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cortcd by seven mil of the line: two of theAussian *WIN are Set Y 44 they are trot tit to go to sea, mon will there re be broken up here. The other seveu are completing their provieoas from Mir garle : 6l making eve p• preparation'. for their depart e. Il is buppooeci they will sail the begionintetoest' week. The ships which 'form the *semi are the Barfleur, Admiral Tyler. Dowegni. Ail.roberk. Hercule. *lied, Roby, uud Conquest. l It 'is a groat disappointment to our flees, that to R'us mans are perutitteil to go totoe quiet arty they do. Our tars were most *Aeons to try the Inside of the heroes of the North, on whom Ito. naparte chiefly relies to compel England to a ma ritime peace. It was generally believed they would have been fought for. In fact, orders for the at tack had been given, when an express arrived seem ori!enug every means to be itself to conci liate the Russian, sud, of all things, to avoid an aetiou with them, from which we infer that ' , one treaty lung be on foot between the Courts 111 St. Peterslburgh and St. James. The Russian Athol ial (hues with Sir Cliarlos Cotton to-da3, which is pretty friendly for people at war with reek other.' ' " SEPT. I I. " I 11UVe just learnt that a vessel sails to-morrow inorimeg, at day-light, with dispatches. Admiral Tyler, with his squadron, went out of the Tagus ilar, and is to anchor off l'aiwaes, where lie will he joined by thentusbian fleet, w Mel' is to go out f the Tagus to-morrow morning. " The French army is to soil iu three iliviio*. iirst division are embarked, nod will sail almost immediately, under convoy of Le ymph, t Irene% , who takes Jiiiisit on board, w with (Officers hie stuff. The Residower„ Cam. Adams, goes with the second division ; she also takes two Gene rals rod other Officers. LAimulde, Lord George Stewart, goes e.ith the third di .i•iou; each division will consist of nearly noun !net." " ',arr. 12. I closed my ktter this morning, thinking the Podargrus, which is going to England with dis patches, was about to sail ; but leariiiiig she is to wait till the First division of the French army leaves this, I will continue my account up to the latest moment. • The Russian fleet, consisting of rig sail of the line, and too frigates, went ont of the Tagus this morning. Admiral Tyler, with his squatloni, wns waiting outside to receive them, and will proceed ins:a:Aid:ly to Portsmouth. In pas.ing through our ships, they tuanned• the rigging, which was re turned by our rhips._ The too line-of-!rattle. ships left behind arc in isissession of a few men, who tire loft for tile purpose of taking este of thew mita their fate rindl be detetaiiiied. • The first division et thc. Freti..ll army are all ready to sal, except their wanting souse 'water, which will soon he stamdied t' soil La ylpl,r, with the French 12oininsinfer iu 4,...hief oti board. made the sigiial for railing this , ore to provide triatisports to carry 114,600 men, mud Jtutot is allowed to take 800 horses, that 6, including those fur t'ae artillery, cavalry . , & c. He himself has bought up all the Euglisti horses he could fret at the rate of 200 %ulna's each. The L'Aimabk, Cept. Lord H. Stewart, is to have charge of the convoy sod the Admiral is partleufaviT onerous they /imolai sail to-morrow. • They_ go to, Basque Rom's. Tile army to be landed et R.ehetle. The second divi- Dion of the army begins to embark either to-usor row or next dny. Our troops here now Vshott, and the Portuguese flog is flying at Belem Castle. and most of the fortifications. 'flit: French had takenoffa vast quantity of plunder, but irCutu vnittre of Gcnend (Meets lipve appointed Commis sioners to attend the embarkation, &e. &c. acid ino.t of it '. ts been re-lauded, and the inhuliiitants are required to rend in es desire& they may have on. the Yreoch, which are atten4ett to." arPti, 13. " The Piero* sails towtee. at one o'clock. The French golossis are hantarA Amvn this morning on hoar& tht • I }a o f W V and they are taken poo session of byes Of the squadron, for the Ptauce Urgent. The Erllpse arrived to-day from Oporto; with • anew°, of light transports, to convey the French troops PILOCLAAATTON ST MI SEITVIN .t 5D crises commtsstoNt.rts, ?on EISING CAltatED tETO EFFECT Tut: toNTENTIoN MISSED UPON SCTWEEN TEE IiEbPECTIvE tua- M&llEtta IN curer: 44 For the ftilfilment of the stipulations made in the Convention agreed upon for the evacuation of Portugal by the french Army, That property of every kind, t;ootiocated, or seized, from the subjects or other persons residing hi Portugal, a liether of the Royal Palace, ltoyal and Public Libraries, mid Museums. mid froM ia , Eviduals tint are still exist ing in Portugal, should be restored : We, the Commissioners fur seeing carried into execution the said Treaty, as his Excellency the Commander of the French Army has already anti tied to his army, think it also right to make public the same for the information of MI concerned, and' far facilitatia% the re,titutioaer theyeagiriiis back such property, we have judged expedient to appoiut a (.:onimittee of three persons, viz. Lieut.-CM/mei Trout. 0. Sr. Antonio Rudrignes tie Oliveira, and Mr. Dubliur, Cuoialissaire dos Gaerres. to meet at No. 8. Cargo du Loretto. who are appointed to re ceive, inquire into, and judge of all reelatnations on this head, and whose orders for the restitution of piviserty, so whomever addressed, *ore to be obeyed. And it as directed that keepers shall have charge of sequestrated or mired property in every house to ' , which it rosy hare been removed!, to assure the con servation of objecui or. moveables transported from royal or public loonies, to other., for the use or con venience of such General, Athninistrutor, or other subjcet of the French Army. These keepers will make the description of all oresldes with the name of the owners, and he accountable for whutever Ts therein, mad they will be delivered only pn legal proof of ownership, to the prosiessoe. of such articles as shore described. whoUill transmit to this Coin 'slitter a rettun of what each nay have in his pos session of the property designated. And all persons may with safety apply - to this Tcibunal. . 1 We thilsk neeessery also to make known to whom it may concern, thin nuirturchase made of articles taken. frons the ',Milk arsenals or stores, since the 30th Angust, or wlutteyer shall, on trial, be proved to have beeu illegally sold or disposed of THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. SATURDAY. Ocrosta 1. Moui:enrs to the 20th have been received, w hich state that Bonaparte, at the Grand Parade of his troops at on the flay before, hail wade a Speech to theca, iu which lie recalled to their minds the triumphs which they hail achieved in Italy, Germany, Ike. and after telling them that the English li,nl polluted the soil of Spain, he Mild it would now be their duty to take a tcrrihle yens gtwnce on the Spaniards and the English ; that they must cross the Pyrenees fur that purpose, and restore the imperial Es,gles to that lustre which they had so long displayed wherever they bun been carried, This speech, it is said, was delivered in the most vehement manner; but no actoulit is given of its impressiou on the Vreneli troops_it is propuble that it was not afro favourable skimd as the •vanity of Ow Tyrant might expect, intoxicated as he is at the servile houniee which he has so long received from them, wherever his power has been felt or feared. We Ware 'received letters and papers from Ham burgh, to the l7tli instant, containing news from Vienna, to the i.tth. The Vienna Papers speak with freedom on the utT.iirs of Spain, and announce the stirrentler of th:' french fleet at Cadiz, to the Spanish Patriot::: an event which BONAPARTE has appeare:l so anxious to conceal from his Mart s. hurt of the correspondence between the ENOLISH AMBAISAVOR and the KAMAN ...iltstser.tt„ut St. Pert niburgh, has also been pub lished in The Vicuna Q.:Me. This was laid before the British Rouse of Commons during the last Session of Parliament. in January lust; and the most interesting part of it, in the present state of attain' between Austria anti France, is the reply of the Russian to the British Minister. on the sub j-ct of the secret articles of the Treaty of Tilsit. These secret articles, our reader's will recollect, Count Rostsszow allowed to exist. The private letters f Vienna state, that the great Inilitury preparations of Austria were continued with tame 'sitting vigour : hat the general impression through out the German States was, that there would be. no war between BONAPARTE and the Emperor Fasnot. Erfurt, the place assigned in the Gottenhur4li Mail, fur the approaching inter% iew between BO NAPARTE and the L•'ulperor of RUSSIA, is a fortified town in Lower Saxony. There ALEXANDER will be as tauch.in. the power of the Corsican as in the heart and centre of France. We do not mean to , say, that BUN %PARTE intends to abuse the adran tage, and to seize upon A LEXANDEN at Erfurt, as he did upon FERDINAND VII. or CHARLES IV. •at BayoMw. What we complain of is, that a:great and independent Sovereign should put himself in the power of a man in whose character perfidy is • prevailing feature, tad this leave himself at his mercy. The moment he enters Erfurt, lie ceases to be a free agent, and acts under the in ' fluenee of his rival. From a conference and meet *, upon such terms, we may expert new exer- Aitnis, Oil the part of ALEXANDER, to advance the immediate views of Franca, and, ultimately, his own destnwtion. At Erfurt, he will be urged by new • temptations, and bound by new promises, to pro. secute the war against Sweden with redoubled vigour, and to keep a wary eye upon Austria, lear ing NAPOLEON to bear with all his force upon Spain. This policy will serve Naeor,Rox more effectually than the immediate destruction of Atcxa.xnua, who will be spared as tut% as he is 'woman , to the purpose of the Corsican. Were r it not fur tlii!se reflections, we should view Erfurt as another Bayonne—the lion's den, from whence there are, n •calla wrong= ;' and regard ALSZANDER and Coanytetny as doomed, in a few weeks, to become inmntes of the Royal Menagerie, which NAPOLZOIS is collecting in France from every quarter of the Continent. We, yesterday, announced the arrival of the Po dargast brig s Irt guns, front Lisbon, with an account of the embarkation of the first division of Jtosoir's army, and the artualPailing of the Nrissiati squadron for England, escorted by a .quadron rif 7 sad of the lice, under the command of Admiral Tv LER. We stated, at the same time, that Sir Firm I)stersr- Pl.ll, anxious to nrpair his errors, had stepped the plunder which the French were carrying away nu tter their construction of the fifth snick of the Convention, guarautreing their private pro- petty of every description. General BEasarotin, sad Lord PIOZY, on t'..e ote part, and Ge newel VeLLsemeu on the other, had bees ap pointed to supeeintetni the execution of the Con vention ; and a t omesittee was at the same time appointed for the purpose of ascertaining every par ticular snide of plunder, and restoring it to the rightful owners. On the loth, the G.nrerals ap pointed to susperieteed the execution of the Coe• vention, in order to satisfy the miuds of the Portu guese upon the subject of the property. •itionied • l'roclumation, which is given in our preceding colusuns, hut, we fear, as we stated yesterday. that it is impossible to disci Militate completely between the bona fide property . 01 the French soldiers a •id their Portuguese plunder, and that the remedy ere scribed cull operate only as a palliative, not us acute. The only mode of sending the French Bunditti home, without their plunder, we repeat, would be to take from there every thing but their arms end military stores. All the rest neither is nor can be any thing but plunder. Report.states, that the Article of the DALRYII.• PIS. Convention, stipulating that the officers nod crews of the Russian fleet, taken in deposit in the Tagus, shall be immediately sent home, is not likely to be carried into effect. A Ministerial Print, of j esterduy, which gives an intimation to this ef f .ct, states, that " We are bound to send the Russian sailors home, because, looking to our selves alone, we had a right to make such terms. But we have no ri;zlit to stipulate for the Swedes —who are justified in taking them, as the Rus sians are not bound to remain neutrid."—liVe do not believe that the Apostles of the ono morality will dare to commit themselves to this course. 'flie ed Article of the Convention con cluded by Admiral SEttissist and Sir Casat.v.s COTTON, stipulates that the Russians are to be " conveyed to Russia in men of war or proper vessel 4, at the expense of His BRITANNIC MA JESTY," that is, in British seasels.—How then could British Ministers permit Sweden to stop British ships employed in the execution of their own treaty ?—They dare not be guilty of such baseness. We have received some Dutch Papers, contain ing letters from Vittoria, which state, that the head-quarters of the French army were at Miranda, and that BESSIERE** corps was extended from Pan curls) to Burgos, his head-quarters being at Sawa Maria. JOllltPil EviNAPARTIC was at Miranda. A reinforcement of 3000 uwu had arrived at Bayonne on the gth. The Cosdr, of sit guns, Rear-Admiral Sir R. STRACII4N, and the Malta, of t:4 gums, Captain Otwtv, have arrived at Plytnouth, from the Me diterranean. They sailed, from of Toulon/ The sth last, awl Gibraltar on the loth. They bat, off the former place, ten sail of the line. A 'rumour had reached the squadron, that one of thr ships at Toulon had tuutiuied,.wbieh seemed somewhat pre bable, as one of the squadron was observed to'have Levu %artied up the harbour, and dismantled. The French have lately built and launched a ship of the line, at Genoa, but attempts had been ni.ide to destroy her, since which time she has been constantly guarded by soldiers. _ When the above ;hips left Toulon, Sir "ijiiiipt STUART and the Expedition had not sailed from ?icily. t If the public indignation were excited, is eis strongest degree, by the contents of the dispatelfila i t: atsntitted from Portugal, on the dth of September; those which hove been recently receivtd, down to the Wilt, are by no means calculated to diminish that sentiment which the preceding acconnts itp spired. It is in vain that the Ministerial Papers endeavour, by a variety of expedieuts, to divert*? to distract the national attention fres, tiveniseket, the primary authors of the disgrace and calamity. Will they, as the best proof of their own participa tion in the common feeling ; or, if they can bring forward any facts that may even palliate the infa my attached to every part of the Convention ; will they publish au account orit, on which we may rely as authentic ? Will they state to the country whe ther it is intended to be elevated by them, eccord- ; inn to the obvious tenor of the articles ; or whe-...1 titer It is to lie set stale and violated, on account, either of its original and inherent illegality, or be cause the French have themselves broken and in- • fringed the conditions ? Agitated, italigmuit. and almost agonised as the nation it staler the shame, added to the tuisinrtune, sustained in Portugal, we have a right to know from Government, in some authentic shape, what has been done, as well as what we may expect to be dune, by Sir Haw DALRYMPLE, either to retard, to amend, or to alter, in any manlier, the accomplishment of the deed. We say, by Sir Hew I)Autywrim ; for, however Sir ARTIIVR may divide with him the criminality of the t.'onvt.ntion origivally made, the final execution of i:. must rest aid' the Commander in Chief. It would, in fact, better aid the cause df Administration, to speak out, and to inform us how the business it proceeding, than, by au un manly silence,• to leave this capital and kingdom a prey to a thousand rumours. But have they en largement, of mind enough to understand and to rofiaw this line of conilnct ? We shall see. 'Mean while, we will state such information ou the Nib-, Jett as has reached us through various channels. Many letters froua officers, nerd a* well as raiii- tary, written from the 7th of the 12th, have been shown u. . A most unqualified indignation at the z , tempt for its authors. Of the ni,•,cn tokted or tolerated by Juror, and 1.. the e k speak in terms justly suited to ties, which they describe to be of taii WOW and pecuniary ; in other sorii-, robberies. Of each of these species Portuguese were the principal, or ti Sir flaw is ustorted to have refuoci I femme, or justice, or redress, in the I though calling so loudly on the nut, character, and humanity. But, whether crilege and plunder appeared to him more importance, or crimes of a deeper assassination, or whether, from any other of the comparative moral deprority , fences, it is admitted, that a committee quest of some kind was to be lin:Berk o tuted, relative to the effects oeised on by On the justice of such a retrospective tire proceeding, when every species of most comprehensive term, is included ranteed to, the French, by the original tion, we need not long detain our fancy that neither Sir WILLIAM Scorr, Civilian, except that fungous Florentine, MACIIIAVEL, would undertake to thesi.. It may truly be said of Ministers , buoinee, as PRIOR does of PAULO PtIItGANTI, another of equal difficulty-- .• Ginnie' sight own, Dalrymple's case is Hanks than any that he places Amongst him Helli and his Puce." if, however, this modern Put LocTseas, nflicted such a wound on the name and best interests of his Sovereign, us well as try, can likewise heal the wound which he duced, with the same instrument ; if, 'debug our misfortune, by ft Frees solemn compact reflectively caocluded, he ran justifiable pretences .to elude, or to article of it, we shall congratulate the wham while we reprobate the perfidy and bad .7 Atrocious Vsurper of France." as Ml* mon denominates him r or of tt His 1 Royul Majesty, MIPOL ROM I." as Sir WtttEstfte his 1., a public whether we term him Emperor, or Ruffian, ma creep under his gaberdine 1 The crime committed by signing such a Convention, can now mi 1 ..., it seems, be exPlat , d by a . second crime. Bin the nriainal sin home, in the Cabinet, which tither sent su . or such iwtrOdion a; for there ao, 'her otet:t inquiry, and, as we trust, if proved,. arises. That the Portuguese have not risen lu arms against us, their.preteisded nor against' the French, their avowed we believe true. !n -.this .circumstance, -11Itaisterial Papers find great matter of to the public, and of palliation to the authors Alpe ,Convention. They might, wi h nearly, Not quite as much reason, congratulate Alit our gallant sailors., defrauded of the feconipense of a long and toilsome . 414 not mutiny, on being tinplojed by Commanders, for the first time in British annals, to conduct a hostile fleet from the Tr gas to Portsmouth, in deposit. They may, is deed, say with Virgil, " Sit yes ow tuVis, mollificatis spy !" Parliament, it ia true, may vote theta a 9orr. not as the Captors,' but as the Deposi of the Beet; a circurnatAuu:e calculated to suds the Convention itself etilluleeree to the nation. We have yrt much to sad, and to remark, oil this.ko fertik topic; bet we meet finish for the present. - Orders hare beeii . reCliveit st Portsmouth to fit out several old frigates. Some Wee of batter , hi' are to be vita elf, and their eritsteheba untied ow to the frigiuea. In furtherance of hie viewe Spain. Bo" PARTS has put 10•006 4 wageb . ... is : th e Mires lot the roortpusee if his troupe, m a state dm i l uioition ; till. he stated to be.iss.the manner of the great Duke uf Nleateoitiovun. Seivral private letters state, that NNOT hail do. Pistolled immerge 27"0 men, of which buchri I _ _ _ 115.000 bore arias. in the Lerh pocket, Captain DILL, arrived liorwich, hove ,ore come ovens' p.ie *yoursthe Aochtt a p bull tDll e of RHEIMS Vi' c° "" t 1/ "nor ft., and , catered or the suite of the Coma 1)z LISLE. Itwas reported in crottenburahr 1 ,1 " the Lark sailed, that an es.change of two hundred prisoneir was to take place in Norways and til e ! were very *non expected at ;,:ottentnityh• Thursday Mr. CAPE', and Mr. %Vs trim(' tso gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, waited, at the requr,t of the Creditors of the HoUlie, the of which we mentioned yesterday, upon the part ners is the concern, one of whom laid a irry can. did statenitut of the affairs of the [louse before them. Their creditors are chiefly persons in the Stock Exchange, to the amount of :nor than 1200,0001. The as.ets to pay those deb consist chiefly in the houses which fell to th lot if the City Tickets ; soma thousaad pound owing by two Noble Lords; iti,otool. in sh Cfsesalsor ettlse City of London, winch was I. as a deposit on the third City Lotter. he which is now relinquished; a few thou:and pound owing by pur s ing, fir Tickets; and two houses a Cala ~,,, soloed at io,oweL asseti„." 6 "l!„` a th whale to shoot 1500001. if the city House' valued at 102,0001. shall fetch sum they s, cAtoriated at. The amount of :to deficiency till' appear', we stated yesterday, &abase b.-en great' exaggerated. geort ship will are mak it DI weel Bar Hr; gruel SION way the nape ritl have • trek En}; hat, actin t real l'ot* rnl e uthr 46 nine 'l'y hej of tl 44 .4 •I'i.. innw Per' Of I with Steil will at Pod putt wait this. STIOI line *ROI WWI IMO Our ton left r• tliti 61 reag 11116 the the roe sI thou lino the Lor and sail arm Riot row ts * COI Lad twit sign of i reel the Th an see •c ST tlu Y. eel Or the MI int tIOI CO rlll the ter sot at Tr Na cti thi i Au see sib ser rul lON of the lrn as siii 0111 wh "in be •••.,!,vr down txpre,s uty, and , his affi .e " 'tick eu r, or. kinds, mulch of violeove, t 1., rally vien either int. e toner es runnel holm hether th,rt ban rl wall " P r •J e other e,tr y of those uinittee or anedi:uell Ls by the Frey ve and Tor. o f PrOper/y, ed iu, aril . i/giuml Cour r tattlers. It * koTT, 110 r a Itine, Nun prove such linisters is PURGAMTI, Weis TETZS, who ttne and oa, , ell us his coo nice he hasp if, without as vioistioa of lest iss ran 6 to Wring, be nat . 's& bud faith of as Islr. Ca lis Imperial is Sir Amnia tic instrainent Roams, let u The crime a riveutuon, oh,c!l by committi d sin iv herr s. r snot so .'t or rther object ,of pnui.,ninest re not aettoall acted detiverei , wed spoliator , . curostanre, rr of felaitatim the authors psi h nearly, ingratulate In led of tie jut some blockade, tined by tinir in British us at Key time, even previoub-tothe 30th ATst. %halt •'be mull aild'vnia, The astir (es seized staid s Irr - • prehasiog subject to smut the law may former direct, " The Committee assembled to receive reelama. *MEIN and for r ilitate the restitution of propertv hold its sittings tat the (rouse of Sr. Antoine Roth:igues ae Oliverna t ltio. s, Cargo do Loretto. M.W. C. k 1 RESroxn , 114j...Geveriel, " PROUY, Levi ..Cokntel, " Bririwl, Conttni,vioners. " Lc General KELLERMAN, " Lc Conunitmairc Francais pour reinvention de la Convention, du 30 Lout. "'Lime, inch Sem. met"