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MNIME , =II NW KOTZEBUE'S NEW TRAVELS'. MR. PHILLIPS repeflfstili itiornu the numerous ad mirers of the Writing: of KOTZEBUE, and the Pithiia large, that be fMII j orAlylo Oa or about the 20th iofiaat a Faittful Tralfiatiese of the ' , east Travels tf iLis elatt4cr (t_rforrxei is 4104 aid t 805) THROUGH ITALY. Tait Worh will form four bandficer cud Ir!•fily priv!Nl Volumes, fatal leigavo, pricezcs, in kardr. Of all Exohplers may hr bad, xeze Edition, of :Li isuch.a imbed Travels of de fame Alb r into SIBERIA AND FRANCE, ,a.l, t; em i• three ele:axt l'oltmer, the fame fire a; :Le New ?Froth, prier I y.6d. per Set, ix boards. Bridge-greet, Auguß 8, 180 s. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST to. TRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A I' ONE O'CLOCK: Confols, for motley, 38I—Ditto, for Anuft 581:. R educed 381-omnium 3} Exch. Bills, par is. prem.—lndia Bond is dif. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per C. Red. Ann. 5811 59581 I Imp. 3 Cent. r B} 3 per Cent. Conf. 58:f Imp. Ann. 9 3-t6; 4 Per Cent. 7 6 11 Exch. Bills par is. prem. 5 per Cent' Navy Bpii Omnium 311 prem. Lang Ann. 0+ r 5-16 17 i-i6th Lottery Tickets, 191. 3s. Short Ann. at ConE for arc. 58}i Though we think it our duty to put our armed countrymen on their guard, that they may be pre pared to difcharge the high duty that devolves on them, we [hall ever be careful, as we have hitherto been, not to excite unneceffary alarms.' That we had firong grounds for what we Hated, within thrie few days, refpeaing the intention cf the enemy to attempt loon the long-threatened invalion, will appear manifeft from the fukhined order fent by Lord linattiNcroN, the Commander of the London DifitiEl, to the Commanding Officers of Volunteer Corr.. Similar orders have, we believe, been fcnt to Volunteer Corpi in other Dilltidts : (clacuLsa.) Augur! S. iBOS. confegoenee of intelligence received by Governm - er t wf the embarkation of large bodies of trooi3 in Holland, of a fleet of men of war being ready to Lit from thence, and of the inereafed preparations of the French at Boulogne, and its neighbourhood, I have received orders from his Royal Highnefs the Commander ill Chief, to dived t the General Officers, and Infpedling Field 016• tees attaeled to the Volunteer Corps, to give notice to thofe Corps, of the; i poffibility of their being fpeedily called upon for fcrvice; and alfo to fufpend all furloughs for working during the harvaft, all further orders. I have the honour to be, " Your moft obedient and moR humble [avant, " HARR! NGTON, " General Commanding the London Diftridt." Orders were yeflerday received in town from his Royal Highnefs the Commander in Chief, for fur. pending all furloughs and leave of abrence in the at my, and requiring all officers and foldiers abfent on leave, to join their rerpetlive regiments with all pof fible difpatch. Government have iffued orders for the immediate inrpeaion of all the Yeomanry and Volun teers of the kingdom, together with the waggons at. tubed to each Corps. Orders were alto iffued in the courre of yeflerday, and day before, to the Comman ders of feveral Volunteer Corps, and from them to the Officers under their command, for the purpofe of af• certaining their effdlive force, with a view to their imnsediare fervice, fhould circumflances render it ne• ceffary, or for the purpore of improving them in their difcipline. Among the cafes to which we allude, the brigade of Royal Eatt India Volunteers are ordered upon permanent duty this month by alternate regi ments. The 2d Regiment, commanded by Colonel Sir,HucH INGLIS, is to take the lead, and sill march, we underfiand, for Chatham Lines, or Chelmsford, next week. Each regiment will not remain upon duty longer than fourteen days. The Loyal South wark Volunteers, with lharp•lhooters attached, fo lately encarned at Eprom, are ordered to moiler on Tuerday next at their head-quarters, with arms, clothes, and accoutrements, in •complete order, to march immediately for field exereire. Lieutenant Colonel ALCOCK, the commander of the regiment, affigns as the reafon for this fudden call, that " the fituatinn of the country requires they fhnuld be upon the alert." It is unneceffary to enumerate more cafes of this kind. It is alfo confidently reported that or ders will be iffued next Monday for embodying the levy ea ett# ; and that a meifenger wai fent lit the conrfe of yefletday to Weymouth, with the necefrary orders for hie Mejasrv's fignature. There prcceed logs clearly fbew that Government have grotmdlo apprehend an attempt on the part of the enemy to carry the threat of invafion into immediate execution. An American Gentleman, who arrived in town on Wednefday from Paris, informs us, that though he had, till of late, confidered all the threats of • the French to invade this country as mere gafeonade, there tan be no kind of doubt th.rt it is now ferioufly intend ed to be attempted. The preparations:ire grcat,and the aBivity in every department Inch that it would be in fatuation in this country to defpife them, or confider the danger as chimerical. We truft there is but one mind in the Empire, and that more than nftral care, vigilance, and attention will, at the prefent ctifis, be given in every quarter, that all may be in readinefs to perform thofe ditties and make thole fatrifices which the lafety of our common country may require.. It was reported yefterday, and believed by many, that the Dutch fleet had.aattally•pnt to fea. We 'have not been able to trace this rumour to any au thentic fource ; and as Admiral RUSiIL e whole (qua dron has been confiderably reinforced, has failed, for his old Ration off thd Tezel, we do not think they will find it fo cafy to put to fen, as tii embark foldiers. Difpatches were yeflerday received from Lord VELSON, brought by the THOMAS Li-ant - port, but they , are not of a later date than there received by the Prcitz. It is underlined to be certain, however, that on the 28th Lord Ns tsom was off Cape St. Vin cent. He had ken Adrniral COLLINGVIOOD, and fe parated from him. Admiral Cottradwoon was to remain off Cadiz with the reft of his fquadron. This day we received the fubjuined letters from Gibraltar, which prefint fome interefiing details re fpeeiing Lord NELSON'S fleet, as well as the prepara tions making by the Spaniards to attack that garrifon: I....Allii■imi GIBRALTAR, JULY 13. This morning the BITTERN Hoop of war arrived from Malta, with three veffels under her convoy, in nineteen days. Lady BICKERTON came paffenger on board. TIIC BITTERN raw Sir James Caato's expedition to the Eaflward of Minorca, in their way to Malta. Sir RICHAP.D BICKERTON, .uith four fail of the line, had left them fume days before, to block up the eight Spanifh Chips of the line, which are ready for fea at Carthagena. The Spann camp in this neighbourhood is faft increafing. They have now got upwards of r ',Goo men in their camp at St. Roque, and 7000 more are foon exp;'6lcd. The reafon of igned by the Spaniards for this is, that they with to withdraw all their troops from the towns before the penitential fever makes its appearance again, that they may preferve them from the contagion, and have them ready to form cordons round any diflri& in which it may break out. The ENDYMION frigate arrived from off Cadiz yellerday, but brings nothing new. The garrifon is all perfealy healthy, aad thete are no Natter accounts of any fever at Cadiz. On Saturday IA a woman of bad charatler, having drunk herfelf to death in a filed near the Callle, which had previoully been ordcrcd to be pulled down, and was faund fhockingly dirty ; it was thought advifable to deftroy it immediately, as well as the furniture and clothes in it, in hopes that this would prove a ufeful lefron to the lower clafrea, among whom it is fo difficult to enforce the regulations of the Board of Health, refpeaing cleanlinefs about their own perfons and in their dwelling-places. JULY 14. This day 2coo more troops arrived in the Spann camp, which now begins to affume a formidable ap pearance. Accounts from Alge;iras alto five tint all their gun-boats are ordered to be fitted up with furnaces to heat red hnt fhot, and that ten more mortar baits are foon expeeed, which feems to Thew that they mean to annoy the town by fe4. If they ihould wantonly deltroy the houfes of the Inhabitants, which is all the mifchieti they can dn, we truft a revere re taliation will be made upon all their lea port towns. The enemy have had fewer gun-boats than uthal in the Bay of late. JULY 17. On the z 5 ,13 the DECADF frigate arrived here from Lnrd IslaLsom's fleet. which fhe left 83 leagues to windward of Antigua, in purfuit cf the French fleet, which had been off dim four days before, and which was fuppofed to be on their return to 'Europe. —The DECADE informed Admiral COLLINGWOOD'S fquadron of the above particulars, and on her arri val here the BITTEP.4 was immediately difpatched with the fame intelligence to Sir RICHARD BICKRIL TON a who is blockading Cartliagena. The Spina camplere continues daily to increafe —they have upwards of Coo large tents pitched in four feparite encampments, and they are daily land ing more camp equipage and flores at the Orange Grove ; and obr accounts from Spain fty, that all their gun-boats are fitting up with► forges for heating red hot balls;ancta number of mortar-boats are daily expected, which makes us fufpeCt that they intend firing upon the town. I am fotry to inform you, that General Fox continues indifpofed, and though fomewhai better, has not yet been able to refunie the comminci of • the gartifon. • This place is perFeCl4 healthy, and all the ac counts from Spain are extremely favourable refpe6iUg the public health. • It has now been fo clearly afcertained, after the ftrieell enquiry by order of the CoOrt of Spain, that the late horrid peflilence has, in ever," inflame svbere it has appeared in Spain, been iatroduced fabotta fume infthed place, that a molt rigorous qtarauftirte is now eftabliffied throughout Spain., betwee4ithi (Effe rent provinces wherever the difeafc Las appeared; till the er.3 of September nest. •.. . • • . Since it has beery proved that the pellilence which committedifuch ravages lad year in this quarter of the world has been proved to have been an imported malady, how careful ought Oftait Britain to be ze fpening the laws of quarantine ! JULY 19. This morning, at day Lord NFLSON'S fleet of eleven fail of the line and one frigate was Peen at the entrance of the-Streights, and by eight o'clock they came to anchor off the New Mole. His Lordfhip is extremely difappointed at not hating met the French fleet which left the Woff . lndies, and paired in light of Antigua four days before the Britifh fleet arrived there, on their return from Trinidad, where they went in purfuit of the enemy. His Lordihip heard of the French fleet fixteen days ago, when they werefeen Reeling N. E. and he was in hopes to have overtaken them Wine ;Ley reached Europe. It rams prob Ale, however, that they al• tered their courfe more to the Northward, andefcaped him. His Lordihip's fleet had received no water or pro vifions of any kind fence they left Sardinia, neatly three months ago, and all the (hips were much in want of every thing. They are now hufily employed in getting in water and provifions, and will immedi ately proceed to fca when they are completed with thefe articles, which they expeit will be done in two days time. The fleet, notwithftanding they have been Co long without any hen' provifions, are in the higheft health, and every (hip feems as clean and in as perfect condition, as if they had juit come out of dock. The Amazos arrived here lait night, from the Well Indies. JULY 20. General Fox Ilia continues unwell. General Da u/4 et OND, who comrnandi the garrifon, yefterday evening met with a ferious accident from his hurfe's falling with him on one of the moil rug ged parts of the Rock, by which he broke his left arm, and was otherwife much bruifed. He is a moll zealous and excellent officer, and the want of his Cer vices for Come time will be particularly felt at this critical moment, as the Spaniaas teem to be making aft ive preparations in this neighbourhood, their camp daily increafing, and alCo the number of their gun boats. Two thourand more troops arrived in the Spanifh camp yefterday and to-day. Lord NELSON landed to•day, being the firft time he has been on &ore fine; he was here in June, 1805, on his way to Toulon. JULY 12. Lord NELSON'S fleet, of eleven fail of the lino and two frigates, failed this morning from hence to Tetuan, to complete their flock of water. His Lordfhip panes the Streights to the weftward the fir ft eagerly wind, in hopes he may yet meet with the Combined Fleets. The high Rate of difeipline, an 4 appearance of his fquadron, were the admiration of the whole garrifon ; and notwithftanding they had been three months without receiving any fupplie! of sister or provifions, they had not twenty fick men in the whole fleet. The ?tams fchooner arrived yellerday- from England with difpatehes, and returns to Plymouth again Abe firft fair wind. The Garrifon is all healthy. The 'enemy's camp daily increafes ; they have now upwards of twelve thoufand men in their camp and barracks. • EXTRACT OF • LETT Lit rtnm AN OFFICER OM BOARD LORD NILSON'S FLEET, GISRALTAI jaTe JULY Sle ,‘ We left Antigua the 14. th of June, in purfbit of the enemy'f fitet..• whkch bietift,!* . flitre four days bcfore, fteeringlt r. on their waYfacl to rope at *e fuppofed; 'to efiapi oni; lquaidton; we immediately croude4 all fail in pal**, carrying top gallant fails and royals, night and day, and every (hip clear for aftion at a moment's warning. In four dayt afterwards we fell in• with an American, who had Peen the Corub:ned fleet 36 hours Wore, ' =filling of 28 fail, [till ftee'ring N.' E.—all of us in the higheft fpirits at the profpea of fpeedily meet Ing them, as we tvere fleeting exaElly in their track; but, I am forry to fay, that *e faw nothing Of them during our paffage to our great difappointneent: We made Cape St. Vincent's exanftly 63 days after we left it for the Weft Indies, and anchored - here two days ago, all in good hearth, though•half heart-broken at the enemy's fleet having efcaped us a fecond time ; We hope the third time will be more lucky, as the tnoment we have got water and provifions on bOatcl:, we flail be after them again.' 4! I cannot deftribe to you the unceafing exertions and _anxiety of oar gallant Adtnir4 to overtake the enemy, which ern only be equalled by the affeltion and ennidence which every officer and man can board feels km- him. 'Under Xll the hardfhips and anxiety we have fuffered, I never beard a man in the fleet repine, or blame Lord Nst.sou, though we cannot help, now and then, cuffing General B—, whofe miftaktnintelligence was the means of mifleading and rearm its to Trinidad, at the -moment when we in tended' fleeting exadlly the cottrfe which would have brought us to the point where the combined fleet at!loally was, and where we should have certainly brought them to aCtion the following day, on the very fpot where Rodney met de Graffe ! I cannot deferibe to you the chagrin we all felt at . being dif appointed in the hopts we had formed of falling in with the enemy, being all refolved to emulate the glory of that proud day." CADIZ, JULY z 2. The Blockade of this Port has completely ruined :hitrade of the place, though the prelim Englilh Admiral behaves with much more liberality, than fome of his iiredecelfors. • We are preparing to take a revere revenge upon Gibraltar for the capture and tleftruetion of our fri gates. Ninety or a hundred gun or mortar• boats are fitting up with furnaces to heat red hot balls to defirny that town. The plan has been approved by the Prince of Peace,. and wilL•be attenspted in fix weeks time. A camp of tooooluen is to be formed before it, and it is reported, that 20,000 French trooin are c xpencd to joie theta. CURIMGIi CAMP, K,1.D.112E, A camp, conftaing of feveral regiments nicaval,,. brigades of horfc and foot artillery, the tt hole of t! light infantry battalions of the Army of lt eland, and feveral regiment► of the line and militia, ... , :vitintincr in all to 20,ca0 men, has been tanned on the Curragc of Kildare, under the command ef Lieut. Gen. Sir Cr.ss. Ascits, Lieut. Gen. Earl ROSSI. M2jO r Generals Ms vatc K and Ca mrasni., and feveral other General officers belonging to the Camp. Ibe C om . rr.ander of the Forces will often be prefent, N;:i' fuperintend the exercife. CORK, AUGUST 3. Major General BERESYORD and Corte arrived in this city on Monday ; yeflerday General Sir DAVID BAIRD, Major rUCN. ER, and the Hon. Capt. Gnarrom arrived at Scragg's Hotel. Tuefday morning, Major General PA Me fet ont from Limerick, for the camp at the Curragh of Kii. dare, where he in!ards remaining for fome The Hon. Brigadier General Li sLIR if holltly er. paled there to take the command of that garrilun, in the interim, Lieutenant Colonel STRWART, of thr 25th regiment, is the fenior officer. This morning his Majefty's fhip BattAtastrr, Capt. BARR R., arrived in our harbour from a cruizt. The fhips of war in our harbour are-I:79cillu Leda, and Brilliant frigates ; Eurus Bore thip ; Trent, hofpital fhip ; Mar►a and Louifa tenders. We regret to (late what we have only been inform. ed of within this day or two, that on the 1311! a fire was difcovered in a large heap of faggoz!, the property of a man named Shea, at Cl , gheen, in the north liberties of this city, and in a little time after in a milk houfe, adjoining his dwelling-houfe, in which were 16 petfons, two fields dillant from the faggot heap. The coincidence of time in the appearance of the fire in different places, has given room for an opinion, that it was etfeaed by fome wicked incendi• cries. The dwelling•hotife and family, were pre• ferved by a neighbouring watchman who obfetred the fire timely enough to awaken the family. He obfrrved a woman, he raid, in the a& of committing this atrocious deed—bnt preferred the prefervatiou of the family, to the purfuing and detrain.* her, as their dangci was too iminent to admit of delay. CHATHAM, AUGUST 8. Few military flations difplay fo much as Chatham allive exertion* for the general good of the public fervice in every departM,lnt. Life, chearfulnefs, and meritorious anxiety are tirongly depided in the lea• tares of every individual, any way concerned for the general utility of the variotis branches under Govern. mint peculiar to this potation ; hut none is more emi nently ciantpicuotts than the old arid efiabliffied corps of Royal Matines, to whole knovin fidelity and un fhaken loyalty on fnany trying occafions the country at large is infinitely indebted. Yeflerday the Royal Marine Artillery, equal in ap. petrance, (except in numbers), to any corps under the Crown, were reviewed by that experienced officer Lieutenant General BARCLAY, previous :o their em. isarkation on board the Enna*, which fhip is intend ed to bear the flag of that' gallant veteiiin, Lord KIM!. They went through all the aceitil. mcd titid necatry evolutions with the greateil precifion; of courfe* give the General' the bigheff fatisfaaior. He was pleated to exprefs his entire approbation of their clean and foldier.like appearance ; and, in ener getic terms, afrnred them of his hopes. that when an opporturiity offered, they would not forget the ho nour of their King and Country, not the gratitude they owed to the Officers, to whole unwearied afli duity they were fo much indebted for the truly re fpeftable appearance they then made. After which they - marched off to embark, amidft a nuniercus body of inhabitants, who evidently regretted their feparation from a corps, whole general conduit WAS marked by a Ready attention to the duties of their office, and a jolt fenfe of that honour which fbould never be feparated from the fentiments of a &nil foldier. The men were in the higheft fpirits. • A report was circulated lag - night, we know not on What - authdtity, that the Combined Fleets have Rot into Lifbon, and that they have feized upon all the batteries and places of defence, to fecare them felves. Certainly they were not there on the 3oth Lat. as it was on that day: the Li!bon mail left the Tagus. Thurfday morning died at his feat at Appledur combc, in the Ifle of Wight, the Right Honourable Sir RICHARD WOMILEY Bart. Dying without ntie iffue, a jointure of 7o:cool. reverts to Lady Wet.- LEY, and leaving no will, his eflates and property valve on a niece. Sir RICHARD had lived force time paR in a !late of fecluflon at his favourite retreat is the Ifle of Wight, and his death is faid to In the c' felt of apoplexy. Sir Jong EAMPR, Colonel of the EaR I.Podon litia, is about US be tried by' a Celia Martial, upon ten charges preferred' againfl Lim by Captain Arm., of the fame regiment. • The - Fifefhire Militia were reviewed yefterday nun - . ing , at Yarmouth, by Major General Mt LW [R. The Edinburgh Royal Hiolland Regiment, corat manded by Colonel A.• M'Gasooa MURRAI, aad which has been on permanent at Perth for three week' , was reviewed on Satnrday the 27th ult. by Nl , 4('' General MACDOSALD. The Paifley regiment of volunteers, under the c-11:- mand of Lieutenant-Colonel M.KARIELL, left Irvine on Saturday morning, after doing permanent duty there, fince the 9th of July laft, during which time both officers and men behaved themfelves with the utmoit regularity. The Second or Weftern Regiment of Rofs-fhire Volunteers having been on permanerit duty for 30 days (24th June to ascl ult.) war infpeted on the loth . ult. by Lieutenant Colonel Ross, Infpeifting Field Officer of the dißria of Invernefs and Ross. , On the tsth ult. Major General the Marquis o. Hurercy narrowly infpedled the 2d battalion of Reds fhire Volunteers. His LOrdfhip was pleafed to ob ferve that they were a fine body of men. The corps confift of eight companies. The convoy under the BE Luctysta for India—the troops under Sir DAVID BAlRD,forthe Mediterranean —and the Weft India convoy at Spithead—will ( al together, under a detached fquadron frotn 3 : ; • nel Fleet, to a certain latitusle