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offence, OW Academy both expel!, re#4terottt Prole,,o it by IL r iwrl ()it the sena, Catthilti au-Prince. after WI ohstivate enfoßtment. English ship Nancy, from I.surdon, bound to Port au-Prince, of .3uo ton., mounting 20 guns, with a ca•go worth 40,0001. hterling, and brought her into St. Jago de Cubs. Tiler,. were cm board the Naar!, 700 barrels of powder, 1000 stand of muskets, and a lar6e quantity of lead, for General Petion. gam-boats, stationed off the mouth of the risrr,a tid that about half au hour after, the Rassian fleet, 44 , nallObtd of forty sail, couttuenced also an attack on the Swedish flotilla, the result of which wab,that our flotilla wan obliged to retreat, yet without las ing any of the •.xtuu-larata of which it was ustoposed. —(Stqekholat Gazette, Argwit 9.) STOCRIIIOI.II AV GUST 6. According to the but iiitelligenc,ti.un our army in Finland, the victory lately obtained over the Russians near Lappo has been prndiietive of the most important results, the enemy ha.,n been nor cersitated, in consequence thereof, u .t only to quit Lindulax, hut also the stroncr liositioo mar Salmi). The head-quarters of Firl.l-11aishal Count Kling spor were, on the 25th of last mouth, at Lap" and our advalced posts occupied at that time Knor ane and ristijocki.—( /bid, Japist 3.1 _ _ AUG. 10. A letter hus been received here from Wawa, dated Jiilr 11, *stating,. that after the battle which wus fought iu and near that town, on the 25tli of June, the Russian General, Demidolf, g tee his troops !al finis ion to plunder the town, un.l encouraged them himself, with the Officers of his Stall; to eOlO. mit the most atrocious acts, in entisespencewliereof, tint only several linusts were burnt dew, to the ground, bin also fifteen of the unfortunate inks. bitants most barbarously killed, and snotty others wounded.—(lbid, Amorist v.) THE BRITISH PRESS. • committed i 4 Ira of tAlemy, the ft i ren been pehed. T with • pre- . offoir veap th the IN :lila Triiatalo of the poor) of pteventing interfenlioee.—(Vtrtiate MAU.) ,he .20th Arnti the French privateer .1/os- Durtty, captured io the bay of l'ert. JVLY 18. We are told that Mr. Pinckney has forwarded to ow Government a number of propositions as the basis of a comm•Teial treaty between this country and England, sillonitted to him by the British Government. They propose placing the Ur.ited States on the footing of the moat Avowed nation, in all commercial points, as soon as we choose to renew her trade. Mr. Erskine, it is rumoured, is authorised to proceed in the arrangement of tin. subject. We cannot, lio•vever, state ally thing re specting it with certainty.—(Ww/o. Fed.) Mr. Erskine, the En::lish Minister, arrived in tint City on last evening from Philadelphia. We believe he ree-iveil dispatches from his Govern ment by the packet, which arrived at New York on the titli. It is rumoured that he is .authoiis ed to elser into f iendly disenssion of the differ. *noes existing between the two Governments.—(!h.) CA. Burr has wiled in the Packet from llalifda for England. FOR I;irTEILIGENCE. GATTENIIVKGI4 MAILS. •••••••• GurrcssuacH, ADO. li. We have on news here, but various reports, by letters, whitit sometimes reach us from the Baltic, of the preparations of Austria for War with France, &c. The following extract of a letter, dated Konigsberg, July 20, frnm a highly respectable correspondent, we behese contains a correct ac- COMO of the state of affairs ►s Au-tria, it was believed, was preparing for war, sad God kaow•s a hat may happen, thoagh certain ly, not eel ) from the ►it.uation of things, but the temper of the people, little goal is to be expected from it ; and, in the general opinion, it is more de sirable she ►Resold keep quiet. " Russia coutimies firm to her princiFles. A considerable army was said to be drawing together on the confines of this country, towards Georgen burgh, though there is not the most distant idea of its beii.g brought into activity, least of all fur the delivery of ti it. country. " Pars, is is so much reduced, that she actually can Make no resistaiice, happen what will, and even were her resou..ces greater, the necessary impulse would he wanting. The Danes do not chew them selves more ) our enemies thaii our., every Prussian ship that has falltn into their hands, whether in ballast or loaded, has bees condemned, and where pretences are wanting, they have alleged them, in afirtnit:g the ship to be English, in defiance of all proofs,by which the coutdry has suffered incredibly, and for many years more than we can hope to live, its effects will coati:tut to be visible." We have just received private acconnts, that there has Weis en action betweed the Swedish end Rinisiati details., in Finland, in which the Swedes Lave suffered considerably, but no particulars have reedit,' us : it is rt ported that the Swedish Ad miral wee killed in the action. ♦IGUST U. The Euryalus frigate, Capt. Dense, arrived here this merging from the Belt, and brought na tiv. impel ?ant intelligeace, that 10,000 Spanish troops have separated from the Frrttch array in Holstein, arid marched to Nyberg, where they embarked, assisted by all the vel.sels and bouts that Admiral Keats could muster, and took pos session of Langeland, • very fir.e fertile is'and in the Great Belt, in wlileh they w;11 be protected by the British snips till they emit he conveyed home. Vt'e have reetivecloffieetl vecoruta tk.it the Rus sian fleet, consisting i.l 9 sail of the lit,* anti 14 frigates, has left ':•o•istadt, and was of °Wens holm on the 6th of month. The glonousaews of the 'sweatier of I),iitont sod his army has just reached us. Trie Alarquis of Douglas Kas arrivtd at Stockholm, and several more travellers from St. l'eterstut7;h. Saute have come hiti.er who give disci .1 accounts of the cliaeontent prevailing its It u•sia. AUG. 17. 'rite Spaniards took possession or Litirland, as we!! as Langeland ; the two islands ars near each Other. in the C.:irrat not ; there veers about 5,000 from Fa!itien ; the rest, annotating to 4,500 met', omit frost Holstein and other quarters. General Artufel.lt liar given up the command of the army acting against Norway. Ceaeral Ce devatrow, it is said. bas vucceeded MLAD•QUARTSW, 6.11AL50Y, ACC. 4. Ins. Royal Majeoty has received a report from Remo-admiral Niellc.tierna, and oho another from Colonel Palen. of the actions whiCh took place, on are s:i i.mtant, iu River, and on the Isle of khaki). by which it 4,opcsrs, that of three o'clock fa the morning the HussNs bay -ries is the said isissirt Opened a very hisav;• tire on our dahlia or LO N DUN , , WEDNESD4V. Audit 24. Lieutenant lIITRISIS arrived yesterday at the Admiralty, with diapatches from. Admirel TrxEays, which mutt. that TEN l'ildtl4A ND Of TITS SP . 04 !gm TROOPS that were in filen and tinder the command of the Marquis de Rostaxs, had rescued themselves from the French yoke, and had been transported by the Brit.sli Flea, to the Islands of Langeland and Umlaut!, which they had taken possession of, until they can he conveyed to their own country. They took with them their arms and artillery. The Dames have disarmed .5000 Spanish Troops that were iu Zealand. The dis patches, coati Riving t. e details of this event, and of the procecclin:..s aoiich led to it, wi I be published this day i an Ertraorliasary Gazette. Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived last night, with letters and papers to t'i 18th inst. The most inte resting part of their contents relates to the deteriei iption of theSpenish troops, which Bo NAPARTL I ad trepanned and sent into the Danish territories, to extricate themselves from thni'dom, and tly to the ~sgccour of their country. They have taken poi ' seseion of Langeland and Lealand, two Ur s south of Zealand, and consist of riliout ten thousand troops, rise half of them from Funeti, and the other from Dolstein, &e. A letter from Konigsberg, dated July 20, contains a sketch of the politica! state of the Northern Posers, in refer ence to a war with France. It is melancholy to think, that, in such an event, with the exception of Sweden, Austria is the only power likely to op pole the Corsican. The Russian Fleet, consisting of nine sail of the line and eight frigstei, is said to be at ses, and an action has taken place between the Swedish and Russian &tills% in which the former are stated to have sustained a defeat, with the loss of their Admiral. If the atrocious nature of BONAPARTE% attempt to min on the Throne of Spain, by a townie of treachery, outra;e, and iuhninanity, towards the legitimate Sovereigns of that country, as will as by a contumelious oblivion of the dignity and inde pendence of the nation, had not rouged the dor mant spirit of the people, there is every reason to apprehend that his arts and professions would have seduced and secured the lower classes. Nt ver was any declaration more calculated to overturn allegiance, and to excite hope, than the language put into the mouth ofJossra,hefore his departure from Bayonne. We see by the /Norio de Madrid, that similar protestations were repeated by this ephemeral ad venturer, during his short stay in the capital. They arevery attractive and seducing; noel if they had been made be a Prince, ri4htfully seated on the Throne, instead of being pronounced by a second hand Usurper, they would have extorted the most unqualified encomiums. In fact, Josern spon taneously promises all that WILLIAM the THIRD accepted and confirmed in •" The Bill of Rights." Freedom of the press, under proper restrictions ; a civil list, distinct fro.n the revenue of the crown ; equalized taxation ; the liberation of trade; and the admission of the colonies to their just proportion of commercial advatitages ; the abolition or disconti nuance of conscription ; the preservation of the Monarchy in all its integrity ; these are to be the immediate Mewling* conferred by this modern Tt ou his subjects. Such are the revolutionary arts, the jaenbinical blandishments, the captivating legiiiids, sod the emting invocations, by which Spain was to he lulled to repose in the Corsican's lap. Such were the promises and the professions of the Apostles iif the Revolution, in every stage, while theguillotl oe was permanent, and the Septem htiters converted Perim into a charnel-house. Hap pily for Spain. and. we are persuaded, net less so fur Europe, the Spanish tuition has bees pro• against these thangermis artifice*. Content with Ibrudticititle reform, and realiaahla• benefits, unde, their rightful Monarchs, the Aii.einltly of th, Cortez, will, we doubt not, adinhiiiter gentiv. vet effecittal, remedies to the distascs of the ..kat... A free Constitution will arise out of tempo rary confusion ; and Spoi.t, which, it, the; llith e•. Leery, was unquestionahly the first among the Eu ropean nations, will; we contidently bcliece, eu,u• late, in the 19th century, the Isotre and the cleft- Lion which she maintained under Cunat.es V. We have received a series of New York Pa pers, from the 7th of June to the toil' of July. but we never saw a mass or papers so destitute of interest. All the vigilance of Government i. exerted to enforce the embargo laws, but it i 4 not sufficient to prevent tiieir frequent violation.= The first intelligence of the ReioLition in Spain was received in America from Gi!iraltwr ; but it only related tv the first hem, and the querrels of the Ito% rtmtt.v. In the Island of Cuba it. ex cited much joy, us the iithaNitivAs hoped the change of Government would prove beueficial. We have received some 31adrid Papers, but they are di date p for to the departure or hingJosern from that city. Josern, who Irrl rehearsed the part of a King on the Neapolitan static. appears to have saver rd the ehanact with telerabk ability, a few nights, at Madrid ; but onfertanately be had scarcely begun to mellow. in the part, when the Spaniards beat op his quarters, and he was obliged to run away. Scenes of this kind are fast uncommon at sue Proviucial Theatres. Many a Mock Kin;; has been obliged to make his exit as ikl ie upely as Kixo j 0116,11, leaving hie Crown and Throne behind him. That NAPOLIO/1, how ever, will expose him as a laughing stitck to the world, for .11:MTH has not even Naples to return to. we cannot believe. So far, then, as the Dutch and French Papers, given yesterday, an nounce his intention to persevere in his iutention to penevere in his endeavours to reduce Spain to sub jection, they deserve credit ; but that he a ill be able to send an army of 150,000 men on that service, after the heavy losses which he has re cently mu-tinned in that country, is not very probable. JOURDAN, who appears to be destined to succeed lleasT in the Chief Command, has the reputation of considerahle talents, and is a GerTeral of great *tinny and enterprixe, but the Spanish nation is now roused, and approaches that state in which a country lweothes invincible. With the powerful litlet ours in men, money, and military stores, which Spain will receive from this country, we feel no apprehensions for tke result. The l•'reuJr may obtain a footing on the north of the Ebto, but they will not be able to ace3tnillish more. • The .Yoeton packet, thr ttr it.,l of which at Fal mouth, we announced ye4erday. sailed ti , ••-• inaira on the 11th July, and the- nest day apok.e ... u.e Duke i!f Kent packet, K ith mails /rum Falmouth for Jamaica. The following vessels of tae fleet from Jamaica, are yet unacceonsted for, cis.— The Eagle, Nelsen; Angnsta, Causp'ell ; Dittos, Rox burgh ; Msrgatet, --; Harms, ; Minerva, Ea. lug; and Helen, M`limitty, fnr the Clyde; Belfast, Gar stout k; and Reirivve, Long, for Belfast ; ,NWTISNUII, ReilMer, fur Liverpool ; Ansa Marta, Ilalmet, hit Aberdeen, sad the (v pet, Ball, fur Looduri.—The latter I is reported to he lost au t he Cows) nt 0. The Britannia, OLDIERS, from Liverpool, for Boston, was spoken with on the Quth July, iu lat. 47. 44. Ion:;. .51. Weal, all well, by the Amity, ar rived in the Clyde. The lietrermA, COE ETON , from St. Domingo, for Liverpool, is sent into Jamaica. CUSTOM-ROUSE, NEW-YORK, Jo ix 9, tins. NOTIet —Permission will be grouted to vessels, instil the let of August nest, to brie* property Iran the West Indses and America north of the hoe. Application to be toads to the Collector of the port. We hear that some of the IVest-India merchants hate fitted out a vessel of 36 guns, which is now cruisi ng no o u r entt,t, for the purtime of taking small coustitig vessels, laden with provisions ; that 'betakes the cargo. lofty* liberally for it, and per mits the vessel to return. The ChecopcisAv, (,ap tain Decatur, is ordered to 5t..4, for the purpose, it is said, of capturing time English vessel.—f lf'esh. Fed.) • We are concerned to state, that a dreamlful mor tality has raged on board oar homeward-boded fleet, during the whole of thcii. pas•ace ; nod that several of Overbites Lelonging to this port have been placed under strict qoarantioe. Captain 'bowl:Lt., of the Ilirrisks, fell a victim to the disorder, with several of his crew ; amid many of the vessels louse a iffered considerably in the loss of their men.— ( Bristol Merenry.i On fiaturday one hundred French Conscripts, most of them due young men, who hail effected their escape from Oporto, were received on board the several prison-ships at Ciiilingharo ; they were al .t naked, and gave a most lamentable at. count of the hardships they have •xperienced. Bring well acquainted with the reverses which the Frettelm have estoerienced in Amin, they have coon intitarated that iottellizence anon the prisoners of all ranks, who are confined at Chatham, among whom u general and root. a disbelief was total). Fished of the news we have received from that quarter. Au incipient coolness towards BoN,S. PARTE has been thereloy occasionesl, and they now mower to think' that he is not thdt great, and good, and iuvineible character, which they had hitherto conceived h:m to be; and when speaking of liim, some, even of the Officers, now that his sun ap pears declinim,o in the horieon, assert that he is not worthy of the high situation he has obtained, and that it is time that France should have a period put to the privation she has endured, for the sole purport of promotitiz hi, ambition* views. • 4 # • P• LORD DIJCIE. Died. on Satnrday lag, at his seat at Torty , 14.1 % Ca •estershire. Ferects ltersoLos on. baron Dutra, Provost Marshal of Bairtailor% Its Lordship was in lus 69th year. He was tint ,„„, .4ed to mi., pullets, daughter of THOMAS PLE, via, Esq. of tilleptots-Mallet, Sontersetshire, h 7vhoin he has l e ft t w o sons. THOMAS, O N ateeeeds him ; and FRANCIS, a Colottid in di , ! army. His Lordship married, secondly, 51rs.eg t i D. mother to the late autial.:e Coutite.s of WEN 7. MORLAMIS, who 'arrived her marria.ze but tis 4 • e a rs. The present Lord is married to Liitly !is Ileiterev, only daughter of the Ea;l of c at . %ARSON. Yesteni y morning Ili* 11.1.i.oviTY, Prineets Sornts, nuotisra, tend AIICIELIA. OCCOMP:,•I'd Latly Is ABELLA Till' X wu b Ciesseralb Haricot:4r, (.:•ItTWRIGHT, entl iTlituir. Count hiv NITLL, tend Colonel TaTt.oa. rode in Windsor Park. C. returned to the Palace at half past ,eleren. Yesterday, at one o'clock, the cIuLER ante PatmeEasts set a in their open e.irriagt s to Li. 110,3:1 ltucrw Load and Lady Ceemonst will lease town, the belt-laming of next werk, fur Worthaug-. The Eurl Nod Couutets Poe LETT will hoe t own , i n a few day*, tor their *eat at Mu% Somersek.laire. The E* of Visatoce and a select Party em barked. yesterday sisorniag, on hoard or his Lord. ship's yacht, which was utoored tiff Greens ir h:— they intend taking an exeur,ion round to Prsrts. mouth. and will visit the Hon. Captain CHARLES Psalm, on bran) the Reenise. now Icing there. M. and Mrs. Aarisra SeaanoPt lett tows yesterday for Beverley. Yorkshire. nal will pry ceed on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cum witawseto, at Bradley Hall, Iferbyshire, Laski find Lady Jona Tat rime; have been 14 thee several weeks past. Arrivals at the Royal York Hotel, Clifton : The Coaster of lisrborough, Lady Chtrina, Moo. Giusti Mosinee, Sir A. sod 1-zdy Hume, lion. Capt. Icancttli p. Col. sill Mrs hiciester, Col. Mos. and Miss rant* Col•aal Mrs. eight, Capt. and Mrs. ki'llkschy, Mr. and Mrs. tom. t .1, Lou thee, G nos tour, March, Atne, Wallcud. A 111. W Farce was produced at the Haymarket Theo on Monday night, for the benefit of Mr. MATHEW,. It WAS rcparted as the produetian of Sir J axis BLAND Blia(iieS, but is claimed In iniother literary Ruln, sir. Sir Jow -- l CALS. It is untitled First Come First Served; ve, Tw Biter Bit. An old proved, says-- et A creaking Car earrieipter ;" but we fear that a more dashiag equipage would he neeessary to carry Mr. MuTuLws to his journey's cud handsootele. Cowes is furl of company. The Priocees Sa rnt• of ESILK is arrived ; Lady 1 t LTE• • Lady Lord and Lady Errinsmos, qtr Laity and Lac!, Alwassav, Hata. F. Ern.a. MON, Mrs. HAMILTON, Mrs. ALLAN, and a Ions( hst of Fall.ionables: The 'Theatre, which is i.ns a very smart one, opened with considerable edit. The Earl of !mamma bps purebased Me. C.o. nines house, near NVindsor: blr.jatsgs, of Covent-Garden Theatre, is ea gaged to perform four nights, at Buxton, in Derby shire. He is eapeo:sd to wake his &I at on to-wso r evening. The parties at the west-end of the town are ace confined to the Ducleas of Sr. AlLBAbril, Stras. ford-place ; Lady HCATUCOTIC, (irosveoor-square; the t:ountersof CIIATIIAM, 11W -street, Berkeley square ; and the_ Countess of aIILSYSOIit, Sack. vilie-street. Mrs. H. JONN4TON takes her benefit at the Liverpool theatre on Frides neat. The musical treat at the Birstall Festival, 02 Thursday, was excellmit ; and a goodly company partook of it, that isaleed might have been antra• paled from the liberal conduct of the managers. who bud eugaged perlihnicrs of the lint eminence in the respeetii e departments of their profesaioa. Weymouth l'ioatre is very well atteded this season, Mrs. Hci:nte, Mr, Bart air, Mrs. 13Ler.t- LI:1, Mr. BIittGOUGH, Mrs. Commas, and Mt. SANDFORD, the acting manager, are the prtiwivill performers. Coloi,el Cowpaa, and the Officer. of the second Sounsroctshire Aiilitia, patronise the pe:• formances this night. My. B►K KISTEi and his bodge: have arrived at Liverpool. He had an overflowing house to his re:- formance at Chester. Lewes theatre was to (In.& last night with r, Soldier's Domghter and l'he Hunter of the 4lps,tor the benefit of Mr. maul Mrs. Pas (hi Monday night, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kexats performed Lou Fe/ix and Violaste, in the Comedy of The Wonder! at Lewes. Mr. PEN !AY. of Drury-laue Theatre, played Lissards, with great sue. es.. Mr. and Mr.. C. KRIADIA were to ►e peatrhe same performance at Brighten, last wain, In desire of his Grace the Duke of MARt.soitous. The last arrivals at Cheltenh a m are— Leditil W. and 31 Sentinel', SIG. and Lady Wain, Ss W Barker, Ges,cral sad Mrs. NieUnison, General do. cou r t CO., Lieutenant-Coignes', mire, Walsh, and • taco, Major sad Mrs. Drains, !Bojo, %Vilnius', Hue. ' taio frosthwell, Camara Haynes, E. N. Dr. Mrs. M ir J Mr. Percival, Dr. Murphy, 11r. Mrs. soul Mira Jam Dud Mr slut Mn.s Bedford and fatally, Mr. sad Mrs. Had, H. • aultart, Horrorks Pettatt, Nabb, Mr. and tan M;r , t Brandt, ?dewing G. Wilson, Hodges, W. Itagge, Arnuaro, Merrier, Otte Lyocl2, Criteltett, Davenport, tren • Nature, A hniod, W. sad It. Gordon, Neilson, O'GradF, M. slid 31sases Clarke, Misses E. Our, Watt, &Nardi, Bow aws , , hattie. ke. On Friday last, the High Sheriff of Cumberland , T. lawns, Esq. gave an elegant dinner at ti:c Crown and Mitre dun, _ to the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, and the Magistrates of the Count'. They alterwards accompanied the High Shentf Stanwix, escorted by the ,javelin men, where tlay met the Judges of Assize, Sir AL' a CH/J(IIRX and Sir GCOROL WOOO, Knight, with whom they is turned to the Town Hail, when the Conit a:11 opened. The Judges then adjourned until tars rooming. According to tli• utw regulations, Seated lug Assizes. the whole, procession, with the exception of the High Sheriff, was on foot, v... is had the happy effect or doing away that cont*:.:: azd diAarder so prevalent on former occr.sioLs. ttsi the .the Viz pr.ti lb. .0 coo Ph, wri cba W bet Cr Mr