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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCL. lILISUNI MAIL. ( From de 'Mono Papers.) 1101,14111110, APRIL 9. A report is circulated on the Lowti Maine, that an 2m:6:ice has been concluded between the Belli gerent Powers of the Continent. atcot dill to which t he, e will be between the two armies a space of 25 Gel man miles, unoccupied by the troops of either patty, and which will be neuter. BAMRUO, •!. 'IL 10. They write from Pn•-en. une.er the date of the tlst ut March, that intellizenco from goodautho rity confirms the re'ort citedlated ►one time since. of nercietions having been entered Lau by the Bel ligerent rowers ; and add. that, acaotthing to the tiim - wh:ch these nei.i,ociations hai taken, there is route to btlietri- that peace will som be signed. (fine the Ilanthurgh Papers.j • . - VtaNNA. APRIL 4. The Curt GAt•tte of to-day gives the following h. wt: 1.1.111 urkey • •• It is conirmed tb.:t the Russian Vice-Admiral rs—iavin, has arrived in the :L4ean Sra. A consi y:ble eor,,s of Turks from liraila, who had ad- CrfaCrai alb tar as Rimnik and Bosco, have been beat en by thu Russian advanced guard, and driven across the Danube. General Michelson, in conse quence, advanced a part of his army, under the ordtrs of G:neral> Nlallaroduwitch, Tsvwitch. and Uis row.srds Kapultstlan Calegren." T:.e St. Petersburg Court Gazette, of the 22d of -Feb.u.ry (6th Harzli, N S.) under the head of Ko siogstierg. contains the following traelligence Cove, rwe-General Rachel his been ordered by 'the King to Memel; .but his Escellericy will only snake a %,iort stay, and wia iroui.:diately return hither. The French Genera Bertrand art irtsi here from the French head-varier', and hat also Pet out for later/el, actouipAnud lay iii.jot Aid-de-Camp and a Cabinet Courier. We are ignorant of the air& Lis miseion. but whatever may be the wavire of the propositions he has to make, His Ma. ae•ty is firmly determined to rejea all negotiations whicn shsll relate to the Prusstan Monarchy exclu sively, and rinc't take a kr step without the CLAIM kllstiA and cglantl, bite allies. saSLIN, APRIL 14. its:tract from Tke lellraph.) Letters from Demotic announce that the siege of that place is continned with ints % ;:t a.‘tivity ; the gar rison has indeed made several vrt:es, but has al ways been repul•td with Isiss; we are assured, that gems Rushiaa troops have arrived in tbat city, which were sent by sea In one of the last sorties 40 Rus siane were made pros-taws.. 400 Piusiaiit from Koningsberg, who deharked - almost opposite Pillar, scarcely arrived at the vil lage of IC—anther, when they were Liken by a small Fiench division, among these 400 men are 120 horsemen. Il.e Emperor made a journey to Marienwerder, nn the 91 April. His biaje.ty arrived at the Cala. of Finckensteia, where he has established bis head-quarters. RAPIDS ell TR! MAINE, APRIL 11. H.: bil.jesty use Empress is again expelled at Mayence, her apar:MVUti Are already psepated. A convenion was concluded a: Zara, in the be. ginning of March, between His MAjesty the Raper for of the French and King,of Italy. and the Ens. peror of Austria King of Hungary and BcheaLia. selatire to 'the Mitch of the Freh - ch — and rtarean troops through the Austrian territory. Thin coo. meation has Wien connnanicated to all authorities. lime is a tali of AO intended exp?Jitios of the Er.glizh anJ Ituksiais Lets. off Tene.ius, against 4:llyrii.s. The Russiaa Neat has troops oo board. CONse•NTINOPLI, ia•sest SO. The English Admiral has repassed the Dards. raise., where a muen more altive and continued fire was kept up on inm than at his farmer passae. Hr, however. lost only a corvette and a brig laden with ammunition, and ea :he 7ch March the whole English Sail was again on its old station a re nedos. • The English appear now to consiie themselves to the liil‘scicaae of Cianstantinople, as they have already L i k,,a lama! merchant ships under Turkish colours, bound to that capital. *11:i, itnsz,lity against private pre; erty, hat indLced the Pc: te ti h lezourbe to tep•ii:tls, and the seal has h , i:n placed nc: cr.:7 on ,he p.iace of fir! English Ambassador, but co the %vat ehousei of the English merchants ; sad it •s un d:lstood that the dedaration of war ag4ins. %rig- Led, which will be published in a few chy,, will be ecoompanied by a firman, erdzring the confiscation of all Ea.t:/ish propety anJ goods, without excep tion, thioughout the whole Turkish Lnspi.e. The Porte has formally acknowledged the new Kings of Holland and of the Two Sicilies. and signi fied to Count Ludolph. the Minister of kereinand IV. that it. future he can oily b.: considered as a private individual. ALITIPO. JAN. I. Ne accounts from Persia are very satisfactory. The Persians make a common cause with the Turks, and attack at once the Russians and the English. Prince Fathali Shah is a very active man, and un derstands well the situation of elluive. Ho has been frequently deceived by the cunning of Eng land, whiet continually sacrifices its friends to its interest. All the English fattories have been seized, and the correspondence from England, with the East-Indies, by the way of Persia, must, at this mo- ment, be stopped ( Telegraph.) ■LaLIN, APRIL 14. The Telegraph contains a letter said to be from a French Officer (Meebain), who served at the bat teries of the Dardanelles, at the time of the passage of the English ; he asserts, that the English fleet ron,t have suffered very much, as he saw a great numberof balls strike the English ships, and many dead bodies thrown overboard out of them. Two c irvettes were shot through and through, and lost on the European side. There were RO batte•ries on the European side, which enabled the squadron to escape, in a great dieasure, the fire of the batteries, by keeping 41 close As r ., , sible to that side. Had the enemy been some days later, they would not have tared so veil ; as it was, they passed through with the less of many masts, about kt) men, and two sh ps. • On the 4th (continues the Telegraph) the English has probably gone to Malta to repair its damn; The Turki►h fleet has cast anchor before Galiip •ii. The Dardene'les are firti•sing in such a manner, that on fleet v:;ll hereafter be able to pass them with impusiitY. 'Fire Greeks of the Morea, and especially the Mainots, hare sent Deputies to Constantinople, °Ter ing their SeT v ces against the common enemy. 'lshe fnrkish atinies are continually drawin! near the Danuhe. The troops necessary frof r g mis of the castles, arc encamped at th daaelles. GOTTENBURGH GOT retelr:RGll. APRIL 1(;,. Accounts have reached 111 i 3. fsy (hot not official does), that the Swedish army from Stralsund has taken possession of Rostock in Mecklenburg. and :hat in its march thi:her 1000 more prisoners have (since the affairs of the 5d and 4th inst.) f.l en into its hands, besides baggage, ans•nunition. &c. and a considerahle turn of money, e 0,121 to about b. 1,0301. sterling; the prisoners remarked, it is said, th at a general discontent prevails in the French armies in Poland. IRELAND. PRIVATE CORRESPJNDENCE. DURLIW, 5 O'CLOCK, APRIL IC This day a General Meeting of the Catholics took place, at the Exhibition House, in William street. About two o'clock, the great room being crowded nearly to suffocation, the Earl of Fingal was unanimously called to the Chair. His Lordship having briefly stated the purpose for which the Meeting was convened. it was moved and carried. that two Letters, recently received from an Wes t, ions Character, touching their Petition to Portia meta, should be read. The first Letter, signed He:ley Grattan. was an expression of his thanks for the honor done him by the Catholic Body. tin 'drifting him to present their Petition, and a strong recommendation to them for the pre sent to forego their intended application. Mr. Grattan stated it to he his own individual opinion, that the time was highly onfavouroble to their views, when a great change was about to take place in His Majesty's Councils ; but, he added, that he. would call a meeting of their friends, and communicate to them their united opinion on the subjett. The second letter conveyed to them the result of that meeting, which concurred entirely with his own opinion. Mr. Kaooit then rose, and commenced a very Icing and aroumeotative speech, by observing, that the measure brought forward for the relief of dis senters, did not originate with the Catholic body of Ireland; it removed no disability—it conveyed no advantage to them—it grew our of the disturbances which occurred last autumn in the county of Mayo. It was merely an attempt, as Ministers expressed it, to convert the weakness of the country into strength, and to afford a drain for a too abundant population. As to the Catholics, it did nothing (bore than to ena ble His Majesty, if a Nelson, a Moira, or a Hut. chinson, should rise up amongst them, to confer upon him the reward of his valour, or of his abili ties, if it did not interfere with his Royal Conscience; yet. even this small boon had been the cause that a pledge had been unconstitutionally demanded from Ministers, and, upon their refusal to give that pledge. of their dismissal from office. "The ques tion,' said Mr. Keogh. "now is, what is the course Ors Catholics of Ireland should pursue? Shall they tell four million of people, that their tante is des. potato, and that the time can never arrive, when they may hope to be admitted within the Con. stitition which they admire, or cease to bear the yoke which now galls them. This, in my opinion, would be treason against our Protestant brethren and ourselves.: it would be to pas-a lias the exertions of our population, and prepare them for the reception of a Fo r ei gn I nva d er . I trust . therefore, this meeting will be unanimous in declar. ing, that they never will abandon the principle of their Petition—that they never will resign the hope of being one day thought worthy of being admitted within the pole of the tonsiitugon. The only ques tion then, that remains to be derided, is, whether this be the proper time to persevere in a stitooele for that 1 purpose ? In any opinion, it is not ; we have seen the merits)? iota servants of the Crown dionissed from office, for proposing a .mall relaxor ;on of those laws in our favour, a relaxation too, which embraced other re ligions, as well as ours ; we have heard of extraordi nary exertions to inflame the spirit of bigotry and per -1 secution against us; we know that the University of 1 Dublin has bean required to second the clamours of lour enemies; but that Uoivetsity, to its immortal honour, bas refused ; shall we then, by an indiscreet perseverance at this moment, affo rd matter to our eacmies of triumph against us, of justly accusing us as wishing to embroil the empire, and distratt its councils read that too perhaps upon the very eve of a dissolution of Parliament, and contrary to the ad vice of our tried friends, and above all, of that illus trious man (Mr. Grattan), to whose efforts in our favour we owe most of the privileges we enjoy ? would this be to treat our friends with decency ; would it be to repay them with gratitude ? We see the Sovereign againo us, and shall we also jus titre the clamour of the English people, to mislead whom every engine has been set at wort, that bi gotry, ignorance, or selfishness, could devise?" Mr. Keogh concluded by saying," the Resolution which I shall propose to your Lordship is pafealy con sistent with the Resolutions we have heretofore en tered into, and I firm'y hope it will be useul to the country and to ourselves. It will prevent the enemy from availing himself of the despair of Catholic Ireland, and it will afford our Pro testant fellow-subjects, an opportunity of making the empire irresistible, by accepting the services and friendship of four millions of ple, of rewarding our services, should we hereafter prove faithful and meritorious, and of chewing their confidence and gratitude, it is this : " Itoolved, That the Catholic Petition be committed to t:o care of the Right Him. the Earl of Fingal, subje.2 to the future disposal of the Catholic Body." i Mr. Valentine. O'Connor seconded this resolution. Counsellor O'Gorman was speaking when we left the mons ; but, there i. little doubt, from the great approbation Mr. Keogh received daring the deli very of his speech, and Lis gnat ii.thsence amongst the Catholics, that his resoluioq will be cartietl. tiff !WELL/CENCI. COUR I OF ;:11G'S RENC4,_Wisrmisitse, Atm Li. JUDGMLNTS. THE KING O. JOHN cArri At. Upon mlitiun of the ATToIiNLY-GENICIAL, the Defendant, in this ease, WAS brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, for obstruding and ascaulting John Roberts. a Revenue Officer 40 the Island of Scilly, in the discharrol his duty. The Defend tut suffered judgment to go against him by default. It appeared, that is the month of March last, the . 1 Prostcator observed the Defendant, who was a private in the Veteran Battalion, and servant to , Major Lynam, With some other soldiers and soi lons, carrying a large cask, which the Prose cutor knew contained pine, over the Garrison Wall ; and when he attempted to interfere, the De fendant seized him by the collar, and, wish he' assi.tance of some others, threw him on the.ground, and kept him there, threatening to beat him, until the cask was conveyed into the Guard-house. In mitigation of his offence. the Defendant pro. duced two affidavits; the first swern by himself. and stating, that he had served thirteen years in the army. had a wife and five children, wit a no thing but his pay to support. them. He expressed much contrition for his offence, and when he found he had done wrong, he suffered judgment to go against him by default. The affidavit of Major Lynam gave hint an excellent charaCter. The Arroaeztr-Gemse•t, for the prosecution, exceedingly regretted that the greatest criminal was , not then before the Court ; for it was impossible not to say, that that criminal was Major Lynam; who. from all the circumstances, itiwat evident, bad actually employed these soldiers ind sailors to smuggle the cask of wine. There were other persons inditied besides the Defendant ; but he being . the most altive, the Learned Counsel considered it his duty to take their recognizance& for future good conduit, and to bring up the Defendant, whom, he trotted, the Court would make an example of, in order to chew gentlemen, like the Major, that such pratiees were not to be suffered with impunity; at the same time, he did not wish to press the matter too much against this man, he being only the instru ment of a much greater aggressor. Mr. GURNIY, for the Defendant, in mitigation, pressed it on the Court, that he had only acted un der the confront of his superior officer, and had al. ready been feur months imprisoned in Bodmin Gaol. Mr. Justice GROSS, in pronouncing the judgment of the Court, expatiated with much impression upon the nature of this off-nee ; and observed, that it had been !unseated, that he had sidled under the controul of his superior; he desired to tell that superior, that he might yet find that there was a Court of Justice in this country, which would teach him that he must not violate its laws ; and he desired it to be under. stood. that although soldiers were bound to obey their officers, in the disch-trge of their military duty, they wore not to obey them in the commission of an illegal an. he then sentenced him to eight months further imprisonment in Newgate. Mr. GURNICY soon at ter applied for his-removal to Bodmim Gaol, where he would have the assist. once of his wife and family; but • , - Lord Et trisinasouou Said, the Court could not allow tl.e expense of sending him back, bet had no objeOion to Kis removal at his own expenses and his Lordship thought the least has ri s rincipal might do, in order to purge himself of part of hi{ offence, was to defray his expenses back. The Court wished to make it impossible to continue these praftiees; and where they could not reach the principal, the punishment must be visited upon the . ailing person. I THZ KING N. JOHN RUM This was also an indietment for an assault and ob struMion of two Revenue Officers, in the discharge of their duty, and was tried 4 before Mr. Justice witancr., at the last Cardiff Assizes, when the Defendant was confided upon the third Count of the lndittment. for obstru4liog and assaulting on shore. pursuant to the Att of the 45th of the King. This Defendant was also brought np for Judg ment. It appeared, that absrut two o'clock in the morning of the 27th June List, the Prosecutors, William Jones and Robert Nelson, two Tidemaitere and Excise-officers. at Swansea, in consequence of some suspicions they entertained relative to smuggled goods that were on the road to town, proceed ed along the long road, when they saw two men with kegs, which they endeavoured to conceal from them ; they immediately after came up with about twenty men more, most of them on horse back, with kegs on each side, covered by their coats ; they were all aimed with thick hedge.rticks; and when the officers came up, they said they were rob'oers, and had no tight to be out at that time of night. Ily this time, the officers, seeing their num bers, had got into a field; when seven of them leaped the hedge and attacked them ; beat them most un• mercifully, cut their heads open with their Sludge. ens, and one of them had his teeth knocked out by the Defendant, whom he had frequently seen before. The cry of these smugglers all the time was s, kill them, and then they canc't go home to tell the storys!!—The officer, .cried out for help, when some Gentlemen in the neighbourhod came to their assistance, and the I.}eiendant was appre headed. In mitigstion of punishment,.the Defend tint put in an affidavit, merely stating, that he had already been confined seven weeks, and had a Key and four children, solely dependant upon him f‘r their support. Mr. Put Lea, on behalf of the Defendant, made a few observations upon the evident's, as adduced upon the trial, but did not attempt to justify the offence. The ATTOSSIMGMRAL observed, that the Court had a very painful duty to pert°, m, its pass ing a judgment upon a person whose faintly mast be the greatest sufferers. but the ottjea of punish ment was the pre►ention of craws. the doctrine Swansva was, 'that no Custuns-house Officer Was to be out at night, and it he should be out, the proper way of dealing with him was to murder him, that he might not get borne to tell the story. 'nitre could not. he observed, be an. thing more monstrous and shah-theel than this was ; and it was a mere matter of chance that thew Officers were ism ►nn►d.red. and shellac:l4am. in-t ad of bsusg ~'~ ~g _ , ~. Ir. • night before that Court, should bate malt onem‘rt: by the forfeiture of his life fur a capital r.flence. Mr. Justice Game, in passing the sent nce the Court, strongly animadverted upon the tvomi of such praiticAs. Ile then sentenced the lief t; ant to two rats hard labnur on e R yer Thar ts, audio the mean time to be committed to N:tudze GlltKlt V. COOKE The Plaintiff, in this earl., was the proprieb,..,s the Kell Savage Inn. Ludgate-h:11, and the art, a green grocer. re.iling acme distacci. 1-o n , town, who kept a stall in Fleet-market, to wh.fiL e resorted three times a week, in dispose of his • • tables, for a certain period in the morning. o The Original suit was instituted'in the Coln of Requests, hr a sum not exceeding 51. and the : ,: t r question in the cave before the Court was, wh. 1:1 .. having a stall in Fleet-Market, to which he re three dare Wenn week, for a certain period. w , mach an.sreospancy, a, to bring the party wit: c • li:nits of the London Small Debt Aft, In as aff,Nfted by a summons issued from the Coy_ Reqpir,s: M. MARRY ATI', in a most ahle argninron, cr. - tended, that this was a sufficient occupar:r ) , mach as the shed or stall was ereded upon Or sal, within t!,e lintris and boundaries of the Corporatal o f L ou d on . an d belonging to them ; the party paid a certain rent for such occupancy, and then cairn,' on a certairt trade ; for these reasons he consisiwed him Answer:ll)le to the process of that Court. Lord Eti.sesottotiow, ar.3 the rest of Ole Court, however, cousidered this as not by any melons a nal. ficient necui.ancy. The . party only resorted to 4, oceasionai!y, and no process served there could be avail4lc..—Rule discharged. NAVAL INTELL ItiENCE. rORTIIIIOVIII, f 47. Sailed the Naomi* aad Fury on a cruis!.-. Wind E. Arrived the Rchn!ff gnst•bri3 frpm a craw., and sailed again. The Crocodile and Avenger, with a fleet neck, convoy, from Portsmouth, fur NewbuiidlAnd, Quebec, kc. appeared off this ti,trbour this rain. mg, and were joined by several vessels horn this port.—Wind N.k, DIAL, *Pau. fl!. Sailed from the Downs this scorning Me Mays. ty's ship Tracey for Sheerness ; gokbev and Devi& lawn. with part of the reinvent of /Lords. it board, for Yarmouth. Arrived the Rimer gun-brig from a er/ise, aril remains ipAhe Diwns with the rest of the ships is per last. ..• • '-. -....-•-- • -4 " , .4. - 6 . .... - mtrrsmns OF CRttiTORS, AT ErILDHRLL, The ma. Emmett, Beira-gardens, Peckham, Surrey s inerket-e•aieenr . . . . S• 11 Jeremiah Wave, t.ll:ip MITT/vitt - VT Essex, maltner . 5 I John Wilson,lYarniek-eolue, Wilburn, enal-nserchact 311 Chrietei.h..r Greeogioss, late a Purleigh, Essex, baker 2 II Mamie.. De Casa, late cf Slierhonto-lane, 'London, lentrdlene . .. . .. . - . 211 Roret Mann, 'Lggia-lane, Wood-se:sot, I.nni. n, wurrelmsese•win . . . 2 It Johns Taylor. now us Lac of Pagbana, tiannex, sbop• keeper . . . . . . . W Ibam Malcn, Lion ' , trust,. St. Mwart,' Ninvivsemaw Wes, Jerre), f..illittiattr . . Robert Coombs, Linn s Inn, Middlemen, mer . ey• • I ,7. scrivener; • 4 „.... • 'l,f g r Ge-uge pnilip D. 1,4 and A rth ur rel. ie, late of fin, pert•lche,lattsighieraffse•rve ri.o. . I . 11) Cnorleo Gillett mad Samuel Wooer. Lawrrefce P.4..16. - ney -lane, Loadou. moeliante . • 1 1 !Whited Miami Illarmenchdraneirt, Soutliseak, Survey, dyer . . . , . 1 11 William ituremnd, Old Bond street, Midifknet, coach- maker . . . .. . .1. is DIFIUFN DS. William Wilson, late of the Coal-Exchange, London, coal-factor . . . . It William Sutton, Saltere•holl-c •ive, London, merchant 12 W 111441 Brown and John Yezen, lertnyn-street, St. Jame.';, Westminster, shsteamakers . . It Charks Bristow Newcate-street, London, linen-draper It Jona Threadwo4, Foresee, Hatapahlre, cabirset•inaker 15 Frederick Illtehael Fisher, Ronmatit. Lowletes Merei;ar I Francis Gilding, Aidersgate-strect, London, cabinet maker . . . . • . Williant Winch, Toe:all-street, Westro: n:ter, butcher James Wheatley, Mark-lane, London, tern-tactrir John Peter Fears% Upper Grafton serest, ;jitney. square, late Commander of the Belvidere East-India then, dealer and ckapmae . . . John Ilnwett, Sr. Sterna's -Lne, Middlesex, carpenter James Fittcher Hughes, VViginore-street, Cavendiabr puling, monomer . . . CERTIFICATES. Francis Realm, of Nottingham, lins•er, dealer and edinsman. .14114.11 Berry, late of Manchester, i 4 the county of Lar...-I,e,r, calico-prl me Nide:Jet and chapenan. G• ante Gotta, late of Cawalun, in the county of Norfolk, mer chant and malester.. Thomas Atkl.ison, lute 4 8r441 . ,;..quay, Wapping, in the county of Middlesec, who:finger, dealer and chap/tan. /limy Smith, of the City Road, to the coih.ty of Mid 3;•aets peper-hanger, dealer and chapman. Luke B "O r at fit Cialontan-aneet, in the city of Linden, trunk maker, dealer and chap man. „IS IS IS - . PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Sink Stock : Imo 31 4 - 3 pet Cent. R Awed . 61U P. per Cent. C•ni*nis 4 pa Cent lb pet Cent. N tey Long Anstuiies Umitit es India Stenic.. 4 .. _ . 1/81 'init.. Bonds itt 93. preal. Escfseqser Sills li. peso. ii. dis. pal. hsflt..:l Lucie', Tickets Com As fut. I'. BISH. Stock• Broker, Na. 4, Cornhi I, silt 9, CnAringtrott — MISR SIrJCKS, Mitt IS. o..remeent De6er.tures 3 p Cent 94ff lt.,yal C.0).1 L'n 6 pet Cent. .:I DEA lath.. Thums) , eennieht, in Durham, Mte ?mires, of Anderson and Fa entspaoy of comeliness. Alm„ ran the nth ult. in the lame Convent, in her 9'l 7e r, rind in the cheerful watt:, • of every teltrieue tiny, • A. Jeminitisam, • near reta4Ce ut Sir Wm. Jr:l,l4oam. 2'l - Cnoie>vay-hell, Norfolk. On the Bib inrwit, Jamas Suar:ett, Esq of fietsad, Lucie foireei.v of Nvivittni, in Suffolk. --—v HIGH WATLK, THIS DAY, AT LONDON AXILICt;• "^"•• • •3 1 Moil • gt ,, ..3 1 R. ven.....411 LONDON :—Ttihtect by 0. DAMSON. No. 17. Puhl i Own, Bow•etftet., Cowl•••Gaudals, Awl peltilatta at Olt Otfico No. • IN, Beck 01 St. Cle 1C0rt0e..1"17 0 ,. W. S t rUCK, of Nn 7; NeN. WM. JAhg °"er g . 6 c . fort ^ rtPIM, wilt up (be Oise (fog 6 rill M i•ly atotivieJ to. a. • -