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the Dutch Government has the means of forcing them to join the armies in Germany. The same letters state, that several English and American ships have lately been condemned at Riga. Copious extracts from the Dutch and German Journals will be found in another part of our Paper. The following Extract of a Letter from Memel, seems to give the negative to the rumour that Prus sia had declared against France:— " MEMEL, MAY 29. t , Ws: has now actually been declared by our Government against Austria, ant a Russian army is marching through East Prussia against the corps of the Archduke FERDINAIk:D, who is retreating from the Vistula. The King of PRUSSIA remaire neutral, and seems to be entirely influenced by the Russian Government." It is added in this letter, " In case no alteration should take place in the Russian harbours, the imports as well as export, would be attended with great difficulty, since the papers and do cuments of every cargo must be sent to St. Petersburgh for exa mination." We have received intelligence of a very recent date from the new residence of the Portuguese Govern ment, by which we learn that LINIERS still retains his authority at Buenos Ayres. RIO JANEIRO, APRIL s. All trade to the River Plate hitherto unlawful is still interdicted, and it is supposed that the Gover nors of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video are waiting orders on the.subject from the existing Government in Spain ; in the mean time, by licences granted by the Viceroy Liniers, and by smuggling, a vast quan tity of goods are introduced. As soon as the embargo is taken off in America, a great many vessels are expected here from that country, and no doubt, among other articles, they will supply us with flour of better quality, and cheaper, than comes from Rio Grande. The valuation of certain descriptions of goods un derwent some alteration since the arrival of the Con sul-General, who called in certain persons, supposed to be welbinformed on the value of goods ; but a great deal was, perhaps unavoidably, left undone, which it is hoped will be accomplished, and every thing ratified by a treaty of commerce, said to be in great forwardness between this Court and Great Bri tain. The business of the custom-house is by no means more tedious than it was at Lisbon, and in this respect we have not the least complaint to make. The Exchange was at 73 to 75. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY ar rived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he W.IS received by the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, KENT,' SCNSEX, and CAMBRIDGE. SOOll after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private Levee. Th.: , following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : Colonel FREEMAN, upon his being appointed Lieutenant Colo• gel Commandant of the Ist regiment of Royal Bucks Local Militia. The Ray. Dr. SeARR a, the Dean of Bristol, upon his intended promotion 'to the Bishoprick of Chester. Lieutenant Colonel MAX of the 26th regiment, upon his going with the Expedition, by the Marquis of Huntley. Lieutenant General D. D. WE ma's s, upon his appointment to the Government of Tynemouth. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of PORT LAND, the rest of the Cabinet Ministers, and Sir DA VID DIX-DAs. • It is Again asserted, in letters from Stralsund, that &amt. is not dead, but that he was severely wo un d e d ; went over to Ifugen, and got on board a sloop of war that was waiting for him. The inhabitants of Portsmouth and its vicinity feel much indebted to Lord COCHRANE for his promised motion relative to the state of the Garrison ; for dur ing the summer months the stench arising from the stagnated water in the ditches is intolerable ; and when it is known, that a supply of water sufficient to cleanse them, twice in twenty-four hours, can be lead without any trouble whatever, it is matter of surprize that Parliamentary 'interference is at all necessary. CITY BUSlNESS.—Yesterday, a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, which was fully atten ded.—The-Committee of City Lands presented a re. tort for exchanging a parcel of ground in St. George's Fields for the scite of Bethlem Hospital, now on lease to the Governors, which was read, stating that the Go vernors would erect an hospital (upon the spot where the late Dog and Duck stood) to contain no less than 'OO patients, together with an open space of about eight acres for air and exercise for the lunatics; which ~ vas agreed to, and it was referred back to the Com mittee to carry the exchange into execution. After considerable debate, it. was referred to a Special Com mittee to report-the best means by which the services of the two regiments of London Militia may be trans ferred to 'his Majesty's use and controul, and to pre pare a Bill, for the consideration of the House of Commons, wholly to repeal the Act of the 36th of his present Majesty, authorising. the raising . of the two regiments of militia, and to enable the regiments, :.fter such repeal, to offer their extended services to his Majesty upon such terms and conditions as his Majesty may graciously please to propose, and as the officers and privates may be inclined to accept. At a General Court Martial held at Hilsea Bar. tacks on the 27th March, and continued by adjourn ments to the 3d of April, Lieutenant JOHN PArrox, of the 4 , 3 d regiment of foot, was tried for unofficer like conduct : Ist. In absentirg himself, without leave, from the Martha era sport, on which ship he was ordered with a detachment of the 41d Regiment. 2d. By endeavouring to tamper with and persuade Corporal William Dixon, of the Durham Militia, who was sent from Hilsea Barracks to Por•smouth by order of the Coraniandant, with an ofEcial letter to him to return to his quarters at Hilsea, to take back the letter, and say that he had not seea him, aad could not find him. 3d. In quitting Hi'sea Barracks, for the purpose of embarks• tion, when in debt to a poor widow woman, that lets lodgings, 3s. sd, and to others. The Court found the Priscner guilty of all the charges, attl a'ludged hint to be CasAiera wlich sentence his Majesty has pleased to confirm. This morning John Sutherland, she Mastet of a ?.ransport, who was convicted on Friday at the Old of the murder of his cabin-boy, was executed, .::rsuant to his sentence, At Execution Duck. TIM A Mt. ••• Troops are pouring dowmon Deal, Ratnsgate, and Portsmodth, the three great points of embarkation ; they will be encamped for a short time, till every thing is ready, and then embark. We are glad to see a proposition which we have more than once thrown out now about to be acted on. A great many men of war aie to be armed en flute to Convey the troops, for example, 20 of the class of 74 guns, each carrying 600 troops, will at once con vey a force of 12,000 men, complete, with their staff, I guns, ammunition, &c. We shall not thus again see part of a corps arriving, another detained, the guns without ammunition, or ammunition without guns. —Another material advantage gained will be, that the Expedition will not be detained, as expedi tions always have been, by heavy-sailing transports ; that they cover their own landing ; that there can be no risk of capture ; and all will arrive together. We trust that no jealousy of any Boards or Heads of De partments, will be allowed to obstruct a measure so obviously for the benefit of the public. It is reported, in the highest military circles, that Lord CHATHAM goes out as Commander-in-Chief and, among others, we believe the following General Officers go :—The Marquis of Huntley, Sir Eyre Coote,:lord Rosslyn, Sir John Hope, M'Kenzie Fra2er, Grosvenor, William Stewart, Charles Hope, Graham 90th, Sir Wm. Erskine, Sir Samuel Auch muty, Dyott, Spencer, Ferguson, Thewles, Ward; Brigadiers Hewson, Terrott, Whitelocke, Brown, Disney, Auckland, and Rottenburgh. Lieutenant-General Buov,Nattor arQuarter-Master-General . Major-General M'Lton of the Artillery, as Adjutant-General. JOHN THOMSON, Esq. Deputy Commissary General. Dr. REDMOND, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals. Mr. SPROULE, from the Guards, to be Provost Marshal. Sir EYRE COOTE and the Marquis of HUNTLEY have set off from town to join the Expedition at Portsmouth. In the division of the Grand Army to be embarked in the Downs, there will be several regiments of Ca valry—of Infantry there go a brigade of Foot Guards, under General DISNEY, and the Highland Brigade under General GRAHAM, of Balnagowan ; the 42d goes in this brigade. From the same quarter there likewise go 2d, or Queen's Regiment, 2d Battalion. 4th, Lord Chatham's Regiment, Ist and 2d Battalions. 20th. 28th. 43d, Light Regiment, 2d Battalion. 59th, 2d Battalion. 79th, or Cameron Highlanders. 84th. 95th, some Companies. We now hear that it is probable the troops embark ing'at different ports, willall rendezvousatPortsmouth, which will form one grand army of from 30 to 40,000 Englishmen. Different destinations are talked of— Hamburgh, Cronstadt, the coast of Holland, of Ca talonia, France, and Flushing. In the latter port BONAPARTE has twenty sail of the line, all new. A constellation of Naval Heroes go with the Expe dition, Sir RISHARD STRACHAN, Admiral STOPPORD I Admiral OTWAY, Sir R. KEATS, and the gallant COCI-IRANE. Various names are handed about as a Commander-in-Chief. General GRENVILLE is going down to Portsmouth, to see the 2d battalion of his fine regiment, theWelch Fuzileers, embark for service. " PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 23. " Yesterday morning that fine regiment the Fifeshire Militia, commanded by Major RUTHERFORD, marched from Hilsea, and embarked in transports prepared for them. The Earl of MORTON, their Colonel, who had come down from London to see his regiment, re mained on the beach till the last boat went off. Be fore the Fifeshire left Portsmouth, General WHETHAM, the Lieutenant-Governor, returned the most hand some thanks in orders to both officers and men, for their conduct while they have been in this qua: ter of the kingdom. " As all the troops to Le embarked here, and even all the horses are to be conveyed in men of war, the numerous transports which have been here for some time have been ordered to the Downs, by Captain DALTON—and sail to-morrow under convoy of the Dapper. The Escort gun-brig, having under convoy the 96t1: regiment, and detachments for different regi ments in Jersey and Guernsey, sails to-morrow.. " The Loire frigate takes the eight Indiamen out under her convoy ; they will sail in about ten days : by them large detachments go out fbr the Scots Roy als, 12th, 14th, 34th, and the rest of the regiments at the Cape and in India. This day part of the 23d regiment marched in and encamped at Stoke. The whole of the 35th regi ment 2d battalion, commanded by Major ARNETT, to encamp at South-sea Common, and the Ross-shiro COCHRANE has arrived here." . The orders for the Inverness regiment of militia, holding itself in readiress to embark for England, have been countermanded. The Ist Light Battalion of the King's German Legion now at Bexhill, received its - route on Tues day, and will march on Friday and Saturday.—The 2d Battalion will follow on Monday and Tuesday, both for Canterbury, where they will remain till they march to their place of embarkation. The opinion in this corps is, that they are destinedl for Germany. ThurSday a recruiting party of tlie Ayrshire Militia, arrived at Ayr, from Silveri ill Barracks, Sussex, where the Ayrshire Militia at present remains. They . are about 40 in number. Wednesday the 2d battalion 0440 itoOttent are to march from the Barracks, at'Ayr, flit• Port Seaton. Tuesday sennight, the 2d regiment of Ayrshire Local Militia, commanded by Colonel JOIN BOYLE, completed their term of permanent duty at Irvine; after shewing a marked respect to the Colonel and the other Officers, by drawing them through the town in carriages, they marched off to their respective homes in a decent friendly manner. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JUNE 26. Sailed the Princess Augusta packet, with mails, for the Lee ward Islands.—Wind variable. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JUNE 27. The only British ships now remaining off Rochefort, are the Dreadnought, Tennant, and Valiant. The others, belonging to that station, are gone on a cruise off other ports of the French coast. All the French vessels are gone up the harbour, out of sight of our cruisers. The Resolution gun brig has appeared in the Offing, these two days, but has not come in. The Parthian made an attempt to sail at eleven this day, for Portsmouth, with nine tight transports under convoy, but anchored again On ac count of light winds—will sail as soon as the wind suits. Sailed the Eagle, of 74 guns, and Statira frigate for Portsmouth ; and the Mariner gun brig for Cork. Arrived last evening the Gorse sloop of war, Captain Simpson, from Portsmouth, to take under convoy a fleet of victuallers, for the Squadron under the command of Admiral Berkely. Also arrived the Pappenburg galliots Goede Derwagting, Deoyndon master; and Doggerbout, G. H.Doggerbout master, both from London in ballast. Sailed the American schooner Fanny Sewell, Anthony R. Bale mfiter, for Cadiz. Wind S. S. E. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE CB. Arrived his Majesty's ship Pkcenix, from Plymouth ; the Loire gives instructions to ships bound to the Southern Fishery. DEAL, JUNE 28. Arrived the RAVEN sloop from Portsmouth, with a convoy; Supply and Plymouth naval transports, from Portsmouth, and sailed through for the River —Sailed the CORDELIA stoop with a convoy of transports, for Harwich; CROCUS sloop, on a cruize. —Arrived the ZENOBIA sloop, from off flushing; also the Flo e ENZO, fr out the River ; and sailed through to the westward. GRAVESEND, JUNE 28. Sailed, the Harmony, GRAVES, for Gibraltar; John, CROFT, for Oporto; Union, SCHEMBA, for Malta; and Superb, JONES, for Heligoland. The Tom Barry, —, arrived in the Clyde, from Martinique sailed the 24th May ; spoke on the 29th, his Majesty's ship Ycrit in company with the Captain, 74, and Circe frigate, with 114 sail under convoy, in lat. 22.19. long. G. 1.26. W. all well. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jr r•rz THE KING V. THE DUKE OF GORDON. Mr. WIGLEY moved to put off the trial of this in dictment, which bad been fixed for to-morrow. Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL.-" My Lord, this is an indictment for an assault, with an intent to com mit a rape." Mr. WIGLEY moved this upon affidavits of the hus band of the Prosecutrix, Sarah White, her Attorney, and her medical attendant ; swearing that she was a material witness, and that she was ill in bed of a violent fever, and could not stir out without endan gering her life. The affidavit offered that the Prose cutrix's medical attendant should meet any medical man whom the Defendant might appoint, in order that he might be convinced of the state of the Prose cutrix. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. —g , My Lord, when the charges of this prosecution are c on s id ere d, an d t h at the Defendant is upwards of 70 years of age, it will readily he believed, that the Duke considers the post ponement of this trial as the most serious misfortune that could happen to him ; and he does hope, that it will not be suffered to go over the present sittings. At the same tine, he would not. tha n k t h e J ury for their acquittal, unless it were given him upon the examination of the Prosecutrix." Lord ELLENBOROUGII" At present, I will post pone the trial till next Tuesday, which will be the last day of the sittings here ; and as I observe that the affidavit offers the Defendant's medical man to see the Prosecutrix in company with her medical man, and at his time, I think it right, to prevent all collu sion, that he should have this right to see her, with. out her medical attendant, and at an unexpected time." Mr. GARROw—"Then the best way will be for the Duke's Attorney to take a Medical Gentleman there directly." _ _ ___ Mr..WIGLEY—gs We can have no objection - to this." Lord ELLENBOROUGH—" I need not reconimend the tenderest conduct to thegentlemen who are going." HOUGH, GENT. V. FARRINGTON. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, an Attorney in Lancashire, against the defendant, a po tatoe seller, for slanderous words in saying the Plain tiff got a d—d deal of money in a rascally manner. Lord ELLENBOROIJGH told the Jury, that the first question was, whether the words applied to the plain tiff's profession as an Attorney, in which case only the words were actionable, and it had been proved 'that the Plaintiff got money by tin-mines as well as law ; and the second question, in case the Jury were of opinion the words were believed by the by-stmders to apply to the plaintiff's profession of a lawyer, whe ther the plaintiff did not provoke the slander by the abusive manner in which it had been proved he had accosted the defendant, upon entering the public house where the words were spoken. Upon this ac count, if the Jury should find for the plaintiff, there was no coin in the realm small enough to give him. Verdict for the dfendatet. LINGHAM V. DU BOIS. This was an action to recover 4791. for leather breeches supplied to the defendant. The plaintiff proved the delivery of the goods, when the Attorney General put in evidence an invoice, by which it ap peared that the goods we►e all shipped expressly by the plaintiff on account and half with the defendant, thereby implying that.they were to be partners in the adventure. The goods were shipped for Lima, whi ther the defendant went as supercargo, and the ad venture wholly failed, the goods not selling fur the cost price, after 100 per cent. expences and freight were laid Out. Lord ELLENEOROViiII was clearly of opinion, that the plaintiff could not recover for these articles, but having supplied the defendant with two pair of doe skins for his private wear, and having new-seated and repaired another pair, the plaintiff had a verdict for 61. 6s. being the amount of those separate charges. OLD BAILEY. , Yesterday . the'se Sessions cotrimence of before IX Lord Mayor, Mr. Justice Le Diane, Mr. Justic . 2 • Chambre, the Recorder, &c. &c.. when 14 prisoner's were tried. J. Brown *as indicted for stealing a flare, the property of Mr. Lomas, a butcher at l',:c11-ingtnn. The prosecutor stated, that the mare was safely fAS..' toned in a field, near Holland-house, Kennini?;ton, on the evening of the 19th instant, ani he saw her asrain in the possession of the prisoner soon after 11 o'tiock the same evening. A watchman at Holland-horse thought he heard a noise like the breaking of paling, before eleven o'clock, at which time it was his duty to fire a gun. He approached the spot from whence the noise pro ceeded, and on his arriving at a lane near the pro-e= cutor's field, he saw the prisoner leading away a mare, which afterwards turned out to belong to the prosecutor. The prisoner said the mare was his pro perty, and he went with witness willingly to Mr. Lomas The prisoner's defence was—that he had foußd the mare straying in the lane.—Guilty— Death. Recommended to mercy by the prosecutor and Jury. _ _ _ T. Bone was indicted for breaking and entering tlic dwelling-house of Richard Oakden, in the daytime, and stealing therein a clock, a caddy, and other La-- ticks. Minns, a 'Sorter, at the New Inn, in the pa. rish of St. Clement, saw the prisoner with two other men, lurking about the gate, on the afternoon of the 11th inst. and about six o'clock he receivedinforma tion that the prosecutor's chambers had been broken into. immediately went in pursuit of the men he had seen, and overtook the prisoner in Chancery. lane, with a bundle, which, on being opened, con , tained the property mentioned in the indietment. Mary Parry, laundress, proved that she sio.v three men in the passage, one of whom had a bundle, but she did not notice them sufficiently to be able to swear to their identity. Witness, after they were gone, dis covered that the door of the prosecutor's chambers had been broken open, and gave the alarm to Minns. In defence the prisoner said he picked up the I bundle in the street, and to substantiate this, Charles Archer, who stated himself to be a tailor, deposed that he saw the prisoner pick up a bundle under a dead wall, at six o'clock on the evening of the 19th of I June. He looked him hard in the face, and the pri soner walked away. It happened by chance that this witness met the prisoner going to Hatton Garden police office the next day, and he asked him, although a stranger, what he had done and on the prisoner replying he had only picked up a bundle, this witness recollected that he had seen the bundle picked up. It was proved that no such conversation ever took place at the police office as the witness hard represen ted, and it was the belief of Minns that he was one of the three concerned in the robbery, although he could not swear to him. The Jury disbelieved the whole of the defence-,- Guilty—Death. _ _ _ Eight were convicted of felony, viz. Margaret Payton was capitally indicted for break ing and entering the lodgings of Kitty Shepherd, and stealing articles of wearing apparel, her property.— The things were seized on her, and the Jury found her Guilty of the larceny, in stealing to the value of 'four shillings. • John Waters was indicted for stealing a bugle-horn, value 40s. the property of his Majesty. The prisoner lodged in the same room with Ponder, a drummer in the first regiment of Guards, who had the bugle-horn to practise on. The horn was stolen on the 14th in. scant, and upon being missed, was discovered to have been pawned by the prisoner for two shillings, on the same day. The prisoner had the advantage of an excellent character, and the Jury found him guilty of stealing, to the amount of 19s. Mary Evan: was indicted for obtaining and r false pretences five yards of cloth, and other articles of wearing apparel, the property of William Lovegrove. Verdict—Guilty. Mary Bates, for stealing a curtain, and other articles, the goods of J. Griffiths ; Ann Brown and Ann Cooper, fur stealing eight yards of lace, the property of J. Cooper ; T. Hutchinson, for steal ing 11. 131. the property of Elizabeth Gifford ; and J. Reed, for stealing a watch, the property of R. Davey. Thomas Edwards, a young man of 25, and said to be a person in genteel life,was arraigned on aa indictment; charging him with a detestable offence. The prisoner is the fellow who has been spoken of as having been taken into custody in St. James's court-yard, on the t birth-day, after he had given bail for the offence, at Marlborough-street Police Office, and who, it was stated, was a man of fortune. In support of the in dictment two witnesses, named Shenton and Rose, were called ; but their testimony, although clear, was not sufficient to maintain the capital part of the charge, and consequently the prisoner was acquitted. He was, however, ordered to be detained for the mis demeanour, and the parties were directed Co prefer a bill at the Clerkenwell Session, without delay. R. Oakden, charged with a similar crime, put off his trial by affidavit, until the next Sessions. The following were also acquitted, viz. J. Carton, B. Conner, and J. Driscoll. tf ur the remainder of I.aw Intelligence, see the last Page.] A young Gentleman, of the name of Lovicx, a native of Portugal, lately offered his services to the Portuguese Ambassador, and induced several others to join him, to embark with the British Army for Portugal, under the command of General BERRSFORD I 1 their offers were accepted, and they are now at Port sea, expecting to sail with the troops forming the in tended expedition to Portugal. Tuesday morning, a Gentleman, Lady, and child, , in a one-horse chair coming from Reading, through Windsor Forest, stopped at a public house at Brack nail, to give the horse some water; the Gentleman got out of the chair and took the child out, the Lady would not get out ; the ostler very carelessly took off • the horse's bridle before he fetched the water, and left no person at the horse's head ; the . horse took • fright, ran Ovay with the chair for a considerable dis tance, and overturned it, and the Lady was thrown out and killed on the spot. Tuesday and Wednesday se'nnight a riotous mob,c on sisting chiefly of women and boys, instigated and as sisted by some foreign sailors, now, in Liverpo , :l, .attacked the rendezvous houses of the press-gangs in Strand -street, Bird -street, &c. in that town, ar.l jid considerable damage before they could be cifectili:ly . suppresiet. ~.