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RW' - J i m) by L'bra3salo ; a detachinela of the latter covering the,right flank of the enemy. ',ln this position the army continued until the 25th Apr il, when accounts were received that the enemy b a d occupied Sawolax with 2500 men, and six pieces o f cannon, and intended, in concert with the troops s t Sckajocki, to attack us. In order to disconcert the enemy ' s plans, I immediately made the necessary position for attack, with an intention to retake Sa vvias, and drive the enemy from this advantageous po sition : my dispositions were so well executed by your Majesty's gallant troops under my command, d us t the enemy were driven from Sawolax, and cont. g e tely routed, with the loss of 200 men killed and r oun ded, and 400 taken prisoners, four pieces of colo n, and two stand of colours ; the latter, Baron Rams ay will have the honour to lay at your Majesty's feet (Signed) 44 MAURICE KLINGSPOR." THE LOAN.—In consequence of a Note from the CnAscerzoa of the ExamQum that he would be rea dy this day to receive any Gentlemen desirous of contracting for a Loan for the service of the present year, he was waited upon accordingly. The Loan is-to b e e i g ht millions for this Country, and two millions and i ialf for Ireland, to be raised in this Country in the per cents.—.€7so,ooo is also to be raised in Ireland. The bidding is to take place on Tuesday next. Th e Account of the Stores taken at Copenhagen i s a t l e ngth printed : VICTUALLING-OFFICE. Amount of Stores received at Portsmouth..... 1.2443 14 4 ditto at Chatham lBll 4 11 ditto at Deptford ....... 556 511 Total 4611 5 31 WAVY OFFICE. laimated Amount of Stores, deducting duties on imper .ir 270440 6 6 From Petershurgh we learn, that Baron BUT/BERG has solicited and received his dismission ' • and Count Romtnow has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, retaining at the same time the Commercial department. Letters were yesterday received in town from the Continent, which state, that the Bayonne decree had been put in full force in all the ports of France ; and that measures of increased vigour were about to be adopted, the more effectually to cut off all communi cation between Great Britain and the Continent. Upon the Ath instant an American had contrived to get out of the harbour of Bourdeaux, but was stop- Ted at the Tower de Cordon, and obliged to return. According to accounts from St. Michael, the un fortunate Portuguese are coming in numbers to that island, in order, as it is stated, not only to escape the rigour of French domination, but to fly from the hor rors of famine. ri of The Marchioness of Srarroan gave her first grand Assembly for the season, on Wednesday night, at Cleveland-house, St. James's. Their Royal High eesses the Prince of WALES, Dukes of CLARENCE, Cm,t , ROGE, and Gr.oucesera ; his Royal Highness tioesseest, and some other illustrious Members of the House of Beurbon ; the Princess de Casencloata, the Duke and Duchess de Casretss, the Duc de SER. EST ; the Duchess of NORTIenIBERLAND and the Ladies FIRM', the Duke and Duchess of Brasroats, the Duchesses of GORDON and MANCHESTER, the Duchess of Sr. Ar..aAr's ; the Marchionesses of HLOTORT and SALISBURY ; the Earl and Countess of Orion, the Countess Caamerr ; Lady CASTLEREAGH, kc. la. were among the number of distinguished visitants. At all her grand Assemblies the Noble Marchioness makes it a practice to order that a ticket for a pot of porter should be given to every servant who is in waiting with the carriages of the company ; and some idea of the number of the Company may e formed, when it is told that there were 2500 of these tickets delivered at the assembly on Wednesday. DRURY.LANE THEATRE.—Last night retired from the stage, full of years and of honours, that excellent sad respectable actress, Miss Poen. This Lady was of the GARRICK school, and is recorded with praise in the Rorciad of CHURCHILL. In the days of that poet, however, her line of character was that of the lively gal ; and there are those who recollect to have seen ha, as he has described her, " With all the native vigour of sixteen." Her forte has now been, for many years, the antiqua :ed dowager ; and she has long shone with equal late in both the vulgar and the genteel variety of that extensive walk. Her best specimens of each of these excellencies were perhaps her Mrs. Heidelberg, iithe Clandes:ine Marriage, and her Mrs. Candour, in the School for Sandal. The first of these parts she played very seldom, but with such original humour, :sat we have always been surprized she did not per hem it oftener, and could have wished she had favoured with it once more, before she retired. Her Mrs. Canelcur was a more f requent ex hibi t i on , and here her ions will be the more severely felt. The future per formances, too, of the Ducnna, the Rivals, the School for Friends, and a hundred other plays, will experience a painful hiatus, from the absence of her easy and un affected humou r ; and however well her place may be Supplied, her talents will not soon be forgotten. The character in which she last night took her leave of the stage, was that Deborah Dowlas, the temporary Jody Der! y of Mr. COLMAN'S Mir at Law, a part "'inch she chose, perhaps, for its easiness, as Mr. CAkfinc took his leave of the stage in the light cha racter of Don Felix. She played it for the first time, as Real as the last, and that so well, that we quite forgot n was the one, and only wished it had not been the :.her. After this, she came forward in the dress of Audrey, and spoke a very few lines of farewell in that character. In these, Miss POPE declared that Audrey had parted from Touchstone, and was now come to part With her o th er f r i en d s. She then expresse d h er t h an k s Srt the kindness with which she had always been treated, and retired amid the loudest plaudits. The House was extremely full, and the sense of regret *tined general. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MAY 27.—There are but few fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day, and the I , l .iPPly at ha n d s h ort ; t h ere b e i ng a d eman d, sa t e s fetch r at h er b etter prices. In Barley and Malt li tt l e a teration. But few Grey Peas or Beans of the two !pods, each thereof are dearer. Oats are likewise in "(rt Supply. hour remains without alteration. RIOTS IN LANCASHIRE. We yesterday received aocounts from /Amid:estir indicating the appearance of something like tumult at Stockport, on Monday last ; but as the letters stated, that at 10 o'clock at night all was again quiet, we forbore to mention the circumstance, in the hope that we might this day be able to state that the alarm had entirely subsided. We are sorry to state, that by the accounts which have reached us this morning, it appears that the same evil had extended to Man chester on Tuesday, which however passed over with: out any actual mischief ; but on Wednesday the ope rative weavers in that place and the neighbourhood assembled, to the number of 10,000, and were not dis persed till the Riot Act was read, and two people shot and several wounded, by the Military called in to asist in restoring order. The rejection of the Weavers Bill, in the House of Commons, is assigned as the cause of this tumult, and it is possible ignorant people may attribute to this evils which have a very different origin. But the fact is, trade has for some time been so dull, that there is not full employment for the people, and they are in a state of real distress. This distress has also been aggravated by an evil not easy to be remedied—fur the work that still re mains to be performed, the man4acturers, in conse quence of the greater demand for employment, are charged with paying prices inadequate to the support of the labourers, who assert that with all their indus try they cannot earn more than nine shillings a week, when working from 16 to 18 hours a day. We sincerely hope that the misguided people who have had recourse to such imprudent and dangerous measures, will pursue a very different line of conduct. Their situation is indeed distressing, but violence will aggravate, instead of removing the distress. —On the other hand, we cannot but express a hope that speedy measures will be adopted to alleviate the miseries of the famishing weavers and their families. This is an imperious duty due from the community to every distressed class of citizens, and should be spee dily administered. " MANCHESTER, MAY 24. " The mischief we have for some time been apprehensive of, I am sorry to say, is fast approaching. We have this day appear ances of very serious rioting and commotions among our working weavers, in consequence of their present calamitous situation, many hundreds being out of employment, and the wages of those that are employed being very low, while, at the same time, oat meal and other provisions have lately advanced in price. At Stuck port and Bolton there is still greater cause of alarm ; the rioting there having been already so serious, that application has been made for assistance from the military quartered here, which, however, has been refused, as in all likelihood we shall to-morrow or nest day have occasion for every man ourselves." ANOTHER LETTER, SA ME DATE. " On Monday last, there being a report of the rioters having held a meeting at Stockport, about six miles from Manchester, two troops of horse were dispatched from that town to disperse them. Yesterday morning, before eight o'clock, they began to assemble in great numbers, in a held in the vicinity of this city, and in a very short time their numbers amounted to several thou sands. Several detachments of dragoons from the Barracks soon appeared, cleared the ground, and took several of them into cus tod7. The dragoons were on duty the whole of the forenoon, and lett a guard at the New Bailey. Two corps of Volunteers wese also under arms, and the remainder ordered to be ready at a mo ment's notice. 'I he weavers, it is said, have come to a determi nation to work no more under the prices affixed in their minimum, and have passed a resolution that no more work should be done for several houses that were the most obnoxious to them. It is reported that all was bustle again yesterday at Stockport, and that they threatened to meet again in ten times greater numbers here next day." " MAY 25. " Thepeople who assembled at Stockport on Montlay allretired quietly in the evening. But yesterday about 5000 cotton-weavers collected in the neighbourhood of this place, which excited great alarm. The military got under arms, and after taking a few indi viduals Into custody, the people dispersed without committing any mischit f. " This day they assembled in greater numbers—at least 10,000, in a held near St. George's Church. Whey sent a deputation of four of their number to the Magistrates, to state their di,- tress and demand relief. The Magistrates informed them that it was not in their power to afford them the relief they de sired, and intreated them to retire quietly. They did not follow this advice, and at four o'clock this afternoon, the Volunteers, Infantry, and Yeomanry Cavalry were assembled un der arms, and proceeded to St. George's Fields, where the weavers were assembled. The Riot Act was read, and the people were dispersed. A few who were obstinate were taken into custody, and sent to the New Bailey prison. " I am sorry to add that two people were shot, and several I wounded, before the people were completely dispersed. " It is now eleven o'clock at night, and all is quiet, but we are in a state of great alarm. The situation of the poor people is really distressing—all ranks are sensible of this, but we know not bow to apply a remedy to a ease so urgent, that we tremble at the pos sible consequences that may result from it. On the whale, the majority of the people seemed disposed to conduct themselves without violence; but a demand for an increase of wages, &c. &c. accompanied with meetings, threatening so snitch danger to the public peace, demanded the adoption of vigorous measures to put an end to such meetings. Con grant that more serious con sequences may not result from the present distress." The Bill about to be introduced into Parliament for preventing the spreading of that fatal disease, the Small Pox, we cannot but hail as a measure the most important to the interests of humanity, and perhaps not inferior in its consequences to the Abolition of the slave Trade • that was the removal of the greatest moral evil, the Small Pox is the greatest physical evil, attendant on the human race. A judicious re striction of the Small Pox, which has, not unaptly, been called the British Plague, is demanded by rea son and policy, as well as by every motive of huma nity. A gentleman, who was going to the masquerade in Dublin, on Monday se'nnight, in the character of a piper, was stopped by the populace near Carlisle bridge, to whom he very politely exhibited himself, and, in the spirit of his character, played them a tune on his bagpipes, which they were so well pleased with, that a party of coal-porters and flour-porters, who ply in that neighbourhood, insisted on taking him into a house on Aston's Quay, where they made him play fur them until four o'clock is the morning ; when falling out among themselves, and having got drunk, they broke his bagpipes and his piper's mask, and being thus treated with 6 , piper's wages," he retired to rest, without the enjoyment of a ball or supper, for which he had purchased his ticket of admission. CRICKET. —The Grand Match in Lord's Ground, which commenced playing on Monday for Five Hun , Bred Guineas a-side, between ten Gentlemen of the Mary-la-bonne Club and J. HAMPTON, and eleven of the County of Middlesex, was decided the following day, in favour of the former, by six wickets, of which the following is a state of the innings : Middlesex. Mary-la-bonne Club. 91 First Innings 107 75 &wad ditto - - 60 First Innings cond ditto - 166 167 IfAUTIGAL INYELLiGENCE. PLYMOUTH, MAY IS. Last night passed up Channel the Transit hired armed ship, from Malta and Gibraltar : she has been twenty-six days from the former, and eleven days from the latter place.: spoke on the 28th April his Majesty's ship MErEOR, with dispatches from Lord COELINGWOOD'3 fleet, also his Majesty's ship PHILO MEL; on the 2d May, off Maritimo, spoke his M:.jesty's ship PYLADES ; on sth spoke the sloop Clyde, from Greenock, for Malta ; on the 6th, off Majorca, she had an engagement with a zebec privateer, of 7 guns, and full of men, for an hour and a half, when the fore-top sail tye of the Transit being shot away, the privateer escaped ; on the 14th came through the Gut of Gibraltar with a fleet of 19 transports full of men, supposed to be bound off Cadiz ; on the 22d, 23d, and 24th, saw several small privateers in the Channel. Sailed the TONNANT, of 84 guns, Rear- Admiral DE COURCEY, on a cruize to the Westward. Came in the Marie, Spanish chasse maree, from Ca diz, hound to the Canaries, with oil and olives, cap tured by a Guernsey privateer, re-captured by a French privateer, and re-taken by the SCORPION, of 18 guns ; also a Spanish chasse marce, captured by the RAVEN, of 18 guns. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26. Nothing arrived or sailed this day.—Wind S. E. DOVER, MAY 26. Pawed by the brig Golfins, Captain PONTES, of and from Bahia (last from Plymouth), with sugar, cot ton, &c. bound to London.—Arrived in the Roads, his Majesty's sloop CIIALLF:NCER, from a cruize.— Wind E.S.E. and blows strong with thunder and rain. DEAL, MAY 2G. Arrived the Fluatant armed ship from Falmouth, with a convoy, which are sailed for the River ; also the Flora, Captain Bitooxs, from St. Michael's.— Sailed through the Downs the Ann, Baknivrr, and the Dart, WEnTs, for Malta.—Wind S. W. WEYNIOUTH, MAY 2e. Thursday se'nnight a yacht was perceived from Lutworth to founder in St. Alban's Race, apparently bending its course for Plymouth ; several pieces of wreck have been driven on shore, and Rollin's His tory elegantly bound, has been picked up on the beach, but we have not yet been able to trace any further particulars respecting her. LEITH, MAY 16. Yesterday the ARDENT, of 64., Captain PARKIN ' SON. came to anchor in our Roads, and hoisted Vice- I Admiral VASHON'S flag, blue at the fore. The TEX EL fired a salute of fifteen guns, and struck her flag, which was returned by the ARDENT. The TEXEL immediately made the signal for sailing. Thursday sailed from our Roads, on a cruize, the ARIADNE frigate, Captain FARQUIIAR. MAY 24. Arrived his Majesty's ship Cuo from a cruize.— Sailed his Majesty's ship NIGHTINGALE with a convoy for Gottenburgh, and the FANcv gun-brig with a con voy for ShctLuido—Wind S.E. GIBRALTAR, MAY P. The American ship Rattlesnake, one of the convoy under the Volontaire, for Malta, &c. is taken and carried into Malaga, and it is believed two more, viz. the English transport Ambrosia, laden with provisions, and a Malta polacre, have shared the same fate. A Danish prize was cut out of the Bay on the 3d inst. The fol lowing vessels are detained and sent iu here, viz he 'William, Tucker, from &doe, for Boston ; Minerva, laitiler, from Arvin las for Charleston ; and the Mayflower, Bentham, from the coast of Spain. The Betsey, Mackfield, from Trieste, is detained and sent into Malta. l'he Topaz.: frigate is arrived from the West Indies. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CRAVESF.ND, MAY 26.—Pasird by the Hendrica, Groot, front St. Michael's; Unity, Dc Jersey, froth Madeira; Alexander, Watt, from Hayti ; Lord Duncan, Barrett, and Triore, Carleton, from Gibraltar. Sailed the Earl Spencer, —, for India; and Lir fey, M`Kenzie, for Newry. The PLovEa sloop of war is arrived at Penzance, she left the fleet under convoy of the NEMESIS, for New foundland, Quebec, &c. on the sth inst. in lat. 49. 24. 1 long. 16. 37. The P/ILENtx frigate sailed lately from Orkney, to protect the Greenland Wit Ale Fishery. His Majesty's ship ARGUS arrived at Lanileth or. the 17th inst. for the protection of the trade in the North Channel. At the East India House, on Wednesday, Captain JAMIMON was sworn into the command of the GENE RAL SruanT, destined to Madras and Bengal. The Amelia, MILLS, from Penzance for Liverpool, is on shore near Holyhead. The Victor, of Leith, from Gottenburgh, is sent into Leith, having been met going into the Texel. The utmost exertions are using in the enemy's ports to increase the number and accelerate the preparation of their naval force. Upon the 9th instant a new 74 was launched at L'Orient, and tw•o more of the same force are in a state of forwardness. Nine male and eleven female convicts were last week sent from Lancaster Castle, for New South Wales. Among the liberal donations at the Anniversary of the HUMANE SOCIETY, 011 the 14th instant, were twenty guineas from CHHISTOI•IIE, President of Hayti. Cap tain GOODALL, in a neat address, assured the Loma MAYOR that the same sum would be annual to an institu tion so beneficial to the lives of mankind. The great talents and ample resources of the President afforded security for its continuance during his life. Several persons of the first distinction, of both sexes, were last night at the Royal Amphitheatre, at the representation of the new Spectacle of the Honest ' Criminal ; or, False Evidence : the plot and incidents' of the piece derive a more than ordinary interest from being founded on the peculiar circumstances at tached •, to the flight of the Prince Regent of Portugal to his present reit - cat, the Brazils. Much, however,; as we admire this production from its local and scenic attractions, the new Pantomime of the Man in Me Moan, the almost miraculous Horsemanship of! SMITH, and the extravaganza of the Hunted Taylor, must, and shall have our admiration. A it Nt Y. 13rigadier-General BitowNr. hat been placed to thc Staff in the Western district. He sets oat in a few days for Eketer, where his brigade is stationed.. The Sussex Militia, commanded by his Grace a.! Duke of Nortrotx. marched yesterday from \Vtxi bridge to Horsham Barracks. Yesterday afternoon, the Royal Westminster Volun teer, Lieutenant-Colonel ROBER9I.O:7', were inspects:l in Hyde Park, by Lieutenant-Colonel JENKINSON. In consequence of a Circular Letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to Major Cows. Brigade Major of the County of Clare, the following Yeoman Corps, being the entire in that county, have, during the las: week, offered their services as follow, viz.— Doonass Cavalry, Captain CHARLES M ASSY, to any part of Ire land, wherever their services might be required. Kilmore Cavalry, Captain the Right Hon. JOHN ORMSBY VA DELEUR, 82 of the troops with their Officers to any part of Ire land, the reistaining 22 in the county. Kilrush Infantry, Captain VANDELEOR, in any part of Irebnd. Traderee Cavalry, Captain J. CREA', in the county. Kilkishen Cavalry, Captain STUODERT, in the county. Killaloe Cavalry and Infantry, Major PURDAN, to any part of Ireland, wherever their services may be required. KtUaloe Garrison Infantry, Captain HASTINGS, the same. Tomgrany Cavalry and Infantry, Captain BiADY, to any part of Ireland. _ _ _ Ki!not Cavalry, Captain O'CALLAGHAN, in the district of li merick, that is, including counties of Limerkk, Clare, Kerry, at.d part of the county Tipperary. Newgruve Cavalry, Captain BaowNE, in part of the county. Clifton Cavalry, Captain BUXTON, in any part of Ireland, where ever their services may be required. Ennis Cavalry, Captain STUDDLILT, in the county. Ennis htfaLtry, Captain IVPMA RON, for general service. Total fur General Service 516—Local Service 530—Total 1046. Monday se'nnight, at an inspection of the Yeomanry Corps of Kilkenny, by Erigade-Major Onmssv, they unanimously volunteered the extension of their ser vices to any part of Ireland, in case of any emer- gency. The North Cask Militia, quartered in Ennis, have nearly completed their deficiency of volunteers, amounting to 29—twenty-five of them entered on Monday se'nnight, into the 88th, or Connaught Ran gers. Tuesday se'nnight, the Ist battalion of the 10th, quartered at Limerick, received a route to march in four divisions, to replace the first division of the 36th regiment in Fermoy, who, it is reported, will imme diately proceed for Limerick. The Passage corps of Yeomanry have, with the most creditable zeal and loyalty, offered to enter their services to any part of Ireland where the public ne cessity may require their exertions. The Wexford Regiment, until the period of their encampment at Fermoy, will be quartered at Charle ville, Doneraile, &c. Tuesday se'nnight, after inspection by Major WAS.* LACE, that respectable old corps the Portaferry Yeo man Infantry, under the command, of Colonel SA -1 vAGE, volunteered to a man to extend their services i to any part of Ireland Government may think it ne cessary to order them. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COCKPIT, MAY 26. Before the most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Volunteer, Morris, master.—This vessel, under American co lours, with a cargo of hides, Nicaragua wood, and some dollars, sailed from Curacoa for New York, and was captured on the 7th of June 1+:05, by the Leander, and carried to Halifax, where she was condemned, on the ground of a breach of the blockade of Curaccia. Sentence confirmed. Globe, Atkins master.—'!'his American ship, laden with flour and vinegar, bound from Philadelphia, after having tried Barba does and other places, was captured by the Elk, on suspicion of attempting to break the blockade of Curacoa, and was carried to Jamaica, where ship and cargo were condemned.—. Sentence con firmed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 25. NATHANIEL YOUNG. This was a case in which the privileges of the City of London were immediately concerned. Mr. GARROW applied for a Habeas Corpus to bring up this man, who was a freeman and liveryman of London, and who had been impressed. The same question had been before the Court in the case of Ma. lachip in 1777, and then the Habeas Corm,: was granted, and the man was discharged, pending the enquiry. In 1792 there were similar proceedings ; but neither in the former nor in the latter case was there any ultimate decision. Lord Ei.r.Esnonoucli" Was Millachip resident in London r' Mr. GAnnow.—" He was a freeman and livery man of the Needle-makers' Company, and, like Na thaniel Young, was a waterman on the river Thames." Lord ELLENBOROUGH--" I do not see on what prin ciple they are to be exempted from the defence of the country." _ _ _ Mr. GARROW'—" Under Edward 11. on account of some gratuitous assistance in arms to Government, they were exempted." Lord ELL FN nonounn—" Charters may be called in question, tending to exempt permanently any class of subjects from rendering such service to the country." Mr. GARROW---" The freedom of the City may be obtained by purchase, but in this case it was acquired by servitude. There is an immemorial use in support of the exemption." Lord ELLENBOROUOiII Read your affidavits." Mr. GARROW said, that in substance, they stated instances of persons discharged in the situation of Nathaniel Young, and then they mentioned the Char ters as the ground of exemption. They gave an ex tract from one of these, dated the 12th of December, in the 15th of Edward H. by which it appeared, that the Mayor and good men of London had given aid to the King, on foot, at the castle of Leys, in the county of Kent, and that his Majesty wishing to find indemnity for them, had granted to them and their heirs, &c. citizens, that they should not be drawn out to be sent in guerrans extra eivitatem fireedictam. Lord ELLENROROUGII—" I do not think this is stif ficie,pt to exempt them ; and to grant the writ would be giving a sanction and consequence to a pretence of exemption, for which there is no foundation." Mr. GARROW—u A writ was granted in 177', and on the subsequent occasions in the Common Pleas." Lord ELLEN LtORUL:G/I—" We car, only proceed up:, 1 what is shewn to us." Mr. Justice GROSE" Your application, if suc cessful, might enable the City to se t ) sotro more free doms."—Writ refused. -„.. d r. id er th Dk Of g, 'o cd to na n. re s.