scorrert. Mrs. Stan'or.l. three Mils Caldwell% Roc Mr. Harper. Mr and Mrs. Lit:well, Mr. and Mrs Oay, Mif, Davits. Mira R Davits. Mifs Parrott% Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Conlin, Mrs. It until, two Mifs Runifills, Mr. Pal:ll'T, Mr. Sheen, Mifs Shirerd, ktifs Boughton, Mr. Galsb, Mrs Ro g ers, Mrs and Mifs Snt.llwood, Mifs 3sr Mr. and Mifs /Inaction, Mr. Landers Captain Ohurne. Mr. Irvin, Mr. Shutticworth, Mr. . I etliont, Mr. Borne, Mrs. and Mils Macs, Mts. and Mifs tianins, Hon. Dean Burt. The Almira, Captain Wnlvrte, is arrived from Virginia; !be left Norfolk on the tub, and the Capes un the lath of July. The Captain, wh ,is arrived in town, reports that the whole of the Biitifh Blips of the line had left the Chefapeak, and it is fuppofed had proceeded to Bermuda, to take in water. THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIN CI. OF Hit M limos snit PROSPERO —As it is now afcertained by the relatives of the efficers of his Majelty's late !hip PROSPERO, that (he never reached the French Coaa, but went d iwn in the dreadful hurricane of the 18th of fehruat y heft ; the following particulars of her late gallant Commander, is a tribute we ow e s In the N a v a l f erv i ce o f G reat B t i ta i n :— Capt ain WILLIAM KING, is the third brother his family have lull at fea in his Majelly's Naval fervice; and a fourth, (Lieutenant S. Ktreo,) has become a cripple h it.— aptain KING was a molt excellent ()Meer, and often ddlinguithed himfelf iv the Well Indies, under Com modore Hoop, where he was mon feverely wounded; he had a nephew with hint in the Peosreao, who is of cootie alto loft. Captain KING has left an aged and revered mother, two iglus, and two brothers, to lament his las. PoutsrONE, AUGUST 9. Great rejoicings were made do the French coat! on Friday evening, after the poll left us. They com menced with a regular difcharge of heavy artillery, about 6 o'clock, and continued till nearly eight. From the lignal poll on our heights the troops encamped a little to the Wen of Boulogne were plainly perceived under arms, and performing a variety of maneeuvress keeping up, at the fame time, a continual difcharge of murquetry ; the whole finifhed with a grand fea de joie.—Two Britifh frigates are out only force at prefent off Boulogne : they were plainly perceived by the glades duping the firing. RAMSGATE, AUGUST 14. A new embarkation is on the point of taking place al Ramfgate, and the sth battalion of the both regi• ment, at prefent at Brahourne Lees, are under orders for that purple : we have reafon to know that this corps is not like the other, lately embarked, deflined to the Northward. —There is no probability of any farther embarkation at Ramfgate than the above Rayed ; the report of the embarkation of the ad, He4vy Dragoons and the fire . compania of thy - Light Infantry battalion of the German Legion, is without foundation, and mutt depend on'The coutfe of events. POLUvTEERS. COPY OP LORD HAFFILISEURY'S LITTIlt•••••CIRCUL*11. Whitehall, Auguft y, ao7. I have the honour to acquaint you, that it has been deemed, expedient by his Majefty's Government. that fuch Corps of Vo lunteers, infantry, and Artillery, as have not completed thetr twenty-fix days' emelt' for the prtfent year, Ihould have the option of arembling upon permanent pay and duty, under the regulations which were in force in the year Ohs (by which the officers will be entitled to full pay, and the non commiffinned officers, drumm rs and privates, to one grilling per diem bounty money, for the days during which they may remain fo affonbkd) and fubjed to the following reftrialons: The period for which theft Corps wiU be allowed to remain affembled mutt not exceed the number of days wanting to corn. plcte their twenty4ix days drill for the prefent year, and mail, in no care, he leis than ten, or more than fourteen days; confe• quently this permiffion can be grat•tcd to fuels Corps only as (hall not have performed more than fixtecn days exercife during the prefcnt year. I take this opportunity of acquainting you, that no extra pay will be allowed for infpedtions, as it is conceived that they may take place on the days of drill, with little if any additional incon- VCIACUCC to the Corps. I have the konJur to be, Sir, Your ritoft obedient bumbk Servant, (Signed) ' • HAWKESBURY. His Majaty's Lieutenant of the Cotavy of A General Court Martial has been affembled at Colchelte•, 4 ,,r the trial of fonse Officers of the Well minfler Militia. The populace of Attleburgh, in, a 11)44 of abhor. rence of the crime and memory . of Martha Alden, lately executed at Norwich for the mutder her hu(band, have totally razed to the ground the houft the inhabited in that town. An Loren of the Scarabens Tribe, commonly called.. the Lady'Bird, has lately made its appearance, as it were, in clouds, in the towns and villages on the coact of Kent, from Whitttable to the Snnth Fore land. It was firll obferved early on Toefday morn ing, and covered the do rs and windows of moil of the habitations, generally to the dirlance within land of tine toile from the fea coafl. We lhall be glad to learn limn force accurate Naturalia the alledgcd, cattfe 01 this phenomenon. A poor, but indulltions carpet Weaver, in Leeds, of the name of Walker, has, by the death of a rela tion in London, lately obtained tor himfelf and family a fortune Jf about to,socol. The produce of the ptefent feafon is abundant, be}• and the a‘,:rage of fcveral former years. We learn from die Wellern counties, that the fineft crops of wheat are now in the aft of being cut dawn. 'The grain is clean, and Coll in the ear : the barley and peafe arc very good and the Apples in the cyder counties exceed an average crop. Accounts squ illy favourable have reached us from the northern cou p • ties. The angular Erratum which appeared in the /ex i don Gazette, refpeetiog the AAdrefs of the Univer- i lily of Dublin, is thus accounted for by an article in one of the Dublin Papers .—lt is (Wed, that when the Addrefs, which appeared in The Gazette, was fobmitted to the Board far its approval; four of the Fellows voted againft it. The other three, a ith the Provon, voted for it, and, as the PinvOtli. has a double vote, the Addrefs was carried. 'lll6, content of the Scholars, however, it is laid, was not. obtained ; and, as there was no expeflation of pre-. t vailing on them to concur in the Add' efi, they were made parties to it without having been confulted on the fubject. It was thought that this proceeding would have experienced no fuhfequent animad vet lion, but the Scholars had a meeting, and pre pared for publication a difavowal of the Addrefs. —ln order to prevent that publication, the fop • potters of the Addrefs applied to Government to itticrt in The Gazette a paragraph, (Wing that it had not been prefented, which retina was complied with. NINTH DAY OF DRAWING.....-The Ticket No. 17,361 drawn yeflerday a Prize of Twenty Thou. land Pounds, was fold at Medi& HAZARD, BURNS and Co's. Office, Royal Eechange, in Two Fourth, Two Eighth, and Four Sixteenth Shares. CHARCIF or FRAUD.—Yeflerday Jame: •Bulloa, late a wine merchant in Scotland Yard, near Can non-lireet, in the City, was again brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with eluding the Commiffion , of his bankruptcy, and embezzling the property of his creditors. He was fully committed for trial.—A Matt of the name of mam Lang was likewife exa mined, charged with .h aving knowingly alEtled in this fraud, in concealing and carrying away the pro. petty. He was remanded for a further examination. NAUTICAL INTELLICENCE. . Dublin ' Waterford. • 1 MAILS—Wind S. W.- :11 • AU DYE ,a ; OottenhAefi.. , o I . 3 Tonologeo o 0 • PEf4ANCE.. AUGUST is. Since thy lall, the Betfey arrived from Exeter ; the May Flower, from ffiddiford; the Rachael, Union, Elizabeth, and Cornelius, from Plymouth; the Atlas, from Bude ; the jimet, Stt - cefs, and Two Brothers, frOm Lone ; the Friends, Fairy, and Ann, with coals, for this place ; the,Liberty, with.culm, for London, halting (track on the Runnel Stone, is o►liged to dif charge, in order to repair the refit!. The following put in here, windbound, viz.—the Betfey, SPENCER; Catharine, DAVIDSON ; InduQry, TRIBES'S* ; fatnes, FRY; Royal Recovery, RICHARDS; Friends' Adven ture, Borns ; Mary Ann, Matioox ; Revenge, Pops; Friends' Goodwill, FURSE ; Fortitude, Jsmottros ; Benjamin, MADDJX; Swift, EVANS ; Mary, CHESS'. MAN ; Two Sigler., HICKS ; Nancy, of Caermarthen, —; Mantura, Daum's; Sally Ann, Natataria ; Bee, STEEL; Mary, HARVEY; John, TRELUDRA Birmingham, GILL; Marion, HANNAH; Friends, koss ; Hope, SP•NILLAND; Brothers, LODES; liarn, THOMAS; Expedition, MORC AN ; James, JILWIL ; 4 Providence, Wri rr s;Unity, Donut' s ; Lively,Wo ars; Ranger, PRESCOTT ; Baltimore, ATRIDGE ; and the Bedford, NICHOLLS: the lafi•named Matter, Captain NICHOLLS, Rated on his arrival here, that he faw a French fchooner privateer off the Lizard, which at firs he fuppofed to be ore of the Torbay veffels— the manned a boat, and three times made towards the Bedford, but, very fortunately, the Captain was able to come into port. The Norway (hip Two Shiers, BENSON, is arrived from Ar tundall, with tim ber and dub, for this port. PLYMOU CH, AU ,UST 13. Came in the PICKLE, of to gum, froth a cruize ; De Goede Am, Captain NEISSoK, from Copenhagen, with iron, detained by the Hero privateer; Johanna, Captain GROTTMAN, from Oporto, with fugar, fruit, and cork, for Tonningen, detained by the Bufy privateer ; Nr. Sr. de Carmoe. Capt. DE SAN rcbs, from Tonningen, with linen, put in for provi lions ; Conflantia, Captain GRONDOLD, from Stock holm for Lifbon, with iron and deals, detained by the Bufy privateer; Eolus, Captain ERCKEN, from Copenhagen, with linen, detained by the Lord Coch rane privateer; Clio, Captain SMITH, from Riga; MelAntho, Captain BowMAN, from ditto, both laden with naval fibres for this port.—Sailtd the SURINAM, of 24 guns, on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH. AUGUST Arrived his Majefly's brig DARING, from off Port land. Sailed the SOPHIA, on a cruize off Havre ; Ltlotsr, with a convoy for Guernfey and Jerfey; and l'Esre Ect.e, with a convoy for Cork. I'. S. The convoy for Q2ebec has put into Yar mouth Roads.—Wind W. DEAL, AUGUST 14. Arrived the Humber armed fhip, from F.dmonth; Phofpliorus fire brig, from Dongenefs ; Roy.4lifi lop, from the Nore. Sailed the Foxhound Hoop, having under her convoy two tranfports for Yda. mouth ; and Wrangler gun brig, on a cruize off Boulrgne. —Wind W. S. W. IN THE DOWNS. Princefs of Orange, Vice AdrAiral Row c ; Canada, Clyde, Kangaroo and Royalilt floops; Humber armed (hip and Phofyhorus 1 , fire brig. . FROM LLOYD'S LIST. • GiAIftSIND, AVGUsT r4.—Pairil by the Vigilant, Hay. from Greenland. Sailed the Alexander, Watts, for St li.lmingb Mercury, Williams, for Surinam; and the kitauble,Utqahart, for Cork. A It tern—At Brift;.l, the Hope, —..—, from Stockholm ; and the George, —, from Menzel—ln the Clyde, the Mary, —, from Peterfburgh—lo thc Creek, thc Union. Kind, from Deme rara—At Dublin, Albion. Thempfon, from Riga; and the Fame, Scot!, from Q . 2.ltec—At Cork, the Foiwell, Tripp, from New YorkAt BMA, the Genii Intent, Taylor, front Antigua—At Monte Video, the Euphemia, Uouehier, front Newfoundland. ADMIRALTY COURT-DOCTORS' COMMONS. Yellerday the Right Hon. Sir WM. Scotr pro cee,led to the adjudication of the following cafes; Nrptunus, Backman mailer.—This was a Swedith (hip, laden with a cargo of train oil, pitch, allum, iron plates, and vitriol, bound on a voyage from Gottenburgh to Amllerdam. In this cafe the (hip was reflored, the naval gores condemned, and the other ankles direfted to further proof. . Eloppet, Avelin msfler.—This being a (ima,ir care to the former, the fame decree was pronounced. Twe Venner; Clementfon mailer.—This was alfo a Swedilb velfel.— Ship reamed, fubjeel t , ) the cap. tors' expentel; and further proof direfted with refpeet to the cargo. . Emanuel, Hithin mailer. - The fame decree was pronounced in this cafe. Charlotta, Ekberg marier.—ln this cafe the pro perty IVAS rellored, fobje4t to the captors' expences. . _ Fluridentia, Matfnn mailer.—Wackfimheren, Ha len mailer.—ln there two Swed fh cafes the fkips and owners gonds were restored, Inkjet to a proportionof the captors expence4, and further proof directed as to the remainder of the cargoes, Elizi, Chipnian malier.—The further prnnf was pronounced to be infufficient, and the property con demned. V row L o 'U na , mafler.—This reffel was pro nnunced to be Oldenburgh property, and entitled to freight ;and expeuces, but rufpended the reflitution thereof. Tare de Certifiers, Boom maker.—This Kniphan fen •effel was laden with a cargo of falt.—Ship and cargo condemned.g Vigilante, Garbens wafter.—This WAS a Kniphau fen •efel, laden with a cargo of fair. Ship and cargo condemned on the ground of a breach of blockade, and the Makes private adventure reaored. SIOPiING INTELLICENCL LEWES RACES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. A Sweepftakes of togs. each. fee 3yr old Colts and fillies. The laft mile and a kalf....(Ten Subleribers) Lord F. Olborne named Mr. Fertnees b.'e. Iftightna, banns, who walked over . The Prince of Wales's Orville beat Mr. Permor's Peßife, EA. 3lb. each•-• Four miles, socgs: ft —Five to two on Orvilk. His Majefty's Plate of tons. fur any Hotfe, 'Ecc. Four Mile Heats. 3 1 1 1 a $ Sir John Shelley's Sir Launeelot,S yr old Prince of Wales's liarbarora, 3 yrs old Mr. Craven's Bronze, yrs old . 1 dr Two to one on Barnar,tfa. and after the firft best Bye tonne on him; after the fccond heat, eien betting; an excellent race. EPIGRAM ON A LONG AND FISATY IPIC POEM. An Epic Poem mould be fwcet al manna: But this. by 0.—(1, is ipeeaeuanna ! H4TMARKET . II hATRE. On Thurfday night, a new Comedy, From the pto• lific pen of Mr. T. DIEDIII, entitled Errors Exclitsi, was performed for the firft lime. The following are the principal Dramatis Perfona : Frank Woodland Mr You tic Commodore Convoy Mr. F•WCITT Mr. Convoy Mr °Rove Lawyer Verdict Mr. Grumley Old Mannerly Tom Mannerly Gabriel Invoice Richard Sylvia Mrs. Hall Betty Barnes Fanny freeman Mr. MATHEWS Mr. WHIIDT Mr. CHAPISAN Mr. MICHAS!. Mr. CABLES Mr. LIMNS Mrs. LITCHFIELD Mr.. LUTON a Mrs Passau. Mrs. GIBBS The Plot turns chiefly upon the fchemes of a dif. honeft fpcculator, by which a young man of falbton is cheated out of his property, and th , fe of a f.poilh unptincipled attorney ; and out of thefe many intc. Telling incidents atilt. The fcene is orcafionally en livened by the Wondering errors of a utak waiter at an inn, where feveral of the events t.tke place The termination is the union of feveral f nd hearts ; the attorney is compelled to keep his promife to a widow whom he had deceived ; and, I..me few " Errors excepted," all parties feem t..lerahly fati fled. If univerial approbation be a proof of excellence. this new Comedy will afford many opportunities of more minute criticifm. Mr. Yousa and Mrs. I.:I-cur:1th 'Whined their refpeOive parts with fpit it. MIS. Glints was an in. terelling Ruflic ; and Mr. Lastots, as an hnnelt, fimple fervant, was inimitable. M. FA , ' CHIT, as the Commodore, was one of !bore bonen, r• ugh b ings Nature intended him to perfonify. It.deed, it is al ' molt invidiuus to particularize any perfanter ; they all exerted themfelves with the happiell ftecefs. The 'Theatre never boafted a more elegant audience, or a more crowded one. The Comedy was received throughout with tie molt unbounded appl..ufe, and, when announced by Mr. Favrc Kyr for a fecond re prefentation, was hailed with repeated bravo:. The . Prologue was well pointed, and told with good effeel, by the excellent delivery of Mr. Yootio. The Epilogue was very *appropriately drawn, and admi rably fpoken by Mrs. LITCMFIiLD , whole powers we never before witnelled on fuch an occafion. They are valuable, and ought not to lie dormant. ILALLAD IN AcT 11. SUNG BY Ml. LISTON. Young Verdid was a Lawyer gay, Who of our Town furpaffed all; He went one ev'ning to the Play. And fell in love with Mrs. Hall. But wicked man will oft betray, Attornics do it wade than all For when he'd mimed the wedding day, He ran away from Mrs. Hall Therefore in time a warning take. Ye Widow Ladies great and (mall, Left in the rats you find a (nate, As was the cafe with Mrs. Ha►L PROLOGUE. WRITTEN BY MR CHARLES DIRDIN, JUN AND SPOKEN BY Mt YOUNG. Perufe thefaireft page and hill you'll trace, That Error is the lot of Human Race ; E'en with the 14. at Nature's la!t rtpnfe, " Error: excepted," the Account mutt clofe. No living Man without fi,me folly made is, And tho' Item truth won't est n (pare the Latli":„ " Yet to their lot thou'd trifling Et tors fall, " Look in their faces. you'll except them all !" Wifdom herfelf may err as weal as Wit, • Law's Writ of Errors is not hay Writ. The Do&or too has faults, but, happy Phvfic'sjuus pal, when buried, are forgot ! lit teekill fortune's all-detired abode, We met Croft Paths of Error on the Road. Placarded invitations meet th- eye At ev'ry turn with " Few 's your time to buy," And the myfterious charm of B.C. Y ; All to infure you, when the Whorl goes round, Of Blank: excepted, Ninety Thoufand Pound. AUTHORS to (pitied' exceptions bow; And CRITICS candidly mutt allow, That While they lath the faults of feribbling elves, ' l'were well front error to clear thcmfrives. To you (to the dud:titre), whore approbation to obtain Our Bud bas fought, and. fornettmes, not in vain ; His caufe he offers, as at Mercy's thrine. To err is human—to forgive divine ;" Let Mercy's isdlueoce, then, your bofoms Tway, Eucu i tt his errors, but accept his Play. The new Comedy of Error: Axcepted, was lad night per lot med for a fecond time with unbounied ap plaufc. A perfon, aged 36, had a (mall S tropliteons Ul ceration in her hand, giving her moot pain ; it then broke out in her wrilt, both her Ilt:illJers, and her knee, each Ulceration difcharging much, and mtt dif. pored to heal ; it then slated her light elbow ; aid there ulcerations, with a dirpofitiqn to geceral d bi lity, &e(n ffered for twelve )ears. Her knee waihea ed in the Worcefter Infirmary, and the experienced t sure benefit while a patient for a short time in St Bart holo. mew's Hofpital, where the made application for the benefit of Sr t.sana v's NTENT ANTISCORBUTIC PROPS, at the Difpentat ,, ry, No. 15, Soho4quate, L ndon. By the application of the 13,0ps for fix m nths, her.ulcers gradually twal.d, the reg ined her firength and appetite. It is now a twat emo b, and the remains perftetly well. Any informs. ton of the above fa& may be obtained at No. 9, Duka's Court, Drury Lane, London.