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This day a published, a Near Mies, Price, Ulf bound, los. 6d. 'arItEOGRAPILIA : Being a Cottl %_,V Wale Set of Mapco( Aaciast Geography, beautifully enareeid front Cellarnm 0a Thirtpahrte Cupper.plates., Desigind for the Use of Schools, sod 01 . Gestlemeu obi asks the Meekest Writers their delisht or study. ' Printed fur P. and C. Itirinituallio. LS) / St. Pears ; Lair, NO. la, Are to-tans;Xfult and Lois. man and Co. Nu. st... Paternoster-row. IMPPCIAL PARLLI.MENT. MOUSE OF LOO,DS—Tvaspas, MAT I. The Bishop of London. and Lord Sherbourne, took the salsa end their seats. . In the appeal on the Roxburgh estate, Ken rt. Inns, Mr. Boyle, the Solicitor-General of Scot- UM,' was heard for the Respondent. Further coosideratiod was fixed for to-morrow, at three o'clock. Lord HAY/IMAM/11W presented the necessary do en:uents on the detention of the merchant ..,lilr.—They were ordered , to be printed. The Earl of Moots presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the gaol of !Seagate, in the 'borough of Leicester.—Ordered to lie on the The LORD CRARCELLOR acquainted the House, that in eonspliance with the wishes of inauy Noble Lords, it was his intention to movc, to-morrow evening. " That their Lordships should iiroteed to the , appeal on the Scotch Tiends, at ten o'clock, en Thursday morning." After the disposal of some routine bu,intis, the /loam adjourned. NOUSE Or COMMONS. The Donegal Election Committee being to be balloted for this day, there wen. found to be only 111 urembers eligible, out of 163 present, at four o'clock. The ballot, therefore, could not be tlfected, and consequently no business could take - place. Adjourned till to-morrow. FROM LIST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. .44wienfti . ,(tfire, May 3, 'Me. Cnrc of t lever from Re , r,tdiniral the fleasemble Sir A.raucricr Coehrane, K.A.Coromandel. in Chief of His Mss .iy', shirr and remelt at the Letaird Island, to the Honourable W W Pole, tlztett ea board His lealeatia ship Belleiale, Iterie Galante, Mare% lt, ISGe. S have the ho.iour to incluse. for the in fonnatitia of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad slinky, the copy of a letter from Captain Selby. of. ills IhNesty'e ship Cerberns, commanding the hiorkading eqinidron off Point-c-Petre, Guatle. leapt. who, finding the total impossibility of pte reatiog the enemy's pnvateers and their pnses from gnimng that port while they continued in possession of Marienalente, as thee constantly took shelter under the batteries of that island, from whence they watched a favourable opportunity'tii run over, he snme to the resolution of attempting the our prise of t :mud Bourg, the principal town, in which the (I,:acianent sent on this service, under the commend of Captain Pigot, of the Circe, coin teletely ; a hose report is also inelmied. The manner in which this service was plumed, and. the promptitude with which it was effected, reflect the highest credit on Captaiii Selby, the other Captains. offieers,aud men employed thereon. I hare the honour to Ise, bee. (Signed) ALEX. CoCHRANE. His Majesty's ship Cerberno, at anchor, of Marie Galante, March a, nos. • Flnt-1 beg to acquaint you of the surrender of Ow island of Mane Umlaute to Flit' Majesty's arms. Pinding the island etforded a shelter for the enemy's privateers with their captured vessels, and dist it interfered couselerahly with the blockade of (;,hytaloupe, I considered it expedient to stack it ; whereupti.i I Captain Pigot the command of *bout two hundred seamen and marines fors the *Sipe mimed in the. margin ;* and, on the nd in ...ant, we weighed front Petit Tette, and, a little after daylight, effected a landiu4 about two milts from the town with little opposition, and soon after the o..lanti surrendered at discretion, and the Com mandant. with the national military fore , arc pri soners of war. I bind it a very valuable idalti, in the highest state of cultivation, and a huge quantity of coin . • vial produce in the stores. I have disembarked the marines and garrisoned the place. and shall remrin with the furry under tiny o•Aers for your further di . rei•iinos. 1 herewith inclose Captain Pigot's letter to me on the ecrusion, (wherein I am happy to observe the high terms in which he speaks of Captain Bowen, and the officers and men nailer hai com mand; together with • list of the anus and mill ttiry stores taken on the Island. ! have the honour to he, &r. (Signed) W. SELINT. To tore Hee. Air Almunader CochririeY. N. Comoreeder is Jae. he. 116. His Majent ) 's ship Circr, nOr Hoke Galante, Steed. u, inns. Stn—Yen having done me the honour to give me the coniaisnil of the debarkation of the seamen sad mai 'loos of His Majesty's ship* (7ertienis, Om. and Camilla, on the Island of Atari,: Galante. I have the pleivare to inimin you it w a s 'greeted without lows, and the only olipositiois. a fen shot from a small bonny to the Nnrtimaril : and that notwithstanding the badness of the roads 11.-ougli the Cane Patches, I have infinite satisfaction in adding, that the good miler said cool conduct of both women and warers. went the higliest pr • S e . From our esd 7 appearance st the end a the too we found but little preprations for re.iatatiee, ex cept a tield-picce, placed in the centre of the prin.. tied street, on approaching. which a flag or truce WHO sent, and the Island surroadered at discretion. I cannot close this without expressing the support I 'had in Captain B oren, of Majesty's ship and all the Oaken employed on this ser vice. 1 have the bourne to be, &e. • (Sivied) it Pi GOT: To Captain StiSy, His :%l A joey's .hip Corkers/. A Haters 0. &aura. fond in she la:aail of 4Ssie !Unruh .s, _ _ Tama d Greed Wart, I eia-porader IleM pier. —rort, liglinel• p r . 7 . 1:111 40 1 . 11 NW ens-poalli.r —Vieux Fore. I.oa IS, 111warball. a bra:Ay-Car •pouader. Fla%, 1 taaaty•limr ipamodar..-.Cap r attn.., 4 tuelre.pausaers.—.luo small arms. IN bomb of pimairr in thr mad Ineruitte. PICOT ••Ceerera., Firce; amt i'.mii FOREIGN ISTELLIGENCE. 14031 THE DUTCH PAPCRS. • PARIs, APRIL Ns. • A I f ctter from Marseilles, dated the 11th instaiiti crotiifitns the following :—" Yesterday afiernoeii, at three o'clock, the 'quadri:pi under the COW wand of .Idtainal Gaidlieunine, consisting of 10 ships of the line, five frigates, and several brigs, arrived in the harbour of Toulon, after having re leased the Seven Islands front the bloc: a ide of the English, and freed the lIR% iglition of the Adriatic. A letter from Venice of March .27 says, "At length we have received official accounts of the arrival of the French fleetat Corfou. M. Hobert, who is tO. e French Consul-Gcueral ad inuring liere,yesterday received a letter, dated the 4th inst. from M. Bessieres, the Im perial Commissary at the Seven Islands, informing him that the united squadrons from Toulon and Rocbfort readied the Road of Corfu the , 21sth Feb. They amounted to ten soil of the line, and several light vessels. On their appearance the enemy's squadron sheered on; and the Adriatic was at that time perfectly free. According to reports, the French force, at the Seven Islands, is to he farther increased by a Rus sian squadron, which is arrived in our seas. It is aiserted, that this squadron, consisting of three ships of the line, eight frigates, and eight other 'resorts of war, had received orders to return to the Seven blonde for the purpose of protecting their 410Penoterce. .. APRIL 21. . According to reports circulated in Spain, the following statement of the soots placed by the 'Prince of the Peace, as well in Eagland as in Spain and other countries; has heat found among his papers :—lrt England, 40 taillious of piastres.—la France, in the hands of private persoaa, 10 millions. —At Genoa, 20 millions.—At Coronas and Ferrol, 10 millions, destined for England.—ln the hands fo the Inquisitor-General 1 million and a half.—la the hands of Madame Todo half a million.—ln the hands of Espinosa, eight hundred thousand. la the public Exchequer 600,000, making a total of 83,300,000 piastres. To the above sums nutsteike. wise be added, a great quantity of gold and 'Ryer in bullion, a great number of diamonds,and other vs. (trebles. , On the 10th and 14th int. three vessels arrived at Borden:w e Rochelle, and Nantes, having on board 417,74541 b. of coffee, a great quantity of sugar, indigo, cotton, and other colonial produce. vIENNA, MARCIA `26. The day before yesterday a state prisoner of dis tinction, double-ironed, was brought hither from Bohemia, ib his own coach and four horses, under an escort of six hussars and a staff officer. Ile covered his face that he might not be known. BRUM LS, APRIL 43. A Courier from Paris arrived here on the 21st instant, on his nay to Holland, with intelligence, that He► Majesty the Queen of Holland was deli veritl of a Prince on the night of the 19th instant, in Paris. MADRID. M ARCM 30. This morning, one of the King's officers delivered ts the Grand Duke of Berg the sword of Francis I. His High:wow on this occasion deli% vred a flittering enlogium on the Spanish natioa. Government paternal towards its 1a41.1.11 bed obedient sub jects, but brus,jost, said inflexible for eras lb.:guilty. ['Chill follow tile usual (onus.] notice to the public calls upon every one possessed of effects belonging to the Prince of the Peace, to discover such property, under penalty of twiug proceeded agotnat .with the eatmt t ;goer. _ _ BAYONNE, APRIL '2. Of the three Deputies arm by the new King to meet the Eippi...or and King, two have arrived here. One of them, the Count de Fernand-Naitez, set out three days ago fir Park Tin: Duc de Trias arrived here yesterday. The Due de Nledina-Coili is expected every moment. The pm inces of Na varre, Guilin:won, and Biscay have sent orders fin. Cornier* to be dispatched the moment his Imperial Majesty arrives here. It hi said that the Portu guese Loops are to proceed to Valladolid. The Prince of the Peace is said to have been transferred to the Palace of the Admiralty, which is at present occupied by the Grand Duke of Berg. SOURIDLILIX, APRIL 7. The Emperor and King arrived here on the ith, at eight in the evening. He was expected in the morning : the people assembled in crowds, and the troops were drawn up in front of the triumphal arch ; but a report having been spread that he would not come till the sth, they dispersed, and only a small guard of honour remained when His Majesty arrived, who conducted him to the Palace of the Prefecture. On the sth, at noon. His Ma jesty received the Constituted Authorities ; he con: versed With the Members of the Chamber of Com merce. to whom he gave great hopes. lie then left the Palace escorted hysti guard of honour, and pro ceeded to the Champ-de-Mars, where he reviewed the troops. His Majesty afterwards embarked iu u yacht. and took a visa of the port; he lauded op posite the magazine or prov:sions. mounted his horse, traversed the court of the fortress of Trom pette, and returned to the Palace. In the evening there was an illumination. Yesterday Ills Ma jesty held a levee, and is the eveuing went to the theatre. APRIL P. Yesterday the Emperor visited the Lyceum, and the different public establishments. THE BRITISH PRESS. ♦PRII. 3. The Lug, our Master, sad in his name the 11,stisles of his Palace sad of the Court, order as fsdlows, that for the maiotsionme s of public order soil tranquillity, the patrokes and lona& w►ich were esta►lished us the loth of Match, shall continue fur the security of the citizens, and to dis perse at:d prevent crowds and mob.. No spiribtons liquors to be sold idler 4:11It in the evening, those w►o sell them to do so only in their lihsktie, and to s►ut up their shops at that hoar. The principals nrmanufactaries and other establish ments to superintend earef"- their workmen and a p,treu item, and to give notice to the police if say of them absent thrumetres from their work ratiteropf families are enjoined not to sutler Own chdttivri K Jonsestlato stilt wit► Suttees and seditious assemblies, and to entrain * Nom by good ez s...ple, gond advice, and even by t►e fear of psoishrotat.- 11..9 order to be posted up throwtheet the city. -• Apra:, 'eon. (:1 trot Copy) 11.tRTNi. Tb.• Kipg, our Mahler, shiliii he rtjoires to see the mec4 lent and general spirit with which the people of Madrid re ceive and treat the troop' of los intimate and august ally the Emperor of the french, tr..) ilmted within the city, bat been item ibly that the imprudence sad malevolence .4 a small iinrphrr of individual,' should have attempted to this good noilerstatolink As this injurious conduct, so forews to nit. zenerwis seat 'toeing of every good Spaniard, perhaps owes it. sJorcr a ridieuhnsa sod unfouaded mho %indent...Enda. / of Ott I..strnt.unr. a Lich actuate the said troops who are quart et-4 itt tbi. nth and to the other provinces of tbe Litirlum, tie. .424 affirms f or the le e . time. that b o i "unmet. yacht lo ..t aside •v.ry fear of this nature, a. the oventoms of the french Gvientleellt accord with ►is u.in, and suf.r fio.a ito:t boltile projects, or the ineosion, ba.e•su what ohiert 'out the execution of the great nociume. committed with His Meirsty, against their .411,1t11.10 enemy uplaaaturo •ose.l to .‘tfA a to *range/W.le every fen sib!. limn. and in.lntr him to rcertre w;th the greatest eager •••• pif Os so • loanable. If, ha+ e% te, aot or shall be so rant and in inimical to the two 0.41 totwma, r to trek to dit•eri. their resp:ctable sad reciprocal friendship, either by actions rby words, it i. fit •1 shoNd beLnot4 that toe guitt•: will tr• punish ...I without frostis,..l.ll sriih 'rhc • s •reate.t and ~ tt hoot U;lay, ht 3 LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 4. We have received Dutch papers to the 47th last, containing Paris news to the *3d. The latest intelligence previously received front that capital was of the 16th. Coles. paragraphs are put into the papers fur t h e ..:xi,rr%s purpose of mis leading the piddle, we may safely assert, that the lluchfort sqnadron is in the Mediterranean. A letter from Marscides, dated the 1 Ith last, states, that the squadron under Admiral GANTHCAVINE had ar rived at Toulon oil the preceding day, after having released the Seven Islands from the blockade of . the English, unit freed the navigation of the Adri atic sea. This squadron is said to consist of 10 sail of the line, five frigates, and several brigs. An ar ticle from Venice states, that it consist:Nl of the united squadrons. from Rochfort and Toulon ; that it reached the road of Corfu on the ?sth of Fe bruary, and that the British force withdrew at its approach. We do not kumw . thc exact force of the British squadron at Corfu ; but if this statement be correct, it probably did not exceed 3 er 4 ships ; the junction, however, of the Tonlon and Rochefort squadrons, and their subsequent operations, have been communicated through so many.channels, we know not upon what principle we can with hold our assent, unless a systematic plan has been adopted to mislead us. By accounts from Vienna, of the 30th March, it appears that Austria begins to assume an imposing attitude on the side of Turkey. The cordon of troops wLich she has drawn upon the troutiers of that cona try extends from Turkish Croatia along tiic Saave and the Danube to l'rasisylvausa. and thence to the froutiers of Gallicia. The Comiliawl-iu-thief is given to Field Marshal BELLA:GARDE. the se cond to General Dax.t. and the chief of the Etat- Major-General to General SLTTERSIII.I!.I. The American ship, the Osage, is :It length ar rived from L'Orient, with Mr. Louts, charged with dispatches for Mr. PINCKNEY, the Amerivtin Minister. We stated, log since, our apii-e!iel sion, that the Osage, having been spoken on her paatage to France by nn English cruiser, would bedet ss i ss et! under the new fantastical decrees of the French Government. This has proved to be the fact. It was with difficulty ihat General Aam memo, the American Minister in France, obtain ed permission for the Osage to priiceed to England. As soon as we heard that BONAPARTE had set out with his confidential Ministers, for Spain, it was na tural to conclude, that he had given the Freuch Envoy his Uftireaffne, and that is understood to be unfavourable to Americo.. Mr. JRTFLRION never thought fit to diseh;se what the French demands were, and from this secret!) , it has been inferred, that they were extravagant. According to pnb. lic rumour, he required that America must join in the league agaissat England, adding, that he would allow no neutrals. To eff ec t 4 modification or this demand was one of the object s of The American mission to France, and that tie under tend has been peremptorily refused. M t . Locks was accompanied by Mr. Nouns and M r . Moat:ars, the latter of whom made his escape pri. rattly from France. Mr. Louts was detained four ilnys befisre he was allowed to set out for the French capital. If, after the late treatment of the flogs o f T r uce, et Calais add Morlaix, any p rnu were necessary to show the extreme rigour with which BONAPARTCS Decrees are executed, th e conduct of the French Government towards th e Osage would be sufficient. We stattd, on the ankh ultimo, that it veral vessels were on their passage Ana; Portugal for England, with emigrants for the Brazils, sod that the uurnhcr of Portuguese waiting only an appor- Annity to proceed to the same destination, was esti -mated at 200,000. liy one of these weasels, arrived at Plymouth, full of passengers, we learn that iiittl ligence had reached our squadroa off Limbos, of the arrival of the ROYAL FaultAr of PORTUGAL at Rio Janeiro, on the 6th of January. The Patera REGENT had eutered upon the exercise of his functions, as Sovereign, and bad formed an Ad ministration which was .imirtfred by the people. Ymterday moruing Hia AUGUSTA. SOPHIA, sunk AXEL:IA, OCTIHNIINEHTH by La.ty G. Itut.nat.tY, Gene. FtrznoT and OWY MN r, and Colonel Tari.on, took an airing on bon.ehack, in IVilid.or Park. Her MaJcarrY and PM:me ELIZABETH took au airing to Froginore Lodge, and. wal lied in the Liarcieur. The ROYAL. FAMILY are effected in town, thi s day ; His Mssfirry to hold a '(,curt. It is said her NI ASSIITY and the Pal raffles intend honouring the Princess of Was.ks and Duchess of Bennis - Liz with a visit. Yeaterdoy. Duke of yOllll held s public day, at hia-sellice in the ,Horse Gnarls, and gine insifiehces to the Earl of M out • and Lord CA st tr. afanu. A number ut . Military Officers were intro. duced. on their promotion. A vessel, which nrrived at Plymouth with in telligence, which she received from our sciisilrPo off Lisbon, sailed . from Oporto on the 48th of March. At that date emigration from that coon wus become so serious, that the most rigorous measures hail been adopted to pat a stop to it. Any person detected keying the country was sub ject to be punishLd with death, and his ploparty confiscated. A circular letter has been sent to most of the Minvisatits trading to the Brasile, by order of the POIartI4CESE AMBASSADOR, to the following purport : " 1 am desired to acqnsiat the Trade, that his Eneethwcy the Portuguese Ambassador is ready to give Lifetime to ltritish or Portuguese ships, to carry oat British flotsam treed cotton goods to the Bartle ; such yowl. oak iug Cape Frio, and receiving there iaatructions relative to their port of discharge. And that Lieruors will he 'prepared by the Bight HOG. the Lomb of Trade, &c. to-morrow turesems. Id May. " Yours, h.c. Sm." A letter from Ramsgate, dated May 9. sap. " The remainder of the troops, infantry and horse, sailed for the Down* yesterday and to-day. There sire very few transports now in the harbour, end we do not hear at present falsity more regiments bring ordered to Ramsgate—it may therefore be con cluded. the embarkation there is completed.— Great dispatch has been used, and every atten tion paid to the comfort. of Use trneps cualraiked here, and uo place eon lie better adapted for the purpose, not a single accident has happened to either man or horse during the whole time. The men when they left this harbour yesterday cheered three times, and were answered from the shore." The Mary, MITCHELL. from Liverpool. for Pen a:met., was driven on hhore near Fiegard, on the ult. but expected to be got off atter unloading part of her cargo. SeVeil others were driven ou shore at the maltlie time. and four werr at kiitgardt some of them, it is feared, will be lost. Mr. Nova's. the American Ambassador, was ve.terday introduced into the Subscription-room at LLot by several American merchants. Uri Monday and Tuesday last, the East York Militia arrived at Dom -luster, in two divisions, from Yaxlvy barracks, on tbvir roate for Durham and Dartin4tiiit. Earl FITZWILLIVen hitt*lloll of the %Vcd York Nit littA. one ti i said lire hundred 4trong, go to Dortiaeoe barracks (7it;itato W. Coo Kr, of the Ist Guards, son of Sir GtottaE COOKr, Bart. se understand. is going to Canada. as Aid-dr-Cainp to Gen. I:Lac ussati. Letteis have been received in tow, : ; nun Pi.:a tip to the last, but they do not notice any 'lir.- Mr . ..41m as having to tee place at St. Pe:et - An:l - J'. They state, that lit,le. pro 4 re:i had been made to wards; the liquidation of tile debts of British sub jects and great impediments had been interposed. Several gentlemen of Worcestershire have signed F E , I iliritiOn to the High Sheriff to cull a comity fur the purpose of petitioning both Howes of Parliament, praying that the Bill now pending for restricting the grants of offices in rever sion mi•;ht pass into a law. Ott riiir . ,tiny a numerous and respectable :Vs'eet• ing of Land-holift•rs and Farmer' of Sussex, o him et the Star Inn, in Lewes, fnr the intrpow.: of eonsiderinu the Report n C' ,tnlttee of the !louse of Comninns, relative to the disuse of corn in the u hen a miater of my& ations were agnevii tn, di,,approsing thr cotti.e recommended in the Report.. _ . . _ The Literary Fund hal their annuill dinner. ye,i terday, at the Freeiniaun,' Tare-a, in Great tau-en-street. It wa• re::; nnnlelonl:lyattfldtii. An Ode of enw.itiertitile length was aclinir.iuly livered by Mr. l7ameatt.i. eItOWNE. It wub ten by Mr. FIT7CtR.LI.II, '0 %hose eters:A and clas sical lieu the Literary Fund is so ninth indebteil.