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4 geseral altinination and artificial are-works should be ordered on the occasion of His Majesty's ar rival. One of the richest Notables opposed this species cl eibibition, as resembling what was pass ing in France, and beneath the dignity of His Swedish Majesty to adopt. Moreover the illumina• tion would raise the !nice of tallow to the injury of the poor, and it was better to collect the finds des tined for this expence, and apply them in " enlarg ing the hospital for lunatics, who were encreasing every day in a frightful manner." FROM TILE FRI.NCti P.tPERS. ^ _ r PARIS, OCT. 31. G-eat consternation was observed this day among our moneyed men upon the exchange. A report was circulaud of the failure of several capital houses of llamburgh, Bremen, Franckfort, arid other mer cantile places in Germany. This caused some tem porary depression of our funds; it was, however, soon found out, that the whole was a mere invention of jobbers, as the banking houses of \Vestheimer at Munich, and of Lemmle Ephraim Uhlman, at Augs burgh, were the only capital houses,which are known for certain to have stopped payment in Germany, since the last Mail. The fallowing interesting anecdote is related of the late King of Poland in a German Journal: When the unfortunate King in 1797, after the de struetion of his kingdom, went to St. Petersburgh, at the desire; of Catharine 11. he passed by the place of residence of the Scavan Kotzebue, and desired to see this p'polar author, whom he grad oody received. He inquired after his last writings, . ' having, as he sail, read all the former ones. A person presrat haviot observed, that KotzeSite's last prodatiou was one, called " The youvrtl Ch:!- ben nf w r Gov-, ;" the King condescended to say ; " I hope this, though the youngest, is not the last." It was about that time reported in the public prints of Germany, that the Kiag of Poland had, like Fred -pie the Great, written " Afono:rei le son tents :" Kotzebue therefore wrot: to His Majelty, and de manded the honour and favour of translating the French manuscripts into German ; upon which he received in the Geresaa language the following answer : SIR, St. Petershurgh, June 13. 1 7 97 . M answer to your letter of the 25th of lan may, I woo you, that 1 am thankful her tie attecnneent •ou profess to hare wM. Bel with impeet to your desire concerning • transla r . bon szi Ely supposed Historical lategno.res, you may eaiiiy r„ft; that, were I even occupied with suc► a Work, I gold not pcuait its publics ion during my IJe ; othereri,e rest as. %heti 'nutty 'sloe the well wohes of imett a man as ~„ you, and you ma shomekre Mt dous: cf elera huslang Mine his. rho truly calls Mtoadf Your affectionate, (Sill"rd) STANISLAUi, King. The words " Were I ocrapiiel town a I . Word." seem to indicate, that the king of Poland has left such Mentrices behind him, and applications have therefore been made, both by French and German Litivrati, to his heir and nephew, Piince Peniat,vski, to obtain copies for publication. This work will throw a great light upon those intrigues and plots which preceded the extinaian of the Pales as an i 3depeii.lent nation. Iv is, hiwever, to be ap prehended, that as Stanislaus died at St. Petersburgh during the reign of Paul, all papers, which might expose the ungenerous Macbiavelism cif his mother, sad of the Russian Cabinet, have eithtr been se creted or destroyed.-- ( Ler .4 • Iles Lrue, / His Imperial Highness, Prince Joseph, yesterday . left his seat at Morfontain, and set out far the camps at the coast ; he has been followed by all the officers . belonging t , the troops there, who have been here oil leave of absence. These unespettled departures have caused several rumours, that the expedition against England will be undertakes before the Em peroes Coronation. It is even said, that His Ma jesty in person will join and herd his troops, or at least be present at their embarkation and departure, to inspire them with that hope of a certainty of suc cess, which ha: hitherto, and always must continue to be, the consequences of those well:digested plans, prepared by the genies, and executed by the valaur. of Hie Majesty, and that of his officer: and mess ;he Ckf dim Cakurt.) It has been rumoured for some days past that a malignant fever has caused great mortality at Bay s/we, Perpignan, and in several other places on the • Spanish frontiets. We are, however, able to state, that no account of this event lin been received by Government ; on the ccutrary, the last letters men tine, that the inhabitants of this put of the French trogire are unusually healthy, and suffer this year much less, even from the usual airumnal fevers, than for these twenty yearl past. IVith his usual paternal care, the Emperor, five wecits ago, ordered military piefrets to be stationed all along the Span ish frontiers, where regalar quarantine houses are established for all travellers, so that no person can enter Frsnce, whose state cf Lealdi is am previ,..ady ascertained.—(l/.) Writ 10 h'4 F_Ectlietcy Pc.lice, nuniages •ad According to the accoonts the Minister of the thneral _ - births have increased during year XII. as one in tifty, which is principally ascribed to the wise law of His Majesty the Emperor concerning divorces, and which makes such VIE more difficult. The harvest, On the Continent, of the present year, has generally been very plentiful, except in Spain, Austria, and in the Northern provinces of France. In Italy, Suabia, Bavaria, Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and Denmark, as well as in the Southern part of France, they have not, for nine years, ga thered such an harvest ; and, notwithstanding, the price of grain is not proportionate to the abundance of it. Even in Egypt and in Crimea, they have housed more grain this year than what is required for the consumption of the inhabitants for four ! What can, therefore, be the cause of a dearness from which the lower class suffer so much ? It may, per haps, be found in the same source from which origi nate all the other evils of Europe, in the unnatural wealth of Great Britain, whose capitalists, not know ing how to employ their money :yak safety at home, spculate on every saleable commodity abroad ; and. from the extravagant prices (des prix ,furs) they or their ag nts offer, create an artificial scarcity by their monopoly ; from which, unfortunately, the same effeCts are felt as from a real tine. We call upon all sovereigns, statesmen, p!iilarthropistc, and all thou• who study, or whose duty it is to be well versed in the political °economy of states, to find out a remedy against such a commercial evil, which threatens all :cations with famine or ruin in the midst of plenty, because Britons have more money than they should be permitted to possess.— (Journal d.s Defrnsearc.) The late Helvetic Direttor, La Harpe, once an instruehr of the Russian Emperor, has not, ac. cording to report, obtained permission to visit Rus sia, as he intended ; he has, therefore, returned to Lausan in Switzerland. What has been said in the foreign journals of La Harpe being entrusted with a secret mission from the Emperor of the French to the Russian Monarch, is totally without any oundation. Among other fetes on the day of the Emperor's coronation, the Poissards, to evince their attachment to their Sovereign, have demanded the permission of the Perfe, of the Police to celebrate this event by a supper and ball in the building of the co-devard Valk-au-Bled. Horse races will, with other amusements, enter. tain the public during the festivities in consequence M the Emperor's coronation. They will take place in the Champ de Mars, where Franconi, father and son, are daily exercising some beautiful Norman horses. No horses of English breed are admitted to run for the prizes, which are to consk of beau tiful arms of the Versailles manufaetory, and of horses from French studs. The Batavian Deputies sent by the Batavian Di. reitory to congratulate the Emperor on His Ma jesty's assumption of the Imperial diadem, have arrived at Brussels, where they are waiting for the natarian Ambassador, Schimmelpvi.nincl., to con fine, their journey to the capital. The astronomer, De La Linde, has calculated, that more rain has fallen within these last nine months than the twenty-seven preceding ; to this he ascribes the fevers which at several counts-its. To console us, however, he promises us a very health•, dry, but, at the same time, a very cold winter. THE BRITISH PRESS• LO N nON, rCESDAY, N,riadaut 13. Tl.e spirit of avarice appears to be at this mo ment naively employed to raise the price of Bread. Yes:erday Wheat row ten shillivigs per quarter in Mark-fare, as will be seen in the state of the Lor.- don markets, given, as usual, in our las: page. Anxious to afford every information upon this in teresting subeti, we have also inserted, in a subse quent column, a state of the principal provincial markers in England in the course of the last week. A geaeral feeling pervades the body of the public, that there is nothing in the circumstances of tile I: in vest, nor' of the country, to warrant the great and rapid advance that has taken place w:tnin these few days, in the price of this chief article of human sustenance. The late crop, if not abun- dart, was certainly not below an average crop, and the present war has not produced those foreign expeditions, to which, in forme: wars, an extraordinary consumption and c.insequent scarcity have been attributed. If %se lock tii the foreign market, we are equally at a loss to discover any good and substantial cause Or this rise in the price of bread. The entries inwards, on Friday and Saturday last, at the Custom-House, amounted to no less than I tr,l9d quarters ; and we understand there are 70,000 quarters in the river. The Juurael Jr. Defeemars, a dean:-.A.tal paper, which, with several caber of the atincr, but most interesting, of . the Paris Papers, we have received er:/usteety, up t the 21 instant, admits a general plenty upon tla. Continent, but afFeets to lament a dearness, which it attributes to English monopoly. The latter, how ever, is not tine. We know from our private cor respondence, that bread upon the Continent, at least in France and Germany, was lately 75 per teat. cheaper than in England. On the kh last, a loaf of bread, weighing 41b. sold at Paris for four teen sous, or three-halfpence farthing ; and at Ham burgh, on the '.1(1 instant, bread was only two-pence per pound. These prices evince the abundance of corn, and the cheapness of bread, in those places, which, we are assured by respe'table mercl.ants, is still lower in Russia and Sweden. A paragraph in the Clef du Catinet states, that JosErn Bor.:APART E, and all the officers I)elonging to the army upon the coast, on leave of absence at Paris, have suddenly left the capital for the camps, where, kis SAW, BONAPARTY. is shortly expelled in person. From these circumstances, the Paris Edi tors conclude, for the ninety-ninth time, that the expedition against England will sail beturetbe day of the coronation. We cannot be expelled to place much continence in this prophecy, although it may be probable, that the Mock Emperor has ar rived upon the coast, as well as his brother Jost.rit. We should not be surprised, if the presence of the Usurper was become more ne cessary to silence murmur and discontent in the camps, than for the purpose of hastening the at tempt of invasion at this advanced season. The rumour of a malignant fever having penetrated into the French provinces upon the Spanish side is ' contradiaed ; but French picquets are established along the frontier as a measure of precaution. Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, the RUSSIAN Asa Ass:snots had an audience of Lord lla a Rowe y . At three o'clock a Privy Council was held at h:s Lordship's Office, which was attended by Earl CAMDEN, Lords Mrtvittx, Mutoaava, and a number of others. General 0 AK ts arrived on Saturday, at the house of the Hon. General PHIPPS, in the High -street, Portsmouth. In a few days he will take the official command of that garrison. On Friday morning, ten sail of French brigs and a lugger were in sight of our Dungeness squadron ; but, being six or seven miles to windward of our ships, we could not come up with them. They are supposed to be destined to Calais or Dunkirk. A Morning Paper of yesterday states, that the praCtice of 'roughing cattle has been lately revived at Dundrum and Hacketstown. Both these places are within a few miles of Dublin, from which we have received letters and pipers to the 9th, none sif which notice any such report. The Darin frigate has sent a small French vessel into Torbay, being one of a squadron of thirty, of which she was in pursuit close to the French shore, when the prize left her. Sir GEORGE RU M SOLD, escorted by an aide-de camp of General BLS N *DOE TS, an Officer, and two gens-d'armes, arrived from Nimeguen, at !lois le-Duc, on the 2d instant, at seven in the evening After having supped, they proceeded in two c:t r• ri ages for Breda, on their way to PADS. Capt. Hoer was returned on Thursday last, with out any opposition, for the Borough of Dumfrie. in Scotland, iii the room of Sir 'tosser LAURIE.. Admiral Sir J our 0 aot.,ree under rand, has ta den to cruise off the Gut of Gibraltar, till he shall re ceive further instritetions. It is reported that the Secret Expedition that is now getting ready will sail under his command. The fire-ships that are to be attached to the expediticn are each to have a Lieu- ' tenant and fifteen men on board. Vice-President Buts has arrived at Savannah (Georgia), St. Simon's, in a vessel from Phila delphia, in perfetl health. St. Simoris is an island at the mouth of the Altamaha River ia Georgia. The /1.14 s try, (7A SISSON. from Newcastle, and the Emit-at-err, Pui L L in, from Sunderland. for Scot land, were captured off Tynemouth Castle, on Wednesday last. by a French trigger privateer. The Ce ; cs..._ A . ... tr argaret fm, WEEPS. from Lubean, for Lisbon, foundered on the sth instant, en the Holder:less coast. The Ti,,. \V trout, from Southampton, is on shore near N;:weastle. The Mar., 13• vi. tr, from Scilly, for London. is lost; crew saved. The Mary, Co t. c , 4 AS, from Liverpool. for Loa fdon, is reported to be lost near Dundrum. Several vessels arc also said to be on shore in Dandrum BAV. the Lt Seine frigate. and the Nimrod sloop of war, with 6? vessels under convoy for the West In- die', sailed from Cork on the 4th inst ; several ves sels for the same destination 'pined them off the :-arbour. The Vcuss* frigate Accompanies them as far as Madeira. The !IMO. r,.. lissocastt.s, f:orn C irk, for Barbadocs, and the CruZiati, JAYA ,•..)S, from Clyde, for Jamaica, are captured and carried into Guadaloupe. Transports are ordered for the conveyance of ten regiments abroad ; two of the number are to go to Gibraltar to strengthen the forces at that place, so much weakened by the late disorder. A large cartel ship. with 300 French soldiers, prisoners, belonging to the army of St. Donsr.g.-. taken off that Island by our intrerid sailors and royal marines, arrived at Pl)mooth. They had a dreadful passage of El weeks, and experiensid great mortality, 31 prisoners having died on the voyage. When the cartel came into the Channel, the French men endeavoured to run away with her for Nlorlaix, but falling in with the Taanirrer, 74 guns, Captain BEDFOP.D. and Naiad, 58 guns, Capt. Dustn•is, the of commanding her made a signal of dispets, which was answered by the nu:direr, and Captain B. put her in charge of the Naiad, which ship saw her safe into the Sound, and then sailed to join tba fleet of Burr. • 4st • WINDSOR, Nov. li.. ' Notwithstanding the badness of the weather yes. terday, the KING follossed the chace until the IN was taken, which was after a run of near two hoer-. His MAJEs r v WAS mounted on a fine Lone, lat e !, purchased, which he rode rather freely, saying, would try him. T?;, morning Their MaJvsx ;ES, with their Royal I lighaesses the Duke of CUMLIERLANO. the Pri v . Ce•W+ AUGUiTA, MAE V, and SOPHIA, accompa nied by General Firzaov, and sevetal Ladies ,t 1 waiting, attended divine service at the Collegiat: Chapel, and heard an excellent discourse by D.. DuV AL, from the following text: " Take heed th.t the tight that is in )ou he not d His MAJS s rr, in compliment to the Royal /LIT! Guards, now on duty here, was dressed in ti uniform. Yesterday morning, Their NIA J STIE‘. the I CESSES, and the Dukes of CU NIL SERI. AND and Si took an airing in two carriages and four, e.c.at•.' by a party et the Oxford Blues to Kew, THEifTRLS. tllttlY-SA \S. Mist DUNCAN again appealed b:rfore an ehg trtt and crowded audience, last night, in th: ch.tilterrt of Lativ Tea:lc, in the Comedy of Tie Sebzul fir Scandal. . She never appeared to more advantage, and received the most unqualified approbation. liw sung wA , and given wish the happtest ttrea. COY ENT-GARGIII. The new Comedy of Da. Blani Bargain was per form• d, last night, wit iA its usual r, LLe. Mr. I.IISAT not coming forward tt, ring the hpilogtie, Isis A sence cause) general (Es- nisft i,.0 ; but, nn Mr FA KLEE'S stating SISAL it had not been annelinsed the bills, and that Mr. Emzur bad lett the licase good humour was restored, and the Entertain of Raynnad and Agmcs was allowed to proceed. F.kSIIIONABLE ARRIVALS. Hit Royal Ilighnesi the Duke of Sus.ek, teemltgra from Wiud.car Mr and Mrs. Tyrwhit Usake, tolies% Hotel, fro.. 1, sham, Bucks. Lord Mountjoy to Steven's llo•el in Conduit.strzet, Ireland. Mr. and Misr: Johnstone, from Brighton, to their Hanover.squate. The Marchioness of Downshire and Faoi.tv, to their h in H.ciover•sliurre, from Brighton. Mrs. Walter, from a visit to her hrothor, George ,erect. S.r Waiter and Miss Farquhar, from Bognor, in Conduitotreet. Sir Henry Mildmay from I)ogniersie4 Bridge, t few dap The El7l of Mlountuorra, from Ealing Hotel. The last arrivals at Cheltenham Lady 1..10yd, Sir A. Ilanimand„ Re, Brigadier (.:eiterat Sliertgokike, Coi. BrJet', Cape Sii.r•lair. Mr. SMARP is etpetgted to lead hymeneal altar, the amiable and Sties I.GP.OV r. Viscountess PALM tItSTOIt e 4 fastwa7 io town on Monday, from her seat -- General GaosvtNol left town visit to His Mans rv, at Windsor. The Reading Assemblies commence Sir GEORGE %WIER, Bart. and ' GREG E, Esq. ale Stewards. Stafford Theatre will open, on with the Comedy of The CNA t. Es STAY ros, the Manager, prorate the aid of the I.llillg cleft. r'ilmonth New Theatre opened whole of the North Devon BAnti mission of their Colonel, Lord Boa Lord McLellan And his suite Plymouth thin week, to see the grand the Lunching of the Hi liernta. of of Su, and Pallas, of 3 4 3, on the 17th parations are making for his Lordship% a manner suitable to his rank. The gates will be opened for all ranks this great national fight. Grand Subscription Concerts are Leeds. under the patranage of Vi and Lord and Lady HA ItLWOOD. Last Saturday. Lord ART/It Oriel College ; Mr. P • ' H a mouse, and Mr . Assisi u ass. of Christ WODIVOVSK, of Corpus Christi r- • K ROMA I.D FIZZES, of St a;enose eleEled Fellows of All Souls' College. The Palace of Calcutta, the expence of which is 5,03)1. a year, ought Ilkiened palace in the world. The beautiful and tascir.atit sister to Lord Cot: ass cv, of a still-horn child. Mr. Sr rellltN KLMILE was to at the Hull Theatre, last night. The music of the new Musical at Drury-lane, is by Mr. M. P.' Last night there was a grand concert for the benefit of Mr. Batiste:Lis. Go Lni so. Miss MUPDAT sant GLORGII S ANSITTAIte Efq• gave an elegant dinner, last T, llattalion of Rracting Vo:unteers day, the Marquis of ISLA Nproaco, tett, ined them at his seat, at White The bill of fare at the North Si morrow night, is as Lillow, : F. 'idle, by Lieut. J. S.-M Beast jet Nand. by Ensign Wit. K' of The Old Ma..l; the Oil M. Mari El. Paul and Virginia; only, by Ensign Wi tattoos. It is hoped, that the account PLVILRAL and family at Gfficali tuft, as letters from that Gentle ceived at Plymouth, stating hit health with his family on the 10t1 The officers of the Russia& r month, were On Saturday erg' Admiral MON TAGJ. S:r Isaac' FAIDZICICL 1'11151:AK ktrho years in the Russian service), a the navy, wen at the dir.ner. n uonedit.str:et, min, to their Fautit., to their h or , ither„ , he• haa.e Bognor, I. their ae.. Leal Park, near 11r/,. rig Guise, to the &it ail are : .. Mr. and Itlr.. Bic. race, Major °tear, a.. lead shortly to accomplished s rs. eat near Rumser. own yesterday oa sot. rnmence nett wcel nd Witi.r•m Cos on Saturday wee lee's Dem i eitte. ger, endeavoured• R0543:11, but withc ed lain night. T nd attended, by p • Boas' s uite are expeded grand spectacle of 120 guns. Cr..• e 17th instant. P. ordship's secepticr. k. The Dock-1. tks of people to • are in prep.uvint Viscountess lit w • o. r NCI SOMIRITT* , Hon. Mr. ‘Ver Christ Church ; •! 1 i College ; and 'S .nose College, s•- :. - ollege, r expellee of itghti lit to bathe most irsg Mrs. Varian* is dclivered rester to perform Fa: '' • :al Piece, in rehear '.Ktwo. i conzert at Read; .D. patroni:edb) M. P. f.ir Tuesday, to t. wets ; and, on T;-' Ito, their Majars ',bite Kraig' es. di Shields Tkeatre , Fa -4 rt Bar! , s; t e. The song of T,er 11..4.1 by L . rnq Peds; for Wit t. . • it of the dew! c! waltar may be P. ritlettian have been hie being in • 'loth of Oct. Iris, to squadrcn egintly enterta•i::, c Cos I' :N, • commanded.. sev and many ornct: