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. a gi , Jrc tal be en uF in ay II I ye an th of ye an rel re; be !CI pr, Is thl in VIJ na ed eon ace. ..qu; on dik SPAIN. CADIZ, Dtc. 16.—Several regiments of infantry. two regiments of dragoons, and force companies of, artillery men, bombardiers, and miners, wi t h A t i ai a of heavy artillery,' and a quantity of ammunition, have arrived in the Camp at St. Roth. Thefe will, fpeedily be followed by detachments of the Spanifh Guards, and the Swift and Walloon corps. The in.' tendon of theft movements appears t" be, to endea vour to carry Gibraltar by florm, before the arrival of the troops, who are daily expeCted there from England, to tcinforce the garrifon, which has been comiderahly weakened by licknefs. The General who commands in the Camp at St. Resell has cut off all communication with the fortrefs, and the fervice is executed in the molt attentive manner. The Eng lifh keep fires and torches burning doting the night, to prevent a fur !mile on the part of our troops. Admiral Gomm..., and feveral ether officers, are expelled here, to expedite the equipment of the !hips of war. They will alfo proceed to Carthagena and other ports for the fame purpofe. As many Jailors as tan be procured are colleting to man them. General Mookau is to take his 'mirage for Arne tics in three weeks. The lift accounts from Gibraltar (late, that the epidemic fever has entirely ceafed. and that the few remaining lick were all in a fair way of recovery.— Among thole who have fallen viltims to it are— Ideffrs. GLYNN and GAzz♦ ; the former the Danilb, and the latter the Imperial Conful. A report is very prevalent here, that the Englifh bate taken poffeffion of the ifland of Minorca. MADatn, Da c. t 7.—The foreign Ambairadors and Minifters at this Court, have fent off Couriers extra ordinary to their refpeetive Governments, with copies of the manila() communicated to them, of the Lath irritant ' ordering hoftilities to be commenced againil Great Britain. A part of the troops which form the garrifon of this place, have received orders to hold themfelves in readinefs to march at the firft notice—their &Ili nation has not yet tranfpired. A great quantity of heavy artillery is to be imme diately conveyed from Segovia. All the other mi litary preparations are going on with the utmofl ac tivity, and every thing announces, that the war with England will be profecuted with vigour. Packets have been difpatched to our American poffeffions, to apprize the Governors of the war which bas broken out. Several vefrels were, indeed, dif patched to that quarter, Come time ago, to inform them of the (tate of our affairs and expeAations, and there is reafon to believe, that they eluded the vigi lance t.f the Englilh. Spain, at prefent, parities a naval force of (ivy five fail of the line, Come of them of the heaviell rate, and a proportionable number of frigates, corvettes, and other vetfels of war. Public prayers are ordered to be put up in all the churches in this Capital, and thofe of the other cities. It appears certain, that Portugal mutt fpeedily make a common caufc with us, and declare war againit Eugiand. GEAM.iNr. FRANCK7ORT JAN. 2.—We learn, by letters from Genoa, that the French Minifler, SALICETTI, fo far back as the zoth of OCtober, concluded a new treaty in the name of his Sovereign, with the Regency of the Ligurian Republic. According to this Treaty, the Emperor NAPOLEON engages to bring about A peace between the Ligurians and the powers of Bar bary ; or, should it be neceffary, to place their thir ping under the proteOion of his flag. On the other band, the Republic Iliptilates, to place at the difpo- fal of France, during the prefint war, tie thouland feamen, bur thoufand of whom are to be furnilhed with the lean poilible delay. Her harbours, arfe. gals, docks, and dock-yards, are alfo to be widened at her own expence, and to be placed at the difpofal of France, during the fame period, for the purpofe of building therein ten fhips of the line. The Ligu rians are alto to put the Emperor in polfeffion of a fhip of the line, a frigate, and two corvettes, which are already finifbed. It WAS reported at Vienna, on the 22d ult. that the French trc:ps were approaching the city of Naples ; and that, in confequence of their threatening to take poll - en - on of it, the KING of the Two SICILIES has Up laced to (hut his harbours againfl the Englifh. It is certain, that the Neapolitan Minifter at Vienna has fent off Couriers to England and Peterfburgh, in eonfequence of the receipt of difpatches by exprefs from his Court. Vitale*, Dsc. a6.—The flrongell hopes are enter• tamed here, that the peace of the Continent will not be interrupted. The fentiments of the Courts of Vi enna, Peter(burgh, and Berlin, completely coincide up .n this point, and every ineafure will be adopted in concert, which is calculated to attain this objed. HAWBURGH, JAM. 4..—The Elbe is now frozen over, as far a► Tiirlenfleth, and ..he molt heavily laden wagons crofs it without any danger. On New-year's-day the French MinifterwsiN• lIARD, gave an entertainment in honour of the Coro nation of his Sovereign. Among his pelts were fe veral Members of our Senate, the Diplomatic Body, and the Deputies from Lubec and Bremen. During the deffert, the Minifter's children introduced a butt of the French Emperor, which was crowned by the youngeft of them, whit(' a band of mufic, in attend ance, performed a delightful air. A French pccm, relative to the event of the coronation, was then read by the Minifter's Lady. • According to letters from Peterfbnrgh, of the i Srh December, Mr. d'Ouzats, and M. Barcor, had ar rived at Mittau, on their way from Paris. A few days finer, an affray took place on the Elbe, between fume French foldiers and a few of our di!:e• reeves. Thefe men yearly farm from the city the profits of the ferry user the Elbe, and when the river Is frozen, they lay a kind of bridge acrofs, which thofe going to the oppipfite more are obliged to ure, in order to levy the toll. Lad Saturday five French jenr-d'armer came over in a fledge from the Hanove flail fide. The ufual toll of two divers was demand of them ; they anfwered, that they would pay it their return. They refuted, however, to pay it, according to their promifes ; and hence arofe a ' quarrel between the parties, who foon became warm on both fides. The French drew their fabres. The dike-reeves defended themfelves with Ricks, hoes, and planks. Two of their opponents were killed on the (pot. and the reek were dangerolifly wounded.— One of the dike-reeves 101 l an arm in this fray, and Another received a revere cut in the head. A depu tation of French officers has arrived from head quarters, and the Senate is at this moment alfenibl-zd to give them an audience on the [object of the above affair. Husura, DF.C. v.—There are nos' five mails ly ing at our poi Lffice, to be fent to England, none having been forwarded fince the itith intlant. The fame number is due from Engl ind. The Heyer is frozen to the bottom, and the Eider is alto covered with ice ; the Englith packet•boatb are hence pre vented from approaching the coat, and are compel. led to remain at Heligoland, from whence the mails are ufually;conveyed in ice-boats ; but even of thefe mule have reached us for the laa fortnight. AMERICA. NOR roLK, DEC. I 2.—All's not 101 l that's in dan ger ! We heard a fort of prelentiment that we (hould loon hear more of the French frigate,which in our la it we Rayed had come down the Bay, with the inten• tion of going quietly home. She would have done fo, but that wicked wight, Captain Hotham, neither difofed to keep the peace himfelf, nor fuller it to be preferved by others, with a molt uncivil defign, and with malice aforethought, placed himfelf directly in the path along which Monfieur wifhed to proceed in a decent, orderly, and inoffenlive manner. Eb lien ! danr sox pared embarras qua dolt _Aire Monfieur La Broffe ? In fuch a predicament, what ought M. La Brae to do ? Why, like a good Chriflian, who did not with to vio. late the Sabbath, nor to break through the lath ordi nance of the decalogue, he came to anchor off Crump's Hill. The Lord High Admiral, with his Lady, we are well affured, were on board. They Rept at Hampton on Monday night. Oue report is, that they have both returned to Baltimore; another that they are (till at Hampton, and a third that fhe has returned to her father, and that he has re•em hahked in the frigate ; the Captain of which is re folved to go out immediately and chaliife the info. lence of the Engin --. Here now we have a beginning and a middle, and to make the thing com plete we want only a catattrophe or end. We hope Captain Hotham will not be in Irate to hike his co lours ; we hope yet to have two or three paragraphs out of the bufinefs, which, in the prelCnt dearth of newt, would be of great confequence to our intercits —this expectation would be defeated by a precipitate Cut render. The pilot boat left the Britifh frigate la Revolu tionnaire at anchor on the tail of the middle pound —the Imperial frigate in Lynnhaven. Captain Ho ' tham, dilcovered the Frenchmen about one o'clock on Sunday evening down the Bay. The flood hav ing but kilt made, and there being but little wind, both (hips came to anchor. On the firft of the ebb, the Britifh frigate got under weigh, and took her pofition off the Cape. About five o'clock this morning firing was heard in that direEtion ; the French may have refolved to go out, and these is no Hell Gate through which to cfcape, as through a back door out of the Chefapeake. - _ DEctm sea i3.—A Gentleman of refpeftabiiity informs us, that he has jutt received advices from Point a•Petrc, through a confidential friend, flaring, that a privateer, called the Grandville, mounting 28 guns, and two thirty-Ilx pounders, with a com plement of 2So men, belides feamen and marines, had failed from thence, with orders to take all Ame rican veffels bound to HitpanioLi, and hang the crews as pirates. By a Gentleman from St. Thomas's, we under. (land, that juft before he left it, (about t 8 days ago) a veffel had arrived from Jeremie, with information that the French had abandoned the town of St. Do mingo, and had furrenklared thcinfelvcs prifoners to the F-nglifh. Dec. 14.—We learn that Mr. Nicholfon has with drawn his Bill for the more efleaual prefervation r f peace within the jurifd:aion of the United States, and that he has reported a new Bill for that pur ple. By private letters received by the (loop Amity, from liavannah. dated the 18th of November, it appears, that the Briti(h frigate Mermaid, and a Hoop of war, were cruifing off that port, to proted the Britifh trade in that quarter, as it was fuppofed in Havannah. Before this, perhaps, the bulinefs of thefe !hips is more fully explained. LONDON. MONDAY, JANUARY U. PR ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Conf for money 634 div. on—Ditto, for Jan. 63 ii div. on. for Feb. Est; div on.—Roduccd 60t. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY: 3 per Cent. Red. A.nn. it India Stock, for acc. 79C- 4 1 3 per C. Conf. ('l'i s s i 6oi 6o India Bonds, IS. 2; di!: 4 per Cunt. 7641-; Imp. Ann 9 Si 5 per C. Navy, 91 901 91 Etch. Bilk, par is. prem. per Cent. 1797, is Omnium 13; prem . Long Ann. '7 4 13.16 11-16 En7,lilh Tickits 191. Bs. Short Ann. s i-t6ths Conf. for ace. 61i ii DUBLIN, JANUARY t 6.--5 per Cent. Gov. 821. Exchanze.—Dublin on London, 8; The Manila° of the Englifh Government, in anfwer to the Spaniat Declaration of War, has re ceived its filial revifion, and will be pnblifhed without delay. The papers alto in its fupport, referred to in his MAJESTY'S Speech, are in the prefs, and will im mediately be laid before both Houfes of Parliament. They occupy above twenty folio (beets, and confiti of the official correfpondence between Lord Has.aow- Ay, Mr. FF.ERE, and the Spinal Miniaer, down to the 12th of November, when Mr. FRERP, not receiving a fatisfaftory anfwer to his ultimatum, de manded his paffports. Of courfe, the capture of the Spanifh frigates off Cape St. Mary, which was not known at Madrid ustil a long time after, does not form any part of the correfpondence; nor can it ailed the merits of the quainn. The ground upon which the Englifh Government had determined to commence war againß Spain, was completely de• fined and afcertained on the 14th of November, the day on which our Miniftes left Madrid. The prin cipal grounds of complaint againfl Spain are, the fit ting out of armaments in the ports of that kingdom, and the pecuniary fupplies furnifhed by her to France, to an indefinite extent. To the demands of explana tion on there heads, repeatedly urged by our Mini tier, the anfwers of the Spanilh Government are eva live, and all fecurity for the obfervance of her nett trality by Spain, evidently under the influence and controul of France, was refufed. The patience of the Englith Government thus exhautled, they re folved to obtain that fecurity by force, which they defpaired of effecting by negotiation. With this view, they ordered the detention of the Spanith treafure (hips ; and the Court of Madrid, finding theme was no room for further fubterfuge and evafion, declared war. A declaration of war on our part followed, as a matter of courfe. A Lifbon Mail arrived in town this morning, brought by the DIANA packet ; the letters arc dated the loth inflant : the only interefling intelligence iliey contain is, that a Memorial had been tranfmitted to the Court of Lifbon by the PRINCE of PEACE, the objeti of which was to induce that power to (lint its ports againft the Engbib ; at the date of thcfc ad vices no anfwei had been returned. It was expeEted at Lilbon that the expedition pre paring in England, was ddiftined for the protedion of Portugal. This day we received a letter from our regular Car refpondent at Gibraltar; the intelligence in which comes down Co late as .the Bth ult. In regard to thofe letters of the 17th, mentioned in this p.iper of Saturday, we have no knowledge of the writers of them, and therefore will not warrant the authenti city or correetnefs of the ftatements they contaiil. On the veracity of our own Correfpondeut we o know we can fully rely. By this letter it appears that the fever on the 7th ult, was as malignant in the town as ever, and on the Bth orders were given for feparating all the troops who had had the fever from thofe who had not had had it. The former were to be moved into the town, and the latter to be encamped at Europa or Wind mill Hill, and all communication cut off between them. Farther particulars and other intelligence, will be given in the letter itfelf to-morrow. Dutch journals and letters to the tgth, whic:l have been received, (late, that a large quantity of military (lures, artillery, &c. are tranfporting into Hanover, where vrangernents are making for affembling a nu merous army, intended to counteraft the defigns of Raffia and Sweden. By thefe journals it appears, that the Span;lll Go vernment meditate an attack on Gibraltar. A for midable train of heavy artillery, large quantities of ammunition, and feveral regiments of infantry and cavalry have been colleeed in the neighbourhood of Sr. Roch, between which and the garrifon all com munication has been cut off. As the reinforcement, however, which failed fome weeks ago under General Fox, and:which, we believe, amounted to nearly 3000 men, has fince arrived, we troll the garrifon, not. withftanding the lofs it has fuftained, will be fuffi• ciently flrong to repel any attack that can yet be made again(! it. A letter from the Hague of the t 3th, (fates, that the reprefentation made by the King of Pruffia on the arreft of the four Batavian Minifters, has been attended with Tome effee. Hopes were alfo enter tained that his Majelly would exert his friendly offices at Paris, to obtain an amelioration of the prefent diftreffed (late of the Batavian Republic. The fame letter mentions, that the interchange of couriers be tween the Ruffian and Auftrian Cabinets continued with extraordinary aetivity, to Inch a degree, in Cie, as to excite flificioas in the mind of the French Minifter as to C.:. cAufe, or, which at lean were made the ground of inquiry on his part, as to the occafion of them. He has likewife expAffed his furprife at the magnitude of the force called to the frnntitrs of Italy, to form a cordon againff the introduEtion of the fever from Etruria. Satisfaeory explanation is dated to have been rendered on thef2 topics. It is reported that Alexandria, Damietta, and other ports on the coaft of Egypt, are to be garrifoned by Briti(h troops, in order to prevent the eflabliffiment of a French force in that country. American papers, which have been received to the date of December 16, contain the important in formation of the evacuation of the only part of St. Domingo lately occupied by the French, namely, the city of that name. Fifteen tranfports, laden with ordnance and mili tary ftores for the intended expedition, have dropped down to Gravefeod, where they wait further orders. The 56th Regiment of Foot will embark for India in the courfe of the prefent futon. Mr. WINDHAM has contented to poßpone his mo tion, which was fixed for this day fe'nnight, at the requell of Mr. PITT, who is anxious that the difcuf lion upon the Spanifh war, and the feizure of the fri gates, fhould take place upon that day. Mr. WIND HAM'S motion will come on this day fortnight. Government has inßituted an enquiry, of which the objeft is to difcover, and fend back with every facility, fuch Spani(h failors engaged in our fervice as may defire to rerurn to their own country. But very few have thewn any difpofition to quit England, and the greater number ptetend to be Portuguefe, in order to be permitted to remain. Some, we have been informed, have enlifted in our fcrvice. HER MiljESTl's CONCLIT. The Concert given by the Q E EES on f::/)..• , . ing, at the Q2een's•Htule, vas molt hi tended. The company began to offemble at !-.0! . . . revert o'clock, and the Concert c..mmenced a! pail eight. Between the ans the company were treated with coffee, tea, fweetmeat, Cc tt'7.. T.. company were in the Grand Saloon, and th..: bar. the Japan room. Hi% MAJESTY appeared in exr. , l; health, and converted with the company in tht 1.. • affable manner. He was drefred in the fame mentals as at the Drawing-room ; the Order '.t George was moll brilliantly fet oli A mor,d, ; i likewife wore diamond buckles. The v..hole of drefres were very fuperb. The cor:cert finiflu;:i fore eleven, and the company had all retired bd, twelve. His MAJISTY went at niv,lit to Among the company wet e, the Princefs of WA the Princels SoPHIA Of GLOUCFSTFR, the Doke , YORK, CUMIIFKLAND, KEtil, SUsSEX, and GLOUCESTRiI, Pr lace WILLIAM oi and about two hundred others, includi: 'nre Dukes of-11....uhirt and kfiiintrof:. 1;!: lifbu,y MarchionelTeg—Ahercorn, ficadfort, Thiinumil, Sialliird, and Dutii..!al. Farls—Moiton, Moira, 111 , 4 int cumbe„ Chatham, C.lnuSCrl, Effex, Darnley. field, Aylesfor.l, Sandwich, Cheltcrfiad, Malmfbur y, Dartmouil Romney, Harringtou,Wcflmorland Ilchclta,aad Doeclidt.r Vareounts—St;ford, Sidinouth, Sudley, Sidney,Bulkelty,ane Wentworth. Vifoninterks--Caftlerealh, St. Afa2h, Sud lcy, klulittley, and Wentworth. Counteffes—St. Vincent's, Canse,n, T.:mpirrown, bridge, Ayletbury, Darnley, Effii Chatham, Moira, Macclesfield, Wcv. mot-eland, Pembroke, Bridgewater, 1..k.,:0n, Perth, Be verley, Harrington, and CArcligan. Lords—Bealiciere, Fitzhai ris, I eova:r.e,tActwynd, Rad(lock, Elliot, Langford, St. Hekti'b, e vine, Arden. S., znerfet, Villiers, Borirgdon, C. bitzruy, Braybrouk, Hawkdbury. Gwydir, and Glenhervi,.. Ladies—Fane, Ti%ple, Walfingliam. Burney, Stuart, liarr'.4. Hawkelbury, Banbury, lamidale,llX,, 6tewarr., BrL.ce, Rad Langford, Antherlt, Ely, Arden, S,ffierf,t, Cranky, I".,tzr. ;, Percy, Villiers, Botingdon, hemlock, Wynyard • (ham, A. Stanhope, Johnann, C. Burnham, Caitlin:pc, and Pratt. Baron Lenthe. B. Neale, G. Warrinton, G. (Morrie, and F. Po de. G , ner.rls—GrofvLnr - r, Ludlow, Grenville, De Bride, PliiPP`• Lumley, Calvcrt,Ttarner, Gordon, Sydney, IL:rrard and Lelia:. Colonels—Macel“ficld, Vi!ieri. and Da!rynikk. Majors—f;reville, Weft, VaKers, Spencer, Frecrnantic, Stan • hope, and Pitt. Mittrcfres—Weft, Newhlt, Freemantle, and Stanhope. hliab—Addingt.un, Somertille, Carhery, Colthorpe, llervcy, and Colcnuu. Among the prefentations to her MAJESTY on Fri day, WAS Major FRE ETH (of the z3d Light Dragoons) on being appointed Equerry to his Royal Highnels the Duke of Sussex : he was introduced by his Royal liighnefs the Duke of Sussex. The prevailing colours at Court on the QtrEsN's Birth-day were lilac, plum, and puce velvet : fatin and gold, and raver tillues ttriped, were general for robes. The waills were very fhort, and hoops large. The fleeves had three or four rows of lace, exattly the fame fleeve as Mrs. JORDAN wears in the farce of Matrimony. The lace was principally point. That worn by Vifcountels VILLIERS and her fitter, Lady BORINGDON, was uncommonly beautiful. The robes were trimmed round the bofom with lace. Diamonds were much worn, and a number of pearls. Oltrich feathers from their elegance mutt always keep their Ration at Court ; they were uni venial on Friday. The Ladies vied with each other in the beauty, elegance, richnefs, arid deign of their dreffes ; anxious to (hew their refpesl fer a Sovereign, who reigns in the hearts of her fubje&i. A running footman belonging to Count JutsTs zorr, from the fingularity of his drefs, excited par ticular notice among the crowd on Friday at St. James's: his drefs was a blue velvet with filver lace, a cap of the fame profufely trimmed with flyer lace, a (dyer plate in front, on which were the arms of the Count and Countefs, fcailet filk petticoat with broad filk lace, and black breeches, with flyer lace and fringe. At half-pall three, Lord SostsavotcLt's fervant was called for at the Palace-gate. The coachman and footman were fitting on the box of his Lord fhip's carriage, which was [finding in St. James's lireet, about two hundred yards from the gate, wait ing with other Noblemen's carriage s , u ntil t h ey (h ou ld be called for. And, having heard, that his Lord (hip was waiting, the coachman, either forgetting or being unacquainted with the prefcrihed rule of keep ing in line, drove out"of his Ration, down towards the Palace. An officer of the boric, and (even or eight troopers, immediately purfued. They overtook the carriage, and with their fwords cut the reins out of the coachman's hand. The honks, being frightened with the noife, run at full fined to the co, ner of Pall-Mall, when the front part of the carriage coming with violence againfl the poll at the corner f the fireet, the fplinter-bar was broke. The coach man and footman were then thrown off the box, and a crowd of conttables gathered round them. The footman was taken prifoner into the Palace guard hook, but was foon difcharged, not having any thing to do with the management of the horfes. The coachman was then taken into cuftody ; but he beg ged that they would let him tic up the broken part of his carriage, and take his Lord home. On Friday the Qneon's Royals, or Pimlico Vo lunteers, marched to Hyde Park, under the corn. mand of Col. ROBINSON, to fire a feu de joye in ho nour of her Majssrv's birth day. They arrived on the ground precifclv at eleven, and occupied a tion on the left of .he Striin ine, when the Jr took place, atter which the whole of the corps sea.... their helmets and gave three cheers with ardent loyalty. After the ceremony, the mitt companies of the two battalions dined Horfe and Groohifimlico, where t h e h ea l t h o f their MajFsr IFS drank, and feveral loyal coatis and fongs animated the genet al fetlivity of the day. The corps palled in their way to the Park by the Houfe, marching in flow time, and bandr playing. Several of the inhabitants of Hatton wall having made complaint to the New River Company that they had no water, the turncock was fent to ezam:ne the plug-hole, which being opened, above thirty large eels were difcuvered, and a carp, which, for its Gze, was obliged to be cut before it could be got out of the plug, after which the water ran freely.