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culated without authority, and without a poffibility of being traced to their fource. It is the opinion of many, that the negotiations will not be brought to fo fpeedy a conclufion as might be deftred. As Egypt is now certainly eva cuated ; and as, in all probability, the Cape is in the hands of the Dutch, the principal point of negotiation, at leaft immediately connefted with the very conditions of the Treaty of Amiens, is Malta. It is Paid, but we know not how truly, that on this head the French Government tell Mi lliners that, if the guarantee be all they want, they may look for the bell they can find, provided the EMPEROR of RUSSIA ftillrefides to interfere. Thus, our Minifters would be left to Peek for what it is impoffible to find in Europe. If this be true, the negotiation may be protrafied for many months, and while this country is loaded with the expence of warlike preparations, France, not %riffling to pufh matters to open war, may go on without any confiderable addition to her eftablifhments. Every thing proves that BONAPARTE is determined to wage war againft our finances, and he has done it with great fuccefs. A Mail from Holland arrived laft night. The Leyden Gazette of Tuefday laft contains an article upon the preparations in England, in which it is `Rated, that France has demanded of the Batavian Government, that the necefi'ary preparations (hall immediately be made for the maintenance of a con fiderable corps of French troops, which are Paid to be already on their march for the Dutch Frontiers. This force is to be diftributed in the principal towns of Holland, and is, according to the Leyden Gazette, to make part, in the event of war, of a general Expedition againft England. The fame Gazette Rates, that General Duaoc, who lately fet out for Berlin, is charged to require of that Court the moll prompt meafures with refpeft to the EleCtorate of Hanover. A Rotterdam Paper gives a Letter from Paris, which, though of an older date (tile 16th inflant) than the French Papers already received, contains feveral particulars, which were not to be foUnd in the latter. Orders, it is laid, have been difpatched to 41 the Sea Ports of France, to haften the equip ment of Ships of the Line and Frigates, and to get in readinefs a eonfiderable number of gun. Hoops and flat-bottomed boats, at Cherburg and Boulogne : scsooo men are to be drafted from the interior to march to the lea coals, which, with the number already there, will, it is Paid, form an army of szo,ooo men. It was reported, that Jossrn BONAPARTI was fhortly to fet out for London, charged with a miffion of the higheft importance. In the preceding column our Readers will find the articles we allude to, and tome others ex traeted from the Dutch mail. The fubjoined article comes to us through the fame channel. MADRID, FraauaaT +—This day the Panics of PEAcr, Generaliffimo of the Pea and land forces, received difpatches from Lieutenant General Don J. M. de ALTA, Cominander of his Majelly's fqua dron in the Afiatic Seas, dated April 6,18 oz, which came by the way of London. Thefe dif patches Rate, that the faid Lieutenant General the preceding day, April 5, had received intelligence of the conclufion of the general peace in Europe, by a difpatch from the Viceroy of New Spain, to whom the account had been communicated by the fbip la Argonaute, which had arrived at Vera Cruz. Lieutenant General de At.va immediately difpatched the Fama frigate to China, to commu nicate this intelligence to the Commander of the Britith (hips of war, and he entertained the greater hope of Peeing this meafure attended with a happy refill', as he had learned a little time before, that the news of peace had not yet been received there, and that t'se Englifh were employed in .1. •ing out an expedition to dire poffeffion of the Portugurfe fettlement at Macao. According to letters from China, dated April 33, the Fama frigate arived at China time enough to prevent this fettlement from falling into the hands of the Englifb, who in confequence of orders if fled by the Governor General of Bengal, were already on their way thither, with one Rip of 7+ galas. and feveral tranfports, having on board tsoo troops. The fpecd with which the intelligence of the peace was conveyed to China is almoil incre dible. It was tranfrlitted from Cad: r. to Vera Cruz in 46 days, and was fent thence to the lippine Mandl in t: days, fo that in the cootie of ten months more than r ',COO miles were travelled over from the time the intelligence was fcnt out till ' the period of an anfwer being reterned. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 21.—Littters from New Orleans, the capital of the province of Lonifiana, elat;Ll December the Bth, 18ciz, fay, The In tendant of the province, refiding here, has received I n a Letter, from Don Da Sotza, Minifter for Foreign Affairs at Madrid, ezprefs orders to de liver op I.ouifiana to the French Republic." Goma, Fria. 26.—The depot of the P• liai; brigade, ennfißing of 250 men, and which was embarked in order to proceed to Toulon, hiz eeived orders to difembark and to remain here for the prefent. The Englifh frigate the TERMAGENT, after lying about a month in this harbour, failed again the day before yeacrclay. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. TORBAY, MARCH 24. This morning his Majety's !hip HAZARD, which has been here on the imprefs fervice, failed with a number of impretred men. Arrived this morn ing his Majefty's frigate la BLANCHE, and at pre fent remains, though the hath not come to an an chor, but continues ftretching off and on. Our fithermen are jealous that the is come on the im prefs fervice, which has dithered the fifhery very much indeed, and no protedions are yet granted them. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 24. Orders came down this day to enter twenty la• bourers at South Down, and alto twenty coopers, for the Cooperage there. The five 42-pounders were this day mounted on the Weltern Battery, en barkt, on the higher ramparts of the Citadel, near the flag fiaff. The BOADICEA, of 44 guns, was in fight this day, from the fignal poft, and flood out to fea again to pick up feamen. Orders arrived this forenoon at the Admiral's Office for the ViLLE DI PARTS, oft to guns, CANOPUS, 84, PRINCE, 98, and SAN Josar, t to, to be hauled down the Har bour for immediate Commiffion, and the MARS, 74, was provifioned and ftored for fix months. Large quantities of ftores ofall kinds are hourly ex/see:Jed from the Red Houle, for the Vislualling Office at this port. The utmoft aaivity prevails in every department here, the fame as if in aaual war. II SALY•OOIt att. MUNDO, 112 guns, is to have, as a guard and receiving flip, the flag of Admiral Lord KEITH, K. B. ; and when Rear Admiral CAMPBELL arrives, he hoifts his flag on board the CULLODEN, 74 guns, Captain OTWAY, till the TEMERAIRE, 98 guns, is ready for his re ception. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH i 5. Put back the Phcenir, LYLE, bound to London. —Remain the Matthew, Captain You're:, bound to the Weft Indies ; and the Calcutta, bound to New South Wales.—A troop of horfe will Coon embark on board the Young Nicholas tranfport; for Ireland.—Yett.:rday arrived the William, DA VENPORT, from Shields; alto the Juxo frigate, from the Downs; and the Terrow, NOCIEITT, from Briftol.—Sailed the CHARLTON, Eaft India fhip, Captain WEL LAMM for India; AURORA frigate, and la DET ER +mat. for Guernfey, with the 13 tft regiment on board; the Julius, Aureole, for St. Kitt's ; George, REYNOLDS, for Philadelphia; William, PR arrow, for Gibraltar; and the Gipfey, WRANGH A /41, for America.—Went out of the Har bour, the DIAMOND frigate, and l'Atot.e. Arrived the PIGMY cutter, Lieut. M. WHITE, from Poole, with imprelred men. This morning Admiral Lord GARDNER hoifted his flag. blue at the main, on boardthe NRETUIIII, of 98 g'ns, Capt. DRURY, as Commander in Chief at this port, in the room of Admiral MILS/Am The PUIssaNT, of 74 guns. is fitting for the flag of Lord Genoa sa ; the Narroh a being ordered to Cawfand Bay, where a fquadroa is to grumble for cruifing in the Channel. Lieutenants MORRIS and LOVELL are appointed to the Pu rsse ; and Lieut. R. PARRY to be Ad miral HOLLOWAY'S Flag Officer. SHEERNESS, MARCH 13. Sailed from the Norc to the Weßward the Ca. (MINI frigate. Arrived here two companies of Shipwrights from Deptford Yard, fine young mop, to forward the equipment of the fleet. The CRUIZER, Capt. HANCOCK, arrived yell terday from the River. All the Chips here are nearly full manned, el: pecially the ANTELOPE, Sir SIDNEY SMITH, whore popularity loon filled his lhip with prime men : his broad pendant is flying, and his (hip is now ready for fervice. The RAM:MAILS, MINOTAUR, ZEALAND, and all the !hips under orders for fea, are fitted with a rapidity that furpalfes every thing that can be conceived, and !hews that Britons can a& with promptitude when there is a neceffity for it. ___. The prefence here of Sir ANDREW HAMMOND and Sir WILLIAM RULE has done great good it has flimulated the men to aet with energy. The N.tvy Board certainly deferve the higheft praife for their zeal, and the attention they pay to every thing within their province. FROM I.►.OYF)'s LIST. MAL, NI 'MCI! 25.—Cattle down the Wexford, —, for the Eaft Indus, and remains, with the Ambufirade, Admiral 'roaNNOßol'C.l3, I lydra, Amelia, la Pique, and Minerva, let gatcs, and fevers, gun-hrigs and revenue cutteri —Wind S. UR AV T. rN n, M %lien as.—Paffed by the Catharine an,i ni za, Pratt, horn New Providence; Goodwill, —. from Se ville; wn Brother:. Cornellus,frout Dieppe; and Five Good Arothere, I'rouft, from Dort.-Sailed the Howard, Gardner, for Bremen, .uld the His, Nl`Pherfon, for Nantx. ARRIVED . Off Dover, the Juliana. l'orrelter, from Maga,lom—At Liverpool, Chat-teflon, V, cr, and Independence, Wickham, from New York ; from Barbarian, after being on fliore—At Folk-one. Mary, Dyer, from Scvillc.—At Clyde, Union. and Peggy, Love, from Oporto, — At F.:oxaheth, Dick. Crum Spain.—At Cork, Anfon, ,u, from Viryir:t•-.1! Cuxhaven, Fame, Anderfon ; Aictandsr, Wa• - on, and Viiiliiamfon, Abbot, from London; Mercury, , Lelpftc, Margaret, a,,d Frankfort, --, c.ons Lcith.—ln the Wefer, Ne „us, Spiker, from Lem! Law, Potomack, Mack, aid Abet, Warren, fr - .nt Newfoundland.—At Oporto, Swan, Hawkins, from I anion; Yare, Harris., from Yarmouth; Hope, Buller, irons Dubai; anti iWlMrh, Barnett, from Newfo,uilusti.—At Madras, Cornwallis, iillerton, from 1.0n t1.,:..—At Mogstrio-e, Recovery, &twit, from Landon.—ett 11.-ckforti. Maiming, frvak Lowlea. DUB;,!?‘', 1.7.112 CH 22. Sic JAMES CHArrra ros, Barr. is appr.inted to go the North EaR Circuit, in the toom of the llt.n. Jullice Fox, who is prevented by Rinds from at tending that duty. Such of the Yeomanry Corps of thi!, city as have had meetings in confequence of the conininnica tion made to them by his Excrlieney the Lord Lieutenant, have expreffed their readinefs to meet the neceffities of the times by their prompt and aßive fervices : refolutions to this effea have b en adopted by the Lt.:, yc-rs and Merchants' Corps, the Rotunda Infantry, and Liberty Ringers.-- !'he Stephen's-Green Infantry have been returned to Government, as 5 00 efFetßive men. An order was received on Fr iday at Littler:el. from the Lord Lieutenant, requiring the Gover nors of that city to di aw out, and embody arith all convenient fpeed, two companies of the militia of the city of Limerick, each to coniiit of Cap• tain, one Lieutenant, one Entign, four Sericants. five Corputals, two Drummers, and fixty•five vates; and to cattle the fame to he ready to matt;,. as occafion fhall require, to loch pulls, within he land, as the Lord Lieutenant may Align them. Two companies of the Louth Militia are embo died, and doing duty in Coulon. Sunday forenoon, the firß, fecond, and tl ird Companies of the Dublin Militia Regimcat parad ed at Clare-Itreet for the firft time. Companies of Riflemen are to be formed, com poled of the belt markfmcn of every rcgithent Militia, arid to be brigaded together in I,AttAlion,, to acquire the necelfary evolutions ; their unicorn: to be of green. The Yeoman Cavan y, it fAid will he initruded in the infantry difcipline, to Ad occafionally on foot, if it fhall be found ueccfrat y to re-embody them. Vefterday morning his MAJESTY had ordered hi; poll.chaife to the (been's Houle at half-pafl feven o'clock, with the intention of going to Windfor to hunt in the Great Park with his har riers, for the tall time this feafOn, and was about to get into it a little before eight, when a meffen. ger arrived from the CHANCELLOR of the Exc /4 E gym who himfelf loon followed to the Queen's Houle, where he remained in conference with his MAJESTY until half-pall twelve. Several other Minifters attended. His MAJESTY then fet off in his travelling carriage and four for Windfor. COVENTRY ELECTION.—At the Ode of the Poll on Thurfday, the numbers were— For Mr. Moore - 664 I For Mr. Stratton - 567 We have the pleafure to Rate, that the Honour able Eaft India Company's (hip the Dow!. Caille, Captain PETER SAMPSON, failed from Macao Road: on the 4tb of July laR, in company with the (hip Afia, Captain' ROBERT WARDLAW ; and his Ma. A jelly's (hips ARROGANT, Fox, and ORPHEUS. The Admiral Rainier tranfport ;—the Friendfhip of Bombay ; and the Dee of Bengal, were alto in company. Or, the 28th of Angufl, the fleet an chored off Bally Town, in the Straits of Alafs ; failed from thence the sth of September, and ar rived in Ballafore Roads the isth Odober. Captain Gamma RICHARDSON arrived at Dia mond Harbour, from England, in the Company's (tip the Tellicherry on the sth of September laft, and tiras fworn into the Command of the Com pany's fhip the United Kingdom, and put in charge of that veffel accordingly. The EaR India Company's (hip the Lord Dun can, Captain ANTHONY MURRAY, was at the Cape of Good Hope, outward bound, on the 13th J 4 unary lafk. Lady WILLOUGHBY !aft night, in compliment to her daughter, Mifs E. BUR it k. Li., who attained the ; ith year of her age, gave an entertainment to a fetal party of the younger branches of the Nobility, at his Lortifhip's houfe in Whitehall.— Minuets and country dances formed a part of the amufements ; Mr. Gow being the leader of the band. After the juvenile part of the Company had withdrawn, her Ladyfhip entertained a feled party of the Nobility. On Saturday night there was a female child, of about a month old, carefully wrapped up, left at the Countefs de BRUNE'S door, in Old Burlington fireet, with a note pinned to its breall, addrefred to the Countefs, Rating, that the child's name was " Caroline," and that it was a month old. Its name was written with red ink. Srorrimo.—Nominations fnr the Sweep(lakes at Egham, for two years old, which clofed on the Ili of March. Sir C.Bunbury's bl. c. by Whitley, out of Cinderella. ch. 1 by Whilkey, out of Amelia. Mr. Lake's b. f.by Coiner, out of a Dialled Mare. Mr. C. C. Smith's ch. Eby Vi lunteer, out of Euphrofyne. Mr. I.adbroke's ch. c. by Volunteer, dam by Dungannon. Mr. Durand's ch. c. by Guildford, mit of Mils tßammerkist. Lord Egrenumt's b f. filter to Alchymift. Lord Groivenor's ch Eby Meteor, out of Nimble. Lord Stavecll's c. by Trumptor, out of Apollo'. data. E by Buzzard, out of Thrulli's dani. _ _ . Mr. Harris'i ch. f. rftrr to Allcgranti. The Conrfing Match between Colonel THORN• TON and Mr. DURAND, which was to have been decided yeterday at Carlhaltnn, in Surrey, aorad ed the attendance of all the Amateurs oldie (ports of the field. Colonel THORN ros's dog Wi. of the Sn6o.dszll blood, and Mr. DUKARD \‘Ato to have liarted againft him a celebrated birch of his own breed ; but unfortunately the bitch having broke her leg. Mr. DURAND paid forfeit. There were, however, feveral yea v fey ere runs. The &It hare was a boxed hare 'lca out before Ma j., and L ady, both belong' he Colonel, which was killed in a guar. ; hut the fecund run was fo fevere, . .1 were extremely diffreffed. The Surrey Affi serday, when 25 prifoners received lea .:ath, eight of whom Are left for execution „Cat number are to be tranfported, fome f and others for 7 years-- U/4ex Stillwell, for the murder of his wile, at Mort lake, was executed this morning at the top of the County Gaol, Horfemonger.lanc, in the Borough, purfuant to his fentence. Nicuoesow's truly fortunate Tickets and Shales, can only be had in London, at No. i 6, Cornhtll, oppofite the front of the Bank of England —Note, The drawing begins on Mouday fennik;lit, the 4th of April. suß,?zr ICINGSTuN, kR'2ll RUNN:4C - 1 ,, N This was an afti . .ni a , rer'vc. coqipenrati:vo F i r the i:..jary plain:it!' had hi: the ovvr turn;:ig of one -)f Cie Er:::ocn c tri confequence ofir, being oreth , , 1,. h It appeared that C.:: ca7,:h I 1 P. ight , :n yr ;di (ix inlides, and tw.:;ye or tl,;:tecl Toe plaintiff, who was reprefented to be a chant, wa , it p C, ili• X. I,i :4,lTc ion to °lli number of paffet,7,_ , rs, tlr:r I; I a ittrat qqatitity of I,i , :4 ga g e. full b. yott.l 11,ig,te t!:_coach i:vcrturn...l, and f,ov , :tal of the mcrc•••••-' hut:. iAaint4 L. 1,1 his face cut dicad zveral of lii, ft .at h•.ft o , lt, :Ind fever.• hi, land. 1!r .0... v, taken op by a !r.iile pall:o,g by, and cr,,,, , eved to ;Le \‘ll.le !y: crs.:r.T.L,Al that night ; the ty he v:i;ted by a hi; ge. , n from .11A by due car' I.:Lt./Veit...l.—YU . * dia fur plaintitr- -Damages !.11 JOHN This wa , , an ind!..‘trn,nt arainit the Defendant foi a ittild , :rtx,tooor in letting tire to a flied, or own in hi, p-.lleition, in nick!. to burn down the neighi,:tir:;:, , nooks, with intention to dt•fttud the Lin!! Mr. GARR ,\V Rated, tFat :be Deferylant was an ip.4hcary refidin:r Streatham. th it he hal :In ' cce it a Mrs. ]hind who %kJ,. in pnird . .. of the bottle st hich they imputed to lam natant to burn down. This houle wt., situated in t littic row of bottles called Blind's-row, at Dul wich, but at the time of the me was let ready fur nifbed to a Mr. Sanders. At the hack of that houfe there was a Iran to, as it was called, which contained a little room, large enough to hold a bed, and over it was a cock loft. He would (late to the jury thole tircumilances which led to fufpi (ion that the lire, which happened on the 24th of February, was wilfully occafioned. The fire being Ipeedily extinguifhtd, on entering, the following Rare of things then prefented itfclf :—There evi dently had been no fire in the fire place ; the bed curtains on the feet were drawn up, and thruft through the cieling, from which Come plaller had been broke down, Co as to form a line of commu nication for the fire to the rafters and floor of the cock-loft. Two of thefe floor boards were railed ' up, and fiipported at the ends in that pofition, evidently for the purpofe of giving accefs to the air, to inere:afe the flame ; on the bed was a deal box, in which a quantity of turpentine had been fpilt. Under the bed were two hat boxes, one containing a quantity of paper dipped in fpirits of turpentine, the other containing loofe paper: Two phofphoric matches were found on the floor, with two pieces of wax taper, which had been lighted. Between the rafters was fluffed a quantity of loofe tow, to alTift where the curtain was inferted : and from the floor of the cock loft tome pieces of board were let edgeways, to condo& the flame to the wooden division between that place and Sanders's houfe. Mr. Verne, the Defendant, was immedi. ately fent for, but he did not choofe then to come. He, however, made his appearance in the evening, and when thefe things were pointed out to him, he laid he mutt confefs appearances were against him; but he ;notched his innocence. To explain the 'unufual fituation of the bed curtains, he laid he could not fay how it happened, but perhaps in flourifbing his flick, it might have been thrown in that pofitton. A Mrs. Bellamy Paid, fhe lived in Brind's-row, Dulwich. Mrs. Prehon occupied •the houfe next to that which had the ban -to, in polreffion of the Defendant. On Saturday morning, the z4th of February, fhe. law the Defendant come across the Common and go to that room ; he had riot left it above a quarter of an hone when the was alarmed with the cry of fire from Mrs. Pretton ; and going up hairs, they law through a hole looking into the cock loft of the lean-to, that it was full of fmoke. She immediately ran to fetch a pail of water ;—as fhe returned, fhe met Mr. Longmore. who took it from her, broke open the room done, and by a few pails of water, the fire was extinguills.d. Samuel Longmore gave the fame account, and this witnefs, as well as the lah, gave the account of the fituation of the thin4s in the room, as de. fcribed by Mr. Garrow. this was alfo confirmed by three other witneffes, who law the premites, particularly by Mr. Cooper, Surveyor to the Sun Fire Otfice, who examined the whole minutely the next Monday. ..... Nathan el Vs'Ard, from the Sun Fire Office, proved, that the houfes and goods were infused at their °nice in May, 1789, fur pool. Rudd, from the Phccnix Fire Office, prov ed, that in May lad they were inbred at their I Office for 9991. in the name of the aunt of the De fend met wile, infured for the wife. Mr. Serjeant B►sr, for the defendant, made an ingenious defence. He laid, he fhould account for all the fulpicious appearances. He Ihould thew that a fire had been in the room on the day pre ceding, and in all probability a fpatk had flown on the hed-clothes, which mouldering, until the current of air, occafioned by the defendant's op-ning the room the next day, it was fanned into a aunt. He added, that if his witne:Tes railed only a doubt in the mind of the Jury, they ought to acquit the defendant, as no man ought to be convi:tzd but upon fatisfaflory tellimony. To explain there eircumflances, he railed Mary Chance, who faid, the lived :errant with the defendant; the day before the tire the andl.er mailer and 'niftier* walked from their h°nfc at Streatham to the garden. Her mailer went on to vi.;t a patient at Norwood, and as her nnitrstis as poorly, the lighted the lire with come pie. es of old wooden fence. They then we-,t in the gar. den, and gatheied fome bears. which they in the room, and they threes• the (hell, about the floor. She thought they would dirty the KJ car t lilts, lo the tucked them up, but as they did not ' asay up, the tucked the foot curtains through ohc hole in the cieling. Behig afkcd, how the 1. la came theme! the ftid her mailer had, a few before, when in the cock-loft, put his foot through it. How error the 'arils of t h e Coc k l o f t it„ )r trailed up in the u:Ansict they true I Sne laplaA