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I fl ~•. ~ ~~ ~~' ~~ , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Avoust 14. Livrint mr NTS MAJESTY tnt KINN OP rxussi IN WHICH YE ACKNOWLEDOES NAPOLEON ab SIMPZEOE OF THE FRENCH. !}TRACT OF A LETTER FRom sitiS, JULY 24. a. It is well known that among the Powers of Eu rope, Prussia was one of the first to recognise the new Imperial dignity in France. Austria, and the other Sovereigns and States of Europe, together with North America, followed this recognition I ex cepting Russia, the Porte, England, and Sweden . Subjoined is the Letter of His Prussia❑ Majcsty to Napoleon, in which the Minister of State, the Marquis de Liicchesini, is accredited to him as Em peror of the French : " SIR 3'14 BROTH FR—The de:ire to maintain end to cul tivate those relation.: of Amity, a•ui that ;ierf,..ft good under standing, in which } have hitherto had the pleasure of heinz with the French Government, and at the same time to testify to you my high personal regard, has induced me to transmit, without delay, these presents to my Minister of State, the Marquis de Luechesitti, to accredit him to your person is the quality of my Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Tlenipetzutiary. 1 accordingly red❑est you to believe whatever he may have the honour to say or to propose to you on my part. lie will, in particular, fulfil my intentions by giviiir your Imperial Ma jesty to nndeNtai•d the sentiments which I have ever cherished towards yon; the ancere interest which I have never ceased to take in all that is calculated to increase and streng•hen the prosperity and the welfare of the nation over which you rule; and my ardent wishes that th:s prosperity may be still t.;i',; augmented by the 1 .1;;;;.; rrt ee and tranquillity Wurope. You will invalMly find, in my mode of thinking and aefing, the same candour and the same confident* in you, which I hare hitherto been so anxious to chew you. While I give you 11115 assurance, I likewise renew, with pismire, that of the sentiments of hit ndship, and the higheat eonsidaation with which I am " Your lin/xi:al Majesty's good &teller and Friend, " Berlin, May 47, 18:'4. " FREDERIC WILLIAM.' &ATTE& or HIS MAJESTY rug KING Or 11,110t1t, TO THE GOVCRNOS OT CALIa lt. " SIR, " Stralsund, No► n, 191 1 14 " Afte• I was informed by your letter of the ^..ith of 0 tuber, of the d•partara of Ills Majesty Louis XVIII. I amid no longer refrain from expressing to you in particular, At as to the other Officers at Calmar, and to the litha'ltants adult plam, the extraordinary pleasure which I received from the ex emplary conduct of them all during the residence of that 1.1115' trio4s Personage in Sweden. His Majesty Louis XVIII. ha, himself borne the sa:nc testimony, to which I pay so much the snore regard, as I belteve it to be a charaleristic uf Swerles to treat with renseCt arid veneration the legitimate ru:ers of gamy country. This is the most satisfactory =inner in which you can evince your attachment and devotion to me. I charge rot to acquaint all whom it may concern with my sentiments, and am sa Your tru:y enctionate, " (;:7STAVIIS.IO3OI.PIIIIS." ------- THE BRITISH PRESS. The state of preparationrupon the enemy's coast, the positive orders issued to the Regular Army and Volunteers, combined with the opinion of profes sional men, all tend to impress the idea that the danger of invasion is greater than at any former period. The orders to the Volunteers are prompt anl decisive. The s:h Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers, and several other corps, hitherto unprovided with knapsacks, haver. sacks, Sic. are regoired in the most positive terms to procure them before the expiration of this day. The following is an extra& from Regimental Orders, issued on Monday by Lord AMHZRST 10 the St. James's Westminster Volunteers upon the carat subjeft : " :fotke havin g been given to Colonel Lord Amherst of the ,grolosbility of the Regiment being speedily caked upon fur Ser tee, there be a Pared, in Uniforin, at Mifflin's Place, To morrow and Vlceineaday Evenings. Rust call perisely at a Quarter past 51x, a Quarter of an Hour being allowed for the difference or Clocks By a panel lel Attendance at the 1f..,, aptaiiinti.d, the Regiment will b., disinissrd Ma short Time ; Inspesirin in Marching Order only big inteudvd, and nett, MOT , ' off the Grout,?. " Such Memhe.s as are not yet provided with knapsacks, mutt come i.t the best state of Eisipinent they can ; b.,t it is se tiously , ecommerldt Ito them to ly as speedily as possible. "Ti.e Pared. tare ordered, and may pociblv be repeated, for the sake of accustoming man to hold himself in readi ness, and to carry with him, in the easiest and most convenient manner possible, the articles which wit be of use to him in the Ftrid. It will lie too late to lawn the method and eennire the habit of so doing, when the Regiment shall be ordered to march on So.o vice." It would be a waste of tune to enter farther into detail. With reipea to tht: opinion of prsfessional Lord KEITH consider.; the prnbability of an immediate attempt to invade us, so great, he has sent away his family frem the coast. They dined yesterday at Danford on their way to town. A tremendous firing commenced off Bo.ilozne, aad to the eastward of that B.ty, on Sunday night. It continu►d, almost withndt intermission, the whsle of Monday ; but at eight o'clock last morning, when our accounts came away, it had ceased. The weather being hazy, and oljeas at so great a dis discernabk the report of the can louder and the more alarming. The set furk.us since the commence. lance not clearly dis n••n was the lnuder Iring was the mos mean or the war, and was distinelly heard along the coast frail Dungeness to Margate. AU the inhabit. oats on that long line, but particularly those of Dover, were upon the alett, and many supposed that the enemy were attempting to carry their menace of invasion into execution. We understand, however, that the flu ing proceeded from a.t engagement be tween our cruisers and a division of the enemy's flotilla on its way for the grand depot at Bou logne. The latter is said to have consisted of GI. stout praams and gun vessels, of which it is sup posed several have been destroyed or taken ; but, from the state of the weather, it was impossible to make any accurate observations from our coast, and at eight o'clock yesterday none of our vessels had returned to Dover. We have received French Papers of the 3d inst. and sever al sets of Dutch and German Papers, some of them eiebrsi:•e/y, down to the rich. We have translated from one of the latter, two curious State Papers. One of them is the Letter of the Kiag of PRussia, dated the 27th May, t 301, in which he acknowledges Kos Al' A arc Emperor of the French. The other is the Letter of the King of SWEDEN, dated the 5d of November, 1804, thanking the Governor of Calmar for the attention shewn to His Mzjtsty, Louts the XVlllth, during the residence of that illustrious personage in that city. These two documents contain the principles and policy of those two Sovereigns in relation to France, and have been published at this particular time, no doubt, to contrast the generous and noble condrsel of G es r ay us, and liis attachment to the established order of things in Europe,' with the ready acquiescence and homage paid by FREDERICK to the upstart and revoluti onary power of BONA I' A ItTE. Ho'me's two pic tures are not more strongly contrasted than the cha rafters of these two Princes in these two letters.-- The German papers continue to announce prepa rations for war by Russia, and Austria. The army of the latter, on the frontier of Italy, is estimated at oo,oon men. All private accounts from the North of Europe corroborate the intelligence of the public ['riots. Capt. Lay's, of the roma / Thiliam, arrived at Chatham on Friday, from Riga, laden with tim. bee for that Dock-yard, states, that when he leis Riga, in the middle of last month, a large army, infantry and cavalry, was encamped there. He adds, that he saw the detached portions of a bridge of very considerable extent, drawn by upwards of ion horses, which was said to be destined for the purpose of crossing the rivers of Germany, to af ford a passage for the Russian troops, who were very shortly expelled to be upon their march. It was supplied with grappling', anchors, cordage, and every rtquisite for its sectuity against the violence of the weather, or the impetuosity of the strongest C urrents. The r 1 -I .e r i.lvrrsation at Rila tern.l upon the present squatiun or ~ a litical ,frairs, and a war with France was supposed to be decid•Als fired on. The master further stated that if the Xiig of PS VSSIA would not accede to the demand which would be made for a passage for the troops of Russia through his territory, it was said that the passage would be forced. The Paris Papers confirm the report of Rcm a- P /I Ta's arrival at Bruilegne. The Moniteur states that he left St. Cloud at three o'clock in the morn ing of the 2J inst. for the coast, where he was to remain a fortnight, reviewing the camps. M.dame BONAPARTE had ptevi usly set out for Plombieres. The lfoniterr contains nothing else of any interest, except a paragraph. in which it vents its spiteagainst Russia, by assuring the world, th it M. Novosi LT. zorr's Note is a ftlsehood of that Minister, or a fa brication of the English Government. This impu dent assertion will not deceive any power in Europe, nor any well informed MAP. The town of Deal WAS on Monday thrown into a state of dreadful alarm by the following eiteuns,:a:,:es The mate of an American vessel, that had ISO barrels of gun-powder on board, attempted to set fire to it whilst lying in the I) swns, but was fortu nately discovered before he had been able to put his infernal intention into exenstion, and was immedi ately carried to the flag-ship at Deal, where he at pre sent remains heavy ironed. Had this diabolical at tempt succeeded, the danger suffered by the to vn would have been incalculable, with the probable I,,ss of many lives; Out Providence happily inter posed, and frustrates, the scheme of thi. wretch, al most at the instant he was about to commit the a6tion. lie had stove the head of the barrel in, and was just going to apply a lietcd candle, when his arm was at that critical instant ted by one of the ship's crew. It was the general opinion at Deal, that the Mate was not insane, and that, in the event of explosion, he had provided for his own safety. The following extrad A a k tter from an Officer on board the Conqueror. of tins, one A Lord Ner.sos'4 fleet, dated of Cape Sp a rtel, July eithi -. r. contains, we Iviieve, the latest intelligence of his Lordship's movements : _ _ _ " After remaining a short time at Gibraltar and Tetuan Bay, to procure a supply of provisions, &e. (which our late flying expeditions rendered imperiously necessary), ere gat under w..igh last night, and an . now alitiust abreast of the rend,zvout ; fixed by the A lairal. Where the enemy are, know • ; bat 1 tw:i2ve MAioit vill expects to intercept their return. We an with most earnestly for their appearance, as well for patriotic motives, as the desire of some short mica tion of fatigue, which the.e Frenchmen have caused us (more harrassing than the task of thrashing them), by their hair. bleat!' 4 srapes from our fangs. Ti, Doug seem as b.,sp as ever with their gun boats; thew suit about a dozen shot at Old Braille, one of which went nv..r the Victory; but the ridiculous attempts of these de graded anal abused aline; of the proud Corsican, only excited the laughter of our brave Tars." The Funds yesterday suffered a slight depression, not owing altogether, as some suppose, to the alarm of invasion, but to the certainty of a Continental war, and the consequent drainage of the specie from this country to pay the different subsidies. Indeed we are informed, from good authority, that the first payment is now on its way to the Continent. A dispatch WA‘ yesterday received at the Admi ralty from Admiral Comm azzis, which states, that, en the night of the Bth inst 25 leagues off Ushant, the Naiad frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. DUND fell in with an enemy's squadron, consisting of tour sad of the line, one of which was a 3-decker, four ft igates, and three brigs. The whole squadron chased the Naiad, and two of the frigates brought her to a6ion, one of which engaged her cur some time within pistol-sh The Naiad, Imwzver, beat them both off, and e::.'ted her escape to the Channel Fleet, under Admiral CORNWALLIS, which she joined nest day. From the inform ttinn which she gave the gallant Admiral, lives arc eaertainecl that the measures which he has taken for their capture will prove successful. This is probably the squairm that escaped from R,ichefort during the late tertipotal y intermission of the blo:kaele of that port, by Ad miral S rieziran, and the same seen by the P.:ek! e, off Cape Finisterre, on the 3.1, and also by a Por tugueze, according to en^ report of the M. a hero brig, mentioned in our payer on Frid.ty I rte It was then supposed that the squadron were cruising in that quarter with a view to intercept the home, ward-bound Oporto fleet. A report preceded lau !light that Admiral Comma ILIS had fallen in with the Combined Fleet, but it probably originated in the arrival of his dispatch, communicating the in, formation received from the Na4l. His Excellency Baron Da S - rstonovorr, Am. bsscador fmm ltnsiia to the Court of Madrid, ar ric•elin town on Mooch) , from Harwich, with his ftmily and suite. His stay in London, where pro. bably he has some communications of importance to make, will he• but short. He will then proceed to hii destination. The East India Feet, under convoy of Its MA JZSTY'S ship Belfiquelsz, Cape. GIOROL morning NG, sail ed from Falmouth on Saturday last, con sisting of the following ships i viz.— Sto•ailwin, Ca 4. Dale; Europe, Gelston ; and Wi!liam Past, Lthnead.s; for Madras Mas.on . ; thet;e, Eckford ; Glnrv , It•-rvor; N..r•lt• amps n, Bark,r ; Sarah Markevtii ; U.lOll. Mut. ter; for MAlrat and Beng al , . . _ air W Aims Puhenry, inristopher, floml,sy and lienpl. Jane Duchess of Guam, Cameron, (or Madras and deng3l Tigris, Graham, for ditto. Comet, Mor;ng, r,r Madras. Maria and Varui - a, Country Ships The Hope, GRAY, from London, arrived at Archangel on the 30th ..111110, with ahrout 35 sail. The Peary: Aventitra,—, from Amsterdam for Naples, is det tined, and sent into Civics. , Private letters from Weymouth, mention that tlit East India Company have remunerate.] the several gentlemen with the following sums for their services, aeßivi.y, and attention, during the loss of the ship Ader,ia:enny, viz. Captain Ingrain, Sea Fencihlas-50 guineas Mr. William Wetnn, the Collect.ir—w guineas Samuel Weston, Esq. Mayor -30 g areas Reverend Coates—A time Capt. W nil lit Matesty's Ind —5l guineas And, to be d stribut-A among his erew--11 g Jllle3f Lieutenant Talbot--2u guinea; And, to' distribution amnsig the ,cameo nn board his cutter—..3o guineas And among reveral boats' crews that had bees attire in giving assistance in saving gond... &c Rowe•. Down Itt. ECM/IC—State of the Poll. BICLITH DAY. Loyd Cartlereaets . . l'M) PA' Cul. Mead• . . • • 11b9 Majimity . It appear. from the above account, that Colonel 141tane has gained upon Lord CASTIAR %CM. Baaan.—There was no Court of Aldermen this day ; after the returns were inspeaed, the Loan Mayo! ordered the pi ice to remain ai per last. EXTRACT OP • LITTER, DATED HIS MAJESTY'S SNIP WINDSOR CASTLE, CAWSAND ■AY, AUO. 7. 6. I was surprised to hear that any offic-r who had seen the skirmish between the British And Combined Fleets, and who was sufficiently coul to notice the superior advantage our enemy had over us, should attempt to censure the condusff of our Commander. I wits quartered nn the lower deck, and had ioily an opportunity of remarking his conduit in one instance: The Prima qf Wales. during the hottest past of the aaion, was nearest to us, and it is to his spirited candun that cc ascribe the safety of our ship, and the comparatively small number of men wr had klled. some of the enemy's line of battle, seeing tlfit the ship was totally unmanageable, bore up to rake us; but Sir R. CA EDEN gallantly beat them off, and preserved us ; if he had left us and the two prizes to proceed by ourselves, their having so many, would easily hive enabled them to cut us off. I cannot but think that he has done all a brave man could do." Too oft are our songs about war, love, and d.i„ki i , t. More humble's the th eme I wou ld celebrate Butt if beauty and us e c l aim our pra i se, to my Liritin,g, Well worthy the song's the domeshcal Cow: For docile and mild is the - Cow in her nature, Serenity beams in her face in each feature ; In use too •he greatly surpasses creator( ; Oh, such are the virtues we find in the Cow. flow balmy her breath as the flowers the feeds on, A• frayra it to smell as the newly cut hay, How ady her step in the meadow she tread; o n . How instritaive to Iran on the ground as she lay : For there ' as the cud o'er agai n s h e i s c h ewing, She teaches me just what I too should be dumg, O'er my reading and thoughts, that more good br iccrt.'ngi 0 this is the lesson I learn from the Cow. The milk, twice a day, from her bag that is flowinp, Pure fountain of 11.-alth both for man arid for char! 0 yet, while your children to manhood are growing, Thll , form them mild tempers by food that is nod. But yet, while mild milk fur the babe we are boating, Stong rood too she gives for maintaining our host in, For from her spring the oxen which give beef for roasti3 For English roast beet we're in d-tit to the CM. Long time the Small Pux o'er the world has been raging, 'Sweeping thousands and thoo.arnis betimes to tt,g sie, But Providence. kindly, its r'tior assuaging, flag pointed the means from its (toy to sate: Fur nor own its •ful Cow a d..temper has often, No infection it gives, ne'er we: hie by .t histone, let this will the rage of Small Pux 16401 soften, Fur note e'er have Small.P ix after this from the Gm. - - - Oh' spurn not the or ft, !anti, so simple and safe too, Ovens • •‘,.t because Vis deried from a bran; 'Tis a I,lneiag that ifeas‘u her Youths:OM ymi, And in meircine's ••twitt round, the' the last, not the So clean is the Cow, and so pyre is her feeding, Her breath, milk, *tete all so agrzed •ri, To prevent the Small Pox we are rm.! and all neetl•ng: 11,fore Man's distemper, I) give sae the CG•i•'l. Nor think it presuruptiim to bring one dis.a,e To exterminate that by a Providence sent, With the scanty., and ti. • rw •an, hr affords for releafog, litt the same dreadi".Bl, :11‘ Father are .rot. Against it to resiuo would stn ,0... rt oily eating, VI other disown, present us horn tio..tmg. Lest rims IJ wen's ways we were boldly defeating Then we'll hail our physigian with joy In the Cow. 0 cherish the Cow, then, an I give her protection, Re her's tie rich crradnw whereM she may riAro; Th . Sweeten of hay claims 6.r hut your sel.ction, Arid fodder her kindly at night at your home Rs the aid or the Ito, that 'shaft milk her humanist, Shout they dare to 111 use her, 11.! sure thou reuraiiiest The hones in her profit be acute ..f the vainest ; Thy food, thy physician, thon'it finds thy Cow. Arrivals at Cheltenham of Canterbury, Bishop of Closter and Tamil,, Va...entees Cranley, li.m. Lniy and Min Stapl, Sir Ita Woodford, Major Browne, Captain Graham, Rev Dr. Mrs Amphlett, Rev. T. Evans, Key. Mr. Baker, Mrs a M. 4 Aytun, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Basbuns, Mr. a..d , aul, Mr. aild Miss Sondlt, Mr. Mrs. and Miss king. Mr Mrs. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. Mrs and Miss NlA tinier, Mr. an I Miss Baring, Mr. and Mrs. Saiebroak. His hiases-rt's eyes are quite well, and he now wears spestacles, having Ca-awn off the green reil. The PRINCE, on Thursday last. honoured Colonel NEWTON. of Lewes, with a visit, and ware a stay of about an hour, returned, on the box of his elegant barouche, to Brighton. SIEPIILN Inonrit.in, Esq. M. P. is gone to Brr•a.istairs. Miss I)LNCAN was to make her debut at the Bir. mingham Theatre on Monday night last, in Cie pert of Le4/la Hnrdy, by desire of the three battalions of Loyal Birmingham Volunteers., London Vauxhall, Hi-mingham Vauxhall, and Bads Vauxhall vied with each other on Mori.y evening in brilliancy. Dowager Lady Mumma is gone to her seat at Ilowletts, rear Canterbury. DAL NI xoso, of Perth, has given public no. tice, that, she will allow no unlawful sportsman on bw premises. It is known by the receipts that 15,000 persons paid at Vauxhall on Monday night, which is 1,000 more than was ever known on any former oc c.uton. A Birmingham Critic, after exhausting the vo cabulary in praise of the infant Miss Mums, cnn• eludes his panegyric with AN assurance that she is •s Mrs. JORDAN in miniature." We are concerned to state that the Duke of Gcoucts-r ea experienced a relapse on Monday evening, and yesterday he was considered in a din gerous state. Mrs. Sr noons is engaged for the ensting cCAS , rI at Covent Garden Theatre. She is to perior m t•vr.a , `- four nights, twelve of which are to prece.le mat. Little TYNER has displayed so touch spirit and humour in D....'crbsda, that she has been able toirro• cure a good engagement at Covent Garden Thr;• tre. Mrs. BILLI mercy is gone to pass a few days :It Southend with Lady HANILrom. This adrniratlt singer is engaged for the Cheltenham Concerts. The Earl of Brd.viosea, Lord and Lady SAT and Seat, and Lady Srset.cs, passed through Rochester last week [or London. The Lewes Theatre closes on Saturday for tl'. season. Last night TI. School of Retorts was per formed, by desire of the Right Honouroble Lo:• 1 EDWARD SOM testi . , and the Officers of the 4th or Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons ; and tltt night the performances are by desire of Colofl BINGHAm and the Officers of the Dui set. An accident happened on Monday 'night at thr Haymarket Theatre, during the perlormance The Children in the Wood: EtAtsrots, who played Wilier, in his contest with CAMPiILL. CUt the lat ter severely in the face. On Monday the sth inst. the Breadalbane Volun teers, un ler the command of Major MACNAI, W e j e reviewed at Dunfermline, by Major General Sr WILLIAM Eliot's e, who exptes...cl himself in terms of the highest approbation of the discipline of the corps, and of the promptitude and exadness with which they went through the various manoeuvres ; the antient Highland dress in which they we , ' equipped, gave them a very martial. appearance. e* € 6 , • 4 1.—.44 al 4 PO r Tar. THE COW. T 22 REV. J. PLUMPTRF, YELLOW 0? C 1.44! HALL. ••••= '',..: B-nne , )11( W *pot some portlisil gra! sigh eui of w col ffe, tut ter,