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• 4 r• "0 -4 • Is TM:, Jay sli•heil. in Rnya' Qnwto, with !arming , of Queen V 's H •aul two others, puce 11 be. in bearin, AN H.& PORICAL INQUIRY into t he PER t. IVOR Vta‘NCE of the ti %KV in the HIGHLANDS of tn.X.t rt.A ND By JOHN GUNN, Ir.A.S.E. Printed for A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh, and John Murray, Fleet street, Landau. This day is published, in Ivo. price 14a. the Third Volume of PRIZE ESSAYS and TRANS AC (lONS of the HIGHLAND SOCIETY of SCOTLAND. By HENRY MACKENZIE, Esq. Printed ter A.Connabk and Cu. Edinbuegh, and John Murray, Flee,-street, Landon. This day are published, in an elegant small Volume, Price Seven Shillings in Boards, /11RAVELS in the YoAr 1806, from ITALY 1 to ENGLAND, through the Tyrol, Styria, Bohemia, Ilieis, Poland, and Russia, containing the Particular+ of the Liberation of Mrs. SPENCER SMI ru Irons the hands of the French Pabee, and of her suboequent Flight through the Countries above-mentioned ; effefted and crime:l By the MARQUIS de SALVO. Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature of Turin, &c. Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 6, Bridge-dame, Black friars, and to be bad of all Booksellers. At the same time is published, a small Edition of the oil gleal Italian, elegantly printed, Price Ws. 6d. in Hoards in On Saturday nest will be publiMed, handsomely prints ~ one volume *Darn, phce, in boards, Ss. THE ROMISH CHURCH ; or, An Historical and Critical View of some of the Leading Do trines of the Chinch of Rome, in a Series of Discouree, preached at Riallopwearraouth, in the yrar 14106 ; being a compilation horn Seeker and others, interwoven with the Sentiments and Remarks of the Preacher, and containing a Reply to Mr Des Makies book, entitled " The Truth of the Cattiultc proved from the Holy Scriptures," with Nome. Nou Eloquently', ved Vernatis hilucia suscepi hoc opus. LACTANT. l‘v the Nev. GEORGE STEVENSON, M A. Vicar of Kelloe. Curate of Bishovwearuioutli, Durham; and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. 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EXERCISES upon the different PAk FS of SPEECH dart PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE. reirr-ng to Mr. Viey r- *Grammar, by J. La. Mordrinte, 1:mo. 3s. U. MEETING OF THE. FRIFNDS OF THE LATE AUMlNisrgAnom THE COMMITTEE of STEWARDS for eon ducting the MEE'FING of such FRIENDS of the LATE ADMINISTRATION as are Members of richer House of the present Parliament, being Apptehensive that many of the Cards of Notification may have been missent, request the favour of those Peers and Commoners, who may be desirous to Attend the Meeting, to send their Names, as early as possible, to the Earl of Cholitiondeley':, that the Stewards may be the better enabled to maim the necessary arrangements. The Dinner is ordered to be on the Table at half past Six &Clock, at WILLIS's ROOMS, in King-street, St. James's, THIS DAY. STEWARDS. Duke of Redford, Hon J W. Ward, Dukes( Devonshire, Hon. Thomas Brand, Duke of Argyll, Hon. W. H. Lyttletiro, Marquis of Stafford, Sir W. W. Winne, Bart. Earl of Fiore. Sir J. C. llippisley, Bart. Earl of Jersey, 'T. W Coke, EA Earl Cholmondeley, George !hog, Esq. Earl of Darlington, Samuel Whitbread, Esq. Viscount Clifden, H. Christian Combo, Esq. Lord Carrington, Thomas Baring, Esq. Lord Yonsunhy, N. Calvert, Esq. Lord Archtbald Hamilton, 81. A Taylor, Esq. Lord Henry Fog. raid, K. W .TAlbut, E.q. Lord Milto.d, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tugsuar, JUNI, 2S. At three o'clock. the Lord Chancellor, and the other Nob!e Commissioners, namely, Lords Ayles ford and Walsingham. tieing seated, Mr. Quartile, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod. was deputed to require the attendance of the Commons : a num ber of whom immedia.ely appeared, to present the Right Hon. Chyle* Abbot, as their Sneaker, for the Royal approbation. On Mr. A Btlo I'S a.yirnaching to the Bar, he thus :Wares , . d their pflhips :—" My Lords, I have to Acquaint yo r. oiat in co napFunce with the commands of His and in the exercise of their undeuhted privitet!e. the Conr.mors of the United K;ngdom have proceeded to the choice of a proper and fit I, son to till the high and important situatio of iip.taker to theii. House.—As the objeet of their choice. I -.ow submit myself for the approbation of His Mikity, with due and sin cere humility. cceply imps • d with a sense of the many and undeserved favours I have already re ceived from his hamk:. and fully confident of my own inadequ icy to total the duties of this high situa.; in in a .n inner cor , esootident with the dignity and importance of so sacred a trust. But of this 1 am :onvinced, that shauld His vlajesty conceive the presen. choice of ele Commons of the United K .-Adoni not consistent with his own and the p.. Alic interests. itir y will immediately proceed to the eleetion of • nit. mAre sunable and pr • per per.- son for that important Ind dh-niiieti situation." To whica tin. LORD CHANCELLOR replied— ,. Gentleama of tna I !,,use •,I " It is His Majesty s command that we signify to you his gtaa.tous approval uf your choice. , respell to rni je jeee fos`trigs on the eminent ; talents. and t• - .e pro-a acquaintat , :r which the ; Holt Gentlemen p.s..e.3es ot i.ei tot ms and peer.- I dents ot toe is use. at wt. :Id be unnecessary for me to add f whet rh .t, ete u-qaalified approbation that entertained .4 the rh:aice you bay.: made. Ii s Majesty has the lune. , nfilence in the prudence I :and integrity of his 1.4..3tul and loyal Commons. and grass to them ad those rights and privileges ; which they have hereto:ore enjoyed. As aM. .nl. of that House, you are entitled to those rights, though regarding your past life and uniform coa dua, such a grant may be considered as unneces sary." The following Peers then took the oaths and their seats —the Duke of Beaufort. the Bishops of Rochester and Litchfield. Metquisses of Stafford, Blandford, and Waterford. Earls of Dishy. Stan hope, Caution's, Cholmondeley, Orford. SanJwich, Cathcart, Cahir, Anson. strathmote. Lords Boring don, Talbot, Clifford, and De Dunstanville. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met this day, at three o'clock, and soon afterwards, Mr. Quarme, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the Table, aid dressed the Speaker, who at that tinus took the Chair, as follows : . 1 Mr. Speaker, the Lore, authorized by •irwe of Ilia kfaie.te's Cootnossion, desire the attendance of thus Honour able liaises. et the Sat et the Hoo•c of Ibrnds." The Speaker. accompanied by the Members pre• sent, accordingly attended said summons, and, on his return, be addressed the House as follows : •' I have to acquaint the House, that I have been in the Hcuse of Lords, where His Majesty. by his Royal Commission, has been graciously pleased to approve and confirm the choice of this Home, in the eleilion they have made of me, to be their Speaker ; and that I there tail claim, by humble petition to His Majesty, for all our .;rich nt and undoubted rights, in regard to the pi iyilrgys of this House; and mote especially, safe, y from arrest and all molestation for the ‘leinuers of this douse, and their servants; freedc is of speech is debate g and that all our proceediags may receive the most favourable construction. His M., jfsty has beets pleased to concur grantiog to this House the whole of these privii , get, as tally, and in as s.nole a manner, -ver d by any of nis fire. decessors. Ans. now, Gentlemen. placed in this Chair, by the favo.ir rc the House, for the fourth time, Iha to repeat t.ay humble And heanfelt ac knowledgments to you for the highest honour that any of its .4t1136C1S can pos•ibly receive. lu ray endeavours to execute this trust, 1 must emu eat the marainuaa asistaince of the House, in support of its own honour and authority, and for maintaining oar et in its p•oceedings ; assuring you. at the same time, that its my purpose to aet. iu all miners of business, with the striftst , t .'elicaey and imiartiality, and the utmost regulari ty dispatch. 1 have oily now to remind the House, that the first fling to be done, upon the presaat occasion, is, tor the Merriben to take the necenary and u.nal oaths of supremacy. abjuration, and qualification, as by law require.i." The House was mot dangly so occupied during the remainder of to sitting. Adjotuued till to marrow. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GOTTENBUItGII MAILS. • sti.u.susts, mos 7. General Blucher, who arrived here a few days since, has taken the command of the Prussian troops, under the King of Sweden. The armistice still continues in force, and the King has had an in terview with General Brune, but we are yet igno• rant of what passed at this Intel view. GOTTLNIURGH, JUNE I'2. Wednesday arrived the Dorset and Lally Nepean packets, with malls and dispatches, when an estafate was immediately sent to the King at Stralsund. Yesterday Captain Proponcher, Aide•du•camp to General Blucher, arrived here from Stralsund, with dispatches for the English Government and for the Duke of York, he will take his passage in the packet in turn of sailing vs day, as will also Mr. Adler berg, the new Swedish Minister to the Court of Loudon. JUNE 15. The day before yesterday, two fleets, the one going to England, under convoy of the Sally armed ship, Captain Chetham, which opposed the French at the siege of Minute ; the other, under convoy of the Pandora brig, bound to the Sound, were, by a strong gale of westerly wind, forced in here. Tne Pandora has in her convoy, five sail of transports, laden with gun-powder, for Memel. MEAD.QUARTERS, STRALSUND. Adjutant-General Baron Tawast returned, last Saturday evening, from Demnin, after having on the 29th ult. concluded and signed a cartel, with the French Colonel Fays, for the mutual exchange of prisoners of war. His Royal Majesty having recalled, under dote of the Ist of last month, his Minister Plenipotentiary, Lieut.• Col. Von Rehausen, from his mission vi the British Court, has been pleased to anpoint in his stead Baron Adlerberg. Lord of the Bechhamber, and Knight of the order of the Sword, Envoy Ex .raordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary, at that Court.—(Gettedourgb Gazette yaw 12.) " • JUIGSBURGII, MAY 24. This morning arrived here the fiae Spanish re. girnent of dragoons of Algarve, and on the 18:h the Spanish General, Marquis Hermofilla. Oa the 21st he dined with the Eleaor of 'Freres, and atter. wards proceeded with the EleCtor, and his sister Princess Cunigunda, to the Mout, to see the Spanish regiment of Gondalazara, which marched by in parade. The regimentals of these troops are white, with reJ cuffc.— (Stoci iota Gaseatt of lime 111) STOCEIMI-M JUNI S. According to the last Presburgh and Hungarian Gazettes, the Turks surprised, at the end of Apra, the Servian Camp. near Nissa, but were repulsed ant: pursued a considerable distance. The Turks 1 having received reinforcements, renewed the at. I ; tack, and a severe conflia ensued, which lasted from three in the morning till half-past nine. when the Servians were c.ompletely routed, and put to flight. They lost 4830 killed, 7295 wounded, and 800 taken prisoners, with 2 stand of colours, and 6 pieces of cannon. The loss of the Turks con sisted in 2180 killed, 3035 wounded, and 180 taken prisoners.— f St...abets, (rosette, Jane 8 ) :magus, JUNE It. (PRIVATE LETTZR.) A report is in circulation that a battle has been fought between the Russian and French armies, in which the latter were defeated 1 we are without any correit information on this subjed, but our best hopes are for its confirmation. FROM THE FRENCII AND DUTCH PAPERS. Diitinic, Julis 3 His Majesty the Emperor and King passed the whole of the Ist instant on horseback. He reviewed the Legion of the Njrth. At two o'clock yesterday His Majesty set out on his return to head-quarters. summit. iumt 2. The Germanic States, who are allied to France, are solely occupied at this moment in supporting, with all their energy. the vast designs of the Em peror Napoleon. They spare neither pains nor expense in procuring for this Monarch the means of sustaining with honour the contest in which he is engaged, and of restoring peace to suffer i.ig humanity. To attain this objeft, all the Members of the Confederation of the Rhine have resolved to double their contingents. The King of Bavaria has ordered the assembling of a fresh corps of the army in the environs of Ram berg, whi,i is to form a jantlion with the Army of 04serva. ion, commanded by Marshal Brune. The Salon trwTs, which form a pert of the Grand Army, .tre to be augmented to TO,OOO men. The King ut Wurternberg has ordered three new regi men s t-, march towards Silesia. The Grand Duke of Baden sends 15.000 men to Magdebourgh : the e ,acing-tit of Cie Gresd Duke of Wortetnberg has already set off for Stettin ; in short, the other Nieces and Sacco, leely entered into the Confede ration, me e.:zu to forsish their respedive con• tiogents. THE BRITISH PRESS. LOX DON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2.t. We announced, yesterday, the arr i val of Duto!t Papers, to the !nth instant. As we then stat.!.l, city contain no news of any interest. The Paris nese., in these Papers, states, that M trflial Let es it.' created Duke of Dantzic. Marshal f.etceruc c 1; duAed the siege of that City. The estate annex .41 to his Ducal title is in the interior of Fiance. M. Aimee actin, the new Bvre,fisti Mini:ter, at rived in tqwn yesterday. He !allied rn Monti..y at Yarmonth, !torn on board the Demi packet, 1!I which vessel he sailed from G'ottenbur&s, on ti. 16.11 instant. A Swedish 0,11:er came over the same vessel, charged with dispeches s General BLUCHER, to his Royal highness the Du:. • nt YORK. The Dursrt brought ENV.) Mails, with letters and papers from that city to rith. The latest intelligence which they contstin,ft a Stralsund, is of the 7th, at which date Gen. Bt.t.c ts who had taken the command of the Prussian troor under the King of SWEDEN, was at that place His SWIDISH Niamey. The armistice st.ll coa tinned in force at that time, A private letter, darn,' Elsmeur, the 12th, states a report of a battle b:- twecn the French and Russian armies, beyond tl-.: Vistula, in which the former were defeated. 'l"rea is given deserve as a mere rumnnr, and &es not aprear t.. any credit. The last accounts trona the armies. brought by the Tonningen btails, coos, down to the 4th, at which dose 80N.% P A ass was Marienbnrgh, and the Emperor of ft i:SCI A king of Pa C4SI A were at Heiligenhea, and no ciia cumstancs were announced that indicated an ap. proaching battle. It will be seen. by the Ad vet t;sement in a previews column. that the grand apposition dinner will t,e given this day. The company invited, as stated in a former paper, consist of the friends of the le. Ministers, in the present Parliament. We tinier. stand that the Stewards have received more thaa one hundred arid eighty promises to dine with tier.. and that above 40 more Members, of both Hots are expefted in town, this day, who will also Ls present. The ancite. of last night, states, that the A'- dress to His hl AMT v, upon the change tf tern, from the University of Dublin, inserted in T./ Gasetie, of the 6th of June, was inserted kr no Address having been presented to His Muss's , from that Body. We copied the Address into , s.r Paper, of the 7th, and wondered, at the time, ho s it had found its way into rie Gomm. Some of the Evening Prints of yesterday meninx the arrival of ; French Fleet off Halifax. This . 1 an old exploded rumour. which took place in ti e month of Apia last, brat did not survive the cli) , oi i.s birth. The CAarmin: Kitty, Captain Lao t Gronr, BRISTOW ; and the Dille er Pertlaird, SesNc:, from London for the South Seas, were all well na the 9th of April, in Lat. I. Long. 22. W. barin7 parted company from the East India Fleet whi,h sailed from Portsmouth on the 26th of February last, a few days before. The East India Fleet sailed from Porstmooth can Monday. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock,Their ssr Princesses AUGUsT A, SOIPHIA, and ASIALI a, arrivzil at the Qoattes P.slem, horn Windsor. Princess Maar remains at Windsor. being ind.s. posed. About two o'clock, the Quests and Paancs.s . “s honoured Lady (.41AIILOTTI FINCH with a visit, a her apartments in St. James's Palace. In the evening, Their MAJESTIIII had a see,: parry. His MAJISTV will hold a private Wee at t'.'c Qu &La's Palace, thi, day. A' Ad ien has been presented to the Kts l from the Corporation of Appleby. congrantlen 4 1 His Mar esvy on his late dignified exercise of 1. • Royal e aiP otnmun Hall rerative. will be held, this day, "' ' s ''' is espeaed that COIRISTOPHRIL SMITH, F' • RICHARD PHILLIfi, Esq. will be returned z..., for the year ensuing. Mr. 'lst ose ts rio, of Castle-street, Leiceste : : t 5q- 4 has received a Inter horn Mr C AAAAA I Sit' dated at Bytche, in France, 117th May, sating , It ' the accusation against him of his taking plias Boulogne, and the flotilla, is entirely f.dsr t 11,0 ' after a long confinement. he is roved i nnoce nt, T 1.. acc users could net bring the slightest roof. whole originated in private pique, and a most no rious plan to extort money from bim. A Morning Print, of yesterday, assure d the r • he 1 , that in whatever view its ConduSors may i• gird the occurrences of the day, the Parliam.t.t kir:win Department of the Paper, they 0. • themselves, shall be at once faithful and nitts• It is a most curious circumstance to find a P. paper thus admitting a want of g en eral fi n d, for .. i m p a rtiality. The art of pulings Tr: prolesanrs, but he must be an adept of rota( ordinary skill and genius who made ti is ditcovety. aNS4 Wit SAI by, on wit} toil play that 11 6 01, tura die g, ( you" iron CCL bury TIN in to. Coma and ry Thi honse bury. The Menu! rapt Paired. can ne The H M du liie on'te ' • I Kan t hi .nice h. ~i•ai