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_Tt- _.• PI Eilsl' INDIES. _ / !!TRACT OF LETTERS FROM BENGAL) DATED THE 15TH FEBRUARY. . 4 We have just received disagreeable news front •Dottibar; there ascertained that 12,000 French troop are acisia49 arrived in Perrin, but by *hat route is not mentioned ; it is added, that they have been well and honourably received by the Persian Empe ror. The Government at Bombay are in some de • .gree of alarm, as mischief to British India is unques tionably their object ; but when we consider the in.uperable difficulties which any large army must encounter in such a march from Persia even - to the borders of Hindostan, their arrival in any state to be adapted for effective hostilities appears to be next to • impossible ; and we have here very little apprehen sion, but that a small part of our excellent army will give a good account of them, should they dare to pro ceed forward ; so that we have nu great fear of tither Bonaparte or his myrmidons ever 'sailing down the Burhampooter or the Ganges. * • * * BOMBAY, DEC. 30.—A seventy-four has been - put upon the stocks, to be called the Minden, which will be the first British ship of the line constructed foe the navy in the foreign possessions of Great Britain. CALCUTTA GAZETTE, FEB. 4.—ln consequenCe o the intelligence received by Government of a rupture bet Ween Great Britain and Denmark, a detachment of troops from the garrison of Fort William, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Carey, took poi sessinn of the Danish settlement of Serampore, at sit o'clock in the morning of the 28th ult. The Danish ships in the river Ifoogbly were on the same day taken possession of, by the Honourable Captain Elliot, of his Majesty's , skip Modeste, Captain Montague, of the Terpsichore, and Capt. De Courcy, of the Dasher. Among the prizes lately taken by Stircouff, are, • the Athalia, the Elizabeth, and the New Endeavour, , off Coringu, on the 15th of November. The Kitty, ~,,Captain Raper, has been captured by a French priva tiler, but was retaken by the crew. The Lady Castle- Zial h and the Airly Castle, at different times, fell in t Surcouff, but could not bring him to action. JAN. 18.—A' most dreadful Hurricane took place at Maras and its vicinity in December last. The mis chief it occasioned - it is impossible to describe. Most bf the houses ofthe European inhabitants were injured, Not a tree in the neighbourhood of M-..dras escaped. They were mostly torn up by the roots or split in the spildle, as from lghtning. C..rts were lying ups e t in every direction, and the cattle, and in many in- stances - their drivers, were found dead near the spot. A brig and vessel lying in the roads were driven on shore and stranded. Many villages on the banks of tanks and rivers were completely swept away, and it is feared most of the inhabitants were lost. Many thousand lives have been lost in this dreadful burr - cane, but no Europens were heard to have suffered, . except the crew of the brig stranded. THE RESOLUTION OF 814.41 N. [The following ankle, entitled 41 The Resolution of Spain," is s translation of a placard, whialt has crd►ted a great sensation th every part of Spain where it has been circulated.] " The promises of the Supreme Junta of Govern- ment at Madrid, and the offers of his Serene High ness the Grand Duke of Berg, come too late—much too late. The epoch of the French Gazettes is already past • the influence of the papers is at an end ; and the declarations of the Emperor and King have for ever lost all their force and efficacy. In former days, when the French armies were occupied in desolating the North and Italy, there might be some good folks who put faith in his pompous statements, never sus pecting that there was an individual belonging to the human race, who could attempt to impose - upon man-, kihd by a regular system of base artifices and infer.' nal deceptions. But now—after what has passed within our view in Portugal—with the atrocities com mitted in Castile before our eyes—after the events of . the 2d of May, and the captivity of the whole of the Royal Family—can he now impose upon us ? can be, now lead us astray ? The Supreme Junta of Govern ment are very much mistaken when they tell us that tg we know but little of his Imperial Highness." We very well know the import of " felicity ;" we per fectly comprehend what is the signification of " pro tection ;" and we are not at a loss to make out the 'meaning of the words " liberty and regeneration." We have already made tolerable progress in the lan guage of the Great Napoleon; for, indeed, we have taken a few lessons in the idiom of tyrants, having bought, at a pretty dear rate, a magnificent Machia velian Dictionary, which was printed at the expence Germany, Italy, and Portugal, and of which a • much more expensive edition was to have been printed at our cost.. Notwithstanding our constant use of this dictionary, and the good example of our Ally, we persist in our errors, continue in our ignorance, and' never. abandon our prejudices, two of them in PArliCular ; not to permit ourselves to be deceived in matters of teligionosor to suffer a foreigner to become our King. We may be Goths, barbarians , unculti •*ecthoors, and mere animals of routine and instinct _; - we may be Hottentots ; whatever the Great Napo leon chooses to call us ; whatever Prince Murat may be disposed to say ofus ; . whatever the Supreme Junta of in their good pleasure, may descae es to be; we shall be all this, and itny thing, hat the'sub . jecb of Joseph Napoleon. The greatest calamity that can befal us is the loss of life, and that, should Na paJeon the Great give as the law, we cannot expect to escape. The destroying sword of his vengeance would speedily dispatch one half of the Spanish na " tion, and his military conscription the other.. " About fifteen months age, a deputation of Pole!' presented themselves before his Imperial and Royal blajesty at Warsaw, to solicit their inciependence, • This most discreet Sovereign, though be knew him self to •have been proclaimed omnipotent Emperor, and Monarch . of the whole universe, answered thew • in the following remarkable words : What you , solicit . is- inn yoUr own hands. That a nation should be free and recover her indepencknce, it is sufficient that she wills it.' " Under si eh circumstances it is that the Spanidl nation has re olved to justify the political aphorisms • our Regenerator." •FO `ICA' INTELLIGENCA. • • PARIS, AUGUST O. According to certain intelligence arrived from Naples, the Grand Duke of Berg was, on the Ist of this month, proclaimed King of Naples ; in case of the Princess Caroline surviving her Royal Consort, she is to ascend the throne. The new King has pub lished a proclamation, by which he declares, that he will abide by the Constitution, promulgated by his Majesty Joseph Napoleon, and guaranteed by the Emperor. A c letter from Nantes, of the 3d instant, contains the following passage :---“The English have exhibited almost under our eyes a fresh proof of the insolence with which they openly violate the most sacred prin ciples of the law of nations. The American ship Comet, which was sent with a flag of truce from tho Government of the United States of America, with dispatches for their Ambassador in Paris, was yester. day taken by an English frigate stationed off our harbour;the very nloment she was working in: After landing five American passengers who were on board, Abe frigate shaped her course for England, taking fi n * her the said ship, the dispatches, and the Mes . FLORENCE, JULY 22. Prince General Menou, in his quality of Comman. der in Chief; has assumed the command of the troops in Tuscany, General Fiorella has removed to Cremona, to the great grief of the inhabitants of this city. The Tus can troops are now in Spain ; and letters from Per pignan, of thelBth instant, state, that they defeated the rebels on the 6th and 7th, and took two pieces of cannon. On• the Bth, our troops joined a French corps, composed of 8000 men, who had been conveyed to Spain in waggons. • NAPLES, JULY 90. Marshal Jourdan, Governor of Naples, set out yes terday for Spain, where he is to have a command in the army of his Majesty the King of Spain, with the tide of Major General. He has delivered his com mand in the kingdom of Naples to Repier, General of Division, whose departure for Spain is not to take place. TRIESTE, JULY 90. - _ The Russian ships which still lie between the new Lazaretto and the Mole of St. Carlo, have taken on board a large supply of provisions, and it is reported are about to return to the. Black Sea. FRANKFORT, AUGUST 1. . We are assured that the troops of the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at the first signal; it is still reported that they are destined for Italy, but it is more generally thought that they will net leave Germany. At:et:sr 2.--If we may judge from the number and speed of couriers, and ..he consequence of the persons employed to carry the dispatches, some busi ness of very great importance is transacting at this moment.—Our journals contain the following article, under the head Lyon, t—Within a short time, a great number of troops have passed through this city from ithe easterly partsof France; they are to be embarked on the Rhone, and afterwards conveyed in carriages to 'Pergignan, whence they will march to job our army in Catalonia; more are expected here, and among others 3. part of the Paris guards. From the Northern parts of Italy, French troops are - tkewise on their way for the same destination.—We are assured that oar army in Spain will be augmented to more than 150,000 men. The commotions in that kingdom are not yet appeased. But they are not dangerous. Our army will soon be sufficiently. reinforced, to occupy, with strong bodies of troops, thc mutinous provinces. The insurgents are not nu merous in Valencia and Murcia, and throughout Ca talonia tranquillity is already restored. Considerable transports of provisions and ammunition have been sent to the armies from the southern provinces of France, by the way of Perpignan. A considerable I corps of troops, under the command of Marshal I Moncey, is now in the kingdom of Valencia, which will be joined by the corps under the commando( Ge neral Dahesme. Auovsr 3.—Our Journals contain accounts from Austria, which state, that the recruiting for the bat talions of reserve in the Austrian Stites, does not go on without difficulty; that in several provinces, par ticularly Carttiola, Gortz, Friuli, and part of Cohn this, the inhabitants have shewn solnuch reluctance to be inrolled, that very serious disturbances have 'risen, to quell which it has been necessary to call in the aid of the military. The Grand Duke of Hesse ha ordered the Code of Napoleon to be introduced in his dominions. Se -IYeral movements are at present observed among the troops of the Princes of the Confederacy of the Rhine, which seem to be the result of some general measure. It is reported, that all the troops of the above Princes are to be ready About the end of this month to march at the shortest notice, and that some corps of them are to assemble in . Mayence. . VIENNA, JULY 23. The greatest exertions are made here in organizing the militia, and exercising them in the use of arms ; and the Archduke John has signified to the inhabi tants of Triest, that though they are free from the conscription, it is their duty to do all in their power for the safety of the country. and to promote the sa-1 lutary views of the Sovereign. This has had so good an effect that the merchants have not only raised many 'men, but subscribed considerable sums of money. The same Prince has likewise, by his pre sence, appeased a trifling disturbance which took place at 'Priest on account of the protest made against the American ships which attempted to unload thcir cargoes. JrLY 24.—1 n Turkey, a report is prevalent that a peace between Russia and the Porte may soon be ex pected, and that the Grand Signior is firmly resolved not to recede from his alliance with France. According to a private letter from Constantinople, an English agent had arrived in that capital, in hopes that he would be able to bribe some Members of the Divan, and seduce the Porte frOm her alliance with France ; but he was discovered, and sent away. How ever this may be, it is at least certain that the Court of London has lately offered to the Divan the most advantageous conditions of a separate peace, which, hewever,have been rejected. JULY 27.—Ti the last Sitting of the State of Lower y .. Austria It was resolved to previa.. at tkeir enemy 900.000 suits of regimentals for the less wealthy class of individuals who ferns part of die National labia- MAIN, knit I°. The Bth regiment of French cavalry which was sta. tioned here, has broken up for Silesia.---the Sth regi ment passed through this -Front lAssesslsmek sour' days since with the same route.—The 9th, 12th, 16th, , and 21st regiments, which were at Verden, Nien burgh, Zelle, and Hisirkie, bevezimated to the Rhine. _ MUNICItegnAr - It is reported, thot in certain .isses strong body of Bavarians will be stationed in the Venetian terri tory. ' The recruitin* service is canyin onwith great and successful activuy. 13A.MBERG, AUgUST General Suchet has recalled the officers belonging to the 6th division of the army who were absent on leave, and Marshal Massena was daily expected in Lower Silesia, to resume the command. The 6th corps, which is with Marshal Mortier in Upper Sile sia, is to be assembled in the neighbourhood of Bres law. Great quantities of artillery and ammunition have lately been transported from Erfurt to Silesia, and into Poland, in which latter country the thirddi vision of the army under Marshal Davoust is stated to be in motion. BANKS OF THI MAIM JULY ss. Several German newspapers state, that in the month of. September of this year, the great Potentates of Europe will meet in one of he towns of Saxony. AMSTERDAM AUGUST 2. Letters from lLitavie of last December confirm the loss of the smr.ll corvette Scipio, which was driven on shore near Semarang, on the SOth of Au gust last year, by the enemy's frigate Psyche. The best disposition prevails among the troops in Java. Batavia was plentifully supplied with provisions, and had even been able to send a considerable quantity of rice to the Isle of France. BERLIN, AUGUST 1. Great activity prevails in our arsenal for the supply of Custrin and Stettin. Six months provisions are ordered to be laid in at each of those places, from which circumstance it is evident that the French troops are not to be withdrawn from our country so soon as was expected. • A considerable quantity of artillery and ammunition has arrived here within the last fort night from the French depth of reserve at Hameln, and has continued its route to Poland. WARSAW, JULY 23. The Polish emigrants in the pay of France, are now assembling at Lowicx.-)darshal Prince Davoust is to review them, and they are in duily expectation of orders to march to France.e. : PETERSBUROW 3tli.Y 9 . We have just learned- that theiSweder hew-made a descent in. Finland on 'the side of Revolar, .with a corps of 1500 men, consmanded. by the Adjutant- General M. de Bergenthaler. He has been made pri soner with almost all his corps. His Majesty has given orders to reinforce the troops stationed in Wallachia with 25,000 men. By an imperial Ukase, the commandants of all the ports blockaded by the English, are forbidden to suf fer any loaded vessel to any nation Whatever, to put to sea, so long as tilt blockade shall continue. This measure seems tolave been provoked, by the attempts which several masters of neutral vessels have made to open a contraband trade with the English, by ex porting the products of Russia, for the pretencteu destination of Wismar, Rostock, or Lubeck. Some Danish prisoners, while on board the Eng lish ships, heard the English boast that they could carry on a very good trade in the Baltic, in despite of the enemy.—Moniteur, Area 4. JULY 20. By an Imperial Ukase, bearing date the 22d June, it has been enacted, that no foreign vessel of any na tion whatsoever, which has set Sall from Sweden, or touched at a Swedish port, shall be admitted in any Russian harbour during the present war with his Swe dish Majesty, and that during the same period no ships shall be permitted to sail from any Russian port fcr Sweden, whether in ballast, or laden ; lastly, that in case of any Russian commodities being shipped fur a foreign harbour, the proprietor of such goods shall make an affidavit that they are not intended for the subjects of any power at war with Russia. CON TANTJNOPLE, JUNE 28. The French Chargé d'Affaires at the Ottoman Porte, M. de la Tour Maubourg, received - the 17th instant a courier from his Court, with dispatches re lating to the change of Government, which has lately taken place in Spain, and has given official notice thereof to the Divan. The Spanish Ambassador at this Court, Marquis d'Almenara, intends to depart for Spain in a. few days. The whole Archipelago, and in particular the Gulph of Salonica, is infested by numberless priva teers, which greatly annoy the trade. SEMLIN, JULY 15. The city c , f Belgrade, and all the works of that fortress, are occupied by the' Russians. Czerni George has left his peaceful retreat at Topolla, and taken up arms again. The Servians,..whq formerly' anxiously desired the arrival of the Russians, would now be very glad to see them quit Belgrade. Not withstanding the prolongation of the armistice foe two months, the movements and warlike preparations of the Bosnians on the frontiers of Servia are (Jail . ) , increasing. COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 4. Between 20 and SO Surgeons were sent from hence for our army in Norway two days since the inter change of flags of truce between Helsingburgh and Elsineur continues to be frequent. Several prisoners of war have passed and repassed by them ; but the further object of this intercourse is not known ; but it is supposed to have in view objects of more moment than has yet resulted from it. Two large ships have been fitted up out of the Nom, to serve as public kitchens, &c. for the crews of our numerous gun-boats, which have been very successful. SOPHIELUND, JULY 20, nos. Baron Armfeldt, General in Chief for the Western Army, has sent to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sudermania the following Report from Major Ad cllesparre XTR ACT PROM ?HZ REIVATe.—e4 The enemy hay. ing-fortified themselves more and more, scar Vapor and in Emterudd, it was resolved to attack them at both those places. On the 19th of July, at six o'clock in the iriorninigi Lieutenant Baron. Rudbeck set co:, with 200 men, to make his sway through the forest to the North side of Emterudd. At seven o'clock and 16 has. ~~ sera, and Major Baron Wrangel, w i th a butular force, marched towards the South side of Emteradd ; and, at eight o'clock MirjorWaltr, with 100 rifiemen, - 200 infantry, one squadron of hussars, and two pieces of cannon, proceeded direct to the gate of Mngnor. 4t 'eleven o'clock the attack commenced, and we sec. modest in driving the enemy away ; he lost three men. At Emterudd we took two Non-commissioned Offi cers and 18 men. We are now proceeding towards Adolfsfors, whither, according to reports, the enemy is on ;heir march from Skillingmarkeri. (Signed) " oiro. ALWEREPANUI." PRIVATE LETTERS. GOTTENBURGH, AUC;IiST 9. In my last I communicated to you a report then prevalent here, that Russia was about to join Trance against Austria—the statement was said to rest or. the authority of respectable letters from Russia. I have made all the inquiry in my power, but have not been able either to see any of these letters, or to 6nd out by whom they have been received. All the in formation I can collect is, that Russia is indefatiga ble in reinforcing her already powerful army, and that a division of troops, which was on its rouse from Es thouia to join the army in Finland, was counterman. ded when within two days' march of the capital, and it was expected, would be sent back. _ The treaty between the Austrian and ROW= Courts, for the mutual delivery of deserters, has been followed by several commercial arrangements, which although unimportant in themselves, are at the present moment of interest, as they chew the increasing amity between the two empirn. A great number of sum geons, at Vienna, &c. have.received permission front the Emperor to enter the Russian service, and leave has been granted to Russian Commissaries to draw supplies of corn, &c. from Gallicia, although the ex portation to Silesia, where it is much wanted, is ri gidly prohibited. HE.LSINGBURGH, AUGUST 9, Sir James Saumarez is about to proceed with the Victory, and some other ships, into the GAlph of Fin. land, for the purpose, it is stated, of communicating to hik - Sotedlsh Majesty some intelligence, or overtures, which have reached him from Russia, I fancy through Dentaark. Captain Hope is the bearer of dispatches to our Coverionent on the subject. We have almost daily intercourse with Denmark. I was at Elsineur some slays since in a flag of teuce, and experienced from the Danes much civility. I be. lteve they are heartily tired of French connection,zed I am satisfieethat a like sentiment prevails alonphe shores of the Baltic. Our cruizers in their occasional intercourse with the laud, by flags of truce or *tbs. wise, are every where received with kindness, parti• cularly in Russia, where the Government appears to participate ii the friendly disposition so strongly ma• uitested by the people. PARLIdM.E.AriIeiRr PROCEEDINGS. ' HOUSE OF LORDS. Saturday, the House of Lords met for the purpose of further proroguing the Parliament, when the Lola Co.Nen:" Lord HAWKISSuILY, and Lord WALSHICIAAM, being seated io [brit robes as his Majestis Coribmissioners, the Usher of the Binh f Rod was dispatched to desire the attendance of the Commons, upon width Mr. Lea, the junior Clerk, followed by Mr. Belie my, Mr. Mitchell, and several other Octffi rs and Clerks, repro seating the Howie attended at the bar of the House of Loris, and the Parlianser4 was fornsally prorogued till Tuesday, the is of November neat, and their Lordships adjourned. THE EVE,ALMfi • 611-tit. LONIION. MONDAY, AUGUST ei. PRICE OF STOCKS "CMS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: •.:ons. Monty, 65 Relied 66f+Cmnlitm 1/ die. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 per C. Red Ann. 67 661 short Ann. 7; 3 per C. Cont. 66iff India Bonds, sa. Ls. preen. 4 per Cent . 33* 34 F.acheq. Mlle, Is. a 71. preM. 3 per Cent. Navy 9d l 94 Consols for ace. 66fi Long Ann. 1-161 Since our last we have received Paris Papers to the 6th, and Dutch to the 17th inst. Among out extracts our ;leaders will see what sort of intelligence is circulated on the Continent, respecting affairs in Spain. According to these accounts, every thing goes lon as prosperously as the French Emperor could wish I The Emperor ALEXANAZR has imitated the stupid Policy of Ns.rox.zott, in prohibiting all neutrals who have called at Swedish ports from entering Russian harbours, durlig the continuance of the war between i these Powers. The troops of the Rhenish Cestfederation begin at Last to be put in motions but in Gesmseltharcily sae seems to conjecture the cause. Various letters and papers have also been received from Hamburgh and the North of Europe. which contain interesting details, given in another colour. respecting the military movements on the Continent. According to some accounts, Russia, as an auxi liary of France, is preparing to attack Austria: other accounts, on the contrary, assert, that Russia and Denmark have made same pacific overtures to this country through Sir JAMS SAUMAIUtip and that Cap min Hors, who arrived in town on Friday, broug ht these propositions home with him. We believe that the latter statement is founded oa some mistake. Captain Hones misiios certainly re lated to the Spanish troops at Fubnen and the neigh bouring islands, for the bringing off of whom the King of Swat= and Sir JAMES SALIMAZU are UM. derstood to have been making arrangements for some time. On this subject we copy the following article from the Cakdonias Metuiy, a respectable Edinburgh Pa per. received in town this morning " EDINIWRGH., AUGUST 18. " Last night, immediately after the play, M'