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■ 1 • L_ FOREIGN' INTELLIGENCE. FROM Tilt P %xis rArrts: PARISS Atait. 1 24. ncconnt: from Marseirts wz are informed, that the Engh'.h evacuated Alexandria on the 17th March They have taken with them on board Nlo- Lammed Elly Bey, as Ambassador Extraordinary of the Beys to the Court of London. They have embarked and taken with them all the brass cannon, and every article conneaed with' the artillery that were at Alexandria. The Porte will, therefore, be under the necessity of sending,. out a lizsv park of artillery for the defence of that fortress. —3len;ttur. Letters from Strashingh state, that on the 24th the Imperial ratification' ut the Conclusion of the Diet was received at Ratishon. Captain Plasdeau, ceinnianding the ship Frryit who arrived at Bow Beaux from the isle of Franca on the (..`.:`d of April, reports, that he mez near the Azores an English squadron conveying to Europe the troops wlaich formed the garrison of the Cape of Good Hope. The. Prince of Nassau Orange, cl-devant Stash holder of Holland, has published the convention, by which he abandons in full sover'cigsav to his son, the Hereditary Prince. all indemnities which he is to re ceive in the Germanic Empire It is stated in letters from Basle, that a general re conciliation has taken place betwirt the. leaders of the opposite parties. At a meeting of the Grand Council on the 21st of this month, for the purpose of choosing two Burgomasters, several Members who during the convulsions of the last two or three years were distinguished by their mutual rancour, approached each other, and a reconciliation with every appearance of cordiality was effected. The Grand Judge of Turin lately addressed a letter to- Menou, the Governor of Piedmont, dray, ing a very lamentable piiiture of the want of tran quillity and eubordisation in that country. He now impresses on the General the necessity of taking some effeaual steps to restore good order. Menou sent a copy of this letter to the different Prefeas, and at the same time recommended to them the stai.ftest attention to the suggestions of the Grand Jude. There has been lately discovered in the gelati nous substance extracted from bones, already so mulch celebrated, a new quality. M. Seguin, cor respondent of the National Institute, has discovered in it the virtue of repelling the approach of fevers, and thinks that it might be substituted for bark, which is too dear to be puEehased by the poor. He cites the cases of seventy-two patients labour ing nutlet a fever, who were cured by this means. virsea, APRIL 13. Our Government is 'employed with the utmost zeal in examining the dispositions of the Conclusion the Diet. M. de Cobentzel having a fit of the gout, the Minister of State, Count Colleredo, de votes his attention to this subjea ; and the Emperor passes several hours a day in the Imperial Chancel lor's court, to consider himself all the points relative to the Conch:non. It is said that in answer to the mite of the French Ambassador, in which he in sisted on a prompt and general ratification, a declaration was made, that there would be no other delay than the examination of the subjea required, and that there was no anticipation of any difficulty presenting itself on the subject 'The report of the return of M. de Thugut to Adminis tration, which had been spread with views very little conformable to those which the Imperial Cabinet oever ceases to manifest, is entirely destitute of foundation. Our Court has definitively refused all the offers which have been made on the part of England, and M. Thugut will continue ;is Hun gary, where he has lived in retirement since his rttrr.it from power. It is said that onr Cat!:net havir.g demanded in the name of the Duke of Modena, that the French Government should withdraw the tro Ts which now ticcupy the Briotaw, received for answer, that the evacuation sliou)d take place as soon as the affair of tlrc Indenmiries is definitively settled. Captain Williams, who during the last wax com thanded the Austrian gun-boats on the lake of Con stance and Zurich, erns the service of his Im perial Majesty, with the rank of Colonel, and a considerable pension. RATIIIION, APRIL 19. Yesterday in the sitting of the Diet the following declaration was read by the Swedish Minister :- 44 His Majesty the King of Sweden, informed by his Minister of - Legation of the contents of the vote de livered on the .2.-ith of February by Magdeburg, respea'ng the different declarations made by his Maj.:s*.y, his Majesty has ordered him to make the fidlou big declaration his Majesty will not manifest his way of think ing, respeaing the advantage or disadvantage that bas accrued to the North of Germany, from the armed neutrality, w!licli was concluded in conse quence of the react! of Basle. His Majesty will content hira , ,ell with declaring again and again, sh a tile declarations wh;cli be caused to be trans stinted to the Diet on ditTerent occasions, had al ways for their object the defence of the Germanic Empire, against a foreign force, its independence arid its true interests. Ili: objed could not be accomplished, without the unanimous concurrence and co-operation of the Members of the Vripire; and, above all, it rer.dered the exact .ob,ervation of tl'e frindamental laws of the Empire indispensable. 'Ole King of Sweden, as Duke of Pomerania, has n:ft,rml y endeavoured to filfil hi- duty as a state 4.f the empire, and to encourage by his .example, his ea Ileagues in the empire to fulfill theirs. It is there fore somewhat difficult to discover, in what consists that passive part which he is supposed to have afked. His Majesty renews with satisla.tion, the decbratioe, that an anxiety for the general interest of the Empire, and an enbiainded respeft for the laws, have been the only motives that hare influenced his condna. These sentiments his Majesty has inherited from his illustrious prede. sesstirs on the *one of Sweden. Such is the political system of his Majesty in the present sinus. tion of Germany, and in that he will invariably p er , ee rre for the future, whxte% er may be the ea.iutions ss Lich ciretanstancet may give rite to." • PIS XLS, ♦PRIL IR. T.t•o Etnetits of the 6th reg;m&nt of Artillery that %, etc in , g.trtison in this city, - have Lately left it ; 4ine of them t• gone to &Mile, and the (idler to the ,c A i ds of St. Miaow(, in order to petite& them .coits..t any tonne atuel. Altho%h thcre be but littld appearance of a rupture vilth England, it is prudent to adopt such turAsures of precaution. RoI.:LN, /Omit. Letters from Havre state that fifteen vessels, the greater part of heavy tonnage, are now construe= in:;, with .the view of being employed in trade. M.;st of them will be construfted in such a man ner as to admit of being armed ; and, in case of necessity, converted into ships of war. The port of Hartleur also distinguishes itself by the number and the aaivity of its constru6tions. There are at this time on the stocks, twelve ships nearly finished. ISOURDEAUx, Antit. 423. At the tine when a rupture with England first began to be dreaded, several persons, affecting to be well informed, said, that our place was exposed to very considerable risk of large losse.. The amount of property vlsosed to this risk was calcu lated at no less than a hundred millions. This va luation will not excite surprise, when it is considered with what anivity the vessels hal beta fitted out in our port for several months, and of the number - of vessels, both national and foreign, which have been ensured on our part. At the present moment, the friends of the commerce and the prosperity O our town, must experience the liveliest satistaftion in considering the numerous arrivals which have taken place in our port within the last month. This in ternting circumszance has already greatly dimi nished the amount of risks, and every day furnishes us with the hope of seeing them totally annihilated. It is clear that if a new mantime war had broken out at th 7 present moment, Bourdcaux would have expel ience'd no losses capable of giving any shock to its commerce. JVArdIL, IN!' FL PLYMOUTH, APRII. G. • Yesterday the 11:Sor, of 7* guns, Capt. Skip. soy, as the wind was got round (her pay-books having arrived some days), made a signal in Cvv sand Bay to go into Harroazc, which Admind Lord Keith ansavered, she immediately got under weigh, and soca arrived safe at her moorings in liarnoaze. This day, with the usual alacrity at being paid off, and having a prospect of new scenes, the ship's company began, at day-break, to snip and unrig het for that purpose. Went from Barnpo6l, alongside the Jetty Head, off the Dock Yard, La Prevoyank, of 4lt guns, to discharge . hcr cargo of hemp and iron, when - she will be stripped and paid ofF.—The ships listing for SCA at Haniosze are csadly as follows St. Ja;ef, of! ;....Captain Spicer. Ville de Paris, of 112 guns". Crptain Soya ?rive, of 98 emir, Captain Canopus, of S 4 van, Captain. Conqueror, of 74 guns, C pain Loin.. When ready for sea, which will be soon, as boys are hourly alongside, sieualling and storing them fer sea, with the following ships, al ready viaualled aid stored, in 1-lamoaze, Cawsand, and Torbay, will furnish no bad specimen of the aaivity of the artificers at this yard and its depen dencies, as well as of the Captains, Officers, and crews of those ships, viz. Saluador.del Mundo, Ili guns, Capt. Lam? ; La Texans, 34 guns, Capt. Sir E. Pellew; Naha, 44 guns, Capt. E. Berkeley ; Stadium, 84 guns, Capt. G. Murray ; • Mars, 74 gnus, Capt. SiLtton ; Culloden, 74 guns, Rear-Ad miral Thurnborough ; Plasma:ens, 74 guns, Capt. A. Hammon.i. _ _ The only ship to be called ineffedive out of these eleven sail of the line is El Salvador Id ilfunrio, of 112 guns, fitted its a receiving-ship, and fur tie flag of Lord Keith, as superintending Port Admiral. PORTSIIIOUTH, APltti. 30. Remain at Spithead, his Majesty's ships Rosstll, FxreUrns, Puissant, Grampus, lfir, iicasta, La Plus, L'Aigls, Aurora, Camilla, Alligator, Expeditn*, Ar row, Morgiana, Starling, Locust, and Censor. MAY 1. Remain at Spithead, his Majesty's Chips as be fore: and at St. Helens his Majesty's shipAnolsion, of 32 guns, Capt. Hardy ; and Rgisto cutter, of 14 guns, Lieut. White.—Wind West, and blows hard. Sailed the Kngsifsher, Ant, Swan, and Lord How:, sloops of war, with troops for Jersey. THE BRITISH Ariirr. si.tTEKENT OP TOL DISTILIBUTION OF Tkif BRITISH NAVAL FORCES, TO MAY Line 50's In Port and fitting V.$ 5 Guard-ships. 0 0 In the English aid Irish Chan -14 On the Downs and Nor* St-a at,i tiovs Fri. Jri Sp. b 0 At th,, W.O ar.d on the Passage 2 On the Jamiti , •.i shtiott. Anicrieuz tu:tl Neofounttheld t C. of (:, Hope, East Isid.es, and on . _ the Pact..... 4 Cfm..4 of Afrira . 0 Portmal awl t;tbraltar 1 Mutht.,:rauein siod nn P. 1,44, lO Iluspital sad l'i sod Ships.. 2 T4tal in Coinmi•ninn.... • 4:17 R:,eci•ingS serrie,A, and repairing Serv. In Ordia...ri 21 Total ST ATE OF THE •adriAnY Lip. Part4motyth 9l POrp.uth Ciatiwn Shevrite River • •• R Nei ~lw 1 217 i 24b AT EACR PORT'. !.0. lei. , ' hip* 2 i . 2 .13 1 90 21 6 Al.l .4 O 6 1 7 O 29 116 Tat 117 •6 - 15 244 643 ' GS 77 Total 1051 9 1 994 01 f 1:74 TlfE lilurisu . ARMY'. (;r:tittt. DISTRILL'fIoN OF THE MUTTS); ARMS, TO MAN 1. Arr 'a Tot Inv OK. lAN . • COI. Ini 114. Cwvp. ErtElanel anti W.de4 50.... E 5.... 76.: 0 North It ttAin b.... 01..•.• 0 Goentiey, Golortltar. - F.gypt mot MAIL'. Canada. Nora Scotia, 0.... 4.... 0 West loth.* Car of G. ii ye, o.•re:, •!• • • • 0 Eat butte: awl tli 5., .. 20.... U. .• • •• • U tfin protage to htg. Ire. / 6 • 0 7 0 . from sub& • Total, Ex-Art.o=y, 3)... 1...1V.... 0 Ys An ACCOUP r.of the Amount of-Bout:Tin pad in Emot.atto and SCOTLAND, ont of the &venues of Customs and Excise, between the sth January 1802, and the sth January 11603 ; being P-ty ments in the Nature of Antieipatiuns of Eat:ln:- quer Issues. ctrro.ss. Blunties on Corn, Coisir„ and Linen Manufaz-tnox; on ; nd South er:: Sirliale Fiber,; on N :wfutiudlawl ' 1.. a. d. a:A Vlbitt!Herring Fallacy, fur Evri/amil 817. ;48 0 21 frau ditto ditto - - for Seuttand 96,5n4 I 04 Slave B.,:antv; and Bounty fir Encneraiv tatout of Voluntuar Seaua,:n. 9V 1,892 1 - 1 VIC I4Z. • Browßim on Rater euriorted . . ' - 44 0 ftnnotie4 on Briti.lt S ; birite - - '2 1 057 5 81 114onnes on F.sl), and S.lted Pruvid.ris Exportord - - - 2..!,017 10 ni Dahl &tea, for .S (land . - 1,12'3 7 1 i:nt: And Barra itnantioe,entified or the Excii; for Druriorcy of Moore iu the Hand.; of ths Rec.! ver-Gsn:eral of et:,,t.ons - - for Seuemod - 40,541 5 4 Paid ,er Tr,acury W,..itratet en Mr. A. N 11171 1, ,, in W.:ha:for Dr .tiows .f.tff.-ay. ' fur Enquircs lilt° Di*ti , krie.s and Salt Wurks - - fur 4cotlinui -1,13 R 10 4 1,0.10.276 4 Of Tre.mttry Chun:lc:l, 2:41 Match, Ibo 9. N. Vansittart._ An Accousr of PENSIONS and PARLIAMMARY • GaAral, for the year ended sth January 1603. GENERAL POST OFFICE. 1.. s. d. To his Grace the Doke of Ma/thorough 5,003 0 0 To his; Crace the lluk:t of Grarto:i - 4;700 0 0 To the haus of the Lad Dukc of Sclumberg 4,000 0 0 13,700 0 0 Examined per Thos. Church, reb. 8, 1536. De:). Accompt. Gen. An Acc ouNr, shriving how the Poetic Moons re maining in the receipt of the Exchequer on the Stli January 1802, together with the Monies paid into the same during the year ending sth January • 11303, and the Monies paid out of the Net Produce of the Revenues of the said year, in Anticipation of the Exchequer receipt, have been aftually ap plied; so far as regards the receipt of Excise in England, and can be ascertained at the Excise Office. EXCISE. TENSIONS, VIZ. L. s. d. nuke of Grafton 9,000 0 0 Earl Cowper Charles Boon, Esq. moiety of the Earl of Bistles 1,500 0 0 Lord Melbourne's Ditto - - 1,500 0 0 14,000 0 0 Eot'N TIES, viz. Rtfr exrorted - - - - 4 40 • B-i•ish Spirit, • • - - - 2,057 5 8; SAlted Pr..tvic'xtas - - - - - 22,017 10 01 24,078 19 8: 98,078 19 8; EXCIN! Mks Feb. 9, 1803. Nath. Planner, Accornp Gcn. An Am:toNl* of sums paid by Receivers-General of the Land Tax to the MILITIA, and fur DESER TERS WARRANTS, and for Bounties on HEMP and FI.A.x, in the year ending the sth Jan. 1803. Militia 110,181 5 1 Dtscrters Warrant.; - - - - 775 0 0 Hemp .tnd - - - -0, 0 0 110,9:',G 5 1 i OfFcPt for Taxes, 42d March, 1803. An ACCOUNT, shewing the Arnosmt of the Monies received from his Majest y' s Exchequer for NA.• VAL SERVICE% between te sth January 1802, and sth January 1805; distinguishing the Ser vices to which the same have been applied. HEADS OF SF.RVICE. 14 AVY. L. Iv d. For Sahries to the Admiralty, Navy, awl Navy Pay (Aces 54,000 0 0 Wars no Officers and Seamen 2,30d,000 0 0 Bounty to Volunteers, Flag Pay, Ac. 46000• 0 0 Half-Pay to Sea Of and Chap lains - - 161.501 17 6 • Petisiims to Sea Officers, their Wi dows, Sc. - - - - 57,490 15 7 Wages !-> his Maje,ty's Dock and R . - - - 721,835 0 0 11. Purchase of Stores of every Descril tion, Repairing Ships, Pui.hase of Ships taken Gott' the Enemy, Head Money, itc. paid in Bills at Ninety aLyi Date - • - - 3,984,229 8 01 r.1.4a g .! 23,000 0 0 Bills of Et...change, Imprests, CCM.* tidt2llCit'S ‘c. - - 147,715 11 6 rxch: q ue r !S 9.060 0 0 M iiiei on Sliore - - 219,000 U 0 Di.irount an-1 Cumnaiisiou on Ex ch.;iium Bit i - - . 13,196 9 4 6,164,969 1 11 vicTOALLING. Fur Ptarigiong, an.! a i &nu of tuaiiint Stort-4, paid fur iii Dills at !Coo:, Dai Date - - - 1,417,145 9 0 : frovisiima, e. paid for in Ready Mi oil 'V 5,000 0 0 13111; n Exchange a d intpreots - 662,770 0 0 Nr.ce , sary Money aid Cuntingetreicis 41,0v0 0 0 Wrigi N Orticirrs, Workawn, at th. Ports - - - 83.599 17 4 Witiovs?uusi•aw. - ' - - 15:342 16 2 2,224.992 2 6} • !TCK ANT/ i'VOI:I4I)ED. Borthsig, &t:. fur Sick •S'64Lictou 240,000 0 0 D 9. - - - fur Sick rriiorten 25,000 0 0 263,000 0 0 T A (SPOR TS. For FiTie t of Transports, and for Moro, Sobsistnice, &c. fur Pri,one:4 of War in He lth, loin! fir ni • Nimes. D iv 4 Date - . .917,101 16 10 IBit:s of Exchangt - - - 67,000 0 0 Subsistauce, Clothing, &c. of Pri soners of Ws: ill Health, paiditl • Itoa ty 42,000 0 0 Parvtiat of 'the Swiss and Condi - Curs - - . . 9_1,377 6 1 1, 1 )49,479 2 11 ... :71 +'.l I: ; Teal - ;1,704 ) .400 7 5 Navy Office, rib. to, mos. BERLIN, Arin 16. On the 45th the inhabitants of thin city Ned tlrei pleasure, for * the second time, of witnessing the ascension of an air-balloon. M. Garnerin made his thirty-second journey above the clouds, with a successful issue. The King, Queen, and Royal Family, were present at the previous ceremoaies of ascension. On this occasion, her Majesty received Iron( Madame Garnerin two small balloons tilled with gis, which her Majesty let up from her own hand, tn order to ascertain the course of the large one. The wind blew pretty strong from the north west. When the balloon was on the point of a,- emitting, the son of a gentleman requested to ac company the wronaut; on which M. Garneria asked his Majesty, if he might give him leave. The King answered, that it rested - 41W* with the youth's parents ; and as these wag not prlsent, the young man was obliged; very reln&antly tat give np his place. Madame Garnerin theifebteked the gon dola with great agility, and as mnch erase as a she had been about to take a wall:. M. Gaertner, part ner of a inexchaut in this city, was of the party. When the balloon had ascended atertain he ight M. Garneria cut a rope to which a litele dog in a basket as suspended to a parachutee and he fell on the roof of the post-office, without receiving any injury. The balloon being now lightened by throw ing out some of the ballast, it ascadeci rapidly above the city ; and where, at a considerable height, the aerial travellers found the climate warmer, and the wind less boisterous. According to the state cd the barometer. M. Garnerin found his highest as tension to be 6,200 feet from the earth. 'f.he sharp est eye only could distinguish the balloon at thee immense distance, when it appeared no larger thaw a small bird. They alighted in a forest near Mid denwalton at seven o'clock in the evening, having traversed four German miles in the space of one • hour and a quarter_ After their return, M. Garnerin and his Consort waited on.their Majesties, by whoffi they were most graciously received. The balloon and the gondola are again placed in the Opera-houte for exhibition. /vi. Garnerin has made prize of no less than 10,000 dollars by this aerial craite. BIRTH. - • Sunday, in Gloucester-.place, the Lady of E. Fletcher. Esq. ut a son. MARRIED. On Thursday last, at Kensington, Mr. D. Wilharna, to. Miss E. Marsh, of Sloane-square. On Sunday, Mr. John Bennett, jun. of Lloyd's Cer.o-. house, to Mies Shepheard, of Pancras. DIED. On Satur&y, at her house ou Clapham Common, in au advanced age, after a very lung and painful limos', Mts. Munday. On Sunday, aged 7s, Me. Thomas flii;hts, many years a respealable butcher in Bishopsgare•streer. On Wednesday last, Robert Douglas, Esq. of Kingaland place. • On. Thursday last, in the 7 flth year or . i, a age, Rowlant Conyers, Esq. formerly of Argy,l-sewe r . .111 PRICE OF STOCKS. £STEADA7. Bank Stock 1 - • I; ORIIIIIIM . 3 per Cent Red 6ii 311adia Stuck 207 61 8 per C.C. 4 . per Cent. C0n5..... 60 i.,i Trish S per Ceut.:.. 95i 5 per Cent. Ann. .... 991 Excheq Bills .... par. 1 di:. .5 per Cent. 1797 9710161 Eng. Lot. Tick. ........... Wink L. Ann..... 16i 15-16 ilrish ditto ... ...., Bank Short Ann..... i 1-16 Bank lot Open- ...... Imp. 3 pet Cent. .. . Ditto Ann Consols fur May.. 66 511fi 41. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. THIS DAY. Mornitig, 45m. after 11 I Aftemoon,.... Gm. after 12 • CHEAP HOSIERY. rrciwNS, at his Nottingham Warehouse, No. 266, Oxford -street, near North Amlley-street, continues to have on Sale an extensive Assortment, and being entirely mad: from his own frames, affords' int an opportunity of sel— ling at very Reduced t'rices. Ladies China Silk, at 7s. 6d. to Supor;ine Lace Cocks, 10s. Gd. Gentlemen's, from Ss. 6d. up to the very best qualitics, equally reasonable ; Women's White Cotton, from ls. Bd. to Extra Superfines, 4s. 6d. Men's Wors ted, (ruin ls. Gd. &c. with every article possible to be had in the Hosiery Branch. Also an extensive assortment of Green and %Visite Baize, Welsit Flannels, &c, from 10d. to ss. per yard s , well worth the attention of Merchants going abroad, or Faint.* lies in want of a large supply. N. B. Stockings matte to any size or pattern. WAN fED in a very small regular Family, z TULIN G WOMAN from the age of Eighteen to Twenty-four, :Is a Servant of All Work, where a Lady's Maid - is kept; she must be very cleanly, sober, honest, know- how t cook pLin Dinners, u l have a very good character; if from the Country the more agreeable. No followers allowed. &Nalco tJp Zuftio Ey LEIGH, SOTHEBY, and S N, THIS and Three fullowiogDays, at their House, in 'York. , - street, , Ctneatiatistl. THE choice and valuable COLLECTION of CLANS aid INILDALS, ANCIENT and MODERN, the lel CEORCE 110LLINGTON BARKER, E.g. B:rminghani. Amot.t.Tit which arc, the Fifty-shilling Piece of Oliver Crom well, and the famous P..tt:tion Crown of Charles 11. by Thomas Simon, loth highly pre.aart.nl; ago, an elegant Mahogany Cabinet, tin;: the most comi.letc seriet. of Town Pieces. and Tra&-mnett's Tokens elect offered to the Public, with a M.S .Catalogue of them. To he viewed till the Sale, and Catalogues may then be had By LEIGH, SOTHEBY, and SON, At their HOLUM, iit York-stmt, CuyentGarden, TO•MURROW; and Five following Days at Twelve o'Clock. A Very CURIOUS PARCEL of BOOKS, the Property of a WLLL-K NO WIY COLLECTOR. Cuitsisting of a Rare Collection of English History, Old English Poetry, Plays Rom-ince:, and Miscellanies. To be vieurLid, and Catalogues had at the Place of Sale. By LEIGH, SOTHF.BY, and SON, At their House, in York-street, Covent-Garden, on WED NESDAY, the filth Inst. and Three following Days, THE NUMISMATIC BOOKS, and beautifully ILLUmiNiTiti) MISSALS, of the late GEORGE 11OLLINGTOt4 BARKER, Esq. Also his highly Valuable and extensive Collection of Ancient and Mr , d-rrn PRINTS, by Drevet, kantellil, Mason, Edelinck, Rolswert, Vosterman, Woollen, Ranolore, and other Artists. Tice who :e it acted impreslous, amorg them are many Proofs, and some large Scriptural Pieces, particularly fine. The Etchingsand Proofs by Woollen, form as complete and choice a Collection as have ever been offered to the Public. To be viewed on Saturday, the ith, to the time of Sale. London: Printed by J. Gt Lcss , No. 18, Crown -court, Fleet street ; and published by W. Wass., of Water-btrcet, Black friars, at the Office, No. 13, Salisbnry-square; where Advertisements are received, and ail Comcutuications ilte 14itor moat be add:etied. 1 101.-