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I 1,. I it .1115 C . di Alfe. CA . 11210, Caserta, Cap Gas and Itnccaroniana, but no one was killod. Front au observation of the places where damage has tssien done, it appears, that the e trtbnitake took a dirrawl from sea Lit sea, in a hue which might be sirawn from the Crater of Vosuvites to that of Pozzuoli. It is fsiared, that great damage has been done at Brian°. the ancient capital of the Satrinites. which has airo id y h-e sevetal times destroyed by the same MiSiort A. to the city of Naples. the registers of the Po lice only s•ate the number of deaths to be four ; that of wounded is iivicrisiderahlet a circumstance v. hich js almost a mimic., in the midst of tin many ruins and SJ m rch tumult amongt the inhabitants. The Queen, the Princesses, aud erince Leopold, after the first shock. rook refuge in the King's stables, and passeil the night in different carriag .4. The King, who was at Portici, did the same thing. The le reditaty Prince Royal, and the Princess. were at Caserti, and experienced no accident. More than two hundred houses have been rendered uninhabit. able, and those the most solidly built, as if Nature had taken pleasure in triumphing over the efforts of art. GOT rrNHUR M ST. PETERGISURGH, ♦CCOST 15. 11w greatest watl:ke prep rrati. , ns are making in all partsof the Rti,stan Empite. A Messenger. for England, left th;s city yesterday, who, it is report ed, is the bearer of the Treaty concluded between Rtt sia, Sweden, and Pingland. It is also said, that the Prussian Minister will leave this capital to-day, or to-morrt , w, M. Nov siltzoff is not yet arrived. ••• The Rattle of the 22 I of J dr, between kA,niral Si• Robert Cal et nd the Cumbotird Fl-et, being still the subject of sen-ral ciinversatiitn, and the relative circein‘tances of dye Fleets, in re cct of wind, place, kc. not being dearly under. stn•d, we obi I give a Plan of the a- t ette ti-morrow, as draw* up by an Olfi. ei of di,ef•iiion. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. TNI COMBINED FLEAT. Captain Bt CKWOOD, Of the Earyatur frigate, of 36 guns, art ived yesterday morning at half past ten o'clock, at the Admiralty, with dispatches, an nouncing the escape of the Combined 11-et. The EftePtilur had heen sent from Cork to Lord NELSON, but missing him, proceeded to Admiral C01.1.1N0 vi.oori. off Cadiz. The enemy, to the :imou:lt of 27 or 28 sail of the lire, and several frigates, appear ed off that port, on the 20th. Admiral Co Lta so. woota's squadron consisted ef 4 sail ot the line. Of course, he could not venture to meet a force so greatly superior. The enemy having chased him in vain for some time, gave up the pursuit, and went into ('adiz upon the same day. As soon as the enemy had got in, Admiral CoLLteowoon re turned his station, bat with a large offing, in view, however, of Cadiz, and sent away the /au t ides with intelligence of this event. On the 14th, the Eurvalus, on her passage home, fell in with Sir ROBERT Car.OLßs Fleet, about 20 leagues of Cape Sr. Vineitnes. and communi cated these particulars. Shortly after the arrival of Capt. Bt. A CKWOOD at the Admiralty, the following aDtice was sent to LLO Vl).s: "ADMIRALTY-0111!{, IBM 2 *ilk a divatch rereived this morning Irons Vice•Adm.ral lingwood, elated the 21st ult. off Cadiz, it arrears, that on the prece.liog lay, the enemy's flirt, convicting of twenty.seven or twenty-eight sail of the line, with several frigates, entered that bachelor, after ineffectually chasing the %mall squadron under the VI A.-A• in:tars command. On the 24th, the Euiyalo‘, by which the 11i5p,44:1% w 04 trail:molt-4, fell in with Sir Robert Caldeee slualion, twenty leagues N. W. of Cipe St. Vi:icent's, to whom the intelligimui was communicated." From this intelligence. we may confidently pre sume, that Admirals Causes and Cottrtrowooo formed a junaion on the 22.1, and are now blockad ing the enemy in Cadiz. Their united force is per feiftly adequate to the purpose, as it would amount to 24 sail of the line. A second express arrived yesterday at the Admiralty, within less than two hours after the arrival of Captain BLACKWOOD, staihrg, that the Combined Fleet had sailed again from Cadiz. Had intelligence to this effeil been re ceived, we think that it would have been communi cated to the City, through the same channel as the sews brought by Captain Ilt.aczwoon. It is, however, very probable, that the Combined Fleet are ultimately destined for the Medium . - rauean. Admiral Firccearoa was at Gibraltar, with six sail of the line. The escape of the Combined Fleet is certainly a subjeft of great regret. We have, however, reason to he thankful, that our rich fleets from the East and West Indies Pe escaped their fangs. Some of the Jamaica have already arrived, and the safe arrival ni others may be anticipAted with cor.fitienee. The esswy. in their whole cruise. from the 13th, when they sailed from Ferrol, to the 20th inclusive, when they entered Cadiz, do not appear to have captured more thuri three mcrchantnsen. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday. It an nounces the progress of military preparations Rus-ia, wish increased aCtivity, and the departure of A Messenger from St Petershurgh for London, with :li.patches, supposed to contain a Copy of the Treaty signed by Russia, England, and Sweden. Mr. Novo si au is the Messenger alluded to in t h e accounts bruight by the G ‘ttenburgh Mail. He landed on Sunday morning at Harwich from on board the Ruck/mid packet, and set off immediately in a p st-chaise and four, for London. On Sunday night he arrived in town at Lord Mu! ortavt's Of fice, and expresses were immediately sent off to the Earl of Ca sinew, Mr. PITT, and several other Members of the Cabinet, who were summoned to :men I a Council, which sat yesterday for a cow_ i derable length of time. The die is now c ist ; and, according to report, the sword has been already drawn upon the Continent. It was reported yes. terday, upon the authority of a private letter, that the Prussians had made a sodden irruption into Pomerania, and falling upon the Russians assem bled in that quarter, had cut 4,000 of them to pieces. We shall not be surprised if some skirmish has taken place between the troops of these two na tions. The =nit-o- of killed is, no doubt, exag grrated. Vi.connt CASTLEREAGH and Mr. PITT, after the Council broke up, set off for Tunbridge Wells; and the Russi au, DANISH. PRUSSIAN, and SWEDI.ii Ministers, had audiences of Lord Mot.- GRAVE. We have received a series of the Moisiteisr, from the 17th to the 23d last, and letters from Holland to the 28th. The former, from which we have made several extraas, contains no news of import ance. Bot. AAAAA e continued at Boulogne on the 19th. The latter would induce us to suppose, that there is no idea of laying an embargo upon the Duch ports. A letter from Rotterdam says : " A Paper is stuck up at our Exzhange, signifying, that vessels sail every week, fin.a up tor the accom mod ition of Passeligers, for Liindon." The French funds were on the 22d, 61, 20. The Prinee of Wale, packet, Captain TOOO, WAS captured o the 14th last, in lat. 43. long. 13. by the Spanish privateer, Prince de Pair, of 24 guns, and carried into Vign. The crew (etc-pt Captain Toon and his steward, who were carried into Vigo in the packet) were put on board two neutral ves sels hound to Hambtirgh ; one of them, on board of which was the master, surgeon, and 12 men, ar rived on Thursday morning at Penzance. On the 'oth, off Cape Finisterre, this Hambnrgh vessel spoke the Wahingbani packet, all well, with a fine breeze at E. N. E. The l'ol.nierd p icket was at Lisbon when the Prince of Want raii.xl from thence. The Prince de Pair is a fine ship, carries 220 men. She sailed from Vigo en the 9th last, on a three month's cruise, and had made no ialier capture. The passengers by the Planet of Wales, who arc carried to Vign with Captain Toun, are Mr. and Mrs. BROWN, and Mr. Glees. Lord Net.snt4 had a long interview yesterday, with the Commissioners of the V ianalling-Otfice, at Somerset House. The square was crowded with people, ansicus to see and greet the gallant Admi ral. His Lordship will enter immediately upon aftive service. It continues to be thought, as we stated last week, that he will have the command in the Mediterranean, including also the Cadiz sta tion. The VieWz, his Lordship's flag-ship, will sail to-morrow—his Lordship will lullow in a frigate. Intelligence has been received of the Rochfort squadron. They first went to Vigo to join the Combined Fleets, but missing them there, sailed again. His MAJESTY'S ships Nearesit, Constance, Raider, and Avenger, with the outward.bouncl Quebec, Ha lifax, and Newfoundland convoys, sailed from Fal mouth tm Ftiday. Our Plymouth letter states, that the Goliath has captured a French corvette, Le Department des Landes. and was left with the liniserrabk, in chase of a frigate, supposed to be the lipase. These arc two of the squadron that sunk the Blanche in the West Indies. Our Falmouth Letter adds, that the Tepare escaped in the night. The Salle, HAurits; the Bristol, MERRICK ; the Nestor, LUKE ; the &stuck, Kai. ty ; and the Cfleg &renal, hVNICOI t., from Jamaica, are c sptured by two Spanish privateers, and carried into Cuba. The Pops, PERCIVAL, from Liverpnol,for New• foundland, has been taken by a Spanish privateer, retaken by the MN, rva, of Greenock, and arrived in the Clyde. The Mertes , privateer, of Liverpool, is reported to have been captured by the Combined Fleet, on their return from Martinique, and burned, and a Spanish ship, her prize, retaken. Remittances to an immense amount have been brought over to our Merchants by the Pomona fri gate, recently arrived from Lisbon. Sir FE A ncss Mantra's house alone has received 100,0001. in bald cash. _ An Officer of rA,h4N, of R 4 guns, or.c of VI L LI, Y L'S fleet, infotmed Capt. ST FL LW *OEN, of the American ship Orland, which vessel he boarded in lat. 34 40, lo ig. 1;2. 10. on .he 23t1 June, that the fleet was then short of provisions, and that the peo ple were on two-thirds of their usual allowancs. .111 ROYAL F nucr. wermouvi, sEPT. 1. _ . The ROYA t FA mtzv have hitherm seen no crm pany, taken no amusement, nor h tye they left the ex..cpt to rake an airing, since the sleaq: of the Dike of GLOC , _:ESTER. II:, morning, soon after seven o'clock, His Ma, Jtsrv, attended by General C•RTWIIIGHT. walk d anon thy Eplcnade, and afterward; inspeaed all stables, and then returned to the Esplanade, where he was joined by the Duke: ot YORK, CCM BLRL A tiD, and CA MBR I DOE, and Princess Ma ev ; they continued walking till the at rival of the Mail from London, when they retired to the Lodge to breakfAtt. This day the Rishop of BRISTOL performed Divine S^rvice before the Rov• L FA M I LY, at the Lodge.— The chtuch was but thinly attended, in conse• qttence of the absence of the ROY AL FAMILY. The town is very full of company, but we are very gloomy. We expea the Prince of WALES this evening, or to-morrow morning. A very large rich Dutch prize is arrived in the Portland Roads. Arrivals at Lucz's Hotel : Willisiot Anderson, Esq Mr. Dando, Rev. Mr Wickham, Mr. start, Mi. Bragg, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Blevrtit. MISS DE CAMP. An admirers of Dramatic merit will regret to that this Lady is extremely ill at I .ceds On Wednesday evening. it was u!):;erved she did not perform with her usual spirit, and when the curtain dropped, Mr. CuNt I NS came forward. aid spi,ke to the following died : " Lade and Gentlemen—Mies De Camp having form:A on engsg,me.it with Mr. Wilkinson, to petror n three nights In Leeds, uodertook, c,ntrary to the advice of her Plit..i,nao, to - fulfil her en - ageinent ; but she tinw finds her..elf » seri.,,sly indictosed, to be nali, , ,ed to relinquish her benefit, which was fixed for to.morrnw evening; under these circumstances, she v.ntier,.• to intreit your indulgtnce. Tir. Theatre will in cuuseqnence close th f evening." Her Rnyal Highness the Princess of WALtS has lived in a very seclud d manner at Catharington. since the intelligence was rec:Aveti a the death of the Duke of GL , ,I2C ea. On Thursday I.4si. Mrs. Si mums commenced her readings at Con Rnoms, Edinburgh, at the hour of nine, preci s ely. The sell•4l.ort for that evenin4 was from MIL-m.4'5 Paradise Lott. The E 4rl and Countess of CHoLvdownetry, and General and Mrs. H riSPIIR Lit, have arrived at Chel- tenitatn. TI, Earl of Fire has arrived at Aberdeen, from Doff house. His Grace the Duke of GORDON, we are happi to state, is recovering from his late acc:der•.r. Lord and Lady Gassivrt.t.e arrived at th.eir seat at Uoconnnc, in Cornwall, on Monday se'nnight. Miss MILLON will play Bridget, in The Chapter of Accidents, at the Liverpool Theatre, on Friday next, tor he•r own benefit. Major At.t.to, Mr. Gomm, and Mr. BeRICF, sailed from Falmouth on the 2(ith last-, in the Priti test. Amasses packet, for the Leeward Islands. Mrs. SIDDONS played Mn.e Haller, for her benefit, at the Belfast Theatre, on Friday se'nnight ; at tl-e conclusion of the play, she came forward, and ad dressed the audience to the following effed:— " LADttll AND GenTl ammo. The period has arrived what I most pert.rm the painful task of taking my leave of I.tU, and that for erer. Do me 'lke honour to accept my sincere wishes fur health and pro pe;ity to ,ou all." The Marquis of HEAT/TORT has received the thanks of the Grans& Jury of the County of Nfratil, tor his very liberal contribution towards the cream); a Sessions House at hells, in that County. The Dowager Countess of Ct.a.rwrixts sr, we have the pleasure of stating, received a letter by the &Ile packet, from her daughter, Lady 'l'n CRADDOCK. dated Calcutta, January 22, at which time Sir JOHN, her Ladyship, and their son, wen: in pedal health. An idle club has been lately established at Wol verhampton. Every Member is allowed too chairs, and the President Meet. tintoaking is their only em ployment, as being next to xothing. Lord Viscount UROME returned to Aberdeen, from Huntly Lodge, on Saturday. His Lordship and Family occupy Seaton House, the beautiful seat of Mr. FORIBES, in that neighbourhood. Mr. Moss, of the Carlisle Theatre, has brought forward a young Rawls', who was to perform ble , - eal on Monday last, Angell, on Wednesday, and Achinet, in Barbaressa, on Friday. SHAM/ LTIETRE, Esq. Member for the Borough of Reading, will give his venison feast there on Thursday next. 0* Friday last, the lard Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh, were to give a grand entertainment at FORTUNE'S Tavern, CO Viscount ht er.v t.E, the Commander in Chief and several other persons of distintlien. A subscription is commenced at Sheffield, for the purpose of ereiting a monument to the memory of the Rev. Doltor WmaiNsue, the late Reltor of that place. M. Lagt:tAtas has made several improvements in the camera airmen. By means of an inclined mirror, bodies arc magnified to such a degree, that a miniature pi6lure acquires the dimensions of the human figure. Mr. Coot'. E, the Barrister, the Friend and Com panion the celebrated FooTE, has just completed a Life of that extraordinary charalfer, with interest ing particulars relative to his conne3ions and eon temporarin. This NVoi k, the result of thirty years occasional labour, will appear within the present week. On Thursday was held the anniversary meeting of the Gentlemen educated at the King's School, in Sherborne. PICARD. !if ,j. Crtor.a, Me. D•sisav, and others of the young Gentlemen, acquired great applause by their chaste and energetic delivery of the passages sele.fted for them from the Clo...zes; the dinner was well served, and the ball numerously and fashionably attended. BRIGHTON. Sur. 1. At hombre o'cl.wk. itopl Highness the of WA toes set off for lVeyinotzth in his bat•ii t and four, accompanied by Count Bea exot.a is and Major Itiowar lets. His ROYAL HI N tSi'l hones wete to be changed at Aluniel for p ost ones : relays were also in readiness along the toad,. as he intended travelling all The Chapel Royal ciowded tr.lav, and very Food colleftion made. A most excellent mon was prcair.,l by the Rev. Mr. CAR ," • 1 . &a e ( ~untessea of BERCFLE Cr. ARE, and CAANAII. 1.11.4. Lady and the Hit.'. Miss Foxvi•eve. Laly BVRXE, Sir H. Fs A TUE ecrotos, Mr. Cassis,* and family, Mrs. ME rc er, and several ticers attended. Every body was in mourning. Al. though it rained, Earl Beat et rs. attend( Di r ; tte Service, with his regiment, on the Patadt. Af t , church, a number of fashionable, were nn t h, Steyne. Mrs. F: TZFIRIiSERT 11V1 NUA Stroll :I were in their barcucise. Mi. Besicr drove lour it { hand, with great dexterity, on the S:eync—dw r id be very much regietted when he leaves this plan. The foot-race is to be run again. B:•ts were high and disputes higher. The -amateurs contenJeJ; that as they both fell, neither was entitled to ma and they have very good-naturedly cons :N .,' a run the match over again. There has be.r art offer made by the man of coloar, to run or,e hundred yards for fifty guineas, on the sime g:, un ,f. on the same day the other match is d-eidTd.-- Maj , )r DOL3 %CU backs the bl ick for fif , v He has also oTered a guinea to a shiii:n; is by favour ; and it is thought the nisalle-fista I will not miss the " golden opportunity," but acc t ; the challenge. The Duke of MA RI.ROROUGH will giy , a ;red dinner on Thursday, to Lady BURKt. 1a5 , A1 ENGLLYIZL Li and Miss Hours' wt I be of ;he putt'. SOUTH' MPTO AuoLsr 31. On Monday the news of the death of l Highness the Duke of Gloucester at titre,: :.• • Tuesday morning fi tgs appeared tis.. • • .. e churches and shipping. rte Master of the C • .. vies' Bal!, which was announced for that es. -, was postponed tilt Tuesday se'nnigltt, ah t ..• formances at the Theatre, till Monday G s" preparations are making fir a gen:ral ro •at which will be partly impeded by the joutne:.•thc, tailors having vneet, as they call it, for the tr...,;.t allowed them by At of Parliament. For want of the usual amusements, a number parties have made aquatic excurs;ous to hirt:y A 13:1', the Isle of Wight, &e. to the great advaata of a number of intlustrious masters of ple.r.urt v, sets, yid' which this, port abounds. The Margravine of Arspach has left this pl. on 11. x return to iirandenhurgh House, Ham • smith. Yc4terday bread was cried at h. ltd. per DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Preparations were yesterday making for Duke of GLOM EST tlt'S lying io state. in the par on the right, in Gloucester Houser this day tie dm will be opened, at two o'clock, and shut about nine. Sax of the Yeomen of the Guard will attend *milt house. A party of tile first regiment will attes4 as well as the Bow-street officers, on the outside, a keep order. At six o'clock to-morrow mornil the procession will begin to move from Glottorsto I !untie, for Windsor, where it is exp !led to win about tour. The corps will lie in state in the Guan Chamber from that time till ten ; and it is suppo'e the interment will not take place till twelve o'clock trter, King at Arms, and the usual officer from the Herald's Office, will attend in the pie cession. There will be no trumpets ; the drum and files of the Ist Regiment will attend ; drums will he muffled.. . . Yesterder morning, the ornaments bein7 ru; the onside o•dlici, in Mr. Fit k MCP:S shop, a gre co. course of people were aorAaed at the eatr,,, in Pall-Mall, as well as in St. James's-square. T crowd endeavoured to force their way in. NI FAA tics was under the necessity of sending to Bo street. Mr. Rotten in, the siting Nlagistrate, d re led the whole of the Officers and twenty of I. Patrole to attend there and at Gloucester Hoe when necessary. The temporary strußure which had been ereff between the House of Lords and Westminsi Abbey, preparatory to the funeral processi • of the late Duke of Gcoueesran, not bet entirely taken away on Saturday last, when WAS determined to remove the remains of H Royal Highness to Windsor, many were• opinion, that the workmen would be ag' ordered to proceed with it, and that so much w left standing in expedlation of that event. however, appears to be a very erroneous conclus as part of the work was allowed to remain. me• for the purpose of measuring it, and calculating expence, in doing which, the measurer were, twelve o'clock yesterday, busily employed. Si" also thought it a very extraordinary circumstrt that His MAJESTY should give so many contrary dors with respea to the place of interment ; but can assure our readers, that His MAJESTY never? pressed more than one wish on the subjca, and th Was, that the inclination of his Royal Brother, wh eve: it was, should be circumstantially comp" with. The difference, therefore, in the orders sued, originated entirely in the anxiety on the P• of His Royal Highness the present Duke, to 0 conformity with the wishes or his deceased Arai STOW lamented Father ; and these were rendered difEc: to ascertain, by the distance of time when his was mad:, combined with the declarations upon subjr& which he had since made, in the course familiar conversation with his Royal relatives al friends. So late as seven o'clock on Sunday night. se ders had been received at Windsor respeiffing d burial of His Royal Highness. • Last night, at ten o'clock, the Dake of Gs.° CR6l'llll'6 outside coffin was taken to Glouree House, and the other two put into it. An iminef crowd assembled about the house. Saextvrt, Secretary of the Italian Aea ,l and M. TA RO o NI, have undertaken a Literary psi :e at Florence. reaT pov a h•% i be.'