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- :t ry to i ll .“,‘ of so,-;••••: ; n:d i s••;,rtr, as well in the other prndunions of e Llritich co!o - , itie.s are absolute necessaries every where in Europe. When the nearest and cheapest communication i, prevented, others must be resorted to ; and while England loses nothing by it, the Continent pays dearer, being at the same time prevented from ex horting or exchanging, in return, its own industry or pre .tuaicns. It is well known, that during the last war Swit zerland furnished to the Northern, Western, and Southern Provinces of France, coffee, sugar, &c. &c. which came from England, and had made the tour of the whole of Germany before they arrived in Switzerland ; and Frenchmen, who paid for the ig ' norant and impolitic condua of their Rulers, were the only loosers. This must be the case with the other nations upon the Continent so long as France shall be permitted to continue its present revolution ary measures. The condua of France considered in a commercial point of view, may cause a temporary stagnation in some branches of the British trade ; but, upon the Continent, it must cause confusion, dearness, wretch. edrtess, and ruin. Instead of producing a com mercial revolution against England, it will etre& only a commercial anarchy upon the Continent. It was rumoured yesterday, at the west end of the town, that the Duke of KENT will succeed Earl of HA R DWICKE in Ireland. This day the two regiments of London Militia are to he inspeCted by General LESLIE in the Artil lery Ground. Government mean immediately to raise four regiments of Cavalry fur the line. General Beßc stoNr, late of the 21st, is ti have one of them. The Board of General Officers met at Chelsea College yesterday, according to adjournment, at ten o'clock; and after having sat some time, finding Major BR *DPI A W did not attend from par ticular circumstances, and wishing to give every opportunity for the most mature investigation, they adjourned /ix d e. The number of French prisoners in this country, taken since the declaration of war, exceeded, last week, 3000. It is now more than 5000. According to private advices from France, Gene ral A!•ou IL toss; has been ordered by the Government to remove sixteen leagues from the capital. He in curred the displeasure of the Consular Despot from his honest refusal to become the medium of the most gross and infamous falsehoods respecting the situa tion of affairs in this country. As the communication between this country and France is considered at an end, for the present, a Prussian hop takes neutral passengers across the Channel. The Earl of MANSTIELD has arrived at Perth, where his Lordship is very busy in arranging the affairs of his new regiment, the Perthshire Militia. The triple inscription of Rosetta, which has lain for some time in the Library of the Society of An tiquaries, has been lately removed to the Museum, arid deposited with the rest of the Antiquities from Egypt. rite Sittings after Term commenced yesterday in the different Courts of Lew. A number of Common Jury causes were tried in the Court of King's Bench; but they were so totally destitute of interest that we will not fatigue our readers by detailing them. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, to c onsider the Letter from the Secre tary at War, respeCting the quota of men to be raised by the City for the Army of Reserve. The Loan MA YOR opened the Court, by stating his having received a Letter from the Right Hon. CHARLES YoaKE, Secretary at War, in relation to • the mode of raising men for the Army of Reserve, which, although private, his Lordship thought it right to lay the same before the Court for their information. The Court resolved, that Sod men should be vo hmtarily raised by the City, for the said service, and referred it to the Militia Committee, to consi der and report their opinion as to the most proper mode of raising the same. A Ceurt of Common Council will he held to morrow, at Guildhall, to receive the Report from the Militia C e irenittee. Yesterday the Loan MAYOR, attended by the Sheriffs, &c. weut te St. Margaret's Hill, where he received the reports from the Jury of the Court of Conservancy for Surrey ; and afterwards for Mid dlesex. His Lordship and company then retired to an elegant dinner. As the ifoxiieur is so very indignant at a trick said to be played lately at Malta, by some of our stilors--even admitting the fad, we will endeavour to moderate this indignation, by mentioning the following anecdote : ' After the French, by fraud and force, had got possession of the citadel of Tu rin, the unfortunate Kind of SARDINIA continued to reside in the city. ' l'o disgust the King with his residence, to her: his feelings, and to ridicule roy alty, - a cavalcade of French soldiers, having one dressed as the King, and decorated with the mock insignia of his different orders, with a paper crown upon his head, and seated upon a cart belonging to the public executioner, drawn by two asses, and At tended by mimic pages, body guards, &c. &c. pa raded two days under the King's windows, and played revolutionary tunes and songs; the third day, after a tour round the King's Caste, the whole par ty went to the place of execution, where the royal crown, dress, &c &c. were buried under the gal lows—and when the Citizen Soldiers returned from this noble expedition, they broke the windows of the apartments of the Royal Lndy, and committed other riots, which were only terminated by a forced present from the King, of 1,000 louis d'ors, pour boire. The Premier would aCt wisely, were he, at this moment, either to lay a tar of 20t. per annum on every game license, or repeal all the game laws, and throw it open to every individual in the kingdom. — 'the one'would raise a revenue—the other, soldiers, by using men to fire-arms. The sportsmen would not objea to this tar' because 201. per annum is a mere trifle, compared to the health and pleasure de rive/ from field sports. His objeOens would. Pe the othtt hand, product advatasitattladr a alone& -ra Iv lu vould r been in any so, for bought House. .ed that ed of it, :em the possess. :urnents be an ire the !ci to be mind, I and convic in hus- red,.that ut to go 'net- for moving to with. , during e not le- sffpf. E7'. 7 of MIMEM 3SS• KI to the i ination to Le striaest presume. we hope, rs to their )gadn,g to it, has as t England :ontinental to to that sovereign trade as if i upon the ' England ( ,rn, known\ hat it is an attic power t. BONA.. It he would !Fled banks rs of gold their roofs, dispersed hopes that. spier, they ace. WW 2 ( Icavours to inept, never shuts the ti6o, of the pr, will be England.' urcrs possess loss or ruin, tads ; whilst es are alike -ents the rah). )m suffer/ 4 ar can be the A . weans and 1 i n the cora. eyon m their 21° 14 " orr.01201"116. LONDON FASHIONS FOR JULY. •••••••11, 0 'somata ADa PUSS'S. Robe of white tr.uslin with a train petticoat; the robe taint med with Chambray ittublin ; the gleevis plain with full eiiau. Lis of the time musin. A, small ,traw hat trimmed with pea green ribbons. Plain robe of white muslin with frock sleeves, drawn plain round the LOlntli ; a lace sliirt ; hat of yellow satin plaited with black ribbon, and cum.:a up all round, with a yellow feather to fall over the leR side. Dress of blue Chambray muslin made high in the neck with a collar ; long sleeves from the elbow to the wrist of white nius lin. Hat of white chip with a silk band, and ornamented with orange coloured leaves in front. FIVE HALF LENG7I, S . Plain dress of white. muslin. lionnet of pink and white silk, ornamented with a flower. Shawl with a pea green border. The head ornamented with an embroidered veil. Dress of buff Chambray muslin with a white silk collar drawn round in puffs, the epaulets very full and drawn up to correspond with the bosom,the back made pain with white silk frogs. Robe of lilac cambric saran-t, shewinr the front of the la.st dress. The hair dressed and ornamented with cameos. Dress of illin muslin, with a drapery fastentcl on the I. ft siik, trimmed with lace; the sleeves of white silk ornamented with beads. The halt - dressed with a cameo. oatmaat. oustitvartosts. The prevailicg colours are lilac, pink, blue, and pea peen. Small round straw hats, and others of men's 'twits, are the most faYourite, ornamented with flowers or white veils. White cloak: of all shapes are very general, but the prevailing is the long Spanish cloak, which reaches nearly to the gruuud. COUNTESS OF esHOLMONDELEY's ROUT. The Countess of CnotssoNnst.ev gave a splen did rout on Wednesday last, at her Ladyship's house in Piccadilly. The house was lighted up to a brilliant style, and with great taste. A profusion of the finest flowers was introduced, to relieve the eye, and diffuse their grateful fragrance through the crowded apartments. The company began to as semble at 10 o'clock, but had not all arrived at I'2. In the splendid circle, were— ttis Royal Highness Prince. William of Gloucester. Portuguese and Swedish Ambassador Earis—Prrcy, Darnley, Galloway, Wineheisea, Westmor land, and s torey. Viscounts—goring:lon, Sydney, Falmouth, Loftus, and Wentworth. )14 De Rolle. 'Ards—Harry/0A Bruce, Amherst, H. Petty, Somerville, Aixlover, Matthew, Langford, A. Hamilton, Gwyder, May. skald, Cooper, J. Fitzroy, and Wakingham. Feather , t4.ne, C. Brarklrv, J. Throckmorton, W. W. Wynne, W.Wellealey, and C Bishop. Captain Bennet. Messrs.--Skeffington, Duncombe, Bouyerie, T. Chanlin, 0. Minter, Lawrence, Wilbraham, Duncombe, Foote, Cle ment, Lloyd, Bennett, Dickens, 'Fhellusson, H. Wynne, Pierrepeint, Burrell, A. Paget, Craven, D Smith, S. Cooper, Masters, Northey, P. Wyndiam, Fortescite, and Duff. Duchesses--Northumiserlantl, Gordon, Bolton, and Rutland. Marcliionesers—wDownsliire, Worcester, and Hertford. Countesses—Buckinghamshire, Fitzwilliats Porterintros)+, Sefton, Tankerville, Mexhorough, Darnley, Grantham, Cardi gan, alloway.Warwick, Rosslyn, Chatham, Cork, Uxbridge, Dowager Sefton, Cututinghani, Clara, AMborough, and kgrry Viscountessesese/Lampden, P. linerston, Sydney, and*Wenti worth. Lad:es--Macdonald, Sebright, F Fitzwilliam, C. Dun combe, Folkes, Andover, Dawsons, W. Wynne, three Perm's, Lavington, Sykes, R iimbold, M. Bennett, M. Sehright, Low • ther, Bruce, Dyser, Croft, Amherst, A. Wyndham, Galles, T. Vyner, Aslihumharn, A. Ludlow, A Lumley C Waltle grave, F. Monk, M. Sinclair, two Grevilles, Douglas, L. Corry, De Dunstanville, Staunton, Howe ' M. Enkine, Sin clair, Hunloke, Templeton. H. Fitzgerald, M. Perry, Lang ford, C. P.egot, Tancsrd, Cave, Northwieke, 0. Thyme, Fite roy, Somerset, Euston, E. Villiers, Metcalfe, and Bishop. Mistritsse,—Coleman, Fordyee, Duncombe, Peek, Howard, Anson, Conyers, Bourerie, Rice, T. Chaplin, 0. Hunter, Blackwall, Stun. Wilbraham, Rigby, Mesrick, Montague, , Capel, Foote, Boone, Ckinents, D i ckens, M'Kcnzie, Duff, D. Grosvenor, Thellasson, Cusans, Lowther, and Sneyd. Misses... Two Coleman, Monson, Fordyce, Sebright, Peel; Folkes, Howard, Anson, Conyers, W. Wynn; Hale, R um bsld, Lowther, two Norths, Clsolmondeley, Blackwall, Wil braham, Townshend, Monk, Walpole, Douglas, Wheelers, Boone, Whitworth, Cusans, two Coates, Bvng, Huirloke, Manners, Dickers , , Upton, Harvey, Eden, Susliarrl, Courtney, Boticawen, and L. Gower. Windsor continues very full of company ; on Wednesday the Terrace, that beautiful promenade, was crowded—among the company We noticed the Earl of Litnainot and Lord and Lady HENLEY. Their MAJESTIES, the Princesses MARY, SOPHIA, A MEL! A, and the Princess Car A R LOT T E of WA LEs, arrived soon aftt••• seven o'clock. The young Prin cess appeared extremely gratified with the sight ; she principally associated with Major DEsasow's children ; and they all played together. The Staf fordshire band is a very capital numerous one ; it comprises five bass instruments and a trombona. Their playing attraled the attention of the young Princess, And they played several favourite trines at her regnest, particularly Sir David Hunter Elair's Red, and Speed the Plough. Her Royal Highness's desire WAS made known to the band by Major I.)Ls- BROW. On .Wroaesnav evening the Princesses Au- GUST A. and ILizAELTH, auended by the Mar chioness of BATH and the Countess Et.o:N, took an airing in a sociable through the PLatations in the Great Park. Early yesterday morning Mr. Wacsrar, r, the , Messenger, arrived at Windsor with dispatches to his MAJESTY. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock. his MAJ Lsr r, and the Princesses Sot la s And Am/:t: took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Park. About twelve o'clock, Her MAJESTY and the Princesses AecusrA, EttzAacrat, Marty, and the Princess CHARLOTTE of `WALES, took an airing in a phaeton, and two sociables through Eton, and honoured Miss Vv se at Stoke Green with a morning visit ; the Royal Party amused themselves in Miss V's. delightful gardens, and they partook of some refreshment. Last night Their MAJESTIES had a selet party s among them were Lord and Lady Butxt.eit, and Lord andlLitti Hcat.Ev. Her MAJEsr It'A band played in an adjoining room. The Countess of CORK'S party last night, in Burlington-street, was selea and fa.hionable. The Duchess of GORDON. and a large party dined on Wednesday with the Countess of AURDEZN, at. her house in, Piccadilly. The Dukeattri Duchess of 13t A tiroav, with their amiable family, leave Grosvenor-ware this day, for their elegant: mansion. at Badminton. THE INTRIGUES OF FRANCE . IN THE • TURKISH ENIPIRE. As the Official Moniteur accuses Engtland of in triguing in Egypt, the particulars of the intrigues employe& by France since the Revolution in the Turkish Empire, may be acceptable to English readers. In 1781 when the Revolution took place, the Turkish Empire had to combat two powerful ene mies, Austria and Russia, with only ot I ally, the spirited Gustavus nl. King of Sweden ; but whose alliance was nentralized, or rendered ineffeEtual, by the intrigues in his army, of those very ministers who had prepared the I:evolution, and the ruin of their own country. France'pretended then, as it does now, to be the natural ally of the Turks, and but for the liberal interfetence of England, after the capture of Bel grade in October 1789, by Josephus 11. the then real allies of France, Austria and Russia would have divided Turkey in 1790, as they did after wards, jointly with Prussia, the republic of Poland, in 1794. Amongst the unprincipled and dangerous in triguers employed by Necker and other revolu tionary ministers, to propagate their principles, to embroil empires, to excite subjeEls to revolt, and to undermine thrones, was Marquis de St. Croix, bet ter known to the world by his revolutionary name Descorches, who was sent into Poland, there to keep up the spirit of anarchy, discontentment, and rebellion, which ceased only when Poland ceased to be a nation. This Descorches, who had so ably pre pared the rain of one empire, was chosen by Brissot and his faCtion in ;Of, as a fit instrument to effeet the destruction of another. At the period that Descorches arrived at Con stantinople, France had been declared a republic, its armies were vklorious, and its navy command ed the Mediterranean, insulted Naples, and attacked Sardinia, and he was received by the impolitic Turkish Empire as General Brune has been lately. The situatito of Europe at this time was particu larly dreadful ; revolutionary, antisocial and athe istical opinions were propagated every where, and whilst one sovereign in a dungeon was expeCting an ignominious death, all the other sovereigns trembled more or less for their power on their tottering thrones; but England armed, Pitt spoke, and re bellion trembled in its turn. Descorches bad been employed without any public charaaer under the ministry of Vergennes during the American war, both in Turkey and in the East Indies, and he arrived at Constantinople with the knowledge of the language, an acquaint. ante with the country, and connexions with the dissatisfied and disaffeEted. During the busy campaigns of 1793 and 17951, England, Austria, and Prussia, had little time to at tend to Descorches' manoeuvres in Turkey; and Russia perhaps secretly approved of them, as being likely to produce consequences advantageous to its own views and ambition. Descorches instituted, therefore, without many obstacles, Jacobin Clubs at Constantinople, Smyrna, Cairo, Alexandria, Mecca, Suza, and in every city where a French agent or consul resided, even as far as Seringapatam in the East Indies ; but bad principles badly explained and worse understood, caused much discontentment; many insurrections, but no revolution. Descorches' revolutionary fanatics had not time enough to era dicate the religious fanaticism of the Turks, and their ignorance saved them from the dangers in tended by French philosophy. Red Jacobin caps wcre however publicly worn every where in the Turkish Empire; but Descorches was too soon re called after the death of Robespierre, to permit those in Turkey who wore them (after the example of those in France) to cot off the heads of those who did not wear them. According to the official report of Descorches' successor, the French Hotel at Pen, in the suburbs of Constantinople, had , not only its Jacobins, its Sans Culottes, its tribunes, • its galleries, but also a guillotine ; and Descorches, his secretaries, his dragoman, his interpreters, and -his servants, were all dressed, and conversed as their fellow Sent Cubtte: at Paris, in the most brilliant days of Marat and Robespierre. Amongst the Rebels instigated, and the rebel lions fomented by Descorches, his emissaries, and by his principles, the only remarkable which he left for his successors to support, were those of Paswan Ogiott and of the Beys in Egypt ; both of which have since been very useful to the French plans, and advantageous to the French Politics. And though the French DireEtory publicly disapproved of Des torches' condua, his successors were ordered to follow his example. Afier the unfortunate campaign of 1791, several •migranu of the navy, artillery, and of the corps of engineers, went to Constantinople, in the hope of :s9inent ; some of those in distress, Descorches i over and rent to Egypt, to the East—lndies, o Paswan Oglou ; others under the prole tion Prussian Ambassador, were employed by the or permitted to reside at Coestaatiseple. of cb 4 NWileiar•rilar .. .4c. Prris ,. :a made its peace with France in 17„5, and the French Arnhassador, Vernignac, arrived at Constantinople in 1791 i. One of his first transac , tions was to cause all the emigrants in the Turk! h empire to be dismissed, and the proteaion of Prussia • to be withdrawn. Paswan Oglou had, a short time before, made his peace With his sovereign, but the interest of France demanded that he should take up arms again, and to encourage him to do so, Vernignac promised him some able officers to assist him and to instruct his troops. 'lhe unproteaed emigrants were daily (by French manwovres) exposed to insult and danger, and re ceived, at last, orders to quit the Turkish empire. Proscribed, and unproteaed, without money and without a home, the secret offers of Vernignat to enable them, with secrecy and safety to join Paiwan Oglou, was received as a favour by most of them ; and it is by the abilities of those emigrants, that this rebel is become formidable, and that he has mad* his peace and revolted again, just as he ,, ,,was advised by Fratce and its emissaries; the presence of these French officers, in the rebel army, coul4,not long escape the notice of the Turks; but when com plained of, the answer was:—" Those officers were not French citizens, but emigrants proscribed by France and proteted by England, Austria, and Russia, who, no doubt, had their views in sending them there." _ When the invasion of Egypt was determined upon, Talleyrand sent as an assistant to Vernignac, the fa mous jacobin Sr. Andre, who, by blinding or bribing the members of the Divan, prepared the easy conquest of Fr:pt. Since the peace of Amiens, France has succeeded by its intrigues and presents, to cause the Turks to forget their obligations to England, and their ha tred to France; that they are indebted to British valour for defeating and chastising French treache • and France again, in ete , name of amity, is ry ; plotting again the ruin of the Turkish empire. The creating a corps of Mamelukes, has no other objek(.l than to have an organized band cf native emissaries, propagators, and spies, always instrußed and ready to intrigue or to embroil Turkey and Egypt, just as the plans and interest of France de mands. Admiral Lesseignes, who lately carried to the Levant the French commercial agents, bad with him several young Mamehikes, educated these Last four years in France, gained over to the Fretich interest, and taught French politics; they were de barked and are at present in the Upper Egypt When the postillion, Ambassador Sebastiani, was lately in Egypt, he left behind him two Mamelakes, who, with some concealed Frenchmen, have joined the fanatic Abdul Wachab, to disturb and embar rass the tottering Turkish Empire, and perhaps to force it to demand French assistance, or, which is the same, to owe its destrudion to Frenchmen, mitt: - than to its own subje&s, seduced to revolt by France. The present French Ambassador, General Le Brune, who in 1792 was a journeyman printer to Marat, is the same person who, in 1793, caused, by his intrigues, and not by his va lour, the ruin of the Helvetic Republic and established French tyranny in countries where French arms had never before penetrated ; he is as unprincipled as he is ambitious; an accomplice cf Marat and Robespierre; he owes to them his first military promotion. His crimes in Switzerland. raised him in the favour of the late French Direc tory ; and his crime of betraying his benefaaors, the Direnors, made him a favourite with the Consul, and an Ambassador at Constantinople ; he has a retinue of 200 French, Corsican, Italian, Arabian, Cophtic. and Mameluke renegadoes, ready for any attempt, e r to head any hordes of rebels or assassins, and more than sufficient to aid in giving the coop de race to the expiring Ottoman empire. It was lately reported in the diplomatic circles at Paris, that France was intriguing to gain permis sion to invade Barbary ; it should, however, be re membered, that Admiral Ganthaume, in the sum mer 1801, had orders to debark the succours he carried to Menou, on the coast of Barbary ; but that he was prevented by the opposition of the inha bitants. This and Bonaparte's conversation with Lord ‘Vhitworth, and his condua with regard to Malta, prove that he has not lost sight of his favou rite scheme, to make Egypt the bridge to invade and conquer India, as he expressed himself to the Direc_ tory in his letter of the 30th July, 1798. -iv 1 _...=••• • V ' a The bounty to recruits entering into the Royal Marines, Las at laq been raised from Three Guinea: to Eight, It appears that the rednaion a the new duty upon I\ , ine to IZ. per ton, is only a temporarr measure to suit the convenience of the wade. It is understo(d that the additional 81. will be impcise4 daring the nett Session. The Hon. CHAILLES D9tiaLASp recomi son to Lord DouoLAS, 114Sgiveri.up the bar for the field, and will in a few days proceed to join his regiment /dr. Tic aNn v, as one of his Eirst official les, has superseaud ALainsoset Tlorsites Esq. as Pay master uf the Navy, and has nominated his own brother:us4w as the successoi: of that Gentleman. MT. Tgor r an has bee° about rtgeotrseveo years in that *Sae. The preen; Adiniailinti° ll 2PPell" tv be qmiteafinedycessece. I :, / 1 Oi t ; ' ~~~ e I i 3 .4