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FRANCE. PARIS, AUGUST :6. f BOURDEAUX, AUGUST ii. \ The Prince of NASSAU 011ANCE has abolifled the tax hitherto impofed upon Jews refiding within his territory. According to accounts from Lille, of the izth lat. the 510 demi-brigade, which was in garrifon there, had let out for Boulogne ; and .on the pre ceding day a large quantity of bomb-fhells was fent off for the fame place. The manufaaurers of arms in the city of Liege have received a notice from the Miniller at War, that they muff henceforth mantifacchire no kind of weapon ufed in war without his authority, under pain of contifcation. Citizen VFNTURI has been appointed Minifter Plenipotentiary by the Cifalpine Government to the KING 01 TUSCANY, and to acknowledge him in that quality in the name of the Republic.— The Helvetic and Ligurian Governments are about to appoint Minilters, who will be charged with the fame miffion. His Holinefs has given a brief of credit to acknowledge the new King in that quality, and to be complimented in his name at his arrival at Florence. Monfignor GALE PE, one of his Nuncios, is charged with this honourable commiffion. General MOREAU, COUTICCIIOt, ST. SUZANNE, Ci. tizen OTTO, our agent at London, and Citizen RI E TIER, now in the Seven Towers at Conftanti• nople, are nominated in the new eleftion among the Notable: of Stralburgh. A Sinking Fund of 2,500,000 livres a year from the Trealury, with above t00,000,c00 more to be v.: with, is appropriated for the difcharge of the National Debt. On the 13th, a crown was thrown on the Rage, at the Theatre of the Comic Opera, with an infcrip tion, fignifying th•it it was offered as a teilimony of Homage to Takla'. Signior R,truixt Lt.l took it up, and prefented it to Signora SmipiesAccui. That charming Aarefs, amid the loudeft applaufes of the fpeCtators, tore it in pieces, and difiributed them among all the performers prefent. The Mimiler for Domeftic Affairs has offered a firll prize of 40,000 livres, and a fecond prize of 20.000 livres, for the belt machines of new inven tion for teazing, carding, combing, and fpinnn wool, which (hall be produced in competition at the Confervatory of Arts and Trades, in St. Mar tin's-fired, before the aoth of June, 180 a. On the ad infiant, a French gunner put an end to his exifience, by placing himfelf before the muzzle of one of the cannons of the citadel of Turin, which he had loaded on purpofe, and then fetting fire to it, b - means of a mach fixed to a long pole. On the 13th, the Minifler of the Interior iffued an decree, direling, that in future, in all the fetes, decorations, and furnifhings, ordered by the confli. tined authorities dependent on the Minifler of the Interior, nothing Mall be ufed but articles of French manufafture. The artifis, architeas, and contraCtors, who than difobey this injunction, will be difcharged from their employments under Go •ernment ; and no account can be paired or paid, unler, accompanied with a certificate that the va rious articles charged are of French manufacture. The decree has been tranfmitted to the PrefeEts, &c. with the following circular letter : Paris, Auguit 13, 9th Year of the Republic, 44 Among the encouragements which may be given to our manufactures, there is none ,more powerful than that of clothing ourfelves, and de corating our habitations, with their produCts. This mode, the eafieß, though the moft negleeted, fe cures at once a confumption for them, while it flat ters the vanity of the manufaCturer. Let us hope that a fentiment of national interetl, and the re generation of the public fpirit, will at length pro duce among us, what neither coercive laws, nor confiderations of policy, have been able to effect. Expecting this happy return to the true intereßs of France, it belongs to the Government to fet an example, and to make it a point of honour and pride to furround itfelf with the produas of our manufaCture. It is with this view that I tranfmit to you the annexed decree, of which you will attend to the execution. P CHAPTAL." Within there few days feveral fiat corps have paired through this place on their way to Bayonne, and feveral more are expeeted. It is raid they are 'to join the French army in Spain. Thirty-eight Communes have applied for a di. mjnotion of the impofts, in confequence of the ravages committed by the field mice. Since the corn has !Kul taken in, this fami(hed troop have atracked the tobacco plants, potatoes, hemp, &c. nothing in (bort has efcaped their voracity., FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY to.—The Allies have for rome dAy s pall been forrowful and ill-humoured. All this prelages no good news to the Anglo- Turkifh Army. The Grand Vizier, it is whifpered, is defeated. The Campaign is confidered as at an end, owing to the heat and the inundation.— We hope that an exchange of French prifoners will take place, thanks to the meafures taken by the Ruffian Minifler ; he has obtained the removal to Conflantinople of all thofe who had been fent to the Cailles of the Black Sca, &c. FR•AICKFORT, Auc. .-A private letter from Con fiantinople, dated July 9, (peaks of a great Kittle near Cairn, between the French and the Turks and Englifh. A letter from Vienna, of the 2d of this month, announces the fume news. It was brought to Lord t 4: wro by a Courier from Conflantinople.— Tt wac on the 23d June, that this battle took place: t was warm and bloody. With refped to the ;Cue, as the two letters offer different accounts, we 11)211 abflain from laying any thing on the fubjed. HEit4. Auc. t2.—Whilfl the news from Cotillantir. , .ple, of the gth July, fpeaks of a battle on the 2.3 d of June, near Cairo, the Prague Co ette &pi the rd, announces the paffage of a Courier by that city to London, with the news of the City of Cairo having ferrendered to the Englifh on the 17th June. An Aug(burgh Gazette announces neatly the fame news in. letters from Vienna, of the zd Aug. It was Lord MINT° who had f received on the ill, the news from Conflantinople. Another Paper, the Gazette of Kempton, in an nouncing the arrival of this Courier, fays, "That he left Conflantinople the 6th July, and that his Difpatehes Rated, that General HUTCH IN so,/.. had received, in a fortnight, a reinforcement of 700 Englifh." The illereure Univerfel, of the Bth, publifhes an article in the following terms We have jult received the following letter, which we are autho riled to infert in our paper : " I have the honour to announce to you, the certain news of Cairo having fallen into the hand: of the Allies. The Official Details upon this ftib jee, as well as of the affairs that preceded it, will reach you immediately." Note of the French Editor.—Yet Private Let ters from Vienna, quoted by the German Papers, continue to :tart, that on the 3oth of July, Lord MINTO received Difpatches from Conflantinople, with the news of the GRAND VIZIER'S Army hay , ing been entirely defeated by General &WARD, and . of his having fled to theDef.trt and Damietta ;• and after that event, General HurcHlw sow and the CAPTAIN Pm_ 14A had retreated towards Alex andria, where, it was fuppofed, that the Englifh Corps of Obfervation would be attacked by 14E sou, reinforced by the troops landed by GAN THEAUP4 E. The confeflion of the Franckfort Jour nal of the loth, that letters from Vienna and Con fkaptinople give contradidory accounts, is worthy of being remarked. BERNE, AUGUST 7.—We are now generally acquainted with the names of the men made choice of by the Cantonal Diets to attend the general Diet of Helvetia. If we except the Diet of Berne, there is fcarcely another but Zurich which has re fufed to take the propofed oath. The Members of the Diet of Zurich pretend that they ought not to be obliged to take an oath to adopt the bafis of the projell of a conflitution which they have not yet received, and which may undergo the greatell modifications. Since the new explanations which have been fent by the Government, it is prefumed that this Diet will no longer hefitate in fubmitting to the law. Already it has made a choice of fe veral men, which announces this difpofition. In the greater part of the Cantons, the choice already made is confidered as extremely fortunate. That of Argon has fixed on Citizen Zimmerman, Mem ber of, the Executive Council; Ringer, the Mi niller of the Interior ; Rothplez, Minifler of the Finances. In many other Cantons, the choice has fallen on men who now, or who have formerly, occupied places of great importance and trua. By the exertions of Citizen Andermack, Coin mil ary of the Helvetic Government, tranquility has at length happily been reflored in the country of the Gnfons. The difiries which oppofed the reunion with Helvetia have at laa agreed to this meafure, and are now peaceably occupied in choof ing perfons to attend the General Diet. The Ci falpine Government has promifed to the Italo-Swifs Cantons to allow them to import their produftions into the Cifalpine States, and has agreed at the fame time tomake an abatement of the prefent enormous taxes which are payable on all articles of impor tation. - PIaTEILSISURCH, Jove 2r.—The Court Gazette of this day contains the political sketch of the fi tuation of France, publithed in the Moniieur of the Bth of June, and obferves, that it is remark able, and favourable to the tranquillity of the Continent. His Serene Highnefs the Duke of Oldenburg received from the Emperor; on his departurc from this City, a magnificent fword valued at 7000 ru bles. It was . given to his Majefty by the Emprefs CATHMUNE FRONTIERS or Russia, Aticusr 3.—The new EMPEROR follows with honour the footfteps of his immortal grandmother. The new appearance which Ruflia has alTumed within the IA thrte months, attens that he is faithful to that promife. The Clergy, and every clafs of citizens reinftated in their privileges, a thoufand difgraces repaired, the Senate called on to declare their rights; the ports of the Empire thrown open to Literature, Science, and to the Arts; the reins of Government committed to Read/ rage hands; order maintained without conftraint ; liberty reigning without li cence, and immenfe crowds :of ftrangers flocking front all parts, as in the glorious days of CATHA- Iung ;—behold the confoling pieture that our country prefcnts at this moment. May it never be changed, but that it may be rather embellifhed; we have need of a peace, which we already con fider as afired with France, and our Minißers at other Courts have received orders to obferve all the accuftomed relations with the Minifters and agents of France at thole Courts. One of the molt diflinguifhed features in the new reign is a real economy: hitherto we have not feen any of there liberalities fo multiplied under the two Lift crowned Heads, the charms of which are fo reduelive in the eyes of a young Prince. This economy is the &It Rep towards the reftoration of our finances, bat the EMPEROR has proved that he does not with ' to arrive even at this defirable end but by means compatible with the interefts of his fubjeds, and the rigid principles of morality. STOCKHOLM, JULY de NETT F L, OUT late Charge d'Affaires at the Court of 14indort, it re turned here, having paired on his way through France and Germany. During the Embatgo laid by the Englith on our ',deli, many of the Swedill feamen were illegally engaged aboard foreign (hipping, which is very feverely felt by our trade, as a number of the Swedifh merchantmen cannot fail for want of hands. The famous affair of Ad miral Count ;Vac 14 St IST! Pl, Commandant of the Fleet off Carlfcrona, has been finally determined this day. This Senator is completely acquitted of the charge preferred again(l him, for not haw ing fuecoural Dcnm, k in time. It has been proved that the contrary winds prevented him from getting under fail. He has been equally juaificd for not having obeyed the orders of the Rpm, in transferring the command from Baron PAL. F NGUEST to Baron CEDER STRUM. We wait t this day with the utmoft impatience for the Royal confirmation of this judgment. COPENHAGEN, Auc. t.—The Royal College of Commerce has written a Circular Letter to the Commercial Authorities, in which they are en joined to be extremely circumfped in the diffri [nation of pafrports, and to take particular care that the rules already prefcribed may be fcrupu loufly adhered to. No paffport is to be granted to any veffel deilined to fail out of the European leas, till previoufly referred to the College of Com merce. Vcffels deftined for the Mediterranean are, notwithaanding, to be an exception to this order. The Telegraphs ereeted in Denmark are at prefent completely organized. The Com mander, Fisri ER, and the Commiffion of Signals eftabliflied here, have made known the marks of latisfadion, with which his Majelly has expreffed his with to recompence their efforts. An annual him is to be fet apart towards forming a certain number of perfons deftincd to this ftrvice. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2i. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Coul. 6or—Ditto, for account, Oaf. Reduced 614 ft—New s per C. 9741—01 d s per Cent. gni OMIIIIIIII 84 9. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY I Short Ann. s 5461 India Bonds 6s. 7s. preen. Imp. 3 per Cent. 60, Imp. Ann. ir 1146! Exchequer Bills as. cif. Omoium pi I Conf. for Acc. 60}111 Bank Stock 3 per C. Red. 601 6i 3 per C. Conf. 60 1 if I i 4 per Cent. 8i Sot { 5 per C. Ann. 9 9 .4 I 5 per C. Loy. Long Ann. tBg tt-t6 Laft night Captain LINDo, of his Majefty's (hip . AZGO, of 44 guns, arrived at the Admiralty, with accounts of the Ifland of Madeira having been taken poffeffion of on the zsth ult. by the regi ment which failed fome time ago on board the Aaco. They met with no refiftance. We are gravely told that they were received as the friends and allies of the Court of Portugal 1 Perhaps they were ; but, had it been otherwife, they would Rill have taken poffeffion of the Ifland. —lt was too good a thing to be left for the Frcnch or Spaniards. His MAjirry and attcndants on Tucfday, after Peeing the Berkfhire Militia mount the King's Guard, returned to the Lodge, Weymouth, where a fele& party of Nobility were invited to fpend the evening with the ROYAL FAMILY. The Queen's Band played fevaral favourite airs while the com pany were prefent. _ Wednefday morning her Royal Highnefs Prin cefs MARY and the Duke of Gcouct rrse bathed. After breakfaft the KING, accompanied by Prince ADOLPHUS, Princefs SoPHIA, Duke of GLOUCES TER, and the LORD CHANCEL L O R , ro d e out on horfeback to Dorchefter, and returned back over Bincome Hills and on the Beach. The QUEEN and the Counters of Uxisitincs in a phaeton, Princefs Ayoub-re and Mrs. WINDHAM in another, Princeffes ELIZABETH and MARY in a fociable, attended by Lady C. DURHAM, Lady CATHCART, and Lady M. ERSKINE, and Princets AMELIA with Baronet's Howl, in a carriage, took an airing to Upway. The return of Lord ST. HELEN'S from Peterf buigh may be very loon expelled. According to the letters from Peterfburgh of the t7th ult. Mr. GAR LIRE had received credentials as Ambaffador to fucceed him there. Mr. SAUMAREZ, brother to Sir J. SAUMAILEZ, has within thefe few days been appointed to a c i v il fituation at Ceylon, worth a oo d per annum. Accounts were yefterday received in town of the death of General Lord ADAM GORDON, Colonel of the ill Regiment of Foot (confining of four battalions), Governor of Edinburgh Caine, &o. &c. The death of this veteran makes feveral openings of great value to military men, and there will be a warm contention for the appointments. He was made a Colonel on the 19th of February, 1762; a Major-General on the 25th of May, 1772 ; a Lieutenant-General on the 2111 of Augull, 1777 ; and a General on the 12th of OCtober, 1793. jOirla MORTLOCK, Efq. was elected for the filth time Mayor of Cambridge, on Saturday fan. The inhabitants of Deal have entered into a fub fcription for the unfortunate men who fuffered at Boulogne, and their families, and for the families of the killed. On Tuefday lan a meeting of the Lieutenancy ' of the county of Effex, was held at the Shire Hall, Chelmsford, to receive the difbanded men of the late South Effex Regiment of Militia, which had been previonfly ordered to be again embodied on that day, when upwards of 230 men affembled, 84 of whom were ordered to join the Wellern batta lion, commanded by Colonel Sir Wm. SMYTH, Bart. 84 to the Ealtcrn battalion, commanded by Colonel J. J3ut.t.oce, and the remainder were fent to their refpalive homes, with fufficient pay, be ing unfit for fervice. The tR divifion of the 49th regiment of foot, from Portfmouth, marched into Chelmsford on Tuelday, and the ad divifion on Wednefday lag, for Colchefter barracks:--The 3d divifion were ex pefted this morning for the fame deflination. The Supplementary of the Monmourisfhire regiment of militia marched throughChelmsford onWedn flay to join their regiment in barracks at Colchefter. The diforder in the eyes, to which not only fo journers, but the inhabitants of Egypt are very liable, is occafiosted by the finds, which are fo ex ceeding (mall and light, that they penetrate even into the linen and beds, and heat them to an incre dible degree. The Plague ufually ceafes when the Nile begins to overflow, together with the complaint jua mentioned. DUKE OP CLARENCE. This being the birthday of his Royal the Duke Of CLARENCE, who completes the 36.:, year of his age, their MAJESTIFS reccived compliments of the Nobility at Glouceßer•Lnl e; , Weymouth. On this occafion, it perhaps will not be impro, per, if we give the following (port sketch of Li 3 ROYAL HIGHNESS'S charaaer :—When a boy, h e chofe the Navy for his profeflion. In his very fi ll! voyage, we believe, under the daring and fkilful ROONEY, he was prefent at the capture of the Spa. Milt Admiral LANGARA. His ROYAL HIGHNES•I ferved for feveral years in America and the Wea. Indies ; and, much to his honour, he went throwsi l all the gradations of the fervice with a moil pe: revering diligence, and with the utmoll fortitud,. Men high in the profeflion acknowledge I h.it is not a more fkilful officer in the BMA Nits than his ROYAL HIGHNESS ; and fo inquilili ve his mind, fo tenacious is his memory, and in his underflanding, that it is reported, th ere i s fcarce an officerof any [landing in the fervice,whoE talents, habits, and chara&er, lie cannot minutely draw, and with the utmoil truth and precilion. —Having feemingly retired from the purfuits of a naval life, his Royal Highnefs has embarked hz abilities on the Parliamentary Ocean, in which he has greatly diflinguithed himfelf. As a fpeaker, he is poffeffed of vaft fluency, and his language is al. ways elegant. In his delivery there is much nerve : though he fpeaks but feldom, it is ever with effect ; and as the Houfe, like the Nation, have a high opinion of his integrity, his difcretion, his loralty, and his patriotifm, he is always titre to fectue many partizans among his fellow Peers. In private life his ROYAL HIGHNESS i 3 regular and fedate, attached to the enjoyment of domefbe felicity, he is ftudious and reclufe, and the amiable qualities of bis mind endear him to thofe who have the pleafure of his acquaintance. Every Briton, therefore, mull rejoice that fuch an exalted charaler, while he has this day completed another year of his life, is daily adding honour to his Mil trious Houle, by his talents and his virtues, and increafing in fame and efleem over the whole Britith Empire. The PRINCE of WALES'S Birth-day was celebra ted at Bath with every poll ble demonftration of attachment and refped. In the evening a fplendid Gala was given on the occafion at Sydney. Gardens. Great hopes are entertained of faving Captain PARKER'S limbs. He is not, however, in a condi tion to be moved from Deal. The Duke of ATHOL is building an elegant houfc about half a mile north of Douglas, in the Me of Mann. The foundation ftone was laid in his pretence on the 28th ult. attended by a great concourfe of Gentlemen. Lord EGREMONT'S Bobtail, 811. t ilb. is matched againft Mr. R. Hcapicore's Georgiana, 211. t ulb. Ab. M. zoogs. at Newmarket, next Oaober Meet ing. He is alfo matched with Popinjay. Bobtail is at prefent the hero of the Turf. Thurfday, the 6th infl. the Anniverfary Meet ing of Mrs. HANNAH MOORE'S Sunday Schools was i held at Cheddar ; the company was large, and mofl refpedable, and a fermon was preached at the church by the Rev. R. C. Wa•txtr. At the Anniverfary Meeting of the Governors of Worcefterinfirmary, lall week, the colle6tion for the benefit of the Charity amounted to loaf. 19s. 6d. - - Mr. Desist. Pills, a merchant at Sohlingen, in the county of Berg, has difcovered the mode of imparting the true Englilh pofilli to Iron and Steel He has demanded no privilege froln the Eleetor Palatine on this account, hut merely fuch advan tages as are due to the Inventor, which have been granted to him. Other manufgtories have at tempted to avail themfelves of thefe advantages. We have been fo long at war, that the riling ge neration of cockneys do not know what peace means. " What," fay they, " will there be no volunteer: then, no wi9sriee, no woyager ? Will Parliament meet no more, and the Newfpapers be given up ?" There is at prefent a commercial imereourfe eQa blifhed between this country and France, with re- • fpeet to blunder:. One of the lag French Journals gives an account, " of an unfortunate Englilh boat being over-fet in palling a dangerous place called the Natufer."—ln return, a London Paper fays, that Madame Boitaratre, on her return through Nancy, was faluted with the tune, " Where can we be better !P" The tune we apprehend to b:, bu peut on hre mime Qyau fan de fa famine. " Where can perfons be more happily lituated than in the bofom of their family 7" Nate Boer..—An Ira Gentleman lately giving the hiftory of a relation of his who fell Tome years fince in an affair of honour, added—" By J—s, I knew him myfelf to have fought thirty-feven times, though he never was killed before in the courfc of his life !" Thole dillinguifled Ira Barrifters, CuRRAK and EGAN, being Tome time (ince oppoled to each other on a conceited eleftion, the latter, who is a (tout athletic man, told CURRAN that he would put him in his pocket.—" Very well," replied the wit, " if you do that, you will have mare law in your pada than ever you had in your head." PARISIAN Fasaioa 3.—The oblong (lupe of the head-dreffes in hair (till continues, but the orna. ments are changed. Frequently there is no part uncovered except the crown of the head. The front, which forma diadem, and the back, which forms a round bunch, are of gauze. Sometimes upon the bunch is placed a gold comb, highly ornamented, and on the front, inftead of the dia dem of gayse, a gold chain enriched with preci ous ftones. We obferve within thek few days a few of the aigrettes called Otis:. For capotes, white or role coloured Florence and black crape are in favour. Thole which are called plaited have the whole upper part formed of dok Plaits Green or jonquil draperies are wgrn with the ea , poles of foot-coloured and barbel blue crape. The mat fathionable colour ill ribbons is green. The veils of our sit:antes are edged with tarifa /ow