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7 1 iroEsrox INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. P•111S, SEPT. M. It is said that Baron Hompesch, the late Grand Master of Malta, will arrive in France at the same time his 11.11iness the Pope is expekqed. The pcnsii which the French government have promised to pa) Baron llompesch, was preceded by stipulations, t which he subscribed : Ist, That he should solemnh renew his former renunciation to the soveterinty of the island of Malta, in favour of its present Grand Master, acknowledged by France ; and, ed, That h• should, tor :he remaining part of his life, reside in France, welters all honours due to his former rank should be shewn him. ~tab end**, mare thin the French, will appreciate the grand i'mponance and VI Sit of all this, II peaCt, ..I well isj ie emr.—(Cogi ier do Spnlacks.) Tat whole coast of Italy is infested by pira•e, from Barbary. They write from Rome, di.: three of them larsded their crews on the to h inat. San Lorenzo, and marched up the churary, four leagues, burned and pillaged all before them. an . carried away an insenense booty, and sixty yrisocer• : among the rect. twenty Toying nuns, of a CArntel.te convent, And ten Caochin friars. After strippirg t h..sld nuns naked, and treating them in A nosk: barbarous manner, they left thin hail dead behind them. iu tour plundered can wt. It is said, the f A traveller writes from Boulogne, tinder the 20th, as follows : " I have only been absent about two years from t'lis part of the French empire, and I do not know it again more than if I was on the coast of Gina, which I never saw ; such astonishing changes a-d improvements have taken place. Where formerly cattle peaceably fed, fishes now swim, and vessels are at anchor ; batteries are ere led, docks ex cavated, and ships are buiiding, where, twenty months ago. Neptune reigned uncontrouled. and where, for ages, he has roiled without intmaion, in- trusion, cr opposition. Bat the most surprising of all the surprising wonders effi dad by our Emperor is, an enspitaisus army of heroes, encamped from Calais to Etaples, inured equally to the sea and land scrvice, to the rowing or manoeuvring of ressels,or the form ing of encampments,m:reising with the same precision and facility on water as on land ; able to command naval victories with the same ease as to defeat op posing foes in fields of battle,' in a word, as c-ory of generals end Vianirols ! I have seen, upon a given signal. 6i',003 land troops descend at Boulogne, di- Tea themseves bv divisions and companies, on board the flotilla ; distribute themselves by numbers of di visions, of brigades and of companies, according to the settled divisions of the army, with the same fa cility, 'Her, and regulee ity . AS it they ware marching tf,w.ads Ultir camps, to occupy their tents or bar rack. end "at yaer of seventy-ice minutes-- I have see. iita vessels of the composed of gun boars, fla-bo;:omed boats, pra ims, a-. 1 trans ports, armed and eq.+ ppesl fora land; g, with eve , y thing roptisite, Irate: the Road of Boulez-e, and themselves up-sn a line of three laagu..s, .in Ili. pi. so ,ce at the English fleet, not daring to ap pioacti theta. I have seen our soldiers. erechers. dragoons, hussars, and M melakes, emulate our sailors in admitness, intelligence, and intrepi• silty, in tl , e manresarres, imps ing perfettly the . naval language, and the sea terms. 1 hare seen them continue at see, serreel dep. in the /11041 onte, wpahee, as accustomed to that ter: ible element as the oldest sailors. 1 have seen them dare and provoke our cowar.ny rivals and foes, with that ad mirable sore feed, which is always a certain indii:a ttua of vißory. At their return. I have heard them pity. instead •.1 speaking ..vith contempt, of their enemies. 1 have, with tears of admiration, heard them speak of the lenity and generosity with which they intend to treat the English. when they shall implore their niercy, and surrender the:, arms ! The vile passions of blood and of revenge are ve eluded hums their noble hearts. Certain of vidory, GA of the ju.tice of their cause, they never men tion the proud i‘lar.Jers but with a sigh of comps- lion, as a misled people, rushing to their own de struElion, by their abs.ird and Meffedual obstinacy and resistance to the Grand Army of the Grand Nation. Eighteen w.onths have been sufficient for Napoleon the Greet to create rich a spirit. such an army, and such a flotilla! Ti extend, to widen, to repair, to create, the ports of Boulogne, of Vi trwreux, and 41 Amheeteuse ! To creel forts in the middle of the waves ! To form, upon an extensive coast. impregnable and terrible batteries ! To make a military road of tvrenty.fccr leagues, for an easy communication between the different ports, and, Smelly, to tonstruel, as by an enchantment, two thousand vessels, to ecitrp and to arm them, so that, in four hours, 150,000 French heroes may be pout red in upon Rriti,lt aborts, anmailate the tyraany of the was, and decree the 44erty of the universe ! Never did the Romans effal such miracks ; never did the Roman legiots accomplish such great things, in so short a time. The F.nglish, a baleen k the jinni ieeete LON IiON, MONDAY. Ocroott e. The flazette of Saturday night contains Lord KEITH', aeconnt of the late attack upon the o'iench flotilla. His Lordship waived of eloutogne, on Monday evening, an l findi.ig r weather fat , tar able. and 150 ti t h e flotilla on the outside of t! e pier, he resislved to attack them, for which ptirpo e the final arrangemeats were made on Tuesday morning. Captains WsMresu►, of the irrieut, and Owen. of the hentortedial, superintended the at tack upon the South ; and the Hon. Capt. BLace woos, of the Esuyelta, upon the North. The operation commenced at a quarter past nine o'clock, on Tuesday night, and terminated at a quarter past four, on Wednesday morning. During this interval, several vessels, prepared for the pur pose, wcie exploded amongst, or very close to, the flotilla, which threw the enemy into con fusion, and nest morning, two brigs and seve ral of the small vessels appeared to be missing.— The enemy kept up a very heavy discharge of shot, shells, and musquetry, during the whole night, but without effesct. No loss or casualty whatever was sustained upon our pew, and ear squadron, a• we have already stated, returned safe to the Downs. The enemy did not retire into the harbour. This was the whole result of the affair, as far as it could be ascertained. The phrase appeared to be missing, is rather equivocal ; but, supposing two brigs, and several smaller vessels, to hare aßually disappeared. no conjeaure can be farmed of their fate. They may have been blown up ; they may have been sunk s and they may al_•n have returned into the harbour of Boulogne. Some repels were certa:n'iy seen on the, but the presumption that they were oar own tire-ships, or expluling vessels. Had they been part of the enemy's line, Lord 'Cur would certainly have mentioned it in Lis letter. Such is the real state of the case, divested of all that false colouring, of that immense cis tae of taisenood and exaggeration with which ass inventive fancy. totally regaraless of ti uth or probability. has clothed, onebidlis!tei. and dssguis•d it. The French &c -ements of naval engagements. down to t* at of Rear- Admiral Ltsiois wita the China Flret, hive bt-us I Ma! al source of Lsughter to every Br...in. They hays, however,been dictatedbysomethu.i, hkep lacy. he empty gascoamis and bombast have escued the contempt and ridicule of foreign nations, but they may have kept up the spirits of the people at home. No such excuse, however, can be pleaded by an English Journalist. No fuel of the kind is necessary to nourish the ardent courage, or keep alive the Heine of patriotism, that burn in the breast of a British sailor. It was with concern we saw so many of our contemporarii: adopting the exaggerated account of the atfair, as reported in an evening piper. They were neither surprised nor betrayed into error, by the character of the original, for correaness and fidelity. It li id given many and recent proofs of its contempt of plain and simple truth, and its passion for wonder ful and extravagant stories. In vain will they at tempt to palliate their criminal credulity, by plead ing that the excess of their loyalty biassed their judgment, and prepared their minds fur .in easy reception of the false but flattering tale. The detruction of a few gun boats could add nothing to the renown of those heroes who gained the viz tories of Camperelown and Aboukir. He that overthrew a giant would not think he encrea.ed his fame by crushing a dwarf. The great objet of the enterprise was, as we have already stated, to ascertain the praCticability of preventing the enemy's flotilla from accumulating outside the Pier along shore, under the protedion of their batteries. Lord Kew!, in his letter, sets out with stating, that such was the (Hie n. to which his attention has been long direded ; and that the means employed in the en terprise were, what were, after long deliberation, considered the most effedual mode. His Lordship, with that car.dsitt• which is ever the charaaeristic of genuine courage and magnanimity, then proceeds to state, that, owing to the very great distance at which the enemy's gun-boats lay from each other, no very extensive injury seems to have been sus t tined : but he, at the same time, states his c n v'crion, that in the case of any great accu mulation of the enemy's force, an extensive and combined operation, of a similar nature, would hull forth a reasonable prnspen of success.— hlere, then, we have sufficient cause of triumph snd congratulation, without calling in the aid of &Sion. It is obvious that a detached and scattered force cannot be operated upon with etfeEt by fire ships and exploding vessels, however ingeni gusly contrived. Each fire ship in such a situation can only destroy a single foe. But, in the event of a great acciimulation, and it is only f tins a great accumulation we can apprehend any danger, the vessels must lay closer to each other; and, in that case, Lord KLITif assures us the experiment, if made upon a large scale, promises to be successful With this assurance we are pettedly satisfied. It the public be rot equally content. it is because their expectations have been rained above their just height. by false and extravagant reports, which, while they flatter for the mom, nt, eventually lessen the Government in the eyes of the people, and the c , untry in the eyes of fm-ign nations. The Gare:te also contains an account of a gallant atchievement by the boats of the Nai(isso,, old two other vessels belonging to Lord Nit son's fleet, which destroyed several coasting vessels in them Bay. We have received some snug Paris Papers to the 27th. from s%hich see :i4ve nude some interesting extrans. Mr. MAJoa arrived in town at siz o'clock last night. with dispatches for Government, k.•m the Hon Mr. Psurr. our Minister at the Court of Vienna. lie was accompanied by a. %les.enger. who came oveiland with dispatches from S:r A i.sicar:- DLit BALI, at Malta. They embarked at Husum on the sth last, but were detained by contrary winds. Letters received at Copenhagen, by the Marianne, HOLM, from the Iles of France, sia ed 9th May, state, that the Atfted, homeward bounil East Ind A man, wts captured in the FS iy of Bengal, by the French frigates /.a Rel:i Perla aad L'Atalaiata, and carried into the Maurittus. Ilse Pniversa .414gsgria packet, arri vcd at Falmou Eh, sailed from JAMIiCa on the 6th August, and on the 30th ult. in lat 3), long. 14. 54, was chased by a long corvette of. at least, 42 guns. The fleet for England sailed from Jamaica On the 4th .valy, under ccrovoy of the Depia,t, man or war, Itsconatant, Mafia. And 1.4 Dewy. frigates. The brig ilmeries. from Africa. has been takers, re-taken, and carried into Jamaica. The Eurydice frigate arrived at Deal on Satur day, with the Sergi. Mentreol, &As ht; ; Q am ,4 e , CildowD; Mary, T worms ; Deb, S•up- WOOD; Stoat, JOLLY ; and the CO of Eels,doreapii ; under convoy from Quebec. The latter spoke the Shame! wird Jew. BLAcICIMRII. for Quebec, on the sth September, in the River St. Laurence ; the rest of the flee; for Liverpool, Act:. put irto the Western ports. The /wow, Wit.t.issts, parted convoy in long 37. 'lse Eli:e ; Foot) ; and the Pager, Sr satCoaT ; parted soon afar sailing. Saturday arrived a Mail from Jarna•ca, brought to Falmouth by the Priem. 'lariat. packet, in seven weeks passage. Tin camp at Lunenburg is to be continued during the sinter, and kept in readineu for im useJiate service. The detention of M. ARCIIIILAD, the Swe.!ish C d'dfatres at Paris, from the lit to the t utu att. was occasioned by toe want of the necessary passports from the Minister t •r Foreign Atriirss who, during that period, was at .tialt•Chapclits. hit Y-LANE TUERTRE. Fstiezun A a's admirable Unmedy of Th.. R.'411? wac, cm Saturday night, pri,;:re..l I:le first s.vle t,f excelk•uee. The fern Ile pan of . embr.:Cod a great share of strengt!l of the compa..y. Mrs. Swien, M:ss NIEL r. ON's Ebrtud a and Miss l C MP 's C4,-rru, tare c..)l,stellatinet of the.thi ..Leber was correaly Conceived, 413 d hit ..ited with spirit, 1,) , Mr. ELI. MOM. charaner was drawn is more licentious times the present, and should Ise eologred with pe et a. delicacy, to render it palatable to the severe, t o of a more refined age. The archer of Mr. ELL cox is, as the Author interckd, thl easy m t 4 fashion, who conceals his want of priachiie honour by the gaiety of his temper, :ad the As: ing polish of his manners; and not, its we h ave t often seen him represented, appri.ich his tre.s with the boisterous gallantry a count squire, ar the gross familiarity of a vu!ga t banchee. The Dramatic Romance of Richard ('Cnr L. follow:1 the play, and, AS it is nose re‘:ved, new dresses, &c. furnishes a splendid scenic hangs The thrilling notes of Mrs. More r AIN, in Medi and of Mrs. BL AND, in Antoeio, took the sou! soner, and wrapt it in elysium. A yrung whose name we c mid not learn, made ha .hat the simple, but interesting charaftet of Laver She possesses a tine figure, an express;ve c ou nt name, and great sweetness of voice. When& comes more familiar with the stage, her deputts and sEtion mill become more easy and gray.! . The first scene is uncommonly beautiful a: d tie; resque ; it represents a distant view of the f , rtt and castle, in which the royal R 'eh :rt! is imn.lued and the coup d'eil in the last scene, after the fort his been stormed by the English, is grand and itt ptessive. Every part of the house ortiihra e d an early hour. After the third A&, the lobbies wet full. the Cardinal, Secretary of State, has complainei t our Ambassador, Cardinal Fesh, against the Gover nor of Marseilles, who had permitted these pirates to take in provisions and ammunition in that port. Another pirate landed in the night, near Fermo, Ind carried away forty young girls, their gover nesses and servants, from a boarding school in the The children belonged to the first families in the country ; were all under eight years of age. and mostly intended for the religious orders. Their parents and relatives are colleiting subscriptions, to purchase their release. Two hundred workmen are daily employed in making repairs and improvements in the church of Notre Dame, where the corona ion ceremony is to be performed. Places will be assigned to the mem bers of the Diplomatic Corps; to all foreigners of distinetion ; to all the Constituted Authorities, and to all the Deputies and National Guards, from the departments That no confusion may occur, each place will have its nu:..ber, phich will be given to the person intended to occupy it. Several small thrones, or rather elevated paces, at the side of the Grand Imperial Thrones have been construeled for the members of the Imperial family. The Grand Dignitaries, and Grand Officers of the Empires have benches built for them, at the foot and the side of the Emperor's Throne; behind which are places fur the Officers of his Majesty's guard. A small, but elegant and richly ornamented gallery is nearly finished on the right side of the thron-, which public rumour assigns for some Sovereign Princes, invited or expected to be present on this creation of a new dynasty, and the sanetion of this ascension by the Chief of the Catholic religion, the Sovereign Pontiff. Among the &wet eigns to whom re ports give VI: Grand Cross of tl,e Legion of llonour, upon the Emperor's coronation day, are the Kings of Spain, of Pi ussia, of Denmark, and of Etruria; the Eleetorsof Bavaria. of Ba ten, and of Hesse ; the Landamman of Helvetia ; the Direttors of Hol land ; the Vice-President of Italy; and the Presi dent of America. Several petty German Princes are mentioned, a•sd some sty, that even the n w Emperor of Austria :145 accepted of this order. fi.e Pope will receive the Grand Cross at the first au dience with the Emperor. it is said, that the ' ni. peror of the French pill accept, in return. all th. first orders and decorations of the alrovenient'imed but th-t his Majes, y has declined the orders of the h.lettors and inferi r Sovereigns.— ( Corner Speeder .) Tid E 13 I tins IL Pi i E3S. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IN LoNDON. Lone Foley, from Newmarket to Grosvener-squ.a... G n ral Pirreut at `it Jam-es-street The I luu. Charles Wyndtu.n f. u.O Normuket i:1 Hon. ii. Craven fruas Newmarket to Charlesoareet. Sir F Standish at Grossenor-,trees Sir G. Ileathroi , from Normanteil Park to Gruswitor.sl Mr. thliorile, M. P. to Cii.irlis 'area. IDLPAK*I aIS. The Hen. Win. B"th, on a •bit to h.slr!r, the E 1.).a..1e!, at Cobham HAL The 110.. Thnmas 13%&h, to Ireland, I. visit /a.a 11%47, LI Ca:urine Stessa:t. ARItIV•I.II•TVitSTATY!‘ • Lady Cantle., two WWI Cil'.4lq!‘, M. 4 Clarke s mil', 'sir Richarsi Brooke, Lin. Rey. Strong, t c Delia of St. Asapli, Mies Shipley, Sit Thiku.sa aid Mrs. Pausal. Preparations are making at Lyndhurst, the ml of Mr. Ross, for the tectTtion c.t . Hit Ms.-_,rr, who proposes to pass a tew Jays there at Merl( the month. His Royal Highness the Dike of Go (simian an 4 Prime WSLLIA‘J. arc ripeeted .tt Che Sta el; to review the Royal Cl.ester ViiiunteerS ooh Rondce. Lord Lord and Lady GAGE are Bane to Ti Wells. The Earl of SL/TON left Stoke oft Fr:Jay 141 f..r his Sea in Leicestershire. Lord And Lady L.tmorsets remain at Bognor Rocks for the pre rut monde. Lord 13/AN AND. and the Hon. Mr. &Rolm, sons of the Earl of fishnets, and grandsons to the Earl of Sit N NON, are admitted jt. John's Cille,qe, Cambridge. Mrs. It St: TIINGT, whoaccompanied her hoshard, M. Am At. 114110 T. upon his diplomatic mission to Constantinople, has lain in at Vier na Mrs. Tito meson took possession, on Saturday laFts of her new house in Grosvenui-square, late the Mat quis of ABLRCOIItei. L ' he Yotho Rosetta appeared at the ShelEd Theatre on Thu sday last, in on., ; Ftijay Ti 4711; aid closed his engagemelt on han:reay with }clot/ Aisirsissi, and Cite.ro, F.4+4, in Km ,1 :e^ Teta 'Fite Band of Silver Miners had a concert as the Leicester Theatre uu Friday last. They a ppeal in their siespie*/ mining dresses. His Msassrr has been graciously pleas, d to ac cept the utter of Mr. CHAILIS HR. 1FaL1•,"( 44 ) . !Mid ze. to raise a Corps of Riflemen, t he eaLesl, The rill Compaq!, rf Cambridge am! Cambreares I REA MC% of which Mr. Ilunirstr is to be C.a.r. As the we.skest always go to the wall, Al denstr Perxr is, we presume, a Wall Faye*. A Rival R,ICIUJ has started at Cambridge Then tae. Ha h.ss performed the arduous charaillers ,, f The Sir/Mier.an.i Ocoassall, with great success. ik is just e.gn:een, possesses great strength and flexibe lay of voice, a g nrd figure, and elegant manners. Stir itch 'theatre close I on Saturday, with the entertainments of The Woe o/• nes Hashes/., and Le:t Leath, at Leclessathe, for the bale& of !qr. Hinots. T.., Chester Theatre nprns on Weinesday with the Cow, tr rt an,. The Fiech ul Balm. The Duke of NowrourataLso.o's house in the &rand is undergoing a complete and general repair. Viscountess %V¢ I.1S: week presented ; a West Leicestershire % lieteers with an sleg.ea stand of colours. The battalion assembled in K:for Park, the seat of Viscount Weal woarn. The co lours were consecrwed by the Rev. Mr. Reuss. The Officers dined with his Lordship, and the FL* vates were regaled with roast beef and old ale. Neither Mr. AD01•01011% Stove Ester nor Mr. PITT'S For Eater could destroy the French flotilla. The English Berf Esters will, however, da :Ile bu siness. A p ,nning crirrPsprinient observes, that St . /1-1 (Fsostra) has fallen in the city. the Loso Jlavo cannot refuse to I.nrer the assize of krad ...._. y.l k Cha r d. in lioirit:reer. St Jiriles 9 S-square vas opened yesterday. *her having undergone a thorough sepals. The lon own! eof the terms is very twat, and the organ excelent. Sir NPC 11 ricsr and DL.. MI %TOP art enkagei to bi ther.:. Their charmi ~.ices gave teat delight a croudcd cmgregation. Virl FA MI min.° time treme ve amm CI4 an./ prix brig, artili lglss corn fano Itci; V" of tk FA SI ever, to th dr:it Eudl 14 ~. rod( retu ten bArl was t Lad Go wa ICA bid ib3 de