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at - um the robbery ? Have the English atiy , right to interpose, for the purpose of averting from the French the punishment due to their crimes ? Would not the Portuguese, in such an event, have a right to consider us as accessaries after the fact? It gives us pleasure to be able to correct one fact that has been misstated in almost all the daily papers. The English colours were indeed hoisted cn some of Portuguese forts ; but according to the statement of Captain Ctrarra, who brought the last Portuguese dispatches, only as a token of reconquest from the common enemy. It is usual it seems, in such cases, o hoist momentarily, the colours of the conquering a lly, and then to replace them by those If the right. ful proprietors. AUSTRIA. Letters of the 16th inst. from I-Ismbnrgh state that, since the late Message of the Emperor of the French so his Council of State, Austria has redoubled her exertions to increase her military force. The Go. vernment has established a sort of patriotic conscrip. lion, which extends to every man in the country capa ble of bearing arms. Nearly a million of persons of this description are said to have offered their services. There exists unfortunately a great deficiency of arms, as the French empCed the arsenals when they last overran the country. To supply this defect es far as possible, proclamations have been published in Vienna, and the principal towns throughout the Aus trian dominions, calling upon the people to make a tempositry cession of all the arms they may possess, to be used in defence of the nation. Comparing these movements with every measure of France, and with all the public documents issued by 'hat Government, since its formal commentary on the exposute given in the STAR oldie designs of NA. maw: against Austria, can any person doubt, for a moment, the correctness of the charge we made againt the French Government ?—We shall, to-morrow, if possible, lay before our Readers a Review of one of these documents—the Report of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs ; pretended to have been written in April last, but proba'aly composed about the be ginniftg of the pres:r:t month. RUSSIAN FLEET IN THE BALTIC. There is bat tcn mach reason to apprehend, that the .topes which tae hzen but too sanguinely en. tertained, of the probable early surrender of this fleet, rest on very weak grounds. The London Gs seue held out no sash hope ; and a letter from the Swedish Admiral's ship now h!ockading the Russians tends to confirm this appreher.sion. Such an event depends principally on the possession of the Island ' of East Raga. This important post, which completely defends the entrance and anchorage of the harbour, cannot be carried without a considerable military force, greater, we fear, than the vary active nature of the war in Finland will allow his Swedish Majesty to detach from his army in that quarter. Hopes, however, are entertained that the enemy's squadron may at length be destroyed. Several fire ships wcre Prepared with that intent, which it was intended to *end in with tFe first favourable wind. There is no' foundation for the report that the Russian Admiral offered to dismantle his' ships until the conclusion of peace. On the contrary, he iejected.the terms which were offered him by the Commanders of the combined fleet. A passenger by the last Gottenburgh Nfail reports, that it was just mentioned upon his departure, that Russia had made pacific propositions to Sweden and England. These propositions were said to have been received at Stockholm.—Such an event would excite but little surprize, but we do not think the present rumour entitled to much attention. Viscount Cnicrwrso was introduced to his MA :arty on Wednesday, by Earl CAMMIN and Sir S. Corraau.„- on his being appointed one of the Clerks of the Cotmcil in Ordinary. His LorLldtip has been many years an extra Clerk of the Council. Government has contracted for 10,000 more suits of clothes (green) for the Spanish Patriots, which are to be delivered next week. Captain DE CUES7'A, and the Gentleman who ac companied him from Portugal, appeared on 'Change yesterday. French Papers to the 17th instant arrived yes terday, but their contents are altogether unimpoitant. Extract of a letter, dated Amsterdam, the 16th inst.—" A shocking affair has occurred among the guards at Zeist. A number of them, heated with wine, indulged themselves in the most disgraceful excesses, making a general pillage, insulting the women, and in short, committing every species of outrage. We are not yet informed how the matter ended ; for, as you may suppose, these things do not find a place in our rubric journals. It is certain, however, that the King, the moment the intelligence reached him, tore his coat off his back, and in the greatest rage, de dared that he would not again put it on, until the guards returned to their duty. You are, no doubt, aware, that the King wears the uniform of the guards." Friday the great match at back-sword or single stick, at Swindon, was won by John Blackford. Saturday the 17th instant, a melancholy event occurred at Weyrnwth :—Early in the morning Mr. Lacos, surgeon of the 2d Somerset Militia, was found in the street, under the window of his lodgings, weltering in his blood and quite dead. He had been spending the preceding evening in company, .aed it is thought chat on his return home, finding the street door Joiked, and being very active, in the gaiety of the moment he resolved to scale the cham ber window, but missed bis bold, fell back, and was lathed by the fall. GIBRALTAR. We have received letters &inn the above garrison, to the 30th ult. The accounts which they bring from Spain are of course not of a very recent date. Our correspondent informs us that there is still a great want of arms in Andalusia, Valencia, and Murcia. The garrison has given them every aid in their power, hut nothing compared with the pressing intreaties of the Spaniards, to be furnished with means to extir pate their enemies. Vessels loaded with arms would meet with a ready market at Gibraltar. " GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 25. " Yesterday afternoon the POSIONE and Wool, emit sailed front hence with the convoy for Malta. AUGUST 26.—The accounts from all parts of Spain are highly satisfactory ; the utmost unanimity and enthusiasm prevailing every where. The Spanish Army, both from Andalusia and Valentia, as you must have heard of before this time, have entered Madrid. The few Spanish Nobles who accompanied JOSEPH BONAPARTE in his flight, have been declared traitors to their country, and their estates ordered to be confiscated. " A Central and Supreme Board of Government will shortly be established at Madrid, which is to choose a Regent in the absence of King FERDINAND. It is generally supposed that the Cardinal BOURBON, or one of the sons of the KING of SICILY, will be elec ted to this -station . " The LAVDTIA frigate arrived here two days ago from f'alermo, with the Countess of Wasraioast.AND on bnArd. Her Ladyship intends remaining in this neighbourhood for some time. a , GIBRALTAR, AUGUST SR d , Yesterday afternoon Lord CeiIiPPOWOOD =Tiled here with the whole of the Cadiz squadron. His Lordship landedt4day, accompanied with the rest of the Captains of the, fleet, and waited upon Prince LEOPOLD at h:s quarters in the south. His Lordship sails to-morrow to the Eastward, leaving Rear-Ad miral Puittrus With two line-of-battle ships here. The LAvna.% frigate sailed yesterday for England, but was obliged to return by the wind coming to the Westward." The tender of service made by about four hundred of the Volunteers of the Borough of Leeds, to be come Local Militia, has been accepted. The 84th Foot have arrived az Hall. The following Regiments are at present in Deal barracks : The North York Militia; part of the West York Militia ; the Royal Cardigan Militia; and part of the lath Regiment of Light Dragoons. Yesterday the Sheppy Volunteers and Cavalry were ' inspected Sheerness by Colonel TWYsDEN, the Ca. valry under the command of Captain SEAW, and the Infantry of Major Bisnop. We have already stated, that it is clearly ascertain ed that neither General Moose nor General HOPE had any share in the late armistice and convention. It would indeed have surprized us if they had. It will be recollected that it was General HOPE, Who, on another and a more honourable Occasion, conducted a negociation with a French Commander in Chief; General MENToe, for the surrender of Alex. andria and the French army in Egypt. General -Holm was then Adjutant General to the immortal and ever-to-be-lamented ABERCROMBIE. Could the shade of that hem, or of the immortal NEL.SON look down, what would they say ? , . Sir Hrw DALRYMPLE, and Sir HARRY BURRARD have certainly been recalled, and a minute investiga tion will take place at Chelsea. Why is not the scru tiny into the conduct of our antruectuful officers made in the army as in the navy ? The fate of WHITELOCK, according to the opinion of many, at the time of the sentence being announced, was not expected to have a striking effect. Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, commenced his career in the Guards, and served with them where they have been employed. He was for some time Member of Parliament for Berwick, where his property lies.— He was appointed to command at Chatham Bar racks, the only command which he had before he was appointed to Gibraltar, the loeum tennis of the Duke of KENT and General Fox. Sir HARRY BURRARD was likewise a Guardsman ; he has likewise served in various quarters with the Guards, and is mach esteemed in that corps. He is a Hampshire man, and is Governor of Calshot Castle. When Sir HEW DALRYMPLE and Sir HARRY BUR. ititnn come home, the command of all our brave troops will devolve on Sir Joiot MOORE and General HOPE; Sir JOHN STEWART, another of the ABER.. (atomism School, will, it is said, be sent to the smile quarter—three men, who are the idols of the sol diers ! Why was Sir JOHN MOORE superseded in the command of the Army, which he commanded, by Sir HARRY BURRARD, an officer of the same rank with himself ?—Why was Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, who acting alone, acted so prosperouly, superseded by Sir HEW DALRYMPLE., an officer who confesses his ignorance of that army, and its situation, in a public dispatch t We are again positively assured, on authority on which we can rely, that an order was sent out for the recall of Generals Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, Sir HARRY BURRARD. and Sir ARTILUR WTELLESLEY, im mediately after the receipt of the official dispatches containing the particulars of the late Convention. —What proceeding is meant to be adopted with re spect to the first of these Officers is not as yet precisely known. But it is certain, that the chief and only mo tive for requiring the attendance of General WELLES. LEY in London, is to obtain from him a full explana tion of the whole proceeding. In the mean time, the troops in Portu gal are to be under the com m an d of General Sir JOHN MOORE. On Sunday night died, RICHARD PORSON, M. A. of Trinity College. Cambridge, and Greek Professor of the same University. He departed this life after a short illness, at the house of the London Institution, of which he was the principal Librarian. Mr. Pro fessor Pews was born on Christmas-day. 1758. wErmours, SEPTEMBER O. Yesterday five genteel looking men came to this place, and proceeded to the King's Head Inn, as having arrived from Portsmouth. After i dinner they hired a pleasure yacht to sail round the bay ; after being out an hour they discovered themselves to be French Officers, confined the crew, and bore away for the French coast. It came on a calm. They in consequence took a small boat that was astern, with which they rowed away, and gave up the yacht. They were armed with pistols, and are supposed to have broken their parole at Wincanton. NAUTICAL INTELLICT.VCE. FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 4. Arrived the Prince Adolphus packet Tortola, in 35 days : and Mary, KEN:r.Lc., from Teneriff . Sailed the American brig Enterprize, NEWELL, for Cadiz. Several vessels are coming in, said to be transports, to join the expedition lying here.—Wind N. E. PORTSNIOUTH, Sailed his Majo..i;:y's slip PELo;:c:, for Falmouth. —Wind S. DEAL, SCI" T. °G. Arrived the Pilosßuo:tus fire-brig and BUSTARD sloop, from a cruize off tl.c coast of France.--ba led the PAz schooner, on a cru;A-, off Flushing SArcr.- LITL sloop, fOr Sheenless ; frigate (Commo dore OwEN), on a cruize off Itoulogue; BLoomfouNn gun-brig, on a cruize off C a l a i s .—A rr i ve d t h e A LERT sloop, from Falmouth. IN rue Do wNS—Princess of Orange, Vice-Admiral CAMP MILL ; Bellerophon, Rear-Admiral (7- s-AIDP.LA ; Bombay, Chris tian VII. Hero, Invincible, Wastrious, Leviathan, Venerable, AWarapite, Trusty, Bustard, Indignant, Ph os ph orus , ri n d on, an d Abet. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 2S. Arrived his Majesty's ship RAntallits, from the Downs, and sailed to Chatham ; also the NIMROD man of war. Came down from Chatham his Ma jt sty's ship CLAUDIA. The AGRESSOR gun-brig has ' , oisted a signal for the Heligoland convoy, and will sail the 3d of next month : afta that period a regular convoy will sail thence every ten days. HULL, SEPTEMBER 9.5. A fleet from the southward, for Gottenburgh, con sisting of 28 ships, put into the Humber on Sunday last. and sailed again on Tuesday, with two more vessels from this port, in all 30 sail, under convoy of the VESUVIUS bomb and UTILE sloop of war. The Providence, Capt. RYE, arrived in the Humber on Tuesday, from Gottenburgh, with 25 Danish pri soners taken from a gun-brig, which are to be sent to Yarmouth. The vessels for the Baltic, which sailed from Gottenburgh some time ago, with a Swedish convoy, intended to proceed upwards through Mal moe Channel, are compelled to return to Gotten burgh the Danes having such a for ce a t th e G roun d s and D ; agoe, as rendered it unsafe for the Swedish convoy to proceed. About 200 sail were lying at Gottenhurgh, and would proceed through the Belts the fi rst fair wiud, under convoy of th e DEVASTATION bomb, of 14 guns, and two brig cutters. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, SiPT. 26:--1 - ::3leci the Hamilton, Gannon, for Jamaica; Alert, Byrn, for Dublin; Ircliana, Trevereus, tot Te tte ; and the hicrgan 11...t1er, Foster, far St. Vineents. DISTRIBLiTION OF PRIZE-NIGNEY. The Earyalus, fur the Felice Eliza, captured October £.3, 1807, will be raid at No. Q 2, Essex-street, strand, on Taesdays aod Fri d_s, for three months. 'I he Ai arti,l , for les Deux Anis, la Suffkante, la Tune Marla, an:l Desire de la Pair, will be paid on board on Saturday next, and recalled at Mr. Slade's, Frankfort Place, Plymouth, on Tues days and Fridays, for three months. The Scorpion, for the Conde de Peniche, recaptured Decem ber £4, 1807, will be paid on hoard to-morrow, and recalled at No. 1, James•street, Adelphi, for three months. The Niger, for the Iris, captured November 2S, IEO4, will be paid this day se'nnight, at No. 11, Cecil-street, Strand, and there recalled for three years. The If, JENNINGS, returned to Cork, was captured the Bth instant, in lat. 45. 14. long. 17. by the Non ville pinnace, French privateer of 14 guns, who had captured a ship letter of marque, with provisions, supposed to be the Adventure, Sarsfield, from Bar badoes, after an action of two hours and a half, in which the Captain was killed, which vessel was sent for Bourdeaux. Also had taken a Portuguese brig, from C( rk, supposed to be the Galgo of St. The Spanish Patriot, Dt - RELL, from London to Cadiz, was spoken with the 18th instant, by the Ama. zon frigate, lat. 46. 10. N. lon,cr. 9. 10. W. all well, with a fine easterly wind, fonr trays from the Downs. The Speedwell, DUNti, from Madeira for Quebec, is lost in the River St. Lawrence. The Commercial Packet, in coming into Leith harbour on Saturday morning, with a fresh breeze from the northward, struck the north arch of the new bridge, and did it considerable damage. An action is said to have been lately fought off Tenedos, between a British frigate and a number of Turkish gun-boats, and the Turks are represented in the German Papers - as having been-victorious. Government has appointed a Brazil convoy to sail from Falmouth the 12th of October, with the ships that may be collected there. , The Blossom is appointed convoy fur the coast of Africa. Captain Pmor is promoted to the rank of Post- Captain; and Captain PROSY?: is appointed to the BLOSSOM. Captain ROBERT EVANS, who arrived from the Bal tic on the 14th inst. with a Russian Nobleman, and dispatches of great consequence, is since appointed to the command of the SATELLITE sloop, in the Downs. Captain BROWN, of the Sparkler, who arrived at Dundee on Sunday se'nnight - , reports, that the Mar garet of Dundee, GREIG master, bound for Halm stadt, was taken by a Danish privateer, off the Wingo, on the 7th intant. The crew of his Majesty's ship VETERAN, of 64 guns, Captain EVANS, lately returned from the Ja maica station, hare, in consideration of their not hav ing been paid off at the Peace in 1801,'received a portion of their pay, and had leave of absence for three weeks granted to them. Saturday se'nnight twenty-six capital chargers were embarked at Southampton for Portugal, on board the Apollo transport, of Scarborough, which sailed or. Sunday morning to join the convoy at Spithead. • THEATRE. COVENT-GARDEN COMPANY •r rits HAY-WARM: Last night, this very able company of performers re-commenced their professional labours at the Opera" House, and, as very properly, no fresh contributions were levied upon the public as the price of admission, the doors were all crowded at an early hour, and every part of the Theatre was filled, the Pit and Gallery to an overflow, before the rising of the cur tain. Some confusion took place in the bores, in consequence of the company being excluded from se veral of those denominatedfirivate; as, however, the access from one to the other is easy, people consulted their own convenience, and took seats where they were to be found ; but these being all chairs, and not sufiiciently numerous, many persons were obliged to stand during the whole of the performance. • The Theatre is rendered as convenient as such an one, built in so peculiar a stile, can be—it is very elegant, well lighted, and the voices of the per fOrmers are distinctly heard in the most remote cor ners. Some of the dose partitions of the boxes have been rem.ved, and the avenues to them all are very commodious. The Grand Saloon is fitted up as a refectory. The second music was e. GOD save the King," which was loudly applauded ; after which, the cm ta:ii rose, and Mr. KmiaLe came forward in ull. ilress (which should have been black) with a bay and sw c! .1, as the representative of the Propriey- :n o how name he made an introductory speech, at v• ch the following is the substance : LADIES AND GSN'ELE EN--.The power of utterance is maw taken from mt: by the very great kindness of your ricepti, 0 on lily re-appearance before you , but he assured, that h w. v e r words may fail m e , I can never be wanting in the gratitude which is due for your patroOage on many former occasions, and more particularly for your favour on the occurrence of that. ala mitotic event which is the cause of our opening the Ling 's Theatre this evening. My object, Ladies and Gentlemen, in preseuiLl g myself before you now, is to address to you a few words on the subject of our appearance here. The Theatre of the Italian Opera, we arc well aware, is not provided with all those coirciag e nef es with which it has the custom to assist the works of our own poets, and we therefore have to intreat your favour for tkose inaccuracies and difficulties which must necessarily occur as to scenery, dresses, and decorations in some of the plays. A t t h e same time we be g to assure you, that this indulgence shall- be claimed as seldom, and for as short a time, as possible : for the perpetual appeal to indulgence is indeed the abuse of it. You perceive that no time has been lost in adapting this house, though in a necessarily imperfect manner, for the continuance of you amusements : and the Proprietors are already occupied in peva. rations for constructing a new Theatre, which they trust will, by next September, be worthy of your attendance and patronage, and rise the appropriate ornament of a British metropolis. This speech was much applauded; and the play, which was the tragedy of Douglaz, commenced. It was performed exactly as last season, by this Com pany, with the exception of BARRYMORE, as Glenalvow, which is one of his best characters. Mrs. Sum:loss, CHARLEi KENIBLE, Pots, and all the principals, were received, on their several node', with cheering plau. dim, and the whole performance went off with great and well-merited eclat. la the Afterpiece Miss BOLTON appeared, for the first time, as Retina, and sung the songs pleasingly. —Music is admirably well heard in this theatre.—. Several of the noble owners of private boxes, we un. dentine!, have thrown them open to the public, on all nights on which Operas are not performed ; and others have signified that they shall never demand exclusive seats but for themselves. RAMSGATE, SEPTEMBER 25. All the Fashionable world, now here, were present at a very elegant concert, given last evening at the Assembly Rooms, unde r the di rect i on o f Mr's. lIAR. mynros and Mrs. HIXDMARSH. The music com menced at eight o'clock, with a favourite glee, " It was a Friar of Orders Grey." Mrs. HiNDMARSH 4 sang " The Bower," w !th admirable taste, softness and expression. Mr SCHMIDT, on the trumpet, gave the favourite echo with astonishing rapidity and correct ness. A solo by Mr. HARRINGTON, on the oboe, was loudly applauded. At the time when the company departed (eleven o'clock), the High-street presented a scene of the ut most bustle and gaiety. From the Pier to the Wes. tern Gate, or entrance into the town by Chatham. place, was to be seen one continued line of carriages. Among the number were those belonging to Marquis Wellesley, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Lords Dudley and Ward, tke Dowager Countess of Pembrol e, Lord and Lady Say and Sete, Lady Brow glow, and Miss Curzon, Lord Eardley, Sir Ed ward and Lady Hales, Lady Burton, Countess of Donuughmoro s Lord and Lady Tremblestone, Mr. Godfrey, M. P. Honourable Mrs. Marsham, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mr. and Mrs. Warre, Honour able Miss M. Curzon, Colonel Gascoigne, Mr. Sitwell, Captain • Smith, and Mr. Southwell. On the same night a Ball was given at Barfield's Library, Broadstairs, under the patronage of the Ho. nourable Mr. CARLETON. It was decidedly the most elegant thing of the kind the season has produced.— The room was brilliantly illuminated, and decorated with flowers and sweet smelling shrubs. At art early_ hour (half past eight o'clock), the ball was opened by the Hon. Captain GREY and the amiable Miss HEATIICOTE, with a new dance, , g The Tars of Vic tory." About twenty couple stood up. The fa vourite Waltz Medley was afterwards danced. The baud was under the able direction of Mr. FLEMING. About two in the morning the music ceased, when the assembly broke up. Among the company were : The families of Generals Harris. Carleton, and Stanwfch ; Colonel and Mrs. Hughes, Colonel Swain ; Majors Briscoe, Dickons, and Jackson; Captains Davies, Chadwick, and French ; Lady Hyde Parker, and Miss Onslow ; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Kt ; - pell, Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Airs. Arbuthnot, and Miss !rape!, Mrs. and Miss Heathcote, Hon. Miss Fitzroy, Mr. and Mrs. Foote, Mr. and Mrs. Rolleston, Mr, and Mrs. Green, and Mrs. Green Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Houghant, Airs.Taswell, Mrs Johnston, Mr s. tru ther ; 1‘11:-ses Strachey, Ball, Morgan, Taswell, The dancing was kept up with great spirit through. out. There were present a great number of officers be. sides those already mentioned; they came Irons the Bar racks of Deal and Sandwich. The Ladies were chiefly dressed in white, but the display of jewels was rich beyond example ; every species of ornament was used, in gold, pearls, diamonds, emeralds, ganets, and rubies. The Ladies (not among the juvenile part of the company) were mostly attired in coloured s Itin, with longwaists, and some few wore stomulters. New words are publishing to the old tun!, "'Twos you, Sir Hsu'—"Twas you, Sir H CRLI, " 'Twas you that hi Me Fr- n:a escapt, you look so blur, It is n( t, as Wore Aapted to ihrif voice:, bit o the voice of the pope ) a nd is reckoned d fine coinbaid a of diuordt.