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LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL T 6. PS CE OF STOCKS TFTIS-DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per C. Reduc,d 63: ; r..,r C. Cont 6 1 ' I ' for :kb) , ace. 641. 0143 2er Cent. Ar.,e)),!:—Nctv,.!tto PRICE OF sTut.:::s YESTERDAY: Sant Etne": 165167 c pct. Cent. 1797 97if 3 per Cent. Red. 62: 631 63 Long Ann. tBj: 11.16 3 Per C. C5,n(1631 61 g Imp. 3 per C..iL 63:; Nrre 47"er Cent. ',Sit 791 o;unlum t 3 !,13; . 3 pr ('cut. Ann. 98; 99,f, May, 64 65 641 Thz rank .3,; i:n ydterday fent into the Stock Exchange to par.:hale On.ei.m, :he detalcation In this fund turning out to be 233,ecx9. It an:, aft arosa..lc thing for the holders of Om ni:ars, ..s it ha.! the eked. of railing it near One per Cent.— This W.e the final day of redemption of Omnium. COURSE OF EXCIiANGE. AmfferJam, 36 taU. I Cache p yer. f Naples 40.3. l'o at fight 3; 6 Ditto 35 `,teed. Genoa 46 Rotterdam, 36 sz U. Nl..drid34 eft R. Lifbon 661 Hamburgh 34 3 2.11.!. I Bilbos 36{ died. Oporto 661 Alamos 34 3 2.1 U. Lcrhoro 49i I Dublin 24* Paris, t day's date. 24 9 liv —Ditto, 24 14 2 U. Boordcaux, ditto, 24 5 Atu uu the Baltic cf liolbod, Sa per Cent. Our contemporaries hill continue to fix, day after day, the period when the ale of the nego ciations between this country and France will cer tainly be known ! Day after day they deceive themfelves and their Readers, but they are not eured of their fpeculating mania. The molt ig norant of their readers know jut" as much about the period of the difcullions as the fapient Editors, or even Mr. ADDINGTON himfelf. It is not in the power of human ;melte& to appreciate the effeas of anions performed by agents independent of our controul, and fwayed by contingencies which can not even be forefeen : how abfurd then to pretend to fix not only the event but the time? Conjeftures may be allowed ; hut when indulged in, the public ihould not be c:ceived by attempts to make them pars for any thing elle. Our own conjature is, that we fhall have war, but not fo loon as fume look for it; and that its confequences will be ruin ous to all concerned in it. The greateff aaivity ftill continues at the Ad stinky, in fitting out every (hip that poifibly can •be got ready for the fea fervice. Not even a day's liberty is granted at the prefent moment to any Officer in the Navy on any account. There were yellerday various rumours refpeaing the negoeiation with France. At one time it was faid,that an arrangement had been made refpeaing Malta, and that Peace was to continue ; and, at another time, that an embargo had been laid upon all Bridal !hipping in the French ports. We do not believe either the one or the other iumour to be true. On the fubjc& of the prefent difcuflions, a Isli sifterial Paper, which fame people confider as femi.official, but which in fall poffeffes no fuch charaCter, offers the following paragraph : • 44 We fated in our Paper of Thurfday laft, from UnDOUBTSD AUTHORITY, that the account which had been infected in the Moniteur, of Pruffia, as well as Ruffia, having agreed to the guaranty of Malta, according to the ilipula tionsof the tenth article of the Treaty of Amiens, +oat falfi. At the time that that article ap peared, which was in the fifonitcur of the Bth iullant, (and the tranfletion of it in our Paper of die lath), the guaranty neither of Ruffia nor of Prnffia ow known as Paris. After this flagrant violation of truth, what confidence are we in fu ture to repofe in the Qfficial Moniteur ? But this is not all. Though the guaranty flipnlated by the Treaty of Amiens has not been obtained, a formal demand is made fur the furrender of the Iflend, and by whom ? Why, by a Mochas/no, though, by tic Treaty of Anjou, no Frenchman is to Mang to the Order of Si. John of grrufalem.—Thus, in the mode of making it, as well as in the demand itfelf, there is a ((tidied contempt of the letter, as well as of the fpirit of that Treaty, the due performance of which the French Government fo peremptorily demands of this Country. We have it from good information, that Prince Rusrott would not ac cept of the Grand Maflerthip of the Order, be eaufe be thought there was a clanger of his Lieu• tenant being appointed by French influence. How right that virtuous and amiable Prince was, is fuffitiently proved. M. Dr THOM•sr, the prefent Grand Mailer, is not only appointed by French intrigue, but his Lieutenant is a Frenchman, M. Dr Eusv, naturally, donbtlefs, in the French in weft. Under all acre circumaances, it mull be obvious, that an arrangemert refpeCting which (hall render it independent of France, mull be a bufinrfs of equal difficulty and dexterity.— That it may be accompliffied we moll fincerely with, for we are as much the fincere friends of Puce as any of his Majefly's fubjeCts, but we eatw.it very clearly fee how Peace is to be prcferv. • ii it dei•trids noon the kttlerrent of Malta, ci:cumliances ; for fuppnfing that the guar• -arty (laud in the Alsaitcur had aClually t..kra ',lace, and that there was no other obflacle, can th.s COtl:ltty be fati.Sed, that even under fuch grraral.tr it would '1 , 4 he French, when the I.lcn fcly,Lt of the Grand Mailer is a Frenchman, thrw.ez,:l tl.at appointment is expre:Oy in the teeth of tire Treaty of Ami..irs ? There are pr lets, if they arc the eel piste of the Nesociatifm, whicb, we enneeive, it muff be very difficult to fettle ; but we apprehend that but a (bort period can elapfe before fome further and more fatisfaElory light is thrown upon this important fubjed."—Truairiton. This morning a Mail arrived from Holland, which brings fome farther details refpeaing the French proceedings at Ealing, and other parts in Holland. We fubjoin them—they require no comment ! The Dutch Papers are entirely fluent rcfpeaing one event which, notwithliancling, we know to have taken place, and it is one of fome importance at the prefent moment. By the accounts which they, or rather the French, have allowed to meet the public eye,all the troops defined for Louifiana were landed, and the expedition was reported to be abandoned. We can, however, affert, that a Dutch frigate, the Pallas, failed a few days ago, from Hclvoetfluys, with troops on board, bound for Louifiana! FLUSHING, Apart. s.—This place has fuddenly become the theatre of the moil aelive military movements, and, by the difpofktions of the French, it is already thrown as it were into a (late of war. This day arrived here from the i•ppofite ifland of Cadfand, two battalions of French Infantry, of the Bth demi-brigade ; the firft of which landed in the morning, and the feccnd in the afternoon : they marched fucceffively for Middlebourg, without flopping. At the fame time one of the battalions of the 9sth demi-brigade, which entered our town a few days ago, marched at noon for Veere ; and the place of this battalion was fupplied a few hours after by the third bat talion of the fame demi-brigade. Hitherto the guard of this place has been entrufted to two battalions of the 95th : they, however, will not long remain here alone, fince we every mo_ ment expel from Flanders, and at the lateß to. morrow, 380 men of cavalry, and two companies of artillery, which will be dillributed in Flufhing, Middleburg, and Veere. But what has more fur. prifed and alarmed the inhabitants, is the publica tion of a Confular Decree, by which our town is put in a Rate of liege, and fubjefted to the Govern ment of a French General. This evening at fix o'clock, the whole garrifon was affembled under arms in the large market place, and Gen. Moe NET, Commander in Chief of the town of Flufhing and of the ifland of Walcheren, made his appearance, accompanied by General Ovrte, and come Offi cers. Having Rationed himfelf oppofite to the troops, he delivered to the Commandant of the place the following paper, which was read by the latter.—(Here follows the Decree as already given in the &rap. of Thurfday lafi.) Mecet.rw, ARIL 6.—lt appears that all the French troops intended for this deftination will be provisionally placed in garr iffin or in cantonments at Breda, Berg•op•Zoom, Bois-le-Duc, Heufden, and Gertruydenberg, as well as in the environs of thefe frontier places ; and that they will advance into the interior of the Batavian Republic in cafe war take place with England. CoasrairieopLE, Fea. as.—The intelligence refpthing the evacuation of Egypt by the Britifh troops is at length fully confirmed. Letters from Alexandria, dated the 19th of this month, leave no doubt on the fubjeft. They announce prepara. tions which the Englifh were aelually making for their departure. This morning alto we received Paris Journals of the tath and 13th init.—French Five per cents. 54 f. 8o c. TheMoniteur (fates the receipt of difpatches from Saint Domingo, of the 3d and 4th of March. On the article inferted in the Hamburgh Corry" pondrnten, one of the unofficial Papers prefents the following fapi.-nt remarks Nothing is talked of in England but an Ar ticle inferted in one' of the Hamburgh Journals. The fagacious fcribblers of London convert it into a grand affair of State. They confider it as a manifefto, written by the hand of BON• AAAAA himfell, 25 if the Fr itsrCou sus. had nothing more important to do than the Journalias. This ridi culous infinuation can have no weight, but with thole who are as much unacquainted with the du ties of a Statcfman as with the perfonal charaaer of the FIRST Cortsus. He could fcarcely find time to write every thing which there gentlemen afcribe to him. In examining this Article in itfelf, againft which the London fcribblers exclaim fo much, only becaufe it has unveiled and pointed out the inlin cerity of England, inflead of confidcring it as a manifelto we look upon it rather as a juft lemon (trance againft the difaficrous projeCts of that party who wills to fibri'y Great Britain into a new war. The beftanfwer to this fuppcLedinaniiello would be to prove that the Britifh Government is lincerely deirous of executing its treaties and adhering to its engagements. But as long as it it:fides to do Lt the French be permitted to fay fa, and ht Europe I.e al:owed to heir it. Witlion: doubt, it is not to z': , . I . rcnilt that the dcfign el renewing the war can be ascribed, when it has the remainder of its (hips abroad, and bas fo much need of peace to reaore to its mann faaori, 5, it s crlia.ies, and its ray , : their ancient fplendour. To be fellable of it re quires only common fence, but rollers quho dread t,:r light refute to fee it. But whatever may be the cafe with this difpute of words, France, which fears war, has much lefs to dread than thofe who endeavour to excite it ; and we reply to the eeli.. , rs and ingenious authors of the Englilh papers, that if, there be Vandals in this quarrel, they will not have to contend with degenerate Romans." PARIS, APRIL I2.—The official difpatelles tranf mitted from St. Domingo to the Miniacr of the Marine and Colonies, by the Commander in Chief, dated the 3d and 4th of March I.lll,announce "that 40 00 men of the I loth demi-brigade, of the 6oth of the line, of the ,4th light, and of the foreign battalion, had fucceilively arrived at the Cape a few days before. "The rea of the reinforcements, difpatched from France, were loon tape:Red, in order that offensive operations might be refittn?d in every point : LA CROIX, General cf Brigade, had already taken Fort Lavazop by (form, and Fort Onanaminthe by ef calade. " The Chefs de bataillon, Faom t N r of the 77th ; TADAREII, Commandant of the Spanifh Infantry ; PoLusca, Commandant of the Dragoons; Cap tains SAINT-AMAND Adjunct ; VOSSE ERE, and RODRIGUE MOLINE; Sub-Lieutenant BRUTE L.,and Serjeant Picitom, had particularly diflinguilhed themfelves at the taking of thefe polls. "Thebrigands had attempted to !hew themfelves once more in the plain of the Cipe. General CLEO LEL, Commandant of the right divifion of the North, and Brigadier General C AAAAA EDE, had caufed them to be attacked and furrounded : 500 of them remained on the fpot. Our lofs does not amount to 40 men killed or wounded. " Gen. CLAUZEL bellows the highell encomiums on the national troops and thofe of the line, who too* a part in this a&ion. " Some movements of little importance had been manifelled at la Tortue—they were checked by the firmnefs and good difpofitions of the Adjutant- Commandant Boscus. Three hundred men of the reinforcement difpatched from the Cape by the Commander in Chief, in the Duquefne (hip of war, Capt. L'Hzam ire, and commanded by Adjutant RAM es,completed the ext,:rmination of the rebels. "The Adjutant-Commandant, RA MIL, bellows the higheft praifes on the zeal and aftivity of L'H'Rrtr', Captain of the navy, and mentions with dillinetion the chef d'efcadron, Rooz,Captains BRUN'S!" and LACOMIIt, Adjuncts of the Staff, and Serjeants DOORMAN and Ba URY. " The army occupies the whole circumference of the colony, except Tome points of little importance, watched by (hips of war, which are Rationed to eruize there. "In the north the environs of Lavazon and Oua naminthe, have been entirely cleared by General FERRAN!), and thofe of Port-de-Paiz by the chef d'ekadron, Ru PERT. " General SAaaAslw, at the head of 700 men of the lath light, has been detached to join Generals LIPLUMI and Daaaois in the fouthern part. " In the weft our troops extend as far as, and comprehend Mirebalais, embracing the plains of the Cul-de•Sac and of theCroiz-des•Bouquets. The brigands are confined to the interior on the moues, which feparatt the department of the north horn that of the weft, and Port Republicain from Jacqmel. The Chiefs of the Blacks are divided among themfelves : fome of them all eady have (hot each other. The ci•devant Splinith part is fafe. The, fleet under the command of Rear Ad miral Lavouciss feconds with activity the opera tions of the land army."—Monitsvar. We are informed from Bruges, that the 319 demi•brigade of infantry of the line, in garriiim in that city, embarked on the 4th at Brefkins, to repair to the ifland of Walcheren. It is added. that the French gni ifons of the iflands of Zealand have been conf.derably reinforced. A detachment of the t 3th regiment of dragoons, which left Broads a few days ago, has arrived in the ifland of Cadfandt, to perform the fcrvice of ohfervation on the coall. Letters horn Naples announce the arrival in that city of Lord ELGIN and fuite from Malta. Official intelligence has been received at Straf burgh that the FIRST CONSUL will arrive there about the middle of next month, an 4 will fpend there afew days. Preparations are making to give him a brilliant reception. The monument erefled in honour of General Dr!Alx, on the large Maud of the Rhine, oppofite to Kehl, is tiiiilhcd. That deflined for KL/BER will be ereOed near the Polygon, half a league from Strafburgh. GENOA, MARCH 26.—We are 2frured that if a rupture takes place between England and France, a numerous body of French troops will proceed to Sicily, with the content of his Majt fly the King of Naples, to undertake from thence, the firfl op portunity, an expedition Againil the illatiJ of The coatis of Genca and Tufcany arc pr. ing tii be put into the heft Rate cf defence. The gartifvus of the druid of Elba oLii Cot fica will be a jilt, .rec./., and General Mu IC AT will Le C. 41; rr.,ii, dzr in Chief in Italy. HAGUE, APRIL S.—Several General Offcer% or Officers of the Staff, deßined to command, um der General MONTRICHARD, the French troops is our territory, have arrived at Breda. It is now certain that the head quarters of thefe troops will remain at Breda, at lead. as long as the negotia tion between England and Fi:lnce continues in a Rate of uncertainty. BANKS OF Tile MAYNE, MARCH 7.—lris known, that the Conclufum General of the Ger manic Diet, containing the ratification of the rec.. of the Deputation of the Empire has been fen Vienna to receive the Imperial fandion. fanaion having been hitherto retarded, hut ftr what rc.tion is not known, ti:c mediating Miniaers have rcqueflcd the Emperor's principal Commif. Goner to urge the ratification, in order that this important affair may be terminated, and that the hereditary (fates which have obtained compenfa tions for their loffes on the left bank of the Rhine may be rendered eafy in regard to their indemnitier. We learn, through the fame channel. dint tic: French Mini tiers accredited at the German Courts have &tared, that the difputes which have laze:y arifen between France and England render it ne ceffary that the Imperial ratification decreed by the Diet and by Deputation lhould take place as loon as poulible, the Firtsv CON stn. having made reprefentations on that fubjed at Vienna. VIINNA, Maims 31.—The Archduke Palatine arrived here on the I ash of this month from Cra cow. On the isth this Prince paffed the Vißttla near Rachow. The journey of the Archduke Pa latine relates in particular to the interview which is to take place between the two Emperors next funnier, as is iuppofed, on the Dnieller, and pro. bably at Kaminiek. It is fully confirmed, that a camp of 30,3c0 men will be formed at the fame period in the environs of Limburg. Letters from the latter city Rate, that orders have been already given to collea forage for 16,000 honks. On Tuefday the ROYAL FAMILY will come to town from Windfor. On Wvdnefday His MAJESTY will have a Levce at St. James's, and in the evening the Royal Fa mily will honour the Conc er t of - Ancient Mulic with their pretence. Yetterday morning His MAJF.PTY, accompanied by the Princelles Sor MIA and Ass ELIA, attended by Generals GWYNIAL and HARCOULT, Sir WILLIIN and Lady PITT, took an airing on horfeback in the Long Walk, and infpeded the improvements carrying on in the Great Park. Her MAJeSTY, accompanied by the Princelrcs AUGUSTA and ELizAaarst, attended by the Mar. chionefs of BATH and daughter, took an airing in a fociable bl . Cranbourn Lodge, and honoured the Hon. Mrs . 1 - I•ttcauvr with a morning vifit. The Princefs MARY, attended by Lady Caaw- LEY, took an airing to Frogmore. The PILIMCI of WALES, with a large party of fafhionables, dined yelierday with the Duke and Duchefs of DEVONSHIILE, at Chifwick. Ye ilerday evening his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wa.Las left town for a few days. On Thurfday Mr. RUFFE, one of the King's Mcffengers, arrived in town from Ruffia. Mr. WICK, the bleffenger, ailed on Tkurfday for Calais, with difpatches, Paid to be of great im portance. A King's Meffenger fet off IA night with Go vernment difpatches for Mr. Jacasos, the Conful at Berlin. Mr. MONROE, the American Envoy Eztraordi• nary, is arrived at Havre, and was expeeted at Paris on the t tth. At a full meeting of the officers of the Eaft Mid• dlefex Militia, held at the head-quarters, (Edmon ton), ye Ilerd4y, Colonel WOOD in the Chair, an elegant gold-mounted fword was unanimoufly voted to be prefented to their late Colonel the Earl of MANSFIELD, as a token of their &teem. Sir H. POPHA m arrived in town this day. The Duke of Bsoroan is on a vifit to the Hon. Lord PAGET, at Portfmouth. General DAVID DUNDAS, we underßand, will have the vacant Red Ribbon. The Hon. CAPELL C eturned from the Continent on Monday latl. Lord Nst.som appears in full fables, as a tribute of refped to the memory of Lis departed friend, Sir WM. HAMILTON. The death of the Earl of Dust rates caufts a vacancy in the Scotch Reprefentative Peerage, of which his Lordfhip was one. Thurfday the remains of Captain ALDRIDGE were removed from Brighton to Horfham, for in terment, in grand military proceßion. The remains of the Dowager Couniefs of Ca AT• HAm were interred this day at one o'clak, in Veil. n.iniler Abbey, in the fame vault in which the E ill, her late hufband, was buried. The hearfe, &c. were met at twelve o'clock at Kenfington Gore, by the cart iages of Mr. Pity, Lord GUI' ViLLR, Earl of CHATHAM, and a numerous caval• ca de of friends, in procelion to Wellminfler Abbey. The dead wall which divides Hyde Park from Park-lane is pulling down, and is to be replaced by a light iron railing. ME. WHALEY is laid to have won 12,c.:,0 guineas on his filly Tuntlid. On Tuefday lafl, the children belonging to the Siintliy School at Chelmsford,confi Ring cf . upwark's of one hunsfred, dined at Moullham Mall, a! the exprefs &lire of Sir Hewer Sr. Joan M and Lis amiable contort. an ST Pai the ti' fqua XL' of h virt of th WO< and the I).t