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struairm among these poor people. l ihree hzsitalions of the German Legion (Infantry) are in the town, the rest of them are in the Island of Ilugen. ahoi t two mile,. :sows from hence; this I suppose will e our final retreat, btu even there I don't think we ate 'estate; if the enemy can hut muster a few vessels, I think heir • ..tetpoising spirit will induce t..ern st) attack us Thr Legion are anxious to he in *Won, and 1 really think, if they have a fair trial, they'le do their duty ; they cut a harndsorne figure. I asstare . you, noshing like those in this country. •• One of our I , wit batteries is now firing at the enemy's .v , tki, and I am going out with a party to see the el e& " P S. Sir c'Clock, p m —The King of SWF.DeN has just ordered all those who wish to quit the City, to do it in 24 hours ; after which the gates are to be shut. The women and children are beginning to move; And 10.-norrow, the scene will be truly dis tressing, especially should a few shells be sent in at lines vats." THE BRITISH PRESS. I.ON DON, SATURDAY, AVGL:ST S. In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. Witt:saws sugg-stet the propriety of short ad jlurnments in the present critical state of the coun try. He was alasWered by the CH•MCCLLOit of the EXCHEQVCR, who declared explicitly, that it was intruded to prorogue Parliament as soon as the pub lic bu s iness should be disposod of. The Ftsndscontieee•t' decline—Omnium left off yesterday at 14 discount. A letter from Dundee, dated on Saturday last, AyS :-.•-•" Seven vessels have arrived this day from the Baltic, the Captains of which agree in stating, Va that there is not the smallest appearance of hostilities against this COMMr at the Sound or in the Baltic. The Danish Beet is not so much as rigged." A vessel from Memel, arrived at Hull on the sth instant, the Captain of which states, that on Sunday evening. the 12th last, on waiting upon his Mer chant at that port, to obtain-skis papers and dis patches, he was privately adv;sed to get under sail for England, as soon as possible. He accordingly went immediately on board his vessel, hound down the river, and next mousing saw 'several other English vessels coming down, mat.y of which he knew to be without either cArgn or ballast. From this he ciinjeetured. that they had been ordered away for safety. The Yrus,ians ha.t evacuated Memel, and the Russians were it, pns ession of it. . His NI AJ tSTT i f ship Holum is ordered to be fitted out At Ch cthon few foreign servicz. The HAiraen it •np has been cent off with dis patches for Adtni,el Gamete,. Viscount M LVIL LI had, yesterday, along inter •iew with Lord Mui.oe•vs. The Secretary of tne late gallant Admiral Sir Tirostas Loi u i yesterday attended the 8,..,rd of Admiralty. Accounts are hourly expeael at the Admiralty, from Admiral GAMS'S!. The following letter has been posted up at Lloyd's 3 " Admitalty.ofßee, Angst 5, 11 , 17. " Sir—ln enterer to your tem, of y csteedly's date, relators to a convoy for the trade on the coast of Africa, I are com mended by my Lred• Cumtntise,onets of the Admi.alty to tta furm you, that a convoy hat already been provided for the Si; Ipi bound to the West ladies it. October, and that another v.. 11 be ...Meted to proceed from the cent in the month el De• eem'.er. " 1 ant, Ate. W W. POLE.• N J Q. Tyr. Esq. /duct " _ There was a report, yesterday, that the Swedes, assisted by the Getman Legion, commanded by Lord CAT/Man?, had made a most successful sor tie, in which 5000 Dutch and Spaniards are said to have been killed, woundei, or made prisoners.— This report was a mere speculation. Yesterday came on the Elrßion for Sargeon to Christ's Hospital, when hir- Rastsoaa was eleeted. The numbers were— F‘w Mr Ramsden . 67 Fur M. Abetuaihy . 54 The 29. hilegiment of Foot (late Lord HAIRIPM- Tom's). recently arrived from America, are quar tered in Deal barracks.. It is sufipissed this tine Regiment will soon form a 2d Battalion by the volunteering from the militia regiment now on the coast of Kent. The 2d battalion of the 32d Regiment of Foot, Commanded by Lieut.-Colonel blsni.ey Poser as, left Worcester on Tuesday morning, for Chelms ford Barracks, in Essex. Tile letters by the Lisbon mail have been de livered out. They do not bring any particular news. Those we have seen do not express any alarm respereting the shutting the Portuguese ports against t)e trade of this country, though it is very likely that 8041 AAAAA will now adopt this measure. if the demand has actually been made to the Portuguese Government, the news was not publicly known when the packet saile.l. Friday last, a melancholy accident happened at kingsbeidge, Devon ; a gentleman of that place, having returned from shootihg, left his loaded gun in the kitchen; an apprentice boy coming in shortly after, incautiously took it up, when the piece un fortunately going off, lodged the whole contents in the head of a meant girl at work in the room; her skull exhibited a most dreadful appearance, both eyes and part of the brains being blown nut, not withstanding which, she languished, retaining her senses, for several hours. Atter sertence of death had been passed upon Feerivirr Alreesfittl. sad Galley, (who we►e conviaed at Warwick Anises, last week. of uttering forged Bank of England Notes.) Mereolath requested to say a few words to the Judge : he acknowkdgrd him sell guilty of the crime imputed to him, but be most hualbly and eainestly implored that mercy ought be extended to Gale,. wbeis be deslaxed to be gamma. !• i 1 I A A THEATRE. Mr. Co t. Ales comedy, The Poor Gentleman, was performed, last night, and presented Mr. YOUNG in the volatile and good-natured Frederic ; he was a chaste and faithful representative, and received veat applause. Mrs. Guerra. late Miss Brous, made her debut in Mrs, Lucretia Mew Tab, and was an admira. ble representative of the - antiquated virgin; her callow was inimitable, and colouring high ; but it is one of those parts that will allow a lit t le extravagance, without offending. Mrs. Gnov must prove a great acquisition to any Theatre. MATTHEW% seas extremely well in Sir Hubert Bram t; Mr. WADDY did ample justice to Humphrey Debbins. Wins. A Mr. K sae, Irons the Yotk Theatre, made his dehet in Corporal Pow, and was very well received. Th. house was crowde4. The Countess Dowager of ENROLL and Ladies Yoctra, BORING DON. and G. Mv eta AY, were among the Nobility present. Yesterday, the Princess AmcLta completed her 24th year ; the same was observed at Windsor by the ringing of bells during the morning. In the evening, the ROYAL FAMILY had a private Ball, and a Confers, performed by Her Islaiesyy's . _ . Early yesterday morning, the Diikes of Yoßit and KIN: arrived at Windsor ; the Duke of Voile for the purpose of laying before His MAJesTy the Monthly State of the Army. After breakfast, His MAJESTY, the Dukes of Yosx and KENT, Prir cesses Au'vsra, Sorest..., and AM et la, attended by the Hon. Miss Eneat on, Generale De Buoc, Frreeoe, and CA erwaioNT, and Colonel Tar Low, Look an airing on horseback in Windsor Patk. Mr. CANNING gave a grand Cabinet dinner yes terday. The Duke of Poavcarn has removed to his house in Downinc-street. Yesterday, Earl Carman. after attending a Committee of the Privy Council, at the Cockpit. upon Appeals, left town for his seat at the Wilder ness, in Kent, till Monday. Mr. Dissono's new play of Adrian and Orrile ; or, A Moihrr's Ventreascs, was performed on 'Thurs day evening, at the Windsor Theatre, with peat eclat. Mrs. Mums was the heroine of the piece, and gave to Madarise Clermont all the interest and feeling the elegant and classical author intended. and received the most unbounded applause. Mr. Multilane, in the Prince of Altentwg; Mr. WkiCil r, in Michael; and Miss Wa Ito, in Lothaire, acre equally successful. In the Farce of We Flo by Night ; er, Low Scenes, Mr. EyERARD, Mr. lic•noroan, Mr. WRIGHT, Mrs. HUNTEN, sad Miss Kiss, received their share of applause. The house was full and elegant. Mr. Kimo's hall, at Cheltenham, on Monday, was crowded ; 600 persons were iqside the room, aad as many more outsets There are few Kliegs more beloved, nor whose eabjelis make a greater bustle for sil.sees. Mr. MELVIN was to make his &hot at the Bir mingham Theatre, on Tint slay last, in his fa vourite parts of Gossamer, and Michael, in The Adopted Child. We have no doubt his reception will be as flattering as on his first appearance in London. On Friday he was to play Vafroi, in 'lire Drarnalrit. Mr. Mumoan makes his debar, on Monday, at Birmingham, in Sir Ijaert ltranahle an.l Usgsory. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Emery were to play Got sander and Smirks, in Laugh when pa can, on Wed nesday night last, at the Liverpool Tin-are. 'lbis day, the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR will proceed from Guildhall, at I t o'clock precisely, attended by the Aldermen, Common Council, and City Officers, to present compliments of congratu lation to the Duchess of Bect.swice, as m .ved for by Mr. L)ison, at the last Court of Common Council. The Duchess has fixed one o'clock to receive the LORD Mairuit, at the Princess of WALES'S, at Montague House. Afterwards the LORD M•voa will entertain the Corporation at din ner, at Greenwich. Three large turtles were for warded, last night, to Greenwich, as a compliment to the Aldermen and Common Council, in attend ing his Lordship to Blackheath. The subjeff of general conversation is now be , come AsTLev's Theatre; the Martial Hero, versed in deeds of arms, delights to dwell on the heroic afttons of The Brace Cossack; and, in de scribing to his friends the manmuvres of horse and foot, in the extensive field of battle ' Omni fancies has(so well is it pourtrayed), that he b held not a fittit;aus scene of warfare, but akflual reality. The melancholy fate of Lady F. CAsitaaLL hay. ing elicited mach interest, we are induced to give the following particulars:—About four o'clock, as a labouring MOH was going to his work, he saw a large smAce at the house ; on his approach, he discover ed the left wing to b • on fire. He immediately alatmed the family, when they found Lady F. CA 'Mines dressing-room on fire. Lady F. C.'s woman immediately ran to her Ladyship's bed room, adjoining the dressing-room, to search for her Lady, and found she had not been in bed. and was missing, It is supposed she fell in a fit.--I,ady F. C.'s Homan left her Ladyship at a quarter before twelve o'clock, in her dressing-ram, in her night dress, as was her usual custom. Lady F. was found in the rains, a shocking spectacle, no more in this world; her watch Was also found drawn up, and stood still at half past one. Lord FRIDRRICE C. was in town at the time, having left Coombank on Fri day afternoon. Ths wing, containing the dressing room, a room over and under, are entirely gutted, only the stone walls remaining. From the great exertions of the neighbouring inhabitants, with an engine from Earl STANHOPE'S ; a party of the Royal Artillery. with an engine from their Barracks, sear Sevetioaks ; and an engine from Severoaks town, the fire was got under, and the other parts dabs house preserved. The door out of the bed-room into the dressing-room was on fire when her Lady. ship's woman entered the bed-room, the furniture of the bed was scorched and singed with the heat Be 8064 but not on fare. !TIR' P' 7 777 - LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF OF CHANCERY, Ltescoties-lom-HALL, Am F. Ex forte KAYS, in the Mater af Annie, it Bankrupt. This was a Petition en behalf of the Petitioning Credit 'r, for a new trial, under very peculiar cir , 'cumstances. A verdift had been found against the validity of the Commission, before Lord Ellenbo. rough, through the mistaki., as it was contended, j of Sir Vicary Gibbs, the Counsel for the Pet.tioning Creditor, in not producing the proper evidence, on the trial, of the Petitioning Creditor's debt, at the time of the alleged aft of Bankruptcy, in 1796. The great hardships attending the setting aside the commission, after I I years, was strongly urged oft the one side, as leading to the ruin of the creditor., amongst whom the considerable p•operty of the Bankrupt bad been distributed, as dividends, under the commiss•en. The still greater hardship and ruin of the Bankrupt, under an illegal commission of bankruptcy, for so many years, without a satisfac tory proof, by the affidavits now read, of the exist ence of better evidence on the part of the Petitioning Creditor at the trial, excited in the ChanceUor s mind a seeming determination to refuse the appli cation for a new trial, in a case composed of both law and equity, and of great ssispiciiin. Alter a long Argument, his Lordship said, if an affidavit were not produced tomorrow morning, establishing the taft of such legal evidence being in the Petitioning Creditor's possession at the time of the trial, he would refuse the new trial ; and even with such affidavit, he would not send it to a Jury, be • cause tuch sending would prejudice the Jury; he would, if such affidavit could be made, try the cause himself, here, as he had done heretofore in the cause of Mortis e. the Minor C.nnns of St. Paul's. H19.11E CIRCUIT. SURReY ASSIZES. CROYDON, AVOIIIT 7. SINGULAR RAPK. Wi/fian.Wii.on was indifted for feloniously ra vishing, and carnally knowing, against her will, Elizabeth, the wife of J. Palmer, in the parish of it. .Nicholas. Guildford, on the 10th day of lune last. Mr. LAWES, as Counsel for the prosecution, stated that this case was attended with most peculiarly dis tressing circumstances. The Prosecutrix was a young woman, just turned of the age of twenty-one years, who had been married about a year and a half, having bad one child, which was dead. The husband kept a small ion, at Guildford, known by the sign of the Greyhound, arid it happened, that on the 10th of June last a cricket-match was played in the neighboui hood of the town. After the field sports of the day ••:ere finished, the party, of whom the Prisoner was one, adjourned to the Greyhound, where they spent their evening. 'lle parlour in which they sat was detached from the house by a small yard. At about eleven o'clock the Prosecu. trix and her maid servant went to bed, leaving the master of the house to wait upon the company.— They sat late, and between the hours of ode and two they were alarmed by a violent screaming and a cry of " murder." Some of the company ran to the house, and at the foot of die stairs they met the Prisoner, who was running away. Mrs. Palmer then stated what had passed, and which she would detail to the Jury in eeidence. It had besn ob served, that the Prisoner had left the room not many minutes before, and it was thought for some tem porary purpose ; bat he had aSualty forced his way into Mrs. Palmer's bedroom, and had perpetrated that fa& for which he now stood at the bar to an swer with his life, if. the Jury and the Court should think, that, under thecircumstancee, it amounted to the crime of rape. Elizabeth Palmer deposed, that her husband kept the Greyhound, at Guildford. On the 10th June last, there had been a cricket match in the neigh bourhood, and some of the patty spent their even ing at their house ; she retired to bed about eleven o'clock ; she did not know the Prisoner, except from having seen him at the house once Or twice; she knew him by the name of " the Tailor," that being the trade which he followed. After she bad been a-bed some time, she was awakened by finding some one in bed with her ; she then described, that. finding she person had his clothes on, she supposed it was her husband, who had taken too much li quor. She said, " Palmer, what, are you tipsy— if you cannot undress yourself, I will undress you ?"—The Prisoner made no reply, but went on to effeet his purpose, which he completed, and then left the bed, and went behind the hed.curtains. Still supposing it was her husband, she said to him, " Palmer, you are nit going down again." the Prisoner, io a feigned voice, which was an attempt to imitate her husband's voice, replied, " Yes, the company are not all gone, I must see things set to tights." She immediately recognised the Prisoner, an 1, jumping out of bed, seized him by the collar, and cried out for assistance. He attempted t. g t away. and before any body came. he broke louse from her grasp and escaped. J. Palmer, the husband, stated, that hearing the cries of his wife, he ran to her assistance, and as he reached the house door, he met the Prisoner running away. He pursued him, and got the shortest way to his lodgings, where he arrived before the Prisoner. The nest morning he caused hintto be apptehended. He asked him " hew he could have committed so vile an a 3 as to debauch his wife 1" The Prisoner answered, he did not know that he had done it, but that he would make him any recompence, and leave the town.. 'l•he Witness said nothing could he a re compence to him, and he would put him in the power of the law. The servant girl corroborated the statement of her mistress's screaming out, and saw the Prisoner run down stairs. The Learned Judge (Lord Chief Justice MANS' V/ LLD) said, this could not amount to a rape, al though the Prisoner had certainly committed a most atrocious outrage. The woman, by her own evidence, was consenting to the aet, although ber consent was fraudulently obtained, as she aged un der the impression that it Was her husband who was in bed with her. He consequently direded the Jury to acquit the Prisoner of eau capital charge, which they did. !'he Prisoner was afterwards indified and found Gritty . of an assault. It has been decided in the case of Dutch Saw e. Tow Belcher, that the parties are to ight the battle over again, on the day fortnight reckoning from the date of their late contest. . . . ... e. - POLICE!. . 2 0.-1111 Int. Late on Thursday evening, George Re:, alias 11, Prince, was brought before Lams Kean, Est, charged with behaving in a tiotous manner, and disturbing the proceedings of * sale, held by .4r. Graham, the auCtioneer, in Hamilton-street. Pitta. dilly, on 'L'hursclay morning. John Archer, of Ward.nir-streer, st;tveyor, said, that between eleven and twelve o'clock he was in Ham& in -street, when the Prisoner came up to him, and asked what business lie had on that ground ? and whit'. business the cart: hid these, tak ing the property away at the sale •He made no answer. but walked away. He saw him a few mi. nutes after in the sale-room, when the Prisoner came up, direaed his conversation to him, and in a few seized him by t le -rollar, saJ threatened to shoot him ; with the assistance of some persons he got disengaged. This violent and outrageous cot. duet was confirmed by several person,, whn ill agreed that they believed him to be a lunatic, any . a dangerous person to be at large. While he was before the Magistree, he behaved in a very violent manner, and refused to take of his hat ; he declared hi niself ti be George t:,, Fourth, and declined g.volg LIT oilier nAtis.: 11..1: George Rex, or The P.ince. The Magistrate sill, poa:ng that his vi dent condird night proceed fruit the effeas of liqtior, ordered him to be detained a: the Brown 13‘..tr pudic-'route till the f o ll ow i ng day, and direfted toquiries to be made. He proved to he a carpenter and joiner, and had worked wit/ Mr. WWI, of Camden Town, but had not bees at work since Tuesday evening; and a few days previons, his master Lad strong suspicion he was deranged. Yeste. day the Prisoner underwent another exa mination before Mr. r s so and Mr. Naaas, wilco he appeared in the same violent state as on Theft, day evening. The Magi,tiates, in consequence, having .io doubt of his being an uhane and danger ous person. sent him to the work-house of St. George's, Hanover-square, being the parish when he was found, under the Aft of Parliament for the safe cud tidy of insane p:rsons, charged with al 'fences. - - NAVAL INTELLIGRNCE. IPOITShIOUTII, AUGUST 6. Arrived the Boreal, Capt. Scott; and La Reck Captain White, from off H.vre ; and L'kepieglo sloop„irom Cork, with a convoy, ia three days. She has convoyed here the Sperke, Spanish prim, and three of the transports, which parted from the Las• rareer't convoy. There are but two missing now. The Governor of Monte Video (who was Captain of the Sas Raphael, when captured by Sir Robert Cal. der), is on board the klisn6, th. Sailed the Gannet and Warp, for the gore. P.. VIIOUTS. AUO. S. Came in the Kireerree, Captain Cleveland, ham Wilmington; and the Irespot4, M'lver, from Phi.. ladelphia, for Bremen, detained by the Betsey psi. vateer. TORBAY. AUG S. Halfpost Fi^e °Work, p.as.—Admiral Lord Gard ner is just arrived with the undermentioned skips; they put back in cons.:qoerwe of contrary winds e Ville de Paris, Hibernia, Londose, Dreadnreesht, For drounu:, and D►a:os. • Rear- stdmiral De Cowry, with five sail of the line, which sailed from hence nn Monday last, coe• tinues at sea ; supposed to be going for Kochfort. ORAL. ACQUIT 6. Arrived yesterday evening the Ls - plosion bomb. from Portsmouth, with a convoy which are sailed for the River. Came town His Majesty's ship Agincourt. Arrived His Majesty's ships Sotellae, Laotian, ad Bloodhound, from a cruise, and remain in the Dowm with the ships as per last. .ssa ritice OF STOCKS, YESTERDAY. 3 pet Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols 6llll • per Cent. b p•r Cent. Navy Long An nu i ties l7l 11-14 Irnp..sial 3 per Ceut 6lf* (Minium India Stock Exchequer Bills English Lottery Tickets Consuls for 61 ,11 T. NISH, Stuck-Broker, No. •, Catskill, and 9, Chensigetvols CHANGE, Ave 1. Venice sew C. Amsterdam 36 9 9 U. Ditto at. Sight 35 2 Rotterdam ll 7 2U. 34 6 24U. Altona 94 9 2LU. Parte 1 day's data 24 111 Ditto 24 19 2 U. linirdeauft Madrid — In piper. U.tto effect. Palermo .ll paper. Diu" Sal effuct. 12116,4 • 3$ I.e,gh ern ' SO Ger.ya ..451 42 Lisbon .6 °pore Dublin Cork III pug. ites• Pertupl Gold in Cola - ann - Ban per we. New I) nabloons.. New Dollars *lves in Bars -• Nor Louis each Agi• of the Bank as HaAaab bi per Cent. AinUIT COAL-14AeItia.T. , 7. Stops at Market. Sold. Pries. 11 ..Nemiesde II Oa Si. a 511 9.1 11 . ..Sunderland.... 11 40s W. a 46a 01 1 ..Cusaars 1 s e s IM a es 04. On Wednesday, at %Vat/toot, this lady of Geo, Lo sseitie, Esq. M. P. of a laughter On the 4th inst. at Datchet, this Lady of Geosge Mathew Esq of a son. On Thursday, Latly Ellenborough, of a still.hornehld. - _ MARRIAGE. Yesterday morning, at the parish church of St. Aoihrii, Holborn, John Hopkins Forster, uf Moth Corry, near I eo.• t°^2Scmoirseir Eel to Min Sussing& Millet, eldest deuy :re of M r. Cherie* Millett i , uf Terme*, Grano-latt Attor ney at Law. DEATHS. Thursday mooting, Mrs. Mary Cockeye*, wife of Jetta Cocitayne, Attorney, Lyon's-Inn. July SI, at Rainsgate, Miss Margaretta Whitcomb*, etteild slaughter of Samuel Whitcouriate, toy of Blackheath.m t he he A few days ago, at Marietta whore he mem f welt of his health, Siam Maspirdias. Esq. M. D. HIGH WATER, TIM DAY, AT LUMP Morn—. 58 O.MULSig• albse • • LONDON:—Pnn•.cd by G. DAVIDSON. No. 17. / 3 " 1 " 1 " court, Pnw•atreet, Covent•Ratden, and published at the Office, No. 1), Reck of St. Clement" Chotels, Suand, It! W. STUCK, of No. 7, New fieltm•wont. lelog.Aese.. (Mete, otc for this Paps., ue to the Wha t (pa 04 will ha duly ateetobed to.