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that 7rNente I to the Diced Ratisbon. by the Swe aisi. Minister there. STOCKhOLM. iterT. 2 1 . The Cant:. of Calmar is now r.ady for the recep tion iit the ling of France. Licsi,l.•; and Ninnsietir, the I3uk• if Orleans, jad the Prince of Conde, are expedeLl there. A MSTERT) A 14, ErPT • 25. The new projen fora chAnge in our Constitution will more concentrate our political ma•:hine. It is said, that a perstiu, with the title of a Procurettr- General of the State, will h. the Chief of our Government, who, notwithstanding the simpli city of the title, will have .t very extensive power. It is even said, that the Isrmer States-General will be restores'. Schiminelpenninck, it is supposed by Many. will be our future chief magistrate. TILE Bairi:it PRESS. LOS DON, SATURDAY, OcrosLit W. Whatseer may be the result of the recent engage• swat a Cape St. Nlary, the Spanish Government meet complain that it was taken by surmise. It has beat long pressed for a satisfaClory explanation spout the subje& of the armaments fittirg out in tie posts of Spain, and other points in the conduit of that country. which have been :Wowed to be just cease of jealousy by all, and urged by some, as even millicient ground for hostilities. No satisfaCtory stsplanation, however, has been granted ; but, on Illse contrary. the Court of Madrid has pursued a mama of evasion and delay. Meanwhile. the treasures of the new world were pouring into Spain, and thence conveyed into the coffers of los*►Aare, their final destination. It was the obvious polity of Spain to avoid extremities until die whole of the expected treasure had arrived, and we have reason to believe, that orders were dis patched to accelerate tat event. Exclusive of the squadron attacked of tape St. Mary, we find, from the Hauthargh Mail el yesterday, that the frigate Amara arrived list month as Cadiz, with three mil• Sam and a half of dollars on board ; and that se• viral other vessels had arrived in the course of the same week at the wane port, from South America, with not less than eight millions. This afforded our 00 , 911111DtGt the opportunity and the means to ((wee aria to that explanation which she had so long avoided. and sought to defer. She WAS informed, tbat until a satisf.ictoi y answer should he given upon the important points in dispute betweeu the tiro Gowsrunients, no ships of war, particularly tbose freighted with treasute, would be pterniaed to niter the ports of Spain. To this sutement, both the Ministerial and Opposition writer+ •ototr r but, both, hurried away by party spirit, iN an.ki the most absurd observations, and conclusions ognally false, and without foundatio.:. Orp.,si- • Lion writers say, that the attack upon the Sp.i.tish Squadron is, on oar part, a breach of faith, and that it is an Math to continue negotiating with Spain, after orders avers given to detain her snips of war. If. glars negotiation was brought to such a point, that Spain was apprised, if she did not give her at:ma'am within a given time, such would be the result, he must be a skilful casuist indeed, who can discover surprise, fraud, or breach of faith, in the proceeding. The conduS of the Ministerial hints is still more ex travagant. Oneot them had the effrontery to declare on Itursday, it was authorised to state that the orders issued to the Commander of the British Squadron were merely "poreeerowy." The absur dity of the expression betrayed the imposture, and yesterday, by way of mending the matter, it says—" We again assert what we had authority to assert yesterday, that the detention of these ships does not imply the ascrtenr, of a ever."— When a man gets into the mud, the more he Bornees, the deeper ho sinks, and so with the print in question. This second declaration is, if possible, more absurd than the that When Government ordered its officer to detain the Spanish vessels, it uthori.ed 'rim to use force in case of refir , al, else • the order would have been nugatory. The whole result, even to the unfortunate blowing up of the frigate, must, therefore, as a probable consequence of resistance, have been in its contemplation. Atter such an event, to talk of " an authority, to say that it does not imply a .v.s.r.ao of a war," is arrant non ' mese. Most indubitably, if the Spaniards shall not think fit to retaliate, they will not be at war with tu. Or, it will be that sort of war which Jr. v teat describes-- VA . fa tabu ege vapolo tant.ls; where one rsity strikes, and the other bean all the blows. But to talk of this as only a pronsaaionary rocessrc. is ttuly ridiculous. The fair view of the e.r.e. freed from all misrepresentation, appears to be simply this: the English Government, after long patience and forbearance, has said to the Court of Spain. se Until you give me a satisfaaory answer to terra's questions. I shall detain your ships of War, and resort to force in case of resistance." This was originally a conditional declaration cf war, and, the condition not being complied with, it is no an absolute one. We, therefore, have done every thing on oar part to commit ourselves in war with Spain, and what condo& Spain may think fit to pursue cannot alter the case. In fa;ct, those who talk of fornial notice of war, and proclamations of war, speak and think in ignorance. The pra&ice of the country acknowledges no such procedure. The mere issuing of letters of marque and reprisals is, in any case, the most ample notice of war, that we can be expected to give. It was reported last night that the SPANISH A re 111ASIAD011 had left town on his return Madrid. The arrival of Dublin Papers and letters of the lath, enuble us to contradia, with increased con fidence, the fabrication in The Courier of Thurs day. About a month ago, C 9 pikes were found in a plantation of osiers. near Leighlin Bridge; and this circumstance, the Baron Manchouseu, who writes in The Courier, has magnified into a recent assemblage of 30,000 armed rebels. The same Paper, last night, unable to maintain its original story, attempts to break its fall from all truth and consist ency by the frightful and alarming assurance, that bars iers are fixed 2U round Dublin, and almost all the principal streets, consisting of very strong pailisadoes, so close, as barely to leave room for musketry to fire through ; with a gate in the centre, and a port-hole at each side for cannon." One hun dred respectable citizens of Dublin, now in London, can testify that these, which are stated in The Conner as recent measures of precaution, have been adopted ever since the 23d July, R SOS, the horrible day of the murder of the good and great Lord Kt LW A IDES !! Mr. Buses took a fair view of their principles and charater, when he spoke of istrorrigi6le Jacobins. The Cetwier. whether in . the service 'of the Corre sponding Society, or the hireling of a Minister, can never cease to be a Jack* Print. A Letter from our Correspondent at Hamburgh, received by the Mail of yesterday, states, that it is now certain that Scutum 'tryout:4ra will be ap pointed the new Chief Magistrate in Holland, and that he will enter into office on the 20th inst. His power and authority will be more extensive than that of Bow 44444 n's Landamman in Switzerland. He is to pay to the Bomaraara Etallll' fifty millions of florins, in ten years, for this sovereignty, besides annuities to TALLITIAND and Co. A new military capitulation and new political, commercial, and sub sidiary treaties with France, are expeaed to be among the first atls of his Government. A letter from our correspondent at the Hague, d ired the eth instant, contains the following p ,r -ticulars : Although TA LLSV RAND, by the con tributions he has extorted from most of the uati nzntal states, has become one of the richest indivi du.ds of Europe; his avarice and cupidity are as nnblunded a. his immorality and duplicity. At every change of our government, since he became a revolutionary minister, he has required some sums of money from those persons whom his intrigues and influence have given us as chiefs; and, afterwards forced them, once in the year, regularly, to make him patriotic donations for leave to continue in place. Our rulers, as well as those of Italy and Switzerland, and the ministers of Spain, Portugal, Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria, who all owe to him, more or less, their appointments, are, therefore, not only his tools, but his tributaries. This organised plun der, one should think, wouldbe 'efficient for a man of decayed constitution, without a family, and with wealth, the amount of which he dares not avow ; be takes, however, care to let no opportunity escape of accumulating new treasures, even though the consequence is the total ruin of those people and states, already beggared by him. This has lad} been the case in our unfortunate country, where a most shameful attempt has been discovered to plun der us of six malions of florins, and to augment a bat den, we already are unable to bear, w ith this great sum, for a wretched nation of hardly two millions of people, exposed for near ten years to the all-devouring French voracity, and to the all-de- stroying Gallic fraternity. As the miscarriage of this financial plot is the principal reason, why TA L I. RAND has persuaded Bog AAAalx to order another political revolution in our government and constitution; I shall relate to you all the circum stances which have come to my knowledge. '6 By the peace of Amiens, it was agreed between France and Holland, that the Prince of Os snot should receive no indemnity for his losses from the Bauvian Republic, and England has since, by a sum of. ready money, and by as annuity of 16,0001. rewarded this Prince for his adherence to the British cause, so nearly cone, ted with his own rank and in terest. In the treaty of cession and indemnity be tween France and Prussia, concluded on the 23d of May,lBo2. it was mentioned, that, at a future period, the demands of the Prince of Oconee in Holland should be liquidated. No sooner bad England anted in the above-mentioned liberal manner. and, of course, nothing more could be expelled from that quarter, than *Fe LEL , / a AND, who, by another treaty of Ratisbon, had indemnified the House of Otange for all its claims with Fulda, &c. hinted, us sorrw person about him, that by some arrangement with him, the Prince of ORANGE may still obtain another pecuniary indemnity from this country. Holland, as well as France, has its unptincipled intriguers. I'AL LEYRAVD'S proposal was therefore listened 'o, and every thing settled between the marauding parties, al most without the consent of the Pat Nc e, at least with out his privacy, as to thedistributien of the spils, be cause he and his agents afted ‘intet,ifde ; whilst those who supported his demands, meditated, and had already agreed on the manner in which they in tended to divide and pocket the money allowed him by the Batavian Republic, for which TA LLry a AND was in return to secularise some German Abbeys in favour of the house of Orange. The French Am bassador, DE SIMONVILLE, at this place, was, therefore, let into the secret, and supported, in the name of his Eta PEIOII, the payment of the sums re quired for the Prince of Oa ANGE; and several con ferences were held on the part of our government, between our Secretary of State, HOLTMAN, and our General Treasurer, Ds VAS VAN STEENNY IC, on one part; and Messrs. R. VON OLDEN, J. P. FERRAN°, and P. DAMEN, on the part of the Prince of ORANGE. Between these respeSive Commis saries, the treaty was soon agreed to ; and, after being approved by our Diredory, the mere formality of the ratification of the Legislative Body was want ing to carry it into execution. .4 From former transaßions between him and Scat tNtEL P CS )(INC TAILLIYRAND was acquainted with the duiiiierestancts of this revolutionary knight, and, therefore, desired to carry this point without his interference. By some manner or other, he ob- Wiled, however, information of all the particulars of this f inunrial affair; and by his influence, and by that of his friends, all equally disappointed in not being of the pillaging party, the Legislative Body refused its ratification, notwithstanding the threats of Admiral VLIHeUL, who arrived on purpose from France to back TALLLY RA MD, Stsromvi and Co. for which he w•as to have his due. When the determination of the Batavian Legislators was known to TA LUCY RAND, SP4O74VILLE received in. struetions, in the name of his Sovereign, to deliver to the Direttory a severe Philippic, announcing both their own and the Legislators destruction; Boma- Aire having determined upon a government more firms and cshgental to the circumstances of the times The Directors, who owed their disgrace to the patei(viim of Scut ssueLscrosince, chorwd, there for., him to wait on BON aP ART I at Ais-la-Cha pelle, where he was graciously received ; whilst, on the other hand, TaLteraosin and SimoriviLLE more than ever convinced the revolutionary ?coos of the necessity of another revolution in (Jut land. It is now said that EI.I.LtYItAIID'S agents have informed all ambitious amateurs, or putitizal pretenders, that he has to dispose of, and will dis pose of, the Sovereignty of the Batavian Republic to the highest bidder. A number of candidates have, there•or:, already presented themselves; but hitherto no one is chosen, its Me price is too high. In the mean time, it is said, that a subscription has bi , en opened among our leading men to buy off, if possible, T LLLLL !AND'S anger. • . 4 It is reported bere, that of the sit millions de manded for the late STADTHOLDEII, s r A LLIIi 'USD Was to have fair, and the other two were to be di vided between grolomvita.e, \run:tug Rive, two other Freachmen, and two Rotarian public luniionaries. This infamous business is now the ei'mmon topic of conversation, not only here, but ever y where else upon the continent." We received yesterday, one of the four Ilam. burgh Mails due. Its conter.t4 have been in a great measure anticipated by the French and Dutch Papers, which we received last IVedoesday. Every thing new that it contains worth notice will be found in a precelog column. Yesterday. a Court of Dire:tors was held at the East 1:1,11 t !louse. which adj niriseci, at six o'clock, till Wednesd A• next. , Yes:erJay, a bag of ship le-ters was male up at the (;eneral Post Office, for ILAland. The Spanish brig St. jereph, laden with linen and wheat, and the Spanish ship Ettrranss, in ballast. were taken possession of at Cowei, yesterday, by order of Admiral Moirrastrt. The Neptune, Cr !erns (of Larg..), was stran.lea On the 43d tdt. in entering the port of PilLtu. Crew saved. A letter from an Officer cf the Leander. one of the frigates employed to watch the two French frigates at New York, states, that that frigate has inter cepted, off New York, knees tic= llaciaci, the Minister at Paris, to the French Minister at New York, direAing him to stop the allowance made to 804 e, and ordering him to be trot 40eie by the first frigate that touched on the coast, but by no means to permit his wife to embark with hirn—and another letter to J stoma himself, order ing him to return, and assuring him of the Empe ror's inikstble doterminatims erne, to coNpet.llllllPC the skean gad de:radios alholee 4, I;4d formed. Entit. Y outs. o cr. 18. Ye,erday, Their MAJESTIES and the PRI a CESSZ I were accompanied in their aquatic e xcurs i on, tw Ladies CORGIS & BC LEELEY, WIN% ARO, t . 1 HYNNP., Lord PAULET, Generals Massoccas, M AN . %INGHAM, GAIITII, and Colonel D Tom The weather was extremely stormy during their voyage. Las , : night, Their MAJESTIES, the Pa iNCESs ts , and Diake of titmuessv ea, honoured Mr. and Mrs. Nes-Lyles Benefit with their presence. Th e p i a , was MORTON'S excellent Comedy of The iva to re Married. Toby Mr. NESLEA , .114: Mrs. NEV Lea. In the Farce of The Agreeable Sur. price, Mr. NETLER played Lasso in a capital stile, and kept the house in a roar. He introduced a nrr Comic Song, written by .1. ASHLEY, called, n o . Wanderi ! His b 1 AJ EAT y• laughed very heartily at it, and desired a repetition of it. The house Wd; completely flied, by seven o'clock, with beair fashion. Among the company we observe,: • PAC LLT, HINT ON, DEilloauLGH, &c. w• •-. PIT I'; Countesses licaLsy CR , P•ta. ar, lip s• Sc.:. Ste. The night's performance a.hi. sustained ; and Their M AJES r lES departed at much pleased with the entertainments oldie inglit His MAJ T,,TT rode out early this morning, a -. 1 returned about nine o'clock. Soon after break-far., His M sJzsr v and Princess AMELIA, and Lady ELiziktlETH Tit YNINE, took an airing on the Dorset shire road, and inspeCted the artillery, and a carriage on a new construaion, with which His M &furl: was much pleased. It carries the men, ammunition, and all apparatus. and it is considered a most excel. lent plan for the field. They load and fire the quickest of any yet invented. Yesterday, Mr. P: rr left this place for London. Lord Pa t;,,LT gives a grand Hall this evening 4 the Royal Hotel, to the ROY AL FA MtLY and friend,. Arrivals at the King's Head : Mr. D,wes, Mr Catcet, Her. Mr. Thorivion and sad T. Sao: knizy Eoq TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Ocr. is. The Eleftion of a Master of the Ceremonies for this place, came on at two o'clock this day: three candidates who were canvassing for it, re,iy.e4 last weak, and yesterday evening Capt. HEM trso of the 95th Riga ILginsent, who had a f.zir prospc.:t of success, in consequence of his situation, as jutant of the North ['evens:7 Legion. &c. &c. re. signed. and consolidated his interest with Mr. A . . siric K. The result of which was, that at the close CI the eleaion, at four o'clock this day, the votes wc:: for Mr. Assumes:, d 4; tor Mr. rav, 34; ur which Mr. ANISINCK was declared the success:L:l candidate. The &splay of beauty and fashion at the LTpp , Rooms was very great. many of the neightiour.. : Nubility and Gentry attended, Lieutenant Co Cl:rases LA, n in the Chair; and the whole eleth,L was conduaed with the greatest rind humour ii. l decorum. Among our arrivals since my last are— The Esi if Rada u, I.alie. E. T Alen. G‘qrse, C. ley Astic,, Esq. Madan) BetiA Mr. and Mrs M4M Par, Mist. Wthb, Se &c FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Counteat of fr rm Ca.hiobary-pork, near Mi.:- ford, liens, t , r St. Jainei.p,ace Lo.y 6.. ford, from their seat in Suffolk, to ILl man'. 14 , 40, Dorliewstreet. General Sparrow, from his brother's, Colonel Sparrow, sa Soma, preparatory to Lis embarking for the W:-t Admiral Sir It Kind , to hi. hanue iu Devonsture.:lac y. CIO Dowkiet Lady 1).1 ClOlad, from W.A.cooretsug Gram, s• !math Awlierstreet. . DJice an.i buchrsr at Roxburgh and Suite, Enos ScoduA. to R.vidistiv Dote!, St. JArnev:ostreet Mr. HaLI, inane hi. *est w Devonshire, to his house in Dv. wer-otteet Lady from a visit to Lady F. Passitor, at Caa brUdi:shire, Gimscrnar•place. COl.lOll 11..ughula. train a visit to brathar. H Lcicastershire. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES FROM TOWN. Lady CaP. front lirrr h lose in tirorte ttr t , HAtmover riper, to Hertfordshire. Mrs- Demon, Ro r Groorrnor , ‘goare.to Ettsle 4 ..ele, Berko, wr Sir Richard arid Lidy Sun', in. an Family, from tir..M street, to their eat at Thanteg D.tron S. Whatmead, E.G. Lady, and from Dover-me.' South-hi I, Redlb-11 , 0 i-e. The Han. Sir W lleu'ey, from his howe in fia.tiord. ,. . - - 4 , to Cheltenham, for tn.. .eneht 1.1 h ahh. The Honourable Nit. AGAR., brother t V;S:nrat CI. IFTDEN. is the hAppy 11143 destine.: t .er;re t!ie fair hand of the wealthy and .•11 Miss HrS T. l'he martiAr. will take pl ice in!' !.*• weeks, a fter wLia, :ha happy pair 15.i.1 set cC Acton. The Earl of Caworst gave yeFterisy Dinner at his house in Ariington-trret. he Earl of WtSTME TN gave rt net to a large p.lrty ot ITashiowbl, t !,is ncW silence, Charlotte.streez. nurey-..ittAre. c.t •1 The Duke of 13loroan is ntisr :n 4 %i%:: Earl of 1) . Cobham HAW "l'hc hia:l and Countess of DARN' CV' arc e peiteil in t-nn this day front COW 171 1141 Lord arli Lady an 11i +Rn a4il 1-•+' tow:i to-ni..rrow I.n listnley 1-1 Ai!. ti:ad.ncl.ri: The Hon. M:. l.t %; an.! nii.S• Are AL 1.I.;. r Castle, the seat vl h.s broths, ttt hof •. DO/LOl. Lill. A stage.coweli mastcr, who offers his cn3 , 11 tale. all au i 114E14:taint In iwrah bee s, sae,••.: particularly a‘le sittagexas its th..- • tunes, %: people and things are generally sip. mo. - e " the meeting at Du:11:e, on the f 1 , 1 celebrate the anniversary of the Sauk of C..roi , er4 down, Was numeroas and istspeaable. After •• mi•mory or Lord s is," and ot%er loy.:1 propriatc toasts, the Chairman gave a Eaapes.gs ut the Continent a• t-re. r.l f i , " 1,14 " , way tLe k u j o: Gr. at Brawn pa co i.taated 0C . a.1 . . On Satnrday last, at his c: entry sett, Abh ' , hi' Queen's County, died, the Rt. 1 lon. . most sincerely and Jewry...3ly re7isrted : CVer It . 1 cio:is of his honour as an 2.1. ierd Yr.r of the It is transferred without a stain, as We'll 43 his ternN 1.41 hereditary est ILA, to hi, eldest son, the Hon•Jc " I Valet, who is married to Miss Buoy. t. s.-is to the Countess of DA rt Liv arid the Cou..d.s. POWERSCOL ItT, and daughter of the late Rgb Honourable WlLLz•is Bsowis sow. C.