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!VDU. MADRAS. OCT. 21. We have authentic accounts, coureyiug the pips ing iuformation of the capture of the fitst-sailing French patinae corvette, (Amstar, of 16 giis, the 1\ scubas. Islands, by t illis Ilaiesty's ship I.4,ebtay, after a chase of fourteen hena. 611%GALPOILZ. SEPT. 21. The Artillery Detachment for the Upper Pr ovinces, passed this station yesterday morning. Ills Majesty's 53d-Reginient is expected in the course of a'tlaj or two. • Till within these three days, that we have had copious showers, we had no rain for a month pre ceding. The indigo inane factories, in this district, have, upon the whole, been fortunate in the present season. CALCUTTA, OCT. 14. The AO Auspicious, Captain Barker. front Chian and Penitag, for whose safety apprehensions were entertained, has safely orrice in the river, and brought remittances to a great extent, in bul lion, from China. By a passenger who carne from New South Walls to Penang, in the Lucy privateer, and who reached Calcutta, a few days age, we arc informed, that the ship Duchess -of York, of Caleutta, had arrived in the Derweut, early iu March last, that she bad there brought a large part of h r cargo to a proatable sale, and proceeded thence, for Pert Jackson, towards the latter end of March. Our information adds, that the Lary privateer, fitted nut from Port Jackson, and commanded by a Captain Fergusson, had captured some small Dutch vessels to the Eastward and Northward of Java ; that it was her Commander's intention to have returned through the Straits of Sunda, and along the Southern coast of Java, but meeting with bad weather, he was compelled to bear sip for Prince of Wales's Island. NOV. 17. The Eliradiah, Captain Askwith, arrived from Macao, whence he wiled- the id September, bring , an account that the --. an American schoonur, had arrived at that port from the coast of The schooner having on hoard some English St al• men, they were taken out, and carried on board His Majesty's sloop of war that chanced at that time to 1 at Macao. These seamen gave inform ation that the schooner had, under Eu livh co lours, while on the coast of Ciiih, plundered seve ral Spanibh vessels of hunter') and other property to a great amount. This information ;,ring strengt - - coed by some particular circumstances, it was de termined to so at the Arne; kaki, and to detain ht r for legal investigation. The Commander of the schooner having obtained intoraiation of this de sign, prepared to resit the attempt; the boats of the sloop of war were inannoa and armed, and, after a spirited resistance on the part of the American. is which her Command, r and several of her men were kiilcd, the boarders took possession of the schooner. Upwards of one tired and fifty thousand dollars, and ,other property to 'a large amount, were found on board. SufSeient evi dence appearing to wnryint her seizure and deten tion. the schooner was manned by a prtrty from the sloop of ear, and sent to Bombay for adjudication. Bengal linekaree. I FOREIG N . INTELLIGENCE. HANEIVIIGNI AND ALIO\A PlPtim IIItrALAW, MARCH IG. The following Edict %23 published here yes • " We, Frederick William, by t►e Crete of God, in of Prussia, make knows That s hermit, by a contention with tie Emperor of the French and Minx of Italy, we bare ceded the puncher of New Silesia, to be added to t►c Derby of Warsaw; we deem ourselves ohlirod, by virtue of this ..mites, to dismiss all o•/arranto io the province from t►eir duties towards us, so as net to peseta tkrir irmitmeting new obliratiom to cuatisoe their vmplut meats; we also feel, in future, a lively eonsideratins Cm the file of those wilt° tare Lein oar faithful vervains till row, sad wall always beep t►em is remembrance • “ mamma' WILLIAM ” BARON TON STEDIN." "dives al Kamisv,il,n law. me." Tar sl NS OF Wt.sTrilALlAs DECREE TO OURS POMO MOTIIO4 00003 FOUND AT MAIM:MGM " Wt. Jerome apultutt, Sr. he. w the repurt d our Tithisittrie tof Justice, and for ihr Hone rwpartmtut, base ordami, aN Es order a. fulloo• " Art. I. Tbe Esigt.rh good* t►at have brew seizrd at oo the Ist met by ord.r . of the Prefcct of the Deportment of the Warn.. sad %b ids Isaac beta d,scu%ercd to be &Klub smassfaiiharr, by the merchants and assrmors of the Disraeli.. of Cowitaercit, charged with examining Hata, sod Windage designated as inch oil the books of the bow of Weadecher aid ,at Wealar, shall be name diet* barytes the raise Sacra at Marhargh. " A. 11 Oar Wiliam,. of Justice, and t r the Home Pe pstawat, ti churd with the "mutton of the pr. sent Ihr eice, which shall he lanceted is the Bulletin of the L awe " DOW to our Royal Palace at COPIA. Feb. soca , 12 the leCt.a.l year of our esego."—xompokor, GotTonsrinu 311IL1. ton - seat acts, )14acn 25. A conscription of all theyoung untuarried men, without respact to rank, between the ages of in and IS years, throughout Sweden, is ordered to take place itumedistely. This, it is thought, will raise lao,ooo men. A ;;rest number of regiments have, and are marching to the frontiers of Norway, which it is land are not merely to act nu the defensive. The English ship,: of air %%inch were frozen up here, all got clear from the ice some days ago, and. sailed ; and by advice* received to-day from I It.kiuglairg, we hear that they hate arrived ut the Sound ; they consist of three ships of the hue, frigate, and some smaller vessels. Since Russia, Denmark, and Prussia, hive declared war against this country, all intetrourve is strictly forbidden, and the letters directed to these reentries have beets returned to the writers. M Rtil 49• By the last nevoutita from Fitiland,setii . al;itat the Swedes were retreatin4 to Tonra. The Rua sl4ll unity had been greatly augmented, some re ports say to 60,000 men men ; is said that every adclitiontd regiment that has marched from St. Pg temburgli, has been first 'flustered before the door of Baron Stedeack, Swedish Consul there, iu the twist insulting mamas. • M ASCII 30. This morning arrived here, Ills Britannic 3la jesty's ships the Stately and Nassetto, of 134 guns each, commanded by Captains Parker wad Camp bell, having ou board lire hundred Danish pri ampere, taken out of the Prince , Christian man of war, of 74 guns, which struck to these ships on the evening of the tied inst. off the coast of Zealand. She maintained a running fight of more than too hews, before she struck, rod afterwards went ou shore, when it became necemary to set qre to and destroy her. The Stately had five men killed, and 47 wounded. The Danes had 30 killed (among whom three Lieutenants), and en wounded. Thus is the navy of Denmark reduced to one ship of the line, which is said to be at Copenhagen. By strives from tlelsingliorg, received this day, we leirn, that as late as the itith inst. the French 113,1 not crossed the Belts, though it had been con fidently reported they were to have einharked for Zealaud on the Pith. Count Ifiolki, the Danish Minister at Stook holm, and Mr. Ciildenpalut, the Sceretury, ar rived at tielaingbo7g a few days since, under a rAwetii,ll .4tiard, and embarked in a Ilag of truce for Elsineur. ♦PRIL 4. A Danish they, of truer arrived at Ilelsingborg on the ist inst. fo. the purpose of niAlik.L.; innuiry respecting the nuiuni r of killed sud wounded on board the Prince t hristian man of war, iu the late actithi: all the prisoners, SU, were landed here yrs.,- day. A privateer, fitted out at Mar. strand.sent into that port, the day before yesterday, four Danish vessels, which she captured in their passage from Norway to Jutland. The master of one of them has made oath, before the Command ant of larstrand, that eight ships of the line, and 44,000 troops, were expected to arrive at Dron theini, from the The!, and that it was said, its the part of Norway be left, they were already come. The report of a great number of French troops being io Jutland gains ground. Ten English wails are now due here. The Forward gun-brig arrived here this morning fro= Yarmouth. It is rumoured here that the Barna Nicolai, who was on his journey from Landau to St. Petersburg has born arrested at Grilstabaver k ood b r ought hack to Stockholm, where he is placed under a strong mi litary guard ; a great number of letters. and the dispatches of Alopeus, the .ituasian Minister at Stockholm, were, it is said, takes upon him. Atilt,. A. The day before yesterday arrived here His Uri. tannic Nlajesty's ship_Betatar, of 6i pins, to c-, OLT with the Tartnries bomb, Sakette frigate, Dephae,Smake, and Charger gun-brigs, Ice. These ships hsue brought a great quantity of arms and ammunition for the Swedish Government, and a large into of money. Last night also arrived Ad miral Sir Samuel Hoof, in the C'estaar, with several other Airs, whose names I cannot vet learn; many more, I am told, are gone to the Sound.— Thew arrivals have diffused a general satisfaction here, as we now think ourselves secure frousiii. %Aaiun of the French sn,l Danes., thous& iodevd we hate- as vet no account to be depended upon of t!ie French having coon- oier to Zealaud, or earn of their having entered Holstein. There is no news this clay from Finland. Der do I hear that operation% have yet comm, aced on the innitiers of Norway, where a coubidcrohle Swe dish army is as.euibled. ANSWER lu iiWEDEN TO T ns D4NISH DECLARATION OF WAR The Coon of Dcuatark had made au alliance with PTRASII7IIOII. MARCH Within al wort time fir!' bail of the line hail, heron built, mar. ed, and fitted fur see at Toulon. Sea- i F iwur. sis p„ o uta Fr , b is it , wen weft nlitimied Iron Ceara, Venice. &v. I cowls r*, trat.fipvt: %awe* is its ports fated tau tiie road of Copeubagem, to corer Trench expediriou against Sari fen, and the• issues • Tkrlaratiun of N'tl . l:et mark seances Sarde• of being the cause of this rupture, because di, did out make her etimpilinents tic eendoleuce w the loss of the fleet, because she traislil taut to•uprrate to grange that humiliation, suit eapecrally be cum.: she sought aid (row titsiglmid against such au ag;ras- The ix dating Of the King, w ith his neighbouring pow er, were t:• me of a simple pence. There was neither alliance, 001 . Oily runvention whatever, which traced out for the two Courts any cowman course for their political conduct ; there fore when tisredeo, Russia, and Prussia, fought in coujune ' flan against France, Denmark, ander the shade of her neu trality, appeared the Frietid dell. The King, witneraing this system), and convinced, fir some exphusatious demanded Wi the (*WM of the year 1806, of the impossibility of ob taining a cliaivo favourable to Sweden, coold not entertain a beret that the 1141 - 111 forte of Deemaik could ever be useful to hint; on the euntrar, after the peace of Tilsit, he bad every reason to fear, that by the suggestions of Russia and r. o n it might mu. day be turned against him; His Majesty t►erefore thought -it proper to observe a profound silence relative to the events which passed in his vicinity last automat, leaving to England and futurity to justify them. It is due to truth, huweter, to derlare, that the Court of Loodim did not invite Swede. to take part in this expedition, our emifided it to her till the moment of its being carried into execution. Therefore, nut the least movement was made in Xseilen on this occasioa. The English fleet se nse., and departed without entering into any putt of Sweden, and tie auxiliary troops, embarked iu Pomerania, were re stored is virtue of a separate article in the convention con eluded at Loudon, relative to this object, on the . 17th of June, taw, when cirtuinly there was as yet no reference to this expedition. The ration ing is the article: "It is fully understood, that, io•ase smforeseen cireum stances shuuld 'raider impracticable the object of this Coo motion, utr that It s Itritaimic \Neat, should Cud it metes. miry to withdraw the said troop, rthe Germain Legion) from Swedish Pomerania, the stipulation of this Convention shall in as tuanuer prevent His Britannic Majesty from giving such orders aa he may judge proper, with respect to the ul terior dopoodiou of these troops, which ore auw plated un der the nesters of His Saeilisla Majesty." 1 he Court of London bit since folly justified this tittle prim, and the experience of every day justifies it : numerous Fetch MINIM remained is Lower Saxony, and ow:rased the North ; their were slat nation to subjugate, port. to shut," and fusers to direct against England. They were to pener trait thither at any rate or expense ; they would have acted in any case, and initter any on truer that might hate offered. At [avocet it I. the Expedition against the Dairish Sett which is the rallyiag word of the whole Leagne. What is remarkaun is, that the Danish Goterament, al ready beset with French troop., overpowered, impelled, and even paid by France, :snits a Jetta:atm, of war against Sweden, without daring erns to name the power which forces it tu act. It seeks, with einbarrassinent, grievances and rya sons to appear to have had, in this determination, • will of its own. It cites the remonstrances of Sweden againat the ar. rest of the Swedish mails, as t•ezatious, while, in it. security against English corresponaleace, it would not suffer it to pass according to treaty, and declares, that it is imperiously obliged to take these measures. It pretends to know the thoughts of the Kin;, sad imagines theta hostile, though fur some months it hail concerted an aggrearion upon Sweden. It pretends to reason us the interests of the ronatry. though it has abandoned its own interestt, and ertu its existence, to a foreign Milmnice. In Stir, it reproaches Swedes with having pruthled for her defence by • Subsidiary Treaty. though itself is paid fnr so agorae:o ; asJ then It re motions, though. indeed, with a kind of timidity, the weed seerrenerary, which the Gosettianeut that pays it bad rubs bly cruelly dictated to it. • It is proper here to render to Wu Britannic Majesty the most 'imbecilic, sod 11311 testimony, that in all his transac nous with Sweden, he never demanded offensive measures, 01.11 mooned any thug that Wlllll not perfectly edhipatilde with tranniiillity and independence. The most recent and ei:iivinciug proof of this is the promptitude with which his Minissre arenled to the proposition of the King fur the paciaration of the Raltie, by a formal promise Out to send • thither any shipn of oar, us condit.uns useful and hominy- Ale to kill the North. Let the Danish Guacrnnieut and in this prspesition the complete refutation of the complaints of which the Nlam sto aszainst Sweden is composed, anal in the moments when it shall return to itself, let it emepare the sta.e wf thlog• whisk the Kin; has desired, frith that which France and Ihussia w ieb. Let all the allies wf Friare read io this congest of Luciana the difference between the con vections which suite the two Courts, thud them whirdi en chant them t . sod kt then, pronounce on *hit h side is to be Weed • doe regard fur particular tolerate. and a iturt mode ration for the general good. Deninark Itself has been, daring a long time, the object of this moderation, and slid Rut cease to be so, till she be came alwohitely dangerous. Vs hen the North was outraged by the dciaktatins of Luaer Saxony, by the oppression of the .111aaregatic 'roosts, what did she to avenge theta Swedes. Fatiflod, Prussia, and made war for this object, but no one thoneht of fort tog Denmark to Car part is, it. She was the ally of Ramis then as ante ei at prete.it ; why did she not embrace her noise t What con:d die then allege lire her - tranquillity, which Sweden cannot ous• ▪ t MI this is ratlained by the single tact which she endeas • ours to coerce ! —that she is at present under the in fluence of the Enoch government. ilad Euglaud followed the principles of this enemy, she would nut have stencil the moment of her sui•rteder to dolmas bey; she would have M. tided bee several years before: she would have guarded her ; sad all this with a view to the good rat the North.. Ifer ancient allissier with Russia it made a oectext for this aggression, though all the world !:cows it is merely defen nre ; and that it remained saspeuded daring the fate wont with Russia, whew perhaps that power Bright have claimed it . The roust of Denmark, IA order to justify its proceed lugs, hesttates not to make all kinds of assertions start• to defe•al the injustice of flumia, mid betrays • prtmeditated plot out all this it does to conceal the chief, nay ;rely, rat sao.....ohich is, that Denmark is lbw Ally of France. Ent iNitIOICe had their end, and honour awl troth sill triumph in their turn. Ha Majesty, melting on the justice of 1.. s cause, hoots, with emmenosa pooh; .4 Ids T ic : o l i o ; o ver a brave and loyal people. so often tried by dangers, sad alma)" held up by the Almighty, that this aasot l'eoviiireere will yauchsafe fo bliss his army, and restore to b.. subji eta a oak and . noisourable peace, to the contusion to his enemies —Stockholm, March ,:t. tart THE BRITISH ila-IESSI LONDON, MONDAY. ArriL la. Fite Cottenburgli Midis arrived, lastyp eetaa . Jesting cone due but that of yesterday. T y intelligence - which they bring from Sitedess eons down to the I , lth inbuilt, and is of a fusoursl4 nature. The Dictator, of ti 4 guns, with cettrA brigs an d baud", arrived at Gottenharo, ou the iith, tvith inoticy.unil military stases. The testsJr, of 74 gun., Sir SA NIL Lt. ilooD i with sever. 4 a dy, vessels, arrived on the 7th. These arrivals Is a i ditruseil general joy, and inspired the Swedes wit. perfect confidence in their safety. There is no satisfictory account of the military operations in Finland, a►►d (rota the almost total silence observed upon the subject. we are emu,- raged to hope that the late report of their chise l ,. shin is well founded. The French had not cromiii the Belts into Ze►►land au late as the tatla Feb. and at the latest date three was no advice of their hai lug even entered lialsteiu. There was no teceit account (tuna Finland, although it was stat e d, p r evi ous to the 19th Mandl, that the Swedes sere retreating to Torres, and that the Roosiou in pursuit was 00,000 strong. Tomtit is sitsi-v upon the northcrn extremity of the Calf of B.G. ids. There is no coof►rwativa of the rumoured ►r. treat of the Swedes to that place. Eight ships of the line and 24.800 troops were expected in Nor way from the Texel to assist in the attack epos Swedes, and the hitter had ordered a conscription, which was expected to produce a force of 150,000 men. The Prince Christian, a. 74 guns, the last re. maiuing ship of the line but one of the Danish navy, the capture of R hich ae announced laic week, struck on the 21d of Mardi, after a runneg light of two hours, ou the coast of Zealand, to ti.e Stately and Nassau, of 6.1 guns each. For t;.e character of the hones, we are sorry to add, OA the Prince Christian ran on. shore after she eel struck, and that it was found necessary to burn her. One of the French squadron, destmytd its St. Domingo Bay, sbuie years ago, was guilty of like foul conduct.—The action appears to hue been a severe one, and the * Stately bore the brunt of it. She had . killed and 47 wounded. Tte Danes had SO killed rand 88 wounded. The Gotteriburgh rapers contain the Swedish Answer to the Danish Declaration of War. It states, that the relations between Denmark and Sweden were those of a mere simple peace, and dint the latter wat not hound to avenge the aggree. sion. of Eiglaud ; that having no friendship to ex pect from the Danish navy, Sweden observed upon that occasion a profound sileuce ; and that io p.-r -ruitting the departure of the German Legion front Pomerania, she only did that which she was obliged to du by a solemn treaty. The points to which these answers are given were the principal sub jects of coml•iaint in the Danish Declaration, and the King of Swanust, in answering them, has tale• an opportunity to pay • liandsoiuc compliant:net) England. Dispatches were received yesterday at the .4.1- usirulty glom Itear..iilininal Sir EDWAILD YELLEN. dated ou hoard Itis 31.ussex's ship CaAtoka, of 71 guns, Madcas Roads, the t9th of October, 164. They state, that he wu at that time pre paring to depart with SM/troops, and Go artillery, for the Islausi of Java, with intent to attack and destroy the Dutch squadron, under the command • .I.hisiral lIART4INCI. The Dutch squadron was not at Batavia, which is on the North West cud of the bland, but iu the port of Crissey, on the enteral cud. Sir EDWAILII YELLEW was confident of 4necess, and from his gallantry and experi, , tv.e 14C may expect that nothing will be kft undone to etlCct his purpose. It is supposed, the cal but Admiral retuns to England immediately after hi: expediiims to Java. He had a vessel is reserve to di:patch with the result. The object of the euterprize„ which hiss been the subject of so lunch speculation in the Newspapers, is thin: asker tasurJ, and app4ars a very laudable and iraporta4: stodc, taking. Tlw followiag men of war hive tout h tl A dein& since it liaA been in our possession : lode, Hymriffih, Comfancr mn.l Rum?, I.oeud the Brawl• with dispatches; Lirrl", en a eru , off the Western Islands; Firer schooner, Towst,tc, with di:Tau:l6es from Sir Cii.sa• COTTON, an-. 1 to wait tae arrnal of Sir SION . SMITH, who is on hi. nay to the Brazils; counts, pith dispatches fir the East it ii an East India convey; Gmerrier. forJnimi fraachi. , e, :tad Cherub, a ill' a cuaroy to tt r > t lu~lir,. The Coaws lye left the Mau• statioti to juju hi. C00ti0.1.9 Gabor. Cp*ar.l •tEals: a:t ha an Lit PI Pr' be fel • art 1: of