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FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 30. In reprisal for the detention of M. de PROM'? at Venice, the Police of Paris canted to be arrefied an Aulic Counfellor of Vienna; but in confequence of information received, that through the intervention of the General in Chief Ber.ssoaans, the ilrange procefs infiituted by M. de Bisstwola at the head of the Police of Venice had ceafed, and that M. de PROW v was fet at liberty, the Police of Paris have alfo libe rated the Aulic Counfellor. As to any thing further, this circumilance will have the moll favourable effeel. as it will make M. de Pitons tenable of the efieem in which he is held by men of enlightened minds, whilf at the fame time it will evince the firm determination of Government not to allow any infringement of the law of nations in the perfons of French citizens, and conitantly to enforce the right of retaliation. FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. MADRID, Just 26 —The vela le Ca(lor is arrived in a port of the Afturias, with (even hundred thou (and piaftres, and a great quantity of the produc tions of Peru. Ju LY t 2.—Three Royal edids have been publifhed here.--t. For a loan of too millions of reals de vel lon (about to millions of florins), to be divided in 50,000 (hares, of 200 copper real. each....-2. For laying a new impoll of 4 maravedis on each quartillo of wine confumed within the kingdom. 3. Ordering a contribution of 3 i-3d per cent. on all goods which are exempted from tythes. The money negociation is accompanied by a lottery ; the principal pays 5i per cent. intereft, and will be repaid in eight years time, being guaranteed by the aforefaid taxes. COPENHAGEN, JULY 20.—0 n the t4th inftant the Ring of SWEDEN vifited Elfineur Roads, in a plea fure yacht ; a falute was fired from the guard (hip and the cattle, both when be arrived ind departed. HAMSURGU, JULY 17.—The Englifh have again pnrchnfed an immenfe quantity of wheat in the ports of the Baltic, and are already' employed in tranfport ing about sco,ooo meafures of corn in Englitk suer. chant veffels from Dantzic. Thefe excefGve put-- chafes feem to us an infult to the mifery of the people of the Eallern parts of Germany, where the fcarcity has already given rife to ferious troubles. One can not avoid grieving to fee the neighbouring countries delivered up to the horrors of famine, whilft the Eng lifh magazines are gorged with the produdions of thole countries. The proclamation of the King of SWEDEN refpea ing the free importation of all Englifh merchandife into the part of Stralfund, and of their being stored in that place, has been received with much pleafure in the principal commercial towns of England ; but this privilege granted to the Englifh, to which the King of SWEDEN appears to attach great importance, is not fo interefling as it appears upon the firft view, for Swedifh Pomerania being furrounded on three fides by the Pruflian territory, all the merchandize landed at Stralfund, and intended to pars from thence either to the Northern Countries, or to the Eaflern part of Germany, are fulled to the fame duties which are paid at Stettin, or at Embden a and as, during the winter, the merchant fbips can only enter the Baltic, and confequently land their cargoes at Stralfund, this favour is in itfelf very infignificant. Nothing has fo much alarmed the manufaatners and the merchants of England, as the interruption of -all commerce between Holland and that country. This firoke is the more fenfibly felt by them, as it is impolfible for them to eftabliih any certain channels for the contraband goods, and as alfo all commercial correfpondence between the two countries is entirely prohibited. Vies NA, JULY to.—The diflurbances which have broken out in this city have given occafion to the following publication of a royal EdiB, which runs as follows ; " His Majefly, who, during the whole courfe of his reign, has received from his good and faithful fubjetls and inhabitants of the capital the moil fre quent and moll fincere proofs of attachment to his perfon, of attention to order and obedience to the laws, mull have been very deeply concerned by the Dews of the dinutbances that broke out yeflerday and to-day in the outskirts of this city. His Majefly, however, is inclined to entertain the confolatory be lief that there diforders have only been occafinned `by a few defperate perfons, who were foon followed by a number of ignorant and lazy fellows, under the influence of intoxication. In this fuppofition, his Mikity confidently expeolts that the faithful fubjeEts and inhabitants of the capital will unite together for the maintenance of the public tranquillity,' and that by a prompt and puntlual obedience to all orders if rued to that effetl by the Civil and Military Autho rities, they will check the progrefsof thefe dangerous dilturbances. By the exprefs Command of his Ma jetty it is therefore ordered as follows : " r. All workmen, journeymen, &c. than lonhwith return CO thdrrdpedive labour. « a. Parents, matters, manufaeurers, Ete. &e. mall be rerponA ble for the difobedience of their children and their fervants is; the laid order, and ball be bound to make a declaration before the po ke of thole who mall nee hive returned to their work after the pablic is certified of the pet:fent:decree. • 3. Every mob, crowd, itc. mall be dlfpofed by the mili tary, who are authorifed at the fame time to fire on all meetings of the people who mall not feparate after the joubfiertion of the peefeet decree. " 4. All thole who hall be applehaditie fonsiag a part of thee meta, or ringleaders, if fuck ileithe tried by the laws eon tailed in the Bth cafe of the Criminal Code, and even as &cum. , flames may require, may be trieilby Mamiai Law. '• - (Sigtied) : " " SOMIARILAW, • Preficknt a the JULY 14.—The diflurbances of the 6th and 7tb July have made a great impreffion here. The Go. setnment is obliged to take the greaten precautions to 'rellore tranquillity, and to keep down the fedi. tioto. Four regiments are to reinforce the garriton twe are already arrived. JULY r7.--Tranquillity is completely reflored.— Twelve or fourteee bakers, who bad baked light or bad larea4, have been Committed to prifon, and Come of tlftm have been put in irons. • ' Several Imperial Regiments which are to join the camp at Paten, and were itithetto dittant garri font, have recelied orders to put themfelves in mo tion, .and to proceed by Ibort marches nearer to 'the :renders of Saris. ; • ! ETY'S, yew r 4. Free& MA !TINItUE CAM/RE OP THE DIAMOND ROCK. lIIITIACT FROM TN& OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE Cl?- TUNE OE THE DIAMOND. This Rock, which was never deemed of the leak importance till it (truck the fancy of Commodore Hood to fink millions of money in it ; —this Rock, qualified neverthelels by the Britifh Gazettes, with the pompous appellation of The Gibraltar of the Windward Moods," and with which the Adminiftra tion of that Country have been plesfed to amufe the public by the moll exaggerated accounts and poeti cal defcriptions, was taken poifeilion of by the French foldiers in three days. Though this conquell will be confidered but trifling to our armies, accultomed to far greater triumphs, it is not the lefs glorious to the handful of brave men concerned in it. It will always be faid to their honour that zoo Frenchmen conquer ed, in a few hours, a place that nature, art, and t 8 months inceffant labour, had conjoined to render in fame degree impregnable. It is true, that it colt the En lift much leis trouble to occupy it, for nobody, before Sir Samuel Hood, ventured to difpute the poiliffion of it with the reptiles and birds of the fea, who reigned there for ages without a rival. It was a poll thus fortified that the French foldiers carried in 6o hours—had there been a French garri fon upon it, of too men, with provifrons and ammu nition, it would probably have held out againft ten thoofand men. But fuch is the fortune of the two Belligerent Nations, that the one has the fuperiority in money, as the other has it in bravery—and the refult to the latter mull be, that it will alto have the money. Onthe 7th Prairial, two days before the expedition, the Captain General, General Laurifton, Admirals Villeneuve and Gravina, with a number of General and other Officers, went to the Diamond quarter, in order to infized the Rock, as much as its diftance from the (hors would permit them. The Captain General (laid there till Saturday night, when be was called to Fort Royal by difpatches he received from there, of the arrival of the French frigate Didon.— General d'Houdetot remained there till the furrender of the Rock l in order to of ill the befiegertin the cafe of need. Estrada( the Oficial Report of Chief d'Efeadroo Iloytr , gaup to the Captain General, to Viltaret Joyeufe, Captain Go. oessi of Mardnique and its Dependencies. Giraa4L—fembarked on the evening of the 9th Prairial, with the two hundred Men of the Bgd regi ment, which you put under my command, for the expedition againft the Diamond. The naval forces under the command of Captain Cafrnao, confifted of the following Chips— Lc Pluton. 74, Captain Caftlim Le Berwick, 74, Captain Camai. La Syrenc frigate, Captain Chabert. L'Argua brig, Captain Tailiard ; site La Fax lekooncr, Captain Mcriard. The troops were embarked on board the Pluton and Berwick. The current ran fo thong againft ns during the night, that in the Morning we found onr (elves under the lee of 4t. Lucia.' The whole of the loth was (pent in beating up again, Co as to com mence the attack on the 'following morning—wean chored for the night off Point Borgnelfe. On the morning of the the (hips being all calletled again, the troops were embarked in the boats, and were dire Bed to make faft to the Argus,nt order to be towed near the Rock. ' 1 divided them in two divifions—the firft, which I commanded in.per fon, was to attempt the landing near the Little Savanna, with Captain; Pinede and Balorier ; 'the fileond; compofed of Spanifh boats, and commanded hyCaptain Don •Rofindo Porlier, with the troops under Captain • Cortes, aid-de camp to General d'Houdetot, and Lieutenants Blairon and Notns, was to land at the Patch. On the fame day, between 9 4nd to o'clock, we effeded oµr lapding, much fooner and with lefs difficulty, than we had•expeded, not withftanding a moll brifk and determined fire which the enemy (having abandoned the lower part of the Rock) kept up upon us trotis the heights, and particu larly from the middle battery, where they had per felt command of us, and the violent manner in which the tea is constantly agitated near the Rock.. We took i s ratan prifoner, whom we found concealing binifelf. The fortifications of the Rock; and the po fitions of the enemy, were cagily as I had conceived them to be from the oppofite Store. The (eating of it appeared to me there to be perfealy easy; and made my difpofitions accordinglybut the 'nta meat we had landed, this &Ilion ceafed. I faw - no. thing bin immenfe precipices; perpendieulai rocks, a threatening enemy, whom it was impoffible to reach, and infurmountable difficulties on all fides: We nS turally enough concluded, that from the facility with which the enemy had fuffered us to occupy the I:int tort olthe'Rock, they had referved all their force; to deltroy us more fecurely from the height of their Inacceftible retreat. Oar troops funted feyerely from a moll 'galling volley of murquetry, frugrnents of the Rock, cannon balls, and:. cafks filled with hones, which they poured upon us: They wet; en. trenched in a number of cavities, which natorx had I formed at different heights, and to which it was im : poffible to attain, but by laddirs of thirty cr forty feet in length. From the tremeuJou4 fire or enemy the boats had been obliged to retreat, a ithout bay. ing landed any of the: articles with which I had furnifhed myfelf for the attach; th 2 ships alfis had drifted into the oliing, and we remained without support or provifions; I taw we had no rerource but to retreat into two cavities in the Rock (in one of which the enemy had meted two large forges), where We should at leaft be under tover ; I •had all our wounded carried into them; and placed a de tachment over each. I committed the whole of the east tide to the charge Of . Capt. • Cortes, Fiying him a fufficient number .of men to fuppott him, and at the fame time defied hint to reconnoitre the moll advantaketiiis point tD tommencethe efcalade.— Captainl'inicle Was placedln th 4 fituation on the right,: withllike^orders Oand the r like means.— Captainilialoffier had charge of the western tide, and of the landing . place. I fucceffively sift ted • all our detachments, and found the fame ardour for the at fuck amongft them all, but found alfo the moll in luanouotable obflacles and innumerable 'dangers.— In order to prevent as much as poffible the &efts of the enemy's deftruilice fire, I made alt the out polls fall back into:the:two caverns th await the approach of night, when we might be able to form anew. Not withdanding this, 'our fituation Was truly dreadful ; we were eahaufled With fatigueiuld ch.: want of netriflament was the more feverely felt by the troops, who bad been prevented by the tea fcknefs from tak ing any for the two p - receding days that they were or, board the (hips. The boats had not had time to land any provilions, noricould we espial they would run the ; ilk of bringing us any. The enemy too had new, by the quantity of Shot and Rones which they etritinued to &tea at us, cut off the communication between the two caverns, notwithflanding their vici nity to each other ; in thou, to add to the horrors of this calamitous fcene, we had nothing to offer to our wounded, of whom Come were in a moft deplorable Rate, but barren confolations. About five in the evening, a party of the foldiers came to inform me, that Lieutenant Latour, being led away by his zeal and courage, had afcended, by means of ropes, to a confiderable height on the Rock, when he was difcovered by the enemy, ant with 25 men, made prifoners. A few minutes after wards, I learned, that he had been fortunate enough to difengage himfelf from them, with the lofs of two men killed, and two wounded, one of whom was hdr; Gallois, a meritorious young man, and a volunteer. who received a ball through the arm. We found a few calks of water, that the enemy bad abandoned. with which, though perfettly putrid, we were oblig ed to relieve our wounded, and endeavour to athlete the thira that devoured us. A canoe reached the Shore, and delivered me your letter; the fire of the enemy only allowed me time to write a few balky lines, in anfwer, and the canoe puflted off; but I had the mortification prefently, to fee two of her crew killed, one of whom was the man to whom I had given my note. At night, although the enemy did not at all relax in their vigorous defence, I endea voured :to reconnoitre the Rock on all fides; I fent Captain Cones to take podeffion of one of the bead ing:, called the Great Houfe, and eftabliffied two intermediate ports between him and me ; I then cauf ed the guns on the lower battery, which the enemy had evacuated, to be (piked and paled the re mainder of the night in vifiting our detachments.— Towards midnight, a boat approached without noire, and fucceeded in landing Lieutenants Datil and Gi randon, with 6o grenadiers of the 82d, and likewife tome provifions, which had been fent by Capt. May nard, of the Fine. I embraced this Opportunity of fedding away our wounded. A feeond boat alto at tempted to land, but was fwept away by the' current. On the 12th; at day-break, I *relieved all our out pofts with the grenadiers newly arrived. We diced vered a magaz ine, containing a quantity of rum, Ma deira wine, and bifcuit, but we were in great want of water ; and, abeive all, of cartridges and flints.— in the evening, I determined, in concert with the other officers, 'to Summon the garrifim to forte the following morning. In the cotirfe of the ni we received ptoviliontr , aninitinition and the re et the grenadiers of the flad, under rise command of Captain Brunet ; 'the Commandant Richaud alto ar rived, and was as much furprifrd as" had 'been, to find the Diangnid 10 icy/ dffferetit from what it had appeared frOM the main land. On the morning Of the 13th, a boat, laden with proitifions arid ammunition was fleeting fbr the land tug Place, and, though eapofed to 'the dreadful.'fire of the enemy, Seemed deterniined to reach' it t it was•commanded by Mr. Ilerenpar, a volunteer, who having teen our dittrefling'fitnation on the evening of the t nth. had vowed to brave every danger-to bring us affiftance: llc had been ordered not to at tempt the landing but-ac night ; but the current hay ing delayed him till day break, he was refolved ,to comply with his engagement or perifh in the attempt. This brave young man, with one of his failcits, was unfortunately killed ; tato others' were dreadfully bounded, in attempting to Cave themfelves by fwirri ming, and were picked up under the Rock, with fix of the boat's crew. Tiko Other fupplies were alto ken endeavouring to approach ; but the enemy's cannon obliged them to return. On examining the Rock immediately over our ca vern, it occurred to me that it could be fcaled; and being joined in this opinion by the Commandant Richaud, I, with his advice, fent to the General commanding the troops for a quantity of foaling lad ders, boat hooks, &c. and deftred Captain Brunet and Lieutenant Datil to prepare themfelves, with tixty Grenadiers, for the attempt, which I intended to make at one o'clock in the morning, by which time I expeeted the ladders would arrive. My in tention to fummon the garrifon was of courfe drop ped. My plan being formed, I gave a carte blanche to all our men, recommending them to fearch every where for an outlet,and to harafs the enemy as mdch aspollible, forbidding them at the fame time to fire on that part of the Rock above our cavern, in order that the Englifh might' have no idea' of an attack from that fide ; and defined them to let me knnw whatever new they Should difcover or do. About nine in the morning, a number of th;m returned to inform me, that by varioul means they had fucceeded in climbing pretty high up' different parts of the Rock, and would have been able to maintain their difpofi tions, had they hid more men and ammunition: I immediately fent them back with a fupply of both ; and, about an hour after, Captain Cortes Mile felt to inform me, that fome'of his 'detachisretst had got very high up the Rock, and 'demanded my Or ders. I fupplied hint **with men and ammunition, and defired him to bitten and dirge that part orthe attack. Some of his' men• bad aftually gained an height, which commanded the entrance to , the Great Houfe, and had Trained to the Rock Come ropes which they found ; but, as the Rock was up wards of forty feet high,-they did not efefcend within reach. Captain CorteiCaufed part of the flair cafe of the Great Houfe to hebroaght away, which they made faft to Abr. Rock, and were thus enabled to reach the ropes ; but no one Seemed inclined to of cetid, till the gallant Lieutenant Girandon, who haf tened there, and climbed up to the Commit of the height, with the rapidity of an arrow, and was itm- Mediate' y followed by a crowd of grenadiers, marines and foldters. One of the acmes hurled at him by the enemy, wounded him in the arm, another ftruck him on the head, fp as to knock off his hat, but no thing could flop him. To aftift this attack, • I .caufed fifty men to con ceal themfelves among the rocks; and buildings, facing the Little Savanna, in order to cut off the commu nication of the enemy, and to prevent their giving any fupport to their right flank, which our troops had attacked. In the mean time Captain Brunet and Lieutenant Dutil had fucceeded in climbing tip at the head of their Lrenadiers ; and Captain cones n 0 . . Lieutenant dlrardon overcame every thing th„ found in their way. In one place, they difcorere,4 A quantity of wearing apparel ; in another, a month's provifions; and in a third, three large calk, of wate , which were con(' antly filled by filtration rum the Roc k. It was now all over with the Dlaniond, and see lbouid probably have had poffeffi..n of it in 4 teW hours, when la Fine arrived with a flag of truce.,.. Captain Meynard informed that the garrilon had thrown ont- the fignal for capitulation, which our &nation on the Rock prevented us from perceiving. - The firing was immediately flopped, and two Er,g lilhmen came down with a white flag, and announ. ced their intention of capitulating. One of them delivered me a letter from the Commander, wherein he offers to furrender, to prevent any further effulion of blood. Articles of Capitulation were ately drawn up and agreed upon, fobjed to your ra tification. I then difpatched Captain Brunet to re. ceive poffeffion of all the batteries and magazines on the tgp of the Rock, and to hoia the French IlJg, and cleared him to offer to Captain Maurice and his garrifon whatever refreflunents we had in our power. At, his requea, be was permitted to fl a y on t h e Rock till the following morning. At fun rife on the 14th he defcended with his gar. rifon, agreeably to the articles agreed upon, and filed off in front of oar troops, which I had drawn up at the Queen's Battery, and laid down their arms and their colours, and came with the tea of the oflit.ers to deliver me their fwords. To treat a vanquifued enemy with refpea, is, I believe, General, only following your intentions, as well as the rules of French generofity ; I therefore returned Captain Maurice and his officers their fwords, and renewed my offers to ferve them. The number of effeCtive men amounted to ten, one half of which were fent on board the Pluton, and the other on board the Berwick. I infpefted the whole of the Rock, and had the two 18-pounders at the top of it thrown into the lea, as well as the platform and all the powder and lhot • I alto cut down one of the flag (to ff s, leaving only t hat on which the French colours were flying. To judge from the great quantity of powder, (but t water, and provifions of all kinds, which we foundin the different cavities near the fununit of the Rock, it would be fuppofed that the enemy could have held out much longer. The prodigious buildings which they bad csnaffruaed, evidently proves that they coo uttered themfelves as well eftablillred here. I cannot even yet conceive bow they amid be fo loon diflodg ed ; it required, no doubt, Frenchmen to do it, and Frenchmen a; brave as thofe you put under my corn. rpm!. From a flatly calculation, I yin afraid we have to regret the Ws of so men, both killed and wounded, which is certainly great, when we reflat that it is fo many brave men who have fallen ; but from' the difficulty of the enterprik, we might have calculated u' a much greater one. • I cannot fay too mtich in praife of the troops em. ployed . on this expedition--Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors, manifeffed their tribal bravery, coolneft, and &alb ity. The god regiment, though but jolt railed under your aufpieea, has confecrated its new number in the moll brilliant manner. It does not belong to the to fpeak of the Naval Fordes—the behaviour of the whole of the Chips employed under Captain Caf limo, has been generally - admired ;-LI owe a real deal both to him and Capt. Camos, of the Lerwick ; ttreir co-operation with the land forces, in fupplying us with provifions, was of effential fervice, and then guns greatly affitled in feconding • our efforts.— Lieutenant Dodignen; of the Bucentaur, who con : manded the boats, behaved with great merit bravery ; be had he misfortune to be fhot throng.. the knee with a mufket ball, but is in a fair nay ct recovery. I Ihould be happy were it in my power to name here all the brave men who contributed to our foe eels ; at their head I muft place Captain Concz, wlu particularly diffinguiffied himfelf ; as did alto Cap tains Brunet, 'Pinede, and Baloffier ; Lieutenant. Dutil, Blairon, Nocus, Forffial, Lourier, Daubed. milk ; , and Latour and Sub Lieutenant Gironde., who was the firff that dared to attend the lofty rock, from whence the enemy feemed to defy us. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE C'CLOCE. Confab for money, 38+—for karat, sq. j /Leduc/A 381-1-omniont 3141. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock :Bo} 'So India Stock ilict 3 per Cent. Red. Ad. 38,1“ Imp. 3 per Cent. 88. 3 per Cent. CO4 371 38 Exciseq• 8i11.,11. dd. IL pr. 4 per Cent. of Omnium 31 per. 3 per Cent. Navy Lottery Tickets 191. is. per CeoL 177, 3 = CouL for ace. 38f 371 581 Long Ann. 1 6f 13-16 We announced yeßerday that difpatches had been received from Lord NaLsow, and then laid before our Readers every particular that bas traufpired of their contents:- Some of our Contempofaric; have haled that his Lotchfbip arrived at Gibraltar on the 22d of July, and not on ;he isith as we yellerday Rated. The followlng copy of a Bulletin with which wc.have been favenired and which was ycact day cir culated among the members of the Cabinet, will, we apPrehend,rettle the point : " aDMIIRALTT orricr, AVC.B " Difpateionmeelved here this morning from Lord NI.! * Bate, that co thy !nth July Lord NrLSON watt ii , :o Giuratt,r * Bay for refredrents, and en the a6th July he was procmdie, N infearch of aliCollabined Fleets: at that time he had not ham • of the French Beim" The fad is, his Lordfhip went into Gibraltar Bay on the 19th, and on the zad he anchored in Tetuan Bay, to rake in provifions and water. Thefe dates have been confounded. • ' It is with great pleafure we Elate, that by a public document, figned NetsoN and Blom, dated the a7th of July, it appears, that at that time net a fingle perfon 'belonging to his fleet was confined to bed, or even indifpofed with any cotaplaint whatever. If his Lordthip lhotild fortunately receive any in formation'of the Combined Fleet having already been engaged, and we . truli that tome Tafel was detached with the information to the fqoadron off Cadiz, hf • 0 bi