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tigable ardour his pretarations of war against Nor way. He has proposed 'the very'rigorous measure of emending the conscription even to lads of the age of 16 ; but this measure has experienced much opposi tion on the part of the cities and the order of the pea sants who had hitherto supported his Royal Highness. The nubility are in strong opposition to the Prince; they are hostile to the union of Norway, as likely to be pernicious to the interests and the liberty of the Swedish nation. Two Hamburgh Mails arrived this morning.-- Among other intelligence brought by them we learn, that thr Allied Sovereigns have formally declared their resolution to support the independence of the Hanse Towns, and to restore them to their ancient rank in the great political family of Europe. Great rejoicings have taken place at Hamburgh on the return of the Ilmseatic legions to their fire-sides. The news from Denmark is.of the most pacific na ture. We have to-day received Boston and other Ame rican Papers to the 7th ult. being thirteen days later than those noticed on Saturday. The occupation of Paris by the Allies, and the tie goeiations for a Peace with the French Government, independent of MADISON'S friend, BONAPARTE, were not only denied, but boldly stated in the former Gen tleman's (Matte (the National Intelligent:sr) to have been fabricated by the Editors of the Boston Centintl. These Gentlemen thus manfully repell the charge:— •" We pronounce the above charse.(stupid as it is) ifs to be 2 gross and detestable le. We ask pardon of 4 1 our treaders for using this language—but we are indignant that an imported hireling should be paid by an American administration for uttering such vs calumnies against American Citizens, in aid of the •s falling cause of the most ruthless tyrant and robber is ott earth !" We select the following additional *hides 110STON 6 JUNE 1. GoibiloAr kAPEDITION.-A squadron of 13 gun. boats and ketches, under Commodore Lewis, sailed last week from New York, and convoyed up the Sound about I/0 vessels to several ports in Connecticut. The, gun-boats mount one gun each . of 18, 24, or 52 pounds calibre, the ketches two each. The New York papers give some crude reports of an engage sustained by the squadron during the trip, with the Maidstone frigate, and Sylph sloop of war, and that much firing was heard near New London bar. hour. We have seen letters which state, that the fri gate fired a few guns as the convoy passed ; but that sic) tssential injury was sustained. As we are much nearer New London than the New Yorkers are, we imagine had any event occurred off there worth tell ing, we should not have been indebted to our Ncw York friends for the annunciation of it. NEW YORK, MAY so. We had three valuable foreign arrivals pestArday, itiz. armed schooner Chasseur, Wade, from a cruize; brig Henri, Giller, from Laguira, and her prize, schooner Yousg Former, both with valuable cargoes. The Patriots had nearly annihilated the royalists, /00 of whom bud been killtd, and then burnt by the Patriots Yesterday Commodore Lewis' squadron of gun boats returned from New London. His Journal mentions, that en the 25th he had a general action from 5 to 8, P. M. with two of the enemy's ships and a sloop before New London, during which the con• voy, 40 wavers, passed the enemy in safety R one of the boats received a shot between wind and water, and another through her sails. The squadron anchored.before the harbour to renew the action the text morning, but the enemy's force being increased to seven ships and several other vessels, the squadron proceeded up Sound, pursued by the enemy as far as Fa ul kner's Islan d. The Fair American, Captain Adams, is to sail as a cartel from eiiiladelphia for England, in a few days. CIiARLESI ON, MAY 1:1. FROM TIM BOSTON GAZETTL:, JUNG 6• Arrived yesterday the large and elegant Bristol ship Pelham, (l.tte Captain Boyd Taylor, Prize-mas ter,) with a cargo of 159 packages of dry goods, in voiced at £lB,OOO sterling, prize to the privateer S tucy Jack, Captain Chace!, of this port. The Pelham was captured on the 30th of April off Cape Nicola Mole, after a well contested action of upwards of two hours ; she %vat finally carried by boarding, after her crew had made a stout and gal lain resistance of from ten to fifteen minutes on her , own &dr. The Saucy Jack had her First Lieutenant and one mast kale/reit° Lieutenant Captains of Arms and men wounded. On board tha Pelham were f..in killed and eleven wounded—among the latter was Captain Boyd, dangerously, in the breast. He with the passengers-were landed at Port au Prince. The Pelham was from London' homed to Port au Prince, and sailed from Portsmouth the 9th of Mar. The day previous to her capture she had an engage ment with two Carthagenians, which she beat off. EXTRACT OF A Lerma Fltobt AN OROICSA, DATED " Sacketes Harboinv May 30. " I have the pleasure to inform you, that Major Apling, of the Rifle Regiment, has this morning suc ceeded in capturing a party of the enemy at the mouth of Sandy Creek. Major Apling had arrived the evening preceding at that place with a large con '• ♦oy of ordnance and navy stores, from Oswego, and was this morning attacked early by this force from. • tile blockading squadron. We not received a detailed ofliciitl account, tut the 'officer who brought the intelligence statei, 'that two Post Captains, fdur Lieutenants of the Roral Navy, four Marine Offidirs. and 300 men of all sorts', are the prisoners Liken.— Our loss was, it is said, only one Indian killed, and a few men wounded. A large re.inforcement joined our men since the action, so that we are perfectly easy as to the safety of the prisoners. Colonel Mitehil, and the whole of the Marines, also left here about the time the action commenced, and are probably on the ground by this time—(4 o'clock) 18 miles." ' This little affair will be of great importance to us in several points of view. A son of Sir Home Pop ham commanded. Only one officer is said to be killed. FROM THE ALBANY ARGUS, JUNE 3. It is not probable that Captain Popham, who was severely wounded in the affair at Oswego on the Gth of May, should have been thus able to command an expedition on the 30th of the same month. FROM THE HALIFAX PAPER, JUNE 17. From Quebec we have Papers to the 2d instant. A letter this day says, Chauncy will not come out, so we are not to have any fighting on the Lake. Our new ship will be in the water by the last of August. Captain Mulcaster is recovering. The 16th Regi ment, and about 700 men for different Regiments, have arrived here—total 1700 men. Seven hundred seamen and 300 artificers have also arrived, and fur ther reinforcements are daily expected, with abun dance of stores of every description. A Jamaica Mail also arrived to-day, but it brings no intelligence of importance. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS—Such Members as wish to attend are requested to be at the Royal Hotel, Pall-Mall, to-morrow at one o'clock. The Princess of WALES has taken a house at Wor thing for the ensuing season. Yesterday morning the Prince of MECKLENBERO left the Queen's Palace, about seven o'clock, and pro ceeded to Dover, to embark there. Their Highnesses the Princes of BRUNSWICK left Towti for Oxtord early on Friday morning, intend ing to make a tour from thence of the country, pre vious to their departure for Germany, which is now shortly expected to take place. The Prince PLATOYI , visited the PRINCE REGENT yesterday. Prince PLATOIF does not leave London till the latter end of this week. Saturday Marshal Prince BLUCHER visited the Bank of England, and was entertained by the Directors. As it was known that the venerable BLUCHER was to set out yesterday morning for Harwich, on his way to Prussia, a vast number of people were assem bled before his door at ten o'clock, to witness his de parture. The Marshal had, however, gone out, and did not return till twelve, at which hour the post bases were put to his coach. The Hall was so crowded, that the Marshal could scarcely get up stairs : the Anti-room was full of Officers. The Dutch papers are full of the progress of the Emperor Alexisnder through Holland, and of the honours with which he was received at Rotterdam, the Hague, and Amsterdam. The visit of his Im perial Majesty to the village of Saardam was interest ing. The house which Peter the Great first entered on his arrival, August 18,1697, was prepared for the reception of his Majesty, and the Sovereign Prince, who accompanied him. The house was fitted up with Dutch neatness. In the parlour was a fine portrait of Peter the Great in armour. The Emperor and Ithe Prince were received by 16 daughters of the Ma gistrates, in the dress of Saardam. The illustrious visitors testified their satisfaction at their reception, and then went to the house of the Czar Peter, which had simply the inscription— ,, To the great man nothing is too little." The Emperor having visited the dock, where Peter engaged himself as a workman, came to the house. The Prince led him in, and one could immediately see the im pression which the immense contrast of the sim ple dwelling with the power and splandohr of its firmer inhabitant, and so many other recollections, would not fail to insp're. The Prince requested the Emperor to leave a memorial of this remarkable visit, and all having been prepared, the Emperor, with a silver trowel, fixed in the chimney a square of white marble, on which is inscribed, in golden letters— " PETRO MAGNO, ALEXANDER." Extract from a letter dated Minorca, 29th May, 1814:—" BosnranTE is At Elba, and is very atten tive to all our Captains. I hope to see him before I go home. Captain Ustien, Captain TOWER, and some others, dine with him continually, and he talks of late events with great familiarity, and does not all despond. He says he knows the Boutin°Ns can never reign long, and he expects in a few years to be called back to the Throne of France." A Brighton Paper says that tl•e benevolent Mr. Wasp, whose extraordinary charities have been so much spoken of, left the Castle Tavern, in that town, on Monday last, for Arundel, but had not proceeded far before he was overtaken by his brother and ano ther Gentleman, in a chaise and four, into which he WAS instantly put and driven off for London. To this statement it is added—" We understand he is to be placed in one of due establishments which are devoted to the reception of such as labour under mental derangement !" Are our men of fortune to be permitted to squander not only their own money, but that of their creditors at large, on the Race-course, and at the Gaming , table, with impunity, and is giving money to the poor to be considered an act of insanity ? Public credit has received a considerable shock within the last few days by the stoppage of the fol lowing Banks : Boston and Lincolnshlre—Williata Robert Thomas Lawrence and John James Barnard. Boston—Abraham Sheath and Son. Boston and Spilaby—A. Sheath, Challis SLeatb, and George Smith. Lincoln—A. Sheath, I. Steel, and I. Wray. Derby—Bell4irs, Sons, and Co. Stanitord—A. W. Bellairs and Son. Leicester—Bellaire, Welby, and Co. —These distressing failures are, we understand, ascribed principally to unfortunate speculations in grain.—Leth Mentor ir,firAL CAPTURE OF MAlEsrY's REUAEER, OF I e GiJNS, BY THE AMERICAN SLOOP OE WAR WASP. OF ss Clll4B. PLYMOUTH, JULY O.—Arrived the Portuguese *hip toreu de Lisbon from Lisbon to Havre-de-Grace, haaitig'ot) board the crew of the ship Orange B >yen, Captain BEDBROKE, from Bermuda to London, which vessel was captured '26th ultimo by the Wasp, Ame rican sloop of war, and destroyed. This vessel brings an account that on the 28th ult. the REINDEER brig of war, Captain MANNERS, fell in with the Wasp Ame rican sloop of war, and engaged her, at close quar ters, for 25 minutes, and attempted to carry the Ame rican twice by boarding, but was over-powered by numbers, and at length obliged to strike, but not un til Captain MANNERS, the Purser, and 27 men, were killed, and the first Lieutenant, Master, two Midship men, and 41 men wounded.—The Wasp had T 1 men killed and 19 wounded. The RYINDEEIt was ►urnt' the day after the action. British Force 16-24-o I • ounders i 100 men, 380 Toni. Ditte, 2 long 12 ditto, American Force 20-32-pounders 175 men, 600 Toni. Ditto, 2 long 12 ditto, ) The Wasp had captured six other British vessels and destroyed them : she is supposed to have gone to Nor way to repair her damage, which is very great. The action was fought in lat. 48. 10.. long. 11. Came in the American privateer RATTLESNAKE, of 18 guns and .50 men. captured by his Majesty's ship HYPERION : she left Rochelle in company with the American ship Decatur. She had captured the cutter Wasp, from Lisbon, tind the brig Dover, of London, and burnt them. FALMOUTH, JULY S. Arrived yesterday the Duke of Kent packet, with a mail from Botirdeala ; his Majesty's schooner \IRMA, 10 guns, with a mail from Jamaica in thirty days ; and his Majesty's slip Mtsm.rroz, from Ports mouth. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 10. Arrived the URGENT from the Weltwßrd. Sailed le TIGRE for Bourdeaux, and the Misscrroe for Ply mouth. The SPARROW is appo4ted convoy for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean, instead of the HAR RIER. We expect the ACHAR with the fleet for North America and Newfoundland, will sail the first fair wind. Yesterday, alter post, arrived from the Me diterranean, the following transports, under convoy of the MILFORD, vii.—Charlotte 105, Rose 425, B: iton 93, Anacreon 173, Alexander 182, Bulmers 4GO, Regalia 559, Ocean 400, Lady Hamilton 392, Are thusa 516, Sally 3C6, and the 302.—Wind W. DOVER, JULY 10. Passed by the West India Fleet for the River.— Owing to a very thick fog, the Recovery, BEATTIE, (one of them) ladenwith sugar and rum, got on shore near Folkstone, but after landing pan of her cargo, got off, and is gone for the Downs. The Medina, KENNEDY, is also on shore near Folkstone, and has landed part of her cargo, which is still on shore—she is expected to come off next tide. Another of the West India fleet is also on shore under the South Foreland light-house—particulars unknown. DEAL, JULY 10. Arrived and sailed for the River the Policy, JouN SON, from Halifax ; and his Majesty's ship BAastauft, from Portsmouth, bound to the River, to be paid off. Came down from'the River the Ui is .n and Bridges transports from Halifax. Arrived yesterday his Ma jesty's ships BARHAbt and FORRESTER, with upwards of 100 sail of the Jamaica fleet, chief part of them are sailed for the River.—P. S. The Medina, KENNEDY, is on shore on the Main, near Folkstone, and it is re ported that three more of the fleet are also on shore, particulars not known.--Wind S. W. The CHARYBDIS, of 18 guns, Captain CLEPHANE, arrived on Friday at Portsmouth, from Halifax, whence she sailed on the 6th of June, with three ves sels under convoy. Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE had gone from Bermuda to the Chesapeake, where a large force was assembling. Sir ALEXANDER was deter mined upon the most vigorous and decisive conduct, in all the varied operations which he was preparing to carry on. t he LEANDER, of 54 guns, Sir GEORGE COLLIER. and HANIADRYAD, Captain CHETHAII, had arrived at Halifax, with the fleet of transports which took out the reinforcements from Portsmouth and Cork. On the passage, the CHARYBDIS fell in with the AJAX and Wartarma (about half passage over) with 55 sail of transports, which had 6000 troops on board from Bourdeaux, bound to the Chesapeake. Bow-mtecr.—On Saturday W. 11. Hollins, who stands charged with having fired a pistol at Eliza beth Pilcher, servant to Mr. Cartwright, was also brought up for re-examination, but in consequence of the dangtrnus state of the young woman, he was again remanded. Yesterday, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the above young woman died, in the most excru ciating pain, at her master's house in Lower Gros venor-street. PR ice OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 69H—Cons. 69 ex. div.—for act. 70if 4 per Ct. utti—,s per Ct. Navy 97if ex. div. Omniuni, 34 pre....-Bank Long Ana.. 161 11-16ths India Bonds, 16s. 17s. pre.—Exchequer Bills, 3s. 6s. pre. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, JULY 11. We bad a short supply of most Grain this morning, when fine Wheat sold readily at friday's prices, which was lully 2,. per quarter higher than ea the previous Monday. Barley is Is. per quarter dearer. White Pea. are very scarce, and much enquired after. Grey Peas are also 2a. per quarter hlgber. eats are not so brisk sale as on Friday, but fuUy maintain their price. In other articles no alteraion. sMII /WIELD MARKET. JULY 11. Beef 51 Od to 66 Od i Veal 7s Od to Ili 04 Motion St 4d to 6. 64 I Pori 64 Od to 7. 6d Lamb 7. Od to 5. id. Besets, 1880—Sbeep and Lambs 15,340—Ca!yea, 160-1 1 1ge 250. rim OR MAT Jail) STRAW Meadow Hay 41 Os to 31 10t I Clover 41 As to 71 Ts Swat 01 es c• 01 0. I Straw 11 19. to 41 Os MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF WEST: migsTER, IN PALACE YARD. • STA* OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. Thil day i most numerous Meeting of the ElettOis of Westminster took place, in Palace Yard, to consi der of the propriety of putting Lord Cocnaawt again in notnination for Westminster. The High Bailiff of Westminstei, foli.,ived by Sir F. BURDETT', Major CARTWRIGHT, Messrs. WISHART, BROOKS, WALKER, and other's, of the Westminster Committee, appeared upon the Hustings precisely at one o'clock, when the business commenced . by the High Bailiff reading the requi s i t io n . H e iren read two letters, one from Lord Cocunmat, and the other from Mr. SHRRIDAN. Lord Cuciraasra's letter inclosed a copy of the speech made by his Lorthhip in the House of Commons, and requebted Mr. Mow. RIS to read it to the Meeting. This the High Bailiff declined, stating as his reason, that it contained matter which would subject the reader to die penalties of libel. —Mr. SHERIDAN'S Letter was then read. It disa vowed•all intention of opposing Lord CocurtAsre's re-election, and declared it to be Mr. SHERIDAN'S opi nion, that every eipelled Member had a right to ap peal to his Constituents. This Letter was received with great applause. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, in a long speech, vinclieat ed Lord COCHRANE from :41 the charges which were brought against him, and concluded by moving Re solutions tending io the effect of declaring his Lord ship perfectly innocent, and fit to be once more re turned to Parliament. Mr. WISHART, Major CARTWRIGHT, and others, seconded the Resolutions, which were' arried unani mously. Friday evening a Meeting of a numher of the most respectable Electors of Westminster sv.is held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, for the purpose of con- t sidering of a fit person to represent the City, in conse quence of the vacancy produced by the expulbion of Lord CocumANE. Mr. WIsRART, on being called to the Chair, states the object of the Meeting, and invited any Gentle.. man to offer what remarks he thought prop_r on the occasion, promising to all a Lair and patient hearing. He observed, that he had never entertained tl.e smallest doubt of Lord Cochrane's innocence—he considered trim an injured maii,fatlen under the strong hand of power, whom it %was tlicir duty to support, and whom he hoped they would supper:, by return ing him age in to that House from whence he bad been expelled., lie had, indeed, when a yotina man, seen a Haase of Commons refuse to admit to his seat a person duly elected by his constituents, ;Ind even commit the monstrous ais.urdity of consid , r.ng one the true representative who had been returned by a . minority ! but lie trusted be would never witness a similar scene. He knew not la hether it was the duty of the House of Commons to expel Lord Cochrane, but he was quite sure it was the duty of the l;.lector• of Westminster to return him. After some observations from Mr. Alderman WOOD, in which he expressed a similar conviction of Lord Cochrane's innocence, the worthy Alderman related an important fact, which made a considerable impression on the company :—A Gentleman, who formed one of the Jury that convicvd Lord Coch rane, had assured him, in the most solemn m , i~trr, and in a solemn place (for it was in the Ch‘rcli, on the Thanksgiving Day) that had Lord Cochrane produced the evidence on his trial had adduced since, he would never have been induced to agree in a verdict of guilty—and he verily believed many of the Jury would have done the same. The CHAIRMAN then read the first Resolution im That it appears to this Meeting, that sufficient evidence had not been produced of Lord Coctirace's punt." Sir FRANCIS BURDITT observed, that he never for one moment believed Lord C.chrane guilty of the offence he was charged withi This sprung cvnvic. tion of his Lordship's innocence sprung from the knowledge he had of his pure and honourable cha racter. He could not believe that a mind so elevated with generous sentiments as Lord Cochnines, should all at once sink tit the commission of a pitiful trick— should descend from its former sublimity to grovel in the abyss of infamy I It was for this reason that even before the trial he felt fully assured that Lo;cl Cochrane was not guilty, and since the trial that assurance had arisen to the full conviction of his per. fect and entire innocence. But though he felt so, it did not follow that others, not so well acquainted with his Lordship's character, should feel in the same way ; and he confessed that, consideting all the cit... cumstances connected with the trial, be did not won der at the verdict of the Jury ; nay, he was not sure whether if he had sat on that trial as a juror, he midst not have agreed in the verdict. It has been since the trial that sufficient evidence has sprung up to acquit Lord Cochrane. That evidence produced a strong sensation in the House of Commons, even amongst many who are adverse to his Lordship's political principles, and is sufficient to procure him now that verdict of acquittal, which circumstances had pre vented him from getting on his trial. He would, therefore, beg leave to propose another Resolution, which would do away with the objectionable part of the former : 44 That It appears to this Meeting that sufficient evidence has been produced of Lord Cochrane's innocence of the offence for which be is sentenced to receive an infamous punishment." This would mark their sense of the nature of that punishment that has been awarded his Lordship, without the most oblique allusion to the verdict of the Jury. This Amendment was carried unanimously. The next Resolution was carried also unanimously: " That it appears to this Meeting that Lord Cochrane Is a de and proper person to represent the City of Westaniniter in Par tiameot.' Thanks were voted to Sir Francis Burdett—and to the 44 Members %she voted against the expulsion of Lord Cochrane. Thanks were also voted to Mr. Wishart. Friday evening last died, at Vale Place, Hammer. smith, in the 70th ye:ir of his age, most sincerely la. mented by his numerous friends, JOHN Kits Datum, Esq. of Bedford-rove, many years an eminent Sal ti. tor of the highest integrity and respectability.