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BOOKSF.I.LERS.—TO BE DISPOSED OF, A VALUABLE CONCERN in the BOOK -14 SELLING and STATIONARY BUSINFSS, Stunted is a large and populous Town in the County of York.—Any Pcrfon wiihing to begin Bufinefs, will find this an excellent opportunity, the Prepares being commodious and advan tageouily fltuated—tba Stock well felt Red—the Trade long citablifhed--and the Connexions valuable. Part of the par chafe money may remaiu at intcrcft, and the purchafcr may have immed4te.poffeffion. For particulars apply to Edward Baines, at the Leads Mer cury Printing Offace.:--Leeds, May t 3, 18oz. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY is. The PrefeEt of the Department of Landes has iffited a proclamation to the Mayor and other Ma gi ftrates of that department,recommending to them to take the mofi vigorous means for apprehending a body of marines who had deferted from their (hips lying at Bourdeaux. In the fame proclama tion it is declared that it is in contemplation to ufe every effort for the invafion of England, and to make an attack on as many different points as poffible. The official Journal Rates, that the banditti con tinue to infeft the department of Ille.et-Vilaine, La Dordogne, and L'Herault. Several robberies were lately committed in thefe quarters, but the delinquents have been generally feiaed and punifh ed. The Military Tribunal of L'Herault has clofed its fittings by paffing fentence of death on twelve criminals, chiefly affaffins,highwaymen, and houfe- breakers. Letters from Tarentum, of the 26th of last month, Rate that the Peninfula of Otranto, with the fortreffes and towns of Brundefium, Gallipoli, Bari, and Tarentum, have been taken poffeflion of by the corps under the command of General Souvr. An alabafler mine of fingular beauty has been difcovered at Pau. MAY 13.—The head.quartcrs of the army of the Rhine are breaking up, and in the courfe of another decade all the other head-quarters will be fuppreffed. We learn' by letters from Turin, that the Ad miniftrator•General of Piedmont has been direft ed to make a formal difavowal of the report in cir culation refpeding the incorporation of that coun try with the French Republic. The Gazette which had, in confequence of the rumour, taken the name of Le FroettoirSidaltin has relinquifhed it, and af. fumed that of lowersaides Alta. The Hereditary Prince of Saxs-Wzistaa is to marry an Archduchefs of Ruffia. The Count of EILENSWAID, Who was Minifter from Sweden to London, is appointed Minifter to France. The Emperor ALEXAEDER has written to the Emperor of GERMANY, in which he affures him of his with to eftablifh the ancient relations of friend !hip between Ruffia and Auftria. Pails, May, 13.—A 1 n American frigate arriv ed at Havre on the 9th, having on board the new Ambaffador of the United States of America, who brings the ratification of the treaty of peace con cluded with the French Republic. ARMY OF OBSERVATION. Head-quarters at Burgos, Aprll ags. The advanced guard of the corps of obfervation of la Gironde, after a month's march, has arrived in the capital of Old Callille, fituated at the dif. tance of forty leagues from the frontiers. We have great reafon to praife the attention with which the Spaniards have lodged our foldiers, in the gal leries of the monafteries, and the readinefs they have hewn to procure us provifions of a quality really fuperior to thofe of France. We are informed that General VAWDAMME is on his march to join us with to,ooo men. Every thing gives us reafon to expert that the greatelik harmony will prevail between our troops and thofe of Spain, and we have no doubt of th e fuccefs of the expedition, if Portugal fuffers us to enter its territory, before it makes peace. WESEL, MAY 7.—The number of Pruflian troops now in motion, and placed on the War Eftahlifiunent,are Paid to amount to too,oco men. The greater part of theft forces will be afFembled between Berlin and Potfdam; after being reviewed there by the King, they will receive orders for their future deftination, which is not yet known. • FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. Pursassuitom, APRIL 4.--Prince REPNIN, Prince LAPOUCHIII, Prince KURARIN, and Count du So sow, have taken feats at the Privy Council. General Count de Pates has fet out for Riga and Revel to infpea thefe ports. The Count de Pas's is appointed Minifter of Foreign Affairs. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE PAULOWITSCH is ap pointed Infpeitor General of Cavalry and Infantry to feveral Hanoi, MAY 6.—We are ftill in fufpence with refpelt to the revifion of our Conflitution, and the report of the Commifllon appointed to p refent the new proje& of the Conftitution, which has been re tarded by the diffentions that have arifen between the Members. The report which was to have been made on the ph inftant, will not be prefented un til next month. The general with is that there fhould be no change in the Conftitution until the restoration of tranquillity ; and it is underflood that the majority of the Lcgiflative Body are of the fame opinjon. This fentiment has become very prevalent, fincc it bas been made known that a certain Allied Power has expreffed its determination to refpell the inde pendence of the Batavian people, and not to in terfere with them in the choice of whatever CO*. Siltation it may be thought proper to adopt. ANCONA, Aram ss.—The brave General SAL. cavra has arrived from Conflantinople, where he was detained for two years and a half in the cafile of the Seven Towers. He was the firft general to whom the Conful EA.SII•PARTI entrusted the com mand of this city. Two Englith (hips of war which are ensifing before our port, have taken a bark laden with pro. vifions, and chafe every (hip that approaches the costa. We wait with impatience for the departure of thefe two vellels which do great hurt to our rinfritree, and prevent our fupplies of provifions, -o,;,ich are exceedingly f carce. They hare landed IL b-re fome Gaon whom they had on board as pnfuneTs. 31PEDEN. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 28.-.—Tile Admiralty-Lieut. de GERDTEN, was difpatched for Revel, from Carlfcrona, on the 3d init. with the Royal Yacht, COLLDING, with intelligence of the Englifh fleet having paired through the Sound. On account of the floating ice he was obliged to caft anchor within a league off Revel, and on the following day, cruizing up to the harbour, be found the Ruffian fleet, Confifting of t z fail of the line, Rill frozen up. He left Revel again on the t 7th. — The batteries of the fortrefs, and the bridges of the harbour, had been lined with artillery. Three veals from Swedifh Pomeranii, laden with corn, arrived at Carlfcrona, a few days ago, without any moleflation on their pillage from the Engin fleet. The fquadron of the fleet of the Sheers, which failed from this port in the beginning of the pre fent month, has received counter orders, 'and will now take its nation between this port and Norrko ping. The Commander in Chief of this squadron, Admiral ROteENSTE IN, is indifpofed. The mer chants here have this day been informed officially, by onr Government, that their ships may now fail, without any apprehenfion from the Englifh. The lateft letters from out Conful General in Lon don, alto give us reafon to hope, that the embargo on veffels belonging to fubjefts of the Northern Powers will shortly be taken off. The Chief of Brigade Citizen Nrrnsawoon, who had been BONAPARTE'S Adjutant in Egypt, is arrived here, and has been received by his countrymen with great diainetion. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY it. Holiday at the Bank. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Coldish 601-omnlnnt 0. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY : 3 per Cent. Red. 591 f I Short Ann. 5 z-t6t 3 per C. Conf. bot t t Imp. 3 per c r of 4 per Cent. Ott Imp. Ann. x x 5-16 5 Per C. Navy i i Ontnium 91 St 5 Per C. Loy. 941 93i 94 India Stock 20 0 1 99 . 1 Long Ann. at t b Conf. for May dot t it . PIFILIN, MAY 9. — Price Of Stocks this day. S per Cent. Goy. Deb. 99. This day arrived a Mail from Lifbon, brought over by the PRINCE of WALES packet. Among the paffengers from Li(bon by the PRINCE of VatEs packet, are Don LORENZO de LIMA, Envoy Extraordinary from the Court of Lifbon, and the Marquis de NIZA, Envoy Extraordinary from the Court of St. Peterfburgh, both to .he Court of London. We yefierday received Paris Journals to the 13th infl. inclufive, and this morning we received . fets of the 14th and 15th init. They are very bar ren of intelligence. On the inv afion of Portugal they arc almoll fluent. Nothing new appears from Egypt, that is, on any kind of authority ; for there is a vague report of a vitioryobtained by the French on the 26th of March, which deferves no credit. General Hurc HINSON'S difpatches were dated the sth of April, eleven days fubfcquent to this pre tended Vieiory I The Diet of the Germanic Body has definitively refolved to refer to the EMPEROR, to arrange the indemnities which are to be the refult of the peace of Luneville, and has adopted a Coach /fume to that effed.—The Tiers Confolides are 53 f. 5o c. The Gazette of Saturday announces that the army of the GRAND VIZIER is in motion to co-ope rate with our troops in Egypt. The Turkifh force, however, does not feem to be very great. GH IZ. ZAR PACHA has been induced to lend his aid to the GRAND VIZIER. If this army can be brought in to Egypt It ma produce a certaiu divifion of the French troops, and fo far be advantageous to our caufc. The private letters from our army mention that Sir SIDNIT SMITH, with a body of troops, toge ther with the tailors under his command, was to be detached in order to make an attack upon Ro fetta. There is no reafon to fuppofe that any part of the army bad been detached to Rahmanie. The French army therefore mull, by there va rious attacks on fo many different points, be ex tremely harafed and diffracted. The difcontent ed of all parties will join their enemies, and they will have to contend both with armies in the field, and with rebellion and mutiny among the natives. Their communications muff be rendered infecure, and their (mall garrifons expored to the violence of (editions movement, inflamed by the rancour of fu per flition. They la relent flatter themfelves with the hopes of aIE (lance by GANTH Liu vs a's fquadron; but unlefs our fleet happens to be driven away from Alexandria by a tentpeff, it is impoffible that rue conrs can be thrown into the place; and a number of favontable circumftances muff combine to permit GANT/MAO/4Z now to perform the obit& of his voyage. Taking it for granted then, according to General Hurcuiesom's flatement, that the French, afembled with all their forces, have in vain attempted to diflodge our army, fuppofing that we are able to retain the potation we occupy, there is a profpee of final fuccefs in the object of the expedition. The vktory will remain with thofe who can afford to expend moll nun : that, from the opportunity of obtaining reinforcements, our army is able to do. The French cannot re place the men they lofe, and. therefore, with all their courage and pertcverance, they muff ulti • ?timely yield to a force that h perpetually renewed. Unlefs they overpower General Hvvc Hi PI SON and compel him to reimbark without delay, Egypt mull fall into our hands. The KING has been pleafed to conftitnte and ap- i the Earl of LEVEII and MELVILLE to be his Majefty's High Commillioner to the General Af fembly of the Church of Scotland. The KING has alfo been pleafed to prefent Jot*/ Mess HALL, Clerk, Maker of Arts, to the Red - tory of Epworth, in the Ifle of Aaholme, in the county ana Diocefe of Lincoln, vacant by the death of JOHN ROBINSON, Clerk, the laft incumbent. The Kino has been pleafed to conftitute and appoint GEORGE Pasvosv, Efq. 13rigadier-Gene ral of his Majefty's forces, to be Lieutenant-Go vernor of the Eland of St. Lucia, in America. The Kiwo has alto been pleafed to conftitute and appoint Glows IslimE NT, Efq. Major-Gcne ral of his Majelly's forces, to be Lieutenant-Go vernor of the Ifland of Jamaica, in America, in the room of ALEXANDER Earl of BALCARRAS. The Kiva has been pleafed to conflitute and ap point Mr. Aitclils4Lo Bofors to be Commatry of the Commiffariot of Hamilton and Campfey, in the TOOlll of Mr. ROBERT FRAMS, deceafed. Tuefday, Jouv STAPLIS, Efq. was fworn of hit Majefty's Moft Honourable Privy Council of Ireland. The Owns ttoa of the Exc incur sa entertained Lord HARDWICKI on Saturday, previous to his departure for Ireland. Among the company were General MEADOWS, the Marquis of WATERFORD, Lord Lowousvittz, and Mail. ABBOT, LONG FIELD, CARRY, COOKE, and THEOPHILUE JONES. Accounts from America (late, that Mr. Dew sow, who is deputed by America as bearer of the convention to France, was e: fled to fail from Maryland in a (loop of war t ha t had been fome time waiting for him on the 22d of March. The French papers received yefterday mention the ar rival at Havre of an American frigate with the perfon bearing the Convention. A letter from Hartford, America, 23d March, Pays, « the rains have been ?o heavy that Connec ticut river (welled higher than it has been fince the year 1692, and (wept away many bridges, mills, dwelling-houfes, &c. Several families were taken by boats from the windows of the upper ftories of their houfes, and every thing wears the appearance of horror and defolation." Capt. WILLIS, who arrived at Philadelphia, from Canton, on the isth of March, fays, he fpoke with a Britifh fquadron, confifting of the CENTU RION of go, the Sri' ttx of 44, the BRAVE, of 44, and the DiEDALUS of 32 gnus, bound on an expe dition againft Batavia. A French frigate of 36 guns bound.to Ame rica, was (poke with by a fhip Of that country in lat. 36. 40. near the coal It was thought Citi tizen Fiction was on board, going in a diplomatic charaeter to the United States. Monf. PicHox, who arrived at Norfolk in the Selimante frigate, proceeded immediately to Walk ington. It is afferted that General LA FAY writ is appointed Minifter Plenipotentiary from France to America, and will let out for that country as loon as the ratifications of the treaty are concluded. A letter from Mr. CATHCART, the American Conful at Tripoli, to Mr. VAHDERHORST, the Ame rican Conful at Briflol, leaves no room to doubt that koftilities have been commenced by the BA s NSW againft the commerce of the United States. Mr. CATHCART, not being furnifhed with fufficient powers to comply with the exorbitant demands of the BASHAW, offered him 30,000 dollars to fufpend hoftilities till he could receive an anfwer from the Prefident, which was refufed. DRUaY-Laws.—Friday night, for the Benefit of Mr. BARRY /401 E and Mr.WAritte,Mr.WHast.sa, formerly Manager of Portfmouth Theatre, a Gen tleman highly efteemed by an extenfive circle of ac quaintances in town, made his appearance in the charafter of Sir Peter Teazle, and was received with the greateft applaufe by a very crowded Houle. After Mr. Kira, whole dry and peculiar call of humour is fo well adapted to the part, it is high pnife of any performer to fay that he gives plea lure in it. Mr. WHIR:Aft, without im itating that great model, enters fully into the fpirit of the cha nger. He pofFeffes that chafte and correct flile of aiding which, without trick or buffoonery, pro duces the fdlleft and molt perfed comic effect. He was unaffeded, free from grimace, yet difplayed a rich and genuine vein of - humour. A Gentleman made his fiat appearance on any Rage, in Charlu, and with confiderable fixed's. His figure is good, and he does not want cafe, though he requires confiderable poliffi. He might have added to his figure the advantages of drefs, to which lie had not paid fufficient attention. The following caution appeared in the laft num ber of the Portfmouth Gazette :—There are at prefent in circulation here' a great number of forged One Pound Bank of England Notes : they are dated the 3d or 17th of December 1800, and figned C. WATTS, or J. Fitt.e.—The engraving very coarfe, and ill-executed, and the water-mark is imitated with a Ramped impreffion.—The Notes look dirty, and are generally cut through in dif ferent places, apparently fly fome kind of engine. Burnt Mill, near Shrewfbury, was let on fire foaie nights ago, and was deftroycd, together with the flock of corn. The Miller left all well at ten' o'clock at night, and at four in the morning found it a heap of ruins. There is ftrong reAfon to be lieve it to be the ad of fome malicious incendiary. Saturday the convids from Nevigate &c. were embarked at Deptford, for the purpof e of being conveyed round to the tranfporu at Portfmouth; they willtprobably fail with the Cape and China (hips. Mrs. PARISE the baker, who died left week in Peter-ftreet, Nieftenlnfter, was a very fingular clot neer ; her cloathing was in general truly eccen tric ; her outride habit chiefly confifted of a blanket Made in the (hape of a morning gown : the was extremely Caving in her diet, fubfilhng on the rafp iags of her cuflonsers' loaves. Yet the was very charitable to the poor. She perfined in fitting in her !hop to the Taft moment of her exiftence, and expired under her counter, in the 88th year of her age. 0 AFFAIRS OF mrpr. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY :6. IMWNING-STREET, MAY 16, IgOI. By advices received this morning from Major HOLLOWAY, dated at the camp of the Grand Vi7it at Gaza, March zo, 18ot, it appears, that on the t Bth of that month, one thoufand Afiatic cavalry advanced from that place, and on the following day one thoufand Arab cavalry. This body is to be under the command of Tani PASHA, as an advanced guard. On its arrival at El.Arifb, it is to halt a day or two until MAHONEY PASHA arrives with a very confiderable part of the army,probably about five thoufand men, when TA H Ilt PASHA IS to advance to Catieh. It is the Grand Vizir's ir. tention that thefe two thoufand cavalry fhould join the Britifh army whenever the Commander in Chief may require it. It alfo appears, that DJ ECGAR. PASHA has en wed into an accommodation of all differences, and ordered five thoufand of his troops to join the Im perial Army, for thu purpofe of the ezpulfion of the enemy from Egypt. The firft party that joined confined of about four hundred and fifty good cavalry, well mounted; and feveral parties have joined fence. EXTRACT OF TWO LETTERS FROM AN OFFICER OP RANK WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN EGYPT. " Camp before Alexandria, March 25, " We were getting forward artillery, &c. Etc. with an intention loon to attack the politica of the French, in front of Alexandria, when Me Noir col. fated his whole force from Cairo and other guar. tors, joined the army at Alexandria, and attacked us before day-light on the 2 I ft. This attack was upon our right and centre, oppofite to the Teem and Guards. About 300 or 400 yards in front of the referve, a redoubt open lathe rear had been thrown up, which commanded the plain in front of our army, in this was polled the 28th regiment ; a large ruin, retired 3o or 4.0 yards behind the right of the redoubt, flanked it on that fide, and fwept the ground between the redoubt and the fea—in this was polled the 58th regiment. If the enemy . got poffeftion of this redoubt and the ruin, it was impotlible for the army to keep its potation. It had, therefore, been fettled, that in cafe of an attack, the 42d regiment was to move up to the left of the redoubt, and that the 23d regiment and flank companies of the 4oth, were to fupport the sith in the ruins. The army were ftanding to their arms an hour before day-light, as ufual, when the attack commenced. The firing began on the left. This, however, only malked the real attackon the right, which commenced immediately after on the redoubt. They attacked it in front and both flanks, There weve fix pieces of artillery in the redoubt. They could not force it in front, but the ground enabled them to lie under cover, and keep a heavy fire on it. On the right, the 58th allowed them to advance pretty clofe, and threw in two or three fires, which killed fo many, that the rd went off, and never made any other fcrious attempt on that fide. On the left of the redoubt things were more ferious • two bodies of the French had palled un ken, and when the 42d regiment arrived, and were forming on the left of the redoubt,-one of thefe bodies was difcovered completely in their rear, and moving towards the ruin. The 42d faced to the right about, charged the French column, and not a man of four or five hundred efcaped being killed, wounded, or prifoners ; they then, turned againft the other body, and drove it ; but in doing this their order was fomewhat deranged, and a corps of cavalry got in'upon them ; they, bow. ever, flood their ground, and fairly got the better of the cavalry. - The French renewed their attack twice afterwards, their cavalry again penetrated, a part of them turned the redoubt, and got into it; the aflth, who lined the parapet, without quit tins their Ration, turned round, and drove out by their fire fuels as they did not kill. The foreign brigade, under Brigadier-General Sruarr, had moved up from the fecond line to the fupport of the referve, and (hared in repelling the 'aft attacks. Having failed in bvery attempt to force us with their infaniry, they 'endeavoured to. diftodge us with their artillery, and they cannonaded us for an hour and a half, without our being able, for want of ammunition, to retitrit.a fhot. As four u ammunition arrived they retreated. The French have loft in this aeion better than : their cavalry, which was at isoo, is, they =reduced to feven or Soo. We have buried 1 200 of their me., and aoo. horfes. There can be no more con vincing roof of the fuperiority of our infancy, than the three adtions which we have had fence we landed. I never law filch determined bravery in our troops, nor do tbelieve it was ever furpaffed. The Guards were attacked at the fame time with the referve, and were equally fuccefsful in repell ing the enemy ; but in my relation I have coned Myfelf to what I faw. Camp at Skirk JObery, Mares it. 44 Thepolition which the enemy occupies is very flrong ; theheights are covered with artillery, and the main body of their army is entrenched behind. We have not yet difcovered ally natives amongft them, neither has the regiment of dromedaries been obferved. The French fight bravely, but they never engage until! well under cover of firong trains of artillery, of which they have a profutino. They are particularly expert with the flying artillery, and give us great annoyance, but the refult of the two battles in which we have been engaged has impreffed our foldiers with an ade quate opinion of theinfelves, and nothing can equal the ardour of their eau% but the conftancy and Ready valour with which they fußain it. I fame days fince minutely infpeaed the beach, where our troops debarked, and I was aftonifbed in viewing the hill which the aBth, 42d, and 23d regiments afcended in face of leveret pieces of cannon. I declare to you I could fcareely walk up it, and at the bottom for fome dißance the fend is fo deep that each Rep I funk to the ancle. For nearly half an hour our boats were under the fire of fifteen pieces of cannon pouring grape (hot and bombs—one of our boats was funk by a ghat and we could only Pave firs of so men, who