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AtifERICA7I BOTTO M. Di?I.OMATIC CORRESPONDEISTE. ; " Get CUrlibellitis4-plact, October 28, 18nS " S t N.... 1 have the pleasure to enease you a coat' of A Note from Loot kleitgrav, vantsisiltte Information that His hla;estir has thought lit to relax, ia certaM tovoetti, t:.r Stockade of the port. of Ci lizar.d St. Lunt, which if now formed by 111 , tia;al Forces. " At the inorliheatio, which is given to the ble:kade of these posts, by ti.it riee:atatiop of Ili. hlviesty, UM) be of Mt , prietanee to lite I7nitecl.itat.!:., I have to fell , lC4 Nut „ JA 110111 b, • .1. so g.sed as to criminal' c.st. , it, without Jsi.ty, to their Cquittic at the seve:al ports, that 11.04 ef il.efif may bare a.irsat.ige 61 it. I have the h•motar to Ise, Sir, your very tasitged Servitor, (Signet) vi 3.‘%17.8 NILTNROE." " Cateral W:lliam I.pritt, Cons.il o, the Uttit.l Stator, dru. Jec. &c. ire - TO JAMgS musnot, asq. kc. 4. Davrkilte street, Oct. 27. IgOS " Tho trade:47mi, M..j,..ty+e Pviocip.i! Sectary of St.tte for Yureivi Aff it ha.l the humor to totems Mr. Mutt. rue, that the King having been pleaittl, in conformity to the N t a transmitr-,1 by the Uade4:gned to Mr. Munroe, on the 23th 4 April ia.t, to direct that the necroavy measures should be taken for toe bleckad., of Cadiz and St Lucy, and inch port. having been, and b.iing now blockaded, the Undmigned tom.i.en.led to acqoaffif \lv Monroe, that Hit hirtr•ity pleas.-. 1 to draw, tact such hlecltade shall not retend to :wo ven: neutral te.v..h fro n entering into, and sailing from the said isoct of Cadia and St. Luca, providol that the vessels to entering and sailing (rum the sail port:, 41411 not he found to have on board, or to have carried to sail port. any warh'idi o. naval st,.res, or aay article or article: intended to by, a uim.: l ly rooveittil into warlike or naval SW et, or pravisiont of any kiwi whatever, excepting each at envy be fairly deeni.,l se.t stores, for eh? we of the Vein of cuelt neutral ce-c I. 1.: ..0 The Undersigned ir„ therefore, commanded to request Mr. P 10 1 ,1•011 to apprise th". American Coacui., and Merchant re. siding in Eng'a-11, of tin+ determinatMa of Ilia Mti..'"f Tta , Und'ertsgued reqness Mr. MJIII'O9 to acce,,t tht as surearea of ht high cona•tieration. " NIULGP.AVE " •„• I hir Monthly I:tordry Catalogue of :Yew Poblications, viieh has given ..r• truth astisfetion, will !se found oemulete, as usual, wren the First Day of the Month, in the last PI, THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, . FRIDAY, Nov Lima 1. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday. It has broug'it an account, that the joint Swedish and Ril , siaa forces, to the number of 50,0)0 men, marched froiro:tralsund, on the 16th, for Hanover. Tl:e Mail, we believe, ha, brought no other article of important int •Iligenee. In the course of yesterday, we understand, an order was sent off, from the Ad miralty, for the Expedition in the Downs to put to era. The wind having shifted to the liVest, the Ar mament has probably sailed. It has been aug mented, and rendered still more complete. during the time which it fr, been delayed beyond the pe riod of iginally fixed for its sailing. Five transports, laden with one hundred ammunition waggons, and other military stores, sailed from Portsmontli, on Wednesday, tc , join it. The troops, which are sop. posed to have sailed, consist chiefly of the detach ments of the Guards, General Paorr's Brigade, General Moo se's Brigade, and the German no under General Don. It has been reported, for some days, that the following is the arrangement for its Staff:—His Royal Highness the Duk: of YORK, Commander-in. Chief ; His Royal Highness the Duke of CUM till. AND, to the command of the British Cavalry, with two Lieutenant-Generals tin der him; and Ills Itnyal Ilighwn; the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, with seven Lieutenant-Generals, and twelve Major-Generals, under him, to have the command of the Infantry. Other reports state, that the Duke of KEN r will command the Cavalry. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a Military Board was held at the Commander-in-Chief's Office, in the Florae Guards, which was attended by Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK. Kcn r. T. 170 and CANIRRIDOC. Earl HARR INOTON. and Generals HARCOURT, Cs Lvcsr, and BROWNRIGG. The Board sat till tow o'clock. Thy Doke of YOR continued to transad business in the Oaice, till seven With the exception of the Gottenburgh 111.41, no inform stion, we believe, was yesterday received from the Continent. As the interval, however, between a dearth of intelligence, on the one hand, and a great expellation on the other, is al way: fruit ft:l in rumours, the present moment is not without its share. Amidst the variety of reports which have prevailed for some days, that which announced the deci dyes a4lion between the French and Aus trians, to have been fought upon the Itrth, has not bans the. le,s.t prevAlent. :the most streuuous ad- vacates for the battle of the 19th, they who entered or's-. minutely into detail, who demonstrated that 80. AAAAA Tr had prepared it for that pai ticular day, and bad fought it on that particular day, now retreat from their position,'a:hd assert, with equal confidence, that the grand and decisive battle was fought, not upon their favuirite 19th, but upon the CO:b. We do \ 1 I \ not mean to encourage delusive expeetationt, or to in,inuate that the account.; tu:h as have been re. ceived from the theatre of war, justify a hope that the Austrian army has wet experienced a sad reverse of fortune ; but, we must repeat, that, in t espea of the military operations upon the Continent, we are as yet entirely at the mercy of our enemies abroad, Ind Dfstork jobbers at home. Extran of a Letter from Madras., dated 21:h April, 18J5 : —"I AM sorry to ,ay, that the efreCTs if the late tervest at Ceylon, have hilim more se iously felt than at first expeled. Tne followirig par tizulars are copied from The Ceylon Graeae We are Amy to state, that the mna melancholy acewato love been received hole chit: rent quarti-ri, id the dfratters ur c-s:uneJ by the violence of the 'torn. At Putelant, the h•iuie of the Commandant was almost t really detitroved ; and tee to n onry Barracks and I Inapital ereflai there lately, have mitered very coiiiiidergb'e damage. In the Mori& of Jalfoa wain, upwaids of 20,000 Coco, and rtlrnyra trace have been thrown dawn am! ciimpletely " Ntajr.ty'i hip She •rnms, in the inner bath: air, was (rum ism. anellote, and Mime on there upon the rocks of York 14antl, wlicre she bilged. The G bromine a cutter, North, was drivan upon the rocks undo Elva Ostenburgh, and is there lost." The Leona frigate has captured a Spanish rn iva lecr of 1 ^ guns, and sent her into Falmouth. We bay? given, is the preceding colnren, an offi cial article, from which it appears, that a relaxation has taken place in the blockade of Cadiz, in favour of neutral commerce, particularly that of the United States of America. We shall make some observa tions upon this interesting subjea to-morrow. By direet;on and ore' -rs of His Royal Highness Prince of WALts, Lord High Steward. by Pate it, of Plymouth, and Lessor and Impropriate Receiverof all the dues ofSuttonpool-harbour, in that port, Col. Tv a awn IT r. His RoY At. HIGHNESS'S Secretary, is going to begin a new arrangement for the improvement of that part of the harbour of Plymouth. which is to be deepened and made wider; and, if possible, as there are great capabilities for the purpose, made a Floating Dock of great width, capable of containing, at all times of tide, sevival bawds ed sail of merchant ships. General yl A R MON T, who is reported, by the latest accounts, to have been killed in one of the anions between the French and Austrians, was a young officer of gmat promise, and high in the favour and confidence of BONA PA ITE ; who entrusted him with the government of Alexandria, while in Egypt, and afterwards with the command of the French troops in Holland. tie WAS married to th only daughter of M. Prit Ea Avx, the eminent Pio isian banker. In the Lee easterly gales, the Dutch have lost their finest frigate, the Zee-pqrd (or Sea Hero.), which, having parted from her anchors in the Texel, drifted on shore, and was completely bilged. The first cast-iron road in Scotland is now con strutting at Ayr Colliery, in the neighbourhood of that town, by which coals from the pit will be put on board ships, at an expence of about a penny only per ton. This waggon mad is upon a ditretent con stration from any in Englaid, and is supposed to be on a better plan. After an aOive canvas, Sir DAtiD Wroor Rams succeeded in obtaining first a majority of the Town Council of Cupar, and afterwards the unanimous support of the whole; the friends of Mr. Scorr having declined further contest there. Perth and St. Andrew's are said to be in Sir D•vio's interest; ;Lad, if that report is cnrre.l, he mast be the suc cessful candidate.—(Dioolre ifeicerriwer.) Writers, or Cadets, going to the East Indies, do well to give an a.tentive perusal to the Or dTs of the Governor-General an.! Council at Bengal ; as also the Report of the late Examination of the Students, and the Prizes adjudged to each for their proficiency in the Eastern Languages, at the College, Fort William, Calcutta; which, with a List of Books on Oriental Literature and Military Science, may he had, gratis, of .last us ASPLIIME, Bookseller (successor to Mr. Sze. EL L), at the Crows, and Constitution, No. 32. Cornhiil. Married, yerterday, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. Dr. H +Li, Dean of Christ Church, Oz ford, JOHN ROSER r GREet. I lopewoon, Esq. of Ilnppwood Hall, Lancashire, to Miss BYNO, one of Her NI Ansa . v's Maids of Honour, daughter of the Hon. JOHN BYNC, and niece to Viscount Toe- RI •GTON. Lord and Lady HAWKESOURY ; the lion. Capt. and Mrs. HEIMRT ; Mrs. POC O CK ; Mrs. PERCY F J RASER ; the Hon. OilN BYNG, the Bride's father; and Miss Lucy BYNO, het young est sister, who was bride's-maid, attended the cere mony. The Bride was most elegantly attired, in a japanwd muslin dress, with a white satin pelisse, trimmed with swasa-iewa, end a white satin hat, trimmed with Cie same, and a profusion of gold erains, intermixed with diamonds. After the cere mony, the co npany returned to Mr. B'rno's house, at Hyde-park Corner, where an elegant breakfast was prepared for them; and, at half past one o'clock, the happy pair set off in their coach and four, with two nut-fiders, for the seat of Octant:a POCOCK, F.,(1 at I lolwood, near Bromley, Kent, where they intend to pass the honey-moon. The harricAnt of last 1:1 iday was so tremendous, and c ime in such sudden squaLs and Hits of wind, at Plymouth, that many persons were carried riff their legs. A croninel, just relieved in the Dock-yard, near the open dyke of the new-mast pond, was lite rally blown off, with his great coat and musquet, into t: e Tamer, and was drowned hefore any person or coat maid go to his assistance, as the tide ran 12 kno s an hour. Wednesday I ist, the hun.sman of the Oldham hounds w.f. e.matieted at the New Bayley, Mane/wi t r. in theirni. gated penalty of 101. and costs. pnr u. a t t) the Ad of Parliament, having hilfited in Droylsden. faith eight hounds, no person being at the time with 11;m duly qualified. It appeared he was entered regulely as the huntsman, yet for want of t'ais latter precaution, he sub:rat:l himself to the Satin hats, of VA(1.3114 4:1111101, watt a lon ottrich rzather; turban; of satin, nsieilin, &T. See. with hands and veils rieitly ein'o lered in co'd and silver lime, aq 114.141, for dress Vel vet 0 tnt!ei, with beautiful enshrine I borders all round ; spen cers n 3.1 pelives the sumo; Lit. and bonnets, eiiihoised to corresiiond, unit feathers, or without. The morone Shaw's are too common to remain lung In fashion. White muff, and tippets are wont both fur dress and undress. Sever ben is much more elegant than black. The dreises continue to be eltatlly u usual, rim is there any change in the irtaie of dressing the hair. There is no change in the form of ilres , es, nor is hairdressing; velvet is more worst than escr ; we do not find that any puticular colour prevails; Bottle-green ap pears rather a favourite mantle, and pelkseri are lined with a differs it colour from the outside. Se:Wet velvet tippets, trimmed with suansilown, are much worn. . . Yesterday morning, Flit MAJESTY, the Princesses AVGLISTA and Sort lA, accompanied by Lord WA L UNCH-IA sa, General FITZROY, Colonel rA Loa, and Lady WINYARD, rode on horseback in Windsor Great Park. Her MAJESTY, and the Princesses ELIZAn ETH, Many, and /luau A, took an airing, in a coach ani four, by Langley. His tioyal Highness the Duke of Susstx is at Brighton, on a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince of ‘VA Les. We are sorry to state he is in disposed. The Dnke of Gonnon is perfeelly recovered from his late accident, and is with the Marquis of HUKTLEY, his son, at Gordon Castle. The Earl of HARGOURT, and family, are come to town for the winter, from his Lordship's vat, Nuneham Park, near Oxford, to Harcourt House, in Cavendish-square. The last Bath arrivals are— M ,rqui: and Marcltiguwis of Bute and ramily, Earl and Countebs of Kelm:um Comae% of Elgin and family, L o rd Adair, Lord Kilararden, Lady C. Yilliert, Lady Ilandioni, Lady Staunton, Hon. Colonel and Lady Plunkett, lion. Mrs Whaley, lion. Mr. and Mr:. Leeson Dean of 'Nana, Col. I , lo , nitne, and Cul.and Mrs. Blenne:haysett. The Earl of WESTMEATH is removed from Char lotte -street, Fitzroy-square, to his house, Dartmouth street, Westminster. The Honourable fortis SPENCEIL left town yester day, for Weymouth. Miss DACHWOOn, it is expened, will he appointed Maid of Honour to Her MAJESTY, in the room of Miss I3v no, now Mrs. Hovrwoos. MAjOT MA TT HEWS lett 1k AL F.'S Hotel, yesterday, for Portsmouth. Lady Dr Crtrronn is gone to pass a few days with the Countess of AL LNIA a L lirr daughter, at Ealden, near Thetford. CIIARr.CS B. LONG, Esq and fatnily, arrived, p. c. terday, from Langley, 'Berkshire, at KIRKMAN'S Hotel, Lower Brook-street. Her Grace the Duchess of GoaDou has been for some time rusticated at her romantic cottage, in the Highlands of Scotland. LAdy MA IIELIN6 SINCLAIR ii Still at C l lelteßll/11Th The salubrious air of that dimming place has re. stored her Ladyship's health. Earl and Countess beaKELEY, and family, left Brighton on Sunday last. The Earl and Countess of Dee a V left Knowsley, yesterday, and intend dining at the Oaks, oa Satur day. His Lordship, with his usual patty, will com mence his favourite sport of hunting next week. Sir WILLIAM Duenes, and several Gentlemen, dined yesterday with Sir CIIARLLS Koss, at his house, in Dover-street. Viscount and Vicountess Moitecra are on a visit to the Earl of CAR List.z, at Castle Howard, York shire. Colonel and Mrs. Moreno left BLAKE ' S Hotel yesterday for Kent. Lord Soncitymtt will leave town this day for Bath. A Prior Claim drew a crowded and elegant au dience to Drury Lane Theatre last night.. The house rang with applause. Mr. Cot.i.ix: did na resume his part of Robin ; Mr. MATIIEWi sus tained it. Venice Preferred was performed last night at Covent Garden Theatre. Mrs. SIODONS 'WAS the Belvidere of the night, and performed the part with her usual excellence. Mr. Kea air, in . 7 1 1fier, evi dently laboured under a s ev ere co ld. Mr. HA Ft or AYR did great justice to the pats of Pierre ; this gentleman possesses so much good sense and dis crimination, he must always please. Mrs. MATTOCKS was overturned, on Wednesday night in a hackney coach, on her way to the The atre; Mrs. Sr. Lease read her part in the Opera of The Cabinet, and Mrs. DAVE%P.)rtr in the Melo- Drama. WELOORIC ELLIS AGAR, Esq. one of the Com aliisaiawere vof the C . :mums, and Deputy Commissary- General, died at his hnuiein New Norfolk -street, on Wednesday afternoon ; he was in his 70th year, and next brother to the late Viscount Curlier+, and elder brother to Viscount Sera ea rot+, Archbishop of Dublin. Mr. Rs:N.:gotta has had a Comedy read in the Green• Room at Cyvent-Garden Theatre; he has taken full reraorre of EAIIIOII fur the part of a Yorkshire Jockey returned from tee. The Earl of He aretnoroN, to his excellent pro- fessional qualifications for the chief command in Ireland, adds the_ important consideration of much local knowledge of the country, acquired by a re sidence of nearly three years, while C nlonel of the With regiment, during the administration of the Duke of RUT AAD : which corps, with the assistance of Sir Davto Duns, ts, then Adjutant-gem:sal of the Irish army, he disciplined in that sf•stem of tadies,which has since, by His Majesty's orders, beta generally adopted in the army. Friday last, a Golden Eagle was shot near Doug h% in Kant Lothian. Although apparently not quite full grown, its wings, when extended, mea• sured seven feet eight riches, from tip to tip; the length of the body, from head to tail, nearly three feet, andlts weight WAS about nine pounds. Jr had been seen prowling about the coast for ab ,, :t: a week before. -1.1111 • Or._ . -.1/ 4 '4llll s ' - FASHIONS FOR NoV&Alliklt. LORD M.: VOR'S Preparations are making for the Lo.d Nravor', Day, with an alacrity that would grstity. t::e must hungry appetire. Fh e platforms- ft raireJ in Guild! al, and ail the luxurious decorations are nearly finished, sells the nto.t exTriate taste. I' - e , e are , however. a few mihelle, which might, with a lit A. c ire, greatly a dsl to the ply .„ of rise scene. The hall ex:tibits a fine c.ille;tion o: En&lish and of those 14:uglier Judges, who, sifter the great fire of London, in I Gfiti, dispen*d justi ce without fer or reward. Among rhs.se King \Va. liam, of glorious memory, he will was so fond of era ve, has charmed his royal rob:. for a sui t o f di rty rebel gecen. King George th. • lint has received a blow upon the head, and is almost tumbliarr fr om the frame; and George the Second exhibits Tri mly cruel stabs in his body. The (loyal co om . ts are not in much better state. Qttc.!tt Mary's rch z , are torts to tatters, and her sister Queen Anne, Ste. sent{ a most mournful aspea, with a broken for, head. Queen Caroline has heed very rade!), handled, hut Her gracious Majesty, Qu een lotto, remain; as perle& as at the moment sviiee the portrait came from the chaste pencil of Mr Rim. sey. Ihe Judges of the Court of Arches, esiiibi t a melancholy state of decay, and total abeiration from the laws of nature. A platiniss uncertainty pervades all their features, and confusion is, pa j oc . ed in every countenance. Lord Chief Justice. Pratt, t!.e great Lord Camden, is in danger of losing his head ; for the s. nuns of Sir Joshua's needle have started, and, if not shortly repaired, one of the tits' men that ever adorned society, will appear to hare suffered under the guillotine. The onera ment , o f this hallowed place also require cleaning,. Beckfrid wants brushing np, and the immortal Chatham casts a gloomy look, as if he felt that England could even forget Iris ta:erits and his virtues. WH/TMI.4 VEN, OCT. 21 On Wednesday se'nnight, the Finn. and Rigiu Reverend the Bishop Of Ca a taste arrived at the Castle. On Friday, the Right Hon. Lord Vixcintint Low - rues, and the Bishop, descended into the coal-works, attended by two cf the engineers.— Their Lordships visited Kell's Pit, the depth of which is one hundred and eighteen fathoms ; and went through all t h e workings, which ex tend, in one dire Lion, to the length of more than three quarters of a mile under the sea! Ihe depth of water, upon the pondvrons roof of this pit, (according to Capt. Htiddares survey) is front six to ten fathoms! Their Lordships here occupied neraly five hours, in viewing these astonishing mo. numents of human skill, intrepidity, and persever ance. NEWCASTU 7HE .47 RE. _ On Tuesday sehmight, it was annnunce4 at the Newcastle Theatre, that Mr. STFPIIEN Kf N• act intended to play Fdoeff en the following evenin r . On Wednecclay afternoon, htwever, an advertisement appeared, intimating, that the Play was changed to Speed Me Pi.vg, in conse quence, it was said, of the 44 wry arriove of r. Kr:' i sir." On the (tally part of Weinet day, a dispostion was sail to be deciss , ...!, of hissing' Mr. Kest ear on his appearance, in cnnsetwence cf his former inattention and disregard of the i'u! , rc amusements. Whether this was the cause of Mr. KEstst.s.'s indisposition, we have no' learned, bnt the poor encouragement he last week received, dis plays, in the mast Mesit. language, the public oci- Mon, not only of his etMdtift, litit of the company. On Wednesday the receipts of the house were :SI.; Thurdsay, 61. 4s. 6d ; Friday, 91. 5s ; Saturday, about 111. ; in all, 441 9s. Gd. On Saturday night last, some AvAg nailed up tie breast. plate of a coffin on the gallery door of the Theatre, on which was painted, in leg;hle charglers, the following curious inscription, viz. Sttaved fr.rn this Thea•re, all the bat PM :Imes, and a most ns,r.N.talale Audience." POLICE. row-sr It [IT. A dashing Cyprian was brought list night before Sir RICOARD FORD, by one of the constables who attend Drury-lane theatre, charged with an assault upon a gentleman in one of the boxes. It appeared that the gentleman, struck with her charms, with true civic politeness, offered the lady a front see, which she accepted. rresuming upon his civility, be ventured to whisper <ome soft nomense in the fair one's ear ; which the lady rebuked with a sliet tap of her fan upon the cheek. The gentleman (who appears not to have been much versed in the sit of love), construed this retort into an asssult, and c ase the lady in charge to the constable. Sir RICHARD FORD advised the parties to make it up ; but this was only throwing oil upon the fire. The gentleman urged his blow,like another Zange; and the lady was egoally enraged at the insult offered to her in the theatre. Sir RICH ARD Foam tired with the folly of the parties, dismissed the complaint. - ---- A melancholy accident occurred on Siterday night last, at Plymouth—a soldier belonging to tt, Royal Cornwall Militia, being on his post in •I r Dock-yard, owing to th-• darkness of the nr).. walled over the Jetty Head, and was drowned. A person of the name of Macs?, kamso by the name of Mild jfll,ll . !i g the Peddler, been conviled of keeping a disorderly house, G , - gory, a Constable, repaired to his habitation in Dot-- street, St. James's, on Wednesday evening, to seas him with a notice, requiring him to attend at Hicks Hall, to receive sentence. The Constable found him' at the Cliectrters public-house, in the strect 2b4.ve named ; on reading the n nice to him, be hi came frantic, and upset two tea-kettles of boiling water, by which ccveral persons were scalded. He thou tented to an adjoining room, and, being absent about a minute, the Constable followed, and bend hint lying on the fleilr. at the ere of espirirp. bav-! ing attempted to strangle himself, by tying a bandH kerchief in a noose sound his neck, which he had' drawn tight enough for thy purpose of accomplish ing his design, had it not bees for the vi,it of the Officer. He was conveyed to the :catch -house to be taken care of: ;