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wise made a descent in Finlistwl, en the ride 0r Alit°lax, with a corns o 1 %1,$)0 tams; oantinanded by the AdititailtAientialin. Di BurgantliAbs. has been made pri,oW.4, wit's almost all 14ks,eo7s, His Majesty has gii P 9 Order% to trinfewee the troops alationedii! NVoillithea with SSotoo men. au Imperial Ukase, the cointuatnlants df all the ports blockaded by the English, aire forlbi!iden to suffer an,,v• loaded vess4l4 any nation s bitterer, to put to sea, so long as the blockade shall continue. • measure seems to have btu provoked by the attempts. which several musters of uentral ships , have made to open a routraband trade with the English, by exporting the products of llussia fcr the pretended dtatination of 11.;i:nar, Rostock, or,Lubeck. • Some Danish twitoners, while on (ward the Eng ▪ hail ships iseu...l the English boast that they could carry es qa very good trade in time llahic, in (leis pite of the euenly.—( Aug. 4.) SAMSON, JULY V. The opening of the Diet of flutigu7 is defini tively tivr.l fur the 2atli or August. it is a:monist:ea that this asseiuldy will not meet thi , time et Ilinla,as we were at first assured it would, lint' at Presburgh. Tha tsTieial note published on this stilijeet•states, tint the principal purpose of lialdin4 this I)iet is the coronation of the Euiprest at Queen of Huns gitrY• Mi the Austrian troops stationed kilavonia have been lately reviewed by the Archduke Louis. WI arc assured that hi 4 Highness has ordered some. lanoline& &nen the tannat, because ivc is consinced tint the number of troops in tiehlro;thl is not sum- G;ent to nocapy. the parts of that tem tier.—(Aloaciteer dug. 3.) • snAltweram siva. 2. The exchange of ceuriers cos:dinars very frequent, especially by the way of Statgardt; ant( if we sway judge from the *peed of couriers, and the cause. qwence of the persons employed to carry the di*- : patlies, the latter iunst he af very peat import. woes, and we may expect. as the result of them, the greatest smuts. The lianas of His' Serene Higliwess the (hand ' Duke of Berg haie pissed through this city in their way from Spain. Oar Journals contain the follOWing article under the heed Lyons :—" Within a short time a great number of t, nape have pared thrott l e' this city from • the orderly parts of France ; they are to lie em barked oil the Rhone, and afterwards conveyed in ., carriages to Perpignan, whence they will march to join our army in Catalonia. • More are expected here, and, among otherv, a part of the Park guards front the'Northern parts of Italy. French trettiware likewise on their way for the same dertioation.-s. e are assured that our army in Spoie will be augmented to more than 140, 4 300 men. The cons. motions in that 'Lindens are not yet appeased. but they arc not dangerous. Our army wilt soon be sufficiently reitiforetel to occepy, with ot;sitsg bo dies of troops, the mutinous provinces. The insur gent. are most uurorrous in Valencia and Murcia, but throughout Catalonia tranquillity is already restored. Couiderahle transports of iirmi,,ions and nazinunition have been sent to the armies from the Southern provinces of France, by the way.of . l'erpiguen. A considerable corps of troops, wilder tike arminaerl of Marshal Kinsey, is now in the kingdom of Valencia, which will lie joined by the I corps under the command of (;eneral Duheseic. The greatest part of the P.,iglisli fleet in the Miahterraileari now cruise on the southern coasts of Spain: one division we; pact week between Nlar seines and Barcelona. The communication by era with Spain is entirels cut MI, and for sevcr.il weeks uo vessel has eutered the harbour of Marseilles. At'llUsT 3. Oar .;ou mall contain accounts from Austria which state that. the recruiting for the battalions of reserve does nut go on without difficulty ; that in several provinces. particularly Carniola, Units, Friuli, and part of Carinthia, the inhabitants have shown so mock reluctance to be enrolkvi, that very serious distartainces have arisen, to quell which it has been Ic (-emery to call io the aid of the military.—(Mid . epr barg August 14.) VIr!INIA, it LT 23. The greatest exertions are made hew iii or gall-bring the militia and exerciing them in the ti,e of army, a4b4l the Archduke John has signified to the iuhabittatits of Trieste, that though they are free from the conscripsans, it is their duty to do all iu their power for the safety of the country, and to proosote the salutary views of the Sovereign.— This has had so gond so effect, that the irierchatits have not only raised many men, but leave mils. scribed considerable snms of money. The same Prince leis likewise, by his presence, appeased a tri9ing disturbance which took place on account of the protest made against the American ships which attempted to unload their cargoes. The Emperor hiss received very graciously the present of the King of Holland, consisting of .24 very beautiful (mach horses.—( Rotterdam (Juanita, dimputt 9.) A%ITIaD4N, AU 3UST 2. Letters from Batavia, ()flame December, confirm the loss of the small corvette Scipio, which was driien on shore near Semarang, on the Joth of Au gust, of last year, by the enemy's frigate The best disposition prevail* among the troops. in Java. Batavia was plentifully supplied with PlO visions, and hail even been able to send a consider able quantity of rice to the Isle of Frances—l./bid.) 1 1. .1 NEL:GOLAND . CoNni4TiXerl.l. fg*E TI:0-410 01,Tugli*h flag 'of tntce7'arrir;ati iu oar liarlonur, Aida was, howerar,lurnesl awayaithout the divan:lie* 'win.; read, and with the answer, that in, direct communication would be a:knitted with Englund, to treat, except with the'coneurrence , ut France. hope, however, it entertained, that taeuce between tin, Porte awl Russia may soon he . elTeeteil by the• ini•iiintioa of France. We natter islstaLivro that then the Rassian fronps, though they aee uow continually receiving reinforcements, will evacuate Moldavia and' NVallachia. The Emperor Napoleon has written a letter to the Orsini Seiguior with !Nissan baud, iu which he reties/4 the assurances of his friendship. The passage through Wallachia is now prrf•ctly secure, and a her or transports, especially of wool, pas, through into Germany. The commodi ties purdsabol on French account pay au toll on leaving NAPLES, .11 , 14 F. 'l4. Our affliction, An the departure of our Muitareli says the Aluteiterr, published here, was only alit., rioted by the hope of his speedy rettren—now oue sorrow bunndlra., when we find ourselves lie ever sepurated from a King, who cveo in the tiro*" of war, and amid the incessant artarki of a faithless enemy, has in a short time, by a wise administris— tient, laid the fonndetion of our happiness. In this separation of a father from his ch i ldren, two great reflections, however, comfort us ; )he first is, dirt King Joseph, who so rolled tee higher destination, to the goverutneut of another great kissgrioni, will not cease to cast a benevolent glance on us, and to 'approve and answer oar benedictions ;4—the other is, that Napoleon the Great, ahe made In so Imre% done a present, boors weir how to comfariaud iA indemnify us for oar fuss. s savours:, Juni 03. Aeconling to accounts from Spain, tranquillity is perfectly ramped in the di.tricts of Segovia, , Valiadohd, tail Palencia. The part of Arrtgon and Navarre, which Res na the right beak of the 1 1 ,:hros bee returned to olsedietice, aril peace is ri.s stored. The last accounts whi , .ls the Junta re ceived,, as well from Cadia as from the camp be fore Gibraltar, •arts perfectly sati-foctory. Every where the Captaimi-Getteral, the Audienciss, the Corregidors, the Aleaides, in short. the whole well. informed part of toe nation, manifest the bezt dis position imaginable ; and in the districts where disturbances prevail, they are merely among the lower orders of the people, who take advantage of the infer-repos to commit the greatest excesses. TICNNA, JOLT 32. Our (bert Ca:cite of this day contains the following iateltigence from Turkey : • The army of the Grand Vizier, which has Imi:enjoined from time to tune by numerous divi , Os as o f tranplifroan .Isia, his now advanced from Adrianople to tinpl,ia. The Russian Colonel neckleiniscliew has returned from Conistantims ple to the (lead-quarters of the CutochaniTer in-chief, the Field-Marshal Prince Prsoonif,ky s Russian army, considerably tehiforlvd„ occupies several camps along the Danube. —The Turkish fortresses are well provided with every kind of supplies, and every 'exertion is making to strengthen them with new works. —a 11ithiss a fear weeks, the British squalrous Imre again covered the Archipelago, and all trade- by sea is in consequence entirely s tepped. The Porte has, therefore, strengthened the garrison of Lem nos and Mytilene. The Narir of the 'Darda nelles has been deposed, and obliged to dtmeeval to the subordinate place of Celebi Effendi. Iu his stead the chief command of these important castles has been given to Znrahane Ennui. It The late comtnotions have bad no further con sequences. Both the tieftaa anti the Tobinlis (the soldit•rs in garrison at the Ca,tles of the Darda nelles) and the Janissaries, have been perfectly quiet since the execution of the ring -leaders, and the ar rest of others." THE Tr PRESS. LONDON. TUESDAY. AUGUST in. We have received Dutch papers to the 17th, and a series of the Amateur to the 6th instant, the prin cipal contents of which are given in oar preceding columns. The (hand Duke of Brffb MtIIAT; was nmclanned King of Naples on the tat instant.— Should the Princess CAVILINE, his wife, and sister of ICAPOLLON, survive her Lottsort, she is to suc ceed to the l'linnie. The new King has coin menced his reign with issuing a Proclamation, in which he declares his intention to abide by the con stitution promulgated by his predecessor, King JOSETIII, Aland gimrunteed by NAPOLIMM I It thus appears that Josses has changed a ccrtanity far an uncertainty, as his Throne of Spain, must be al ' lowed to be rather a precarious itilicrittuice.— NAPULSON, however, will *it* evrrY sent' to establish him on it. He is. pouring troops from Italy, and the south of France, into that country. Even'the Paris guards are ordered fur that ser vice. Every possible means of expeilitiog their march are iirsortela tri, and it is computed that the fn Spain nil amo u nt to 160090 taro: The l'sris antilltitCh Plipers at leugtli admit something of the real state of Spain. They con fess that, 6 , the ceinniotions iu it are not yet iv pepsed ; 4 ' bta the, add, that " they are not din 7,,erotts." If they are not dangerous. Low .comes it, we ask, that an army of nu,ooo men is neces sary - to appease them, and that BONILTA‘RTE is obliged to call in the aid of other Generals ? Hut it is not on the side or Spain alone, we trace the ,i perttirlied spirit of NAPOLEON. Every part of the Continent is in a state of preparation for the re newal of hostilities. The Emperor of Ruse♦ appears to rival Bova- P.►aTF. in the severity of Ws regulations against en tttttt erce. Be a recent likise, no loaded vessel, of any nation whatever, iiiallowed to sail from a port blockaded by the Finnish. The Swedes are said to have made an unsuccessful descent in Fin land, in which their loss is stated at 1,500 men. The Russian Minister, At.oezus, who lately mi.- conducted himself so much at the Court or Stock halm, i, appointed Clsuwberl iu, amid has received other tuarisof distiottion from hit Master. Of all the defects in the po!ley of NArotrox, the disposition to revolatien and change is the greatest. llis plan , affect to be !Aid upon an immutable basis, and the moment in which they 'are eompleted, he knocks them down with all• the waywardness and fickleness of a child amusing itself building houses with a pack of. ciuxls.--- The Neapolitans were told that brother JOSEPH was destined by Providence to reign over them ; but, scarcely is be seated upon the Throne, when they are told tint !'renitence has cliapged . its intention, and they fuutt transfer toXuaae the beniage which they had stem to Clain ) ; with the duty which the Sovereign Owei to subject, and the 'abject to the Sovereigow ' ibis uncertainty sad-frivolity introduced into con nections of the most sacred clunaeteir - on'eurth, and which, in their nature, ought to be Azad, perusal: neat, and incliemdulde, are inconsistent with Off! establishment °Fe new Dynasty lletwaeaseasi.l family, which appears, freashis vowel conduct, to he the grand object of NsPOttoa's ambition.— Those who dreaded the sateen of his plun, con templated upon the Thrones of Naples. Holland, and Spain, able and artful wagtails / devoting-their lives to the cultivation of the affections or the pin plc. The weakness, feu r, and iticapOty of their predece-sors being duly considered, there was danger that the subject might in a few years be taught to think that he had lost nothing by the change ; and this sentiment once become general, the Eon A PARTE dynasty would rest upon'the only safe and secure basis, the affections of the people. Matins caprice of N A rote.) N, boundless as his am bition, will not allow any such sentiment to grow up between the subject and the sovereign. A nation assured oulyyesterday that it was to remain freeand independent, finds itself declared, by a Seuatits Comm/tam. this day, an integral part of France. Zug Joscra, upon whom the kingdom of Naples was entailed irrevocably, is. now removed to make way for King Joacsum. AltntatindJuacnim will probably, ere long, be wale to change places with brother Louts or brother JEtO)IP. This ' barter of homage and allegiance, this transfer of *lotions from one Sovereign to another, like so many negro phlntations to a IltW purchaser, was elinch'iniipi by Mr. Fcrx in snmeof his lost and ablest *poetise% as a system degrading to mankind,` and practised by Narotson in furtherance of his plans to:revolutionize Germany, by rendering the people indifferent as to the person of their Sovereign, mod ready to obey the man, whoever he might be, whom power or fortune thought tit to place over them. It is strange that this principle, which NA Popion adoptedto dissolve the ancient governments . in the, Gerlatil empire, should he introduced, with all its deleterious qualities, into the system of hia,new dynasty, the durability of which must be presumed ' the object nearest to his heart, and the highest aim of all his ambition. An Heligoland Mail arrived, last night, with let tiro and papers from Ilamburgh. to the Isth last. Their contents, from Which we have Intuit; soma extracts, represent affairs in Spain as Caroni-able to France. The Neapolitans, we are told, are incon solable for the luia of King JOIMPU, and the lat ter, we have no doubt, is very sorry that he ever left them to asreild the Throne of Spain and sen tare among a people so ungrattfal and blind to his merits. We avidl ourselves of the momentary svispension of intelligence front Spain, or Portugal, to coc ain:le our remarks on the conduct and character of the Corsican Despot, at a time when, according to all appearance, he is not only fallen Irma his late prodigious elevation, but is likewise about to contend, as Ilicit.tan the THI 0 did nt Bosworth, for his Crown soil Life. That BoNAPArtTE pus *eases many of those Se blime intellectual endow ments, and corporeal qualities, requisite for the ntietipment of empire or dominion, we must allow. His profound judgment, nc:ivity, vigilance, fore sight, courage, serenity, and self-possession, know ledge of man, fortitude, perseverunce, subtilty, and per/woes of mind, place him very high in the list of those who, iii different ages of the earth, have acted the most conspicuous pan on the public theatre. This vii4t assemblage of talents may ex plain how he has attained to, and has fo tr.itd, an empire, including, in its immediate suniettoci, or virtual dependence, the greater rut of 17...mpe.... tint, while we render justice to I is Shi:iGes aqd the powers of his tuiud, we do not bits conildeneir mairtain, that though he is framed by nat urt acquire dominions he is not formed in retnia Prmidenee seems thus to have united in his the w racier the poison and the antidote. la two spars ties,.peculiarly indispensable for seeetri:l the Ile ' states and nations which his arms and his tal eati had subjected, he seems to be altogether seanth x .. They are those by which the first sod the ses: o 4 . of the CAtssits, who, in their own persons, erly performed a part oil the ancient the:etre of the world, not altogether di.witnilar from that Of the Corsican Dictator in nintlern times, were emineutly characterised. NAPOLEON pOlreasell neither he clemency of JULIUS, nor the moderation of As. GUITUS. In his atrocintio breach of public faith, his perlitliona violation of all moral ties or oliies. Lions, satin his lawless confiscation of the Spon.4, I.llonardiy, for the lure and Wok of the !los APAItTI FAllalfr, lie manifested aii equal waist of liumasiti, and of all restraint on. his iinineasitrable ainbitioo. While lie thus imprudently disclosed to mankind, the turpitude and criminal enormity of his plies for universal dominion, lie omitted the necessary precautions for .globe them immediste effect. ill thus combining the "utmost criminality with Oil most sigma' imprudence, in the same act, he ;to. posed Inuits to hit-further progress. beyond the Pyrenees; and it remains to.lve 'Men whether, after having thus failed its an enterprise of such a no. tune, he can.long or permanently retain the vol . territories that he has accumulated, Under:a/fretted names% -front POL:id and Prumili, - To the shiti'of the . Atlaritie.. • Wsellove aleady paintecTirot the error which it eatptsttted Jelidiiirg'Nee of Ii a four broth,, bit ad Qd ht thrones, Mislead of raising to stet 'elevation tha.michd emong his generals. la . - Els eiudiot.iewitiibi the Trtialllrititeletii(KßOP . *Ste he diet Oetv while, . tbelindetre ferocity of his oats:ire, less manifeitly trample es the moat ebvinno suggestions of prudence. It was the etin.isteat prelude to his flagitious treatments! CHARLES the Fourth, and FERDINAND the St. venth. If ever any Prince was reoigned to his flee, and prepared to accept, with submiosive respect, the donation of ostensible power, at the Lonrho! a toaster, it was the present Regent of Poarcest We may sat Cly odd, that if the sanity and eler,o ness of NaeoteoN's judgment had not been dark. erred by prosperity, or misled by his bona to Great Britain, it was far more his interest to coo- thine the sovereign anthiority in the hands of tar llnuse of ERAGANza, than it was the interest offs Prince to accept it from him. In fact, avail it: NOT have commanded. seas absolutely at Lights, because he had not the name of Viceroy ? Would not the Crown, the fleet, the treasures and ail the resources of POrtugal, have been coos pletely at the disposal of the Corsican Ruler, to;io tiler' with the persons of the Royal Family, the Nobility, Clergy, and the great Proprietors ? The Prince only dein:nabs:l the shadow, and did sot contend tier the substance. JEROME BONAPARM cannot be more dependant, than the Head of the family of BRAGANE• would have been on NMI. LEON. The . 'fagus and the Douro would hen Leen not less French, than the Seine and the Rhone. Happily the implacable malignity of intim) overcame or extinguished the dictate, his policy. It WII4 not enough for him to reign Portugel, and to reduce it into a tacit province ef his Empire, unless he could dishonour and diitgrart the legitimate Sovereign. The Prince, driven ts despair, embarked, like &Naas, to seek an n;• 'UM in other climes ; carrying with blue his castle; his children, .his family, and his 1)00141101d Gods — leaving to the ferocious invader only half his pr., together with the abhorrence of the l'ortuguetri a►►d the eternal infamy attached to the proceeding• We believe that the most enthusiastic admirer If the talents of BONAPARTE, will not sliipele Ole jartiee of this reasoning, or the accuracy of thew facts. If so, it follows that he has grossly des ated from the vial; of prudence, wisdom. 1 1 1 4 sound policy. Ili* crimes might have remained in:- punished, but his errors may bring down ruin r.l his broil. He is now in the toils. By the nest ar rivals from the Continent we shall see where the t!- rant takes his position. He has so long skulked et Bayonne, that he will hardly know how to resui.ie the command of armies on :he Ithine or the Danube. He has been so long occupied ra Machiavelisu plots and itefarious arts, that he tail feel aukward in the field. Accustomed to victor!, he will bring defeat and disgrace along with tau• Capitulation and flight will be his companions. C 1r 4 NOS Sea PACAFOX will pellet him, and n° of fort* or severities will long conceal from his troop. the fide Of DUPONT, of IVIUNCET, lied of Lair yell. It is under these in:suspicions beginnings► that the Corsican is probably about to comme. a new campaign. It will be productive of the in decisive results to himself and to Earope. The dispatches from Sir J. S4Ult tREZ, ilr•l4h l h) Capt. llore, were originally stirpoaeil to relate to some peivilic event/re from Roams sod Deana° to this cout,try. It is now suppo , rti that ti,''` bite to the Spanish troops ;II the Isle Gf Fttr.e;t, ao some plan far tl.e.r cm:tacit:anon. (iron Ott, am ! I ia 111 411 Ile • I be be